Jay R (Jay R album)
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| Studio album by Jay R | ||||
| Released | December 5, 2005 (Philippines) | |||
| Recorded | 2004 – October 2005 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Pop, Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 01:04:40 | |||
| Language | English, Tagalog | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Producer | Ray Brown (executive), Jay R Sillona (also executive), Jimmy Muna, Kris Lawrence, Big James, Riley, 3AM Music, Greg Pagani, Jason Edmonds, Michael Jeter, Eric Jackson, The Arsonist, Chaka Blackmon, Mark Qura Rankin, Vehnee Saturno, DJ MOD, Jay Durias | |||
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Jay R is the self-titled second studio album by Filipino singer Jay R, released in December 2005 in the Philippines by Universal Records. To date, the album has sold more than 20,000 units in the country and has been certified gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.
After the success of Gameface, he focused on doing a more complex R&B sound. He covered the Billy Joel original "Just the Way You Are", making a whole different arrangement, complete with street-beat rap and his distinct R&B flavor. In addition, Sillona recorded an alternate version of the song, featuring Irish pop singer, Samantha Mumba. Among other collaborators are rappers Young Clipp, Jdimes, and Sillona's bestfriends, Jimmy Muna and Kris Lawrence, who lent his vocals as back-up on the DJ MOD ballad, "Paalam".
Legendary Filipino composer Vehnee Saturno, who is responsible for Sillona's first number one hit "Bakit Pa Ba", wrote two Tagalog songs—namely "Di Ko Sadya", co-produced by South Border frontman Jay Durias, and "Ngayo'y Narito", which was released as the album's second official single.
Other songs included in the album were Sillona's commercial jingles for Colgate, Tropicana Juice Drinks and Sun Cellular.
Jay R earned positive reviews from music critics and listeners. However, it failed to make a huge impact to the public, as Gameface did. Also, it received very few nominations on awarding events and did not win any category it was included in. Resty Odon of Titik Pilipino gave it four and a half out of five stars, stating that "I can't find a bad word for Jay R (the artist and the album) because he and his album are good." Although, he disliked the three overly slow Tagalog songs, saying "for those who dig them. I don't."
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