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It's Me Again
Studio album by Tweet
Released	March 21, 2005 (2005-03-21)
Recorded	2003–2004
Studio	The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami Audio Vision, North Miami Universal Publishing, Los Angeles Quad, New York City Conjunction, Los Angeles Studio City Sound, Studio City, California
Genre	R&B soul neo soul
Length	63:16
Label	The Goldmind Atlantic
Producer	Missy Elliott (also exec.) Tweet (also co-exec.) Charlie Bereal Kenneth Bereal Craig Brockman Marty Cintron III Kwamé Madball Entertainment Walter Millsap III Steve Plunkett Spencer Proffer Soul Diggaz Nisan Stewart Timbaland
Tweet chronology
Southern Hummingbird (2002) It's Me Again (2005) The Dresden Soul Symphony (2008)
Singles from It's Me Again
"Turn da Lights Off" Released: October 5, 2004

It's Me Again is the second studio album by American singer Tweet. It was released on March 21, 2005, by The Goldmind Inc. and Atlantic Records. The album debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 55,000 copies.

Singles

Proposals for the album's lead single dates back to early 2004, where MTV reported that the Missy Elliott-produced "Shook Up", featuring former 106 & Park co-host Free, was in consideration for a lead single choice. However, complications from the merging between Elektra Records and Atlantic prevented the song's release, resulting in the song's cancellation and a pushback date for Tweet's It's Me Again album. On October 5, 2004, "Turn da Lights Off" was released and began to appear on numerous mixtapes to help spread the word of the song's release. A promotional remix featuring 50 Cent and an alternate line by Missy Elliott was also released to mixtapes in order to generate further buzz for the single.

Commercially, the single was unsuccessful in the United States, where it reached number eight on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and number 39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. However, the song fared well on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 29.

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B−
The Guardian
The New York Times	Favorable
PopMatters	6/10
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Stylus Magazine	B
Vibe
Yahoo! Music

Commercial performance

It's Me Again debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200, selling 55,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Notes

• signifies a co-producer.
• signifies an executive producer.
• Track 15 contains the hidden track "When I Need a Man" from the USA Network original series Kojak, starring Ving Rhames.

Sample credits

• "Turn da Lights Off" contains a sample of "Lost April" by Nat King Cole and portions of "If This World Were Mine" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
• "You" contains portions of "Stardust" by Louis Armstrong.
• "Cab Ride" contains material from the Taxi theme song "Angela" by Bob James.
• "Sports, Sex & Food" contains a sample of "Hey Pocky A-Way" by The Meters.
• "I'm Done" contains a sample of "Intimate Friends" by Eddie Kendricks.
• "We Don't Need No Water" contains an interpolation of "The Roof Is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three and a sample of "Mango Meat" by Mandrill.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of It's Me Again.

Musicians

• Tweet – vocals
• Missy Elliott – vocals (tracks 2, 7, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Cesare Turner – horn (tracks 3, 9, 14)
• Rell – vocals (track 4)
• John "Jubu" Smith – bass (tracks 6, 10); guitar (tracks 10, 14)
• Soul Diggaz – drum programming (track 7); additional percussion ("When I Need a Man")
• Charlie Bereal – guitar (track 8, 11–13)
• Tashawna – vocals (track 11)
• Craig Brockman – keyboards (track 12)
• Marty Cintron III – acoustic guitar (track 12)
• Nisan Stewart – drums (track 12)
• Josh Freese – drums ("When I Need a Man")
• LamTrak Productions – additional drum programming ("When I Need a Man")
• Michael Parnell – bass ("When I Need a Man")
• Steve Plunkett – arrangement, guitar ("When I Need a Man")
• Spencer Proffer – arrangement, keyboards ("When I Need a Man")

Technical

• Craig Brockman – production (tracks 1, 6–8, 10, 11, 14); co-production (track 3, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Dylan "3D" Dresdow – recording, mixing (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10–12)
• Missy Elliott – production (tracks 2, 5, 7–9, 13, "We Don't Need No Water"); executive production
• Kwamé – production (track 2); co-production ("We Don't Need No Water")
• Mike Rivera – recording (tracks 2, 8, 9)
• Jimmy Douglass – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9, 11–14, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Carlos Bedoya – additional recording (tracks 2–5, 7–9, 13, 14, "We Don't Need No Water"); mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9, 11–14, "We Don't Need No Water"); recording ("We Don't Need No Water")
• Dave Heuer – additional recording (tracks 2–5, 7–9, 13, 14, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Patrick Magee – mixing assistance (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7–9, 11, 13–14, "We Don't Need No Water")
• Marcella Araica – tracking engineering assistance (tracks 2, 5–9, 12–14, "We Don't Need No Water"); mixing assistance (tracks 6, 10, 11)
• Tweet – production (track 3); co-executive production
• Nisan Stewart – co-production (track 3); production (tracks 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14)
• Charlie Bereal – co-production (track 3); production (tracks 7, 11–13)
• Stan Malveaux – recording (tracks 3, 14)
• Walter Millsap III – production, recording, mixing (track 4)
• Soul Diggaz – production (track 5, 9)
• Israel "PT" Najera – recording (tracks 5, 8, 13)
• Madball Entertainment – co-production (track 9)
• Kenneth Bereal – production (track 11)
• Marty Cintron III – production (track 12)
• Javier Valverde – mixing assistance (track 12)
• Timbaland – production (track 13)
• Spencer Proffer – production ("When I Need a Man")
• Steve Plunkett – production ("When I Need a Man")
• Mona Scott – executive production ("When I Need a Man")
• Tom Weir – recording ("When I Need a Man")
• Paul Falcone – mixing ("When I Need a Man")
• Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

Artwork

• Anita Marisa Boriboon – art direction, design
• Antti J. – cover photography
• Mark Liddell – photography
• Arnold Turner – additional package photos
• Andrew Zach – Atlantic art production

Charts

Release history

Notes

1. Tracks 1–14 and "We Don't Need No Water"
2. Tracks 2, 5, 8, 9 and 13
3. Tracks 3 and 14
4. ^ Track 4
5. "When I Need a Man"

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• 2005 albums
• Albums produced by Craig Brockman
• Albums produced by Missy Elliott
• Albums produced by Timbaland
• Atlantic Records albums
• Tweet (singer) albums