Make It Out This Town
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| Studio album by Eve | ||||
| Released | May 14, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2007–13 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 39:34 | |||
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| Metacritic | 62/100 |
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| PopMatters | 6/10 |
| RapReviews | 7/10 |
| Spin | 7/10 |
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Lip Lock is the fourth studio album by American hip hop recording artist Eve. The album, her first in eleven years, was released on May 14, 2013, by From The Rib and RED Distribution. The album features guest appearances from Gabe Saporta, Dawn Richard, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Chrisette Michele, Juicy J, and Pusha T among others. The album was supported with the singles "Make It Out This Town" and "Eve", in addition to the promotional single "She Bad Bad". Lip Lock was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number 46 on the Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 8,600 copies in the United States.
In 2007, Eve began working on a new album titled Here I Am. In May 2007, XXL magazine profiled six recorded tracks from Here I Am; five of them being produced by Swizz Beatz, including the singles "Tambourine" and "Give It to You" (featuring Sean Paul). Another song showcased, produced by Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes, was "All Night Long", a song where Eve sings as opposes to rapping. In July 2007, XXL published a review of Here I Am, rating it an L in its "shoe size" rating system ranging from S to XXL. However the album ran into a series of delays due to corporate change at the record label and discontent with the lackluster success of the first and second singles, "Tambourine", released in April 2007, and "Give It to You" (featuring Sean Paul), released during the summer. The project was delayed to September 11, 2007 and then October 16, 2007 but it was never released. Problems at her label, Interscope Records, were responsible for the multiple delays. Due to the delays, the album was often reworked, and multiple times the album was renamed from Here I Am to Flirt and finally to Lip Lock. In an interview with New York Post, it was revealed under the title Here I Am the album had actually been completed; however, both times Interscope shelved the project.
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