Baby_Makin'_Music Knowpia

Baby Makin' Music
Baby Makin' Music
Studio album by The Isley Brothers
Released	May 9, 2006
Genre	R&B
Length	40:45
Label	Def Soul Classics; Def Jam;
Producer	Gordon Chambers; Bryan-Michael Cox; Jermaine Dupri; R. Kelly; Ezekiel Lewis; Manuel Seal; Tim & Bob; Troy Taylor;
The Isley Brothers chronology

Baby Makin' Music is the thirtieth studio album by the American Ohio musical soul group, the Isley Brothers (with bandleader Ronald Isley credited as the lead feature). It was released under the short-lived Def Soul Classics imprint on May 9, 2006.

Their first for the Def Jam-affiliated label, the album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200, while debuting at number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Album sales were helped by the R&B chart success of the first single, "Just Came Here to Chill", and the R. Kelly duet, "Blast Off", which is the only collaboration with Kelly on this album, after he produced their last album, Body Kiss (2003).

Other producers on Baby Makin' Music include Gordon Chambers, Jermaine Dupri, Tim & Bob and Manuel Seal.

Following the album's release, the Isley Brothers ended up on a temporary hiatus following lead singer Ronald Isley's conviction on tax evasion charges, having served three years in federal prison before being released in 2010 and releasing a solo album.^[1]^[2]

Background edit

In October 2003, five months following the release of their predecessor, Body Kiss, which achieved commercial success,^[3] and almost a month ahead of the release of Ronald Isley and Burt Bacharach's collaborative album, Here I Am, the group's label, DreamWorks Records, previously a music label subsidiary of DreamWorks Pictures, was acquired by Universal Music Group and then folded into Interscope Geffen A&M Records.^[4] As a result, the Isley Brothers became free agents for only five months until in May 2004, former Universal Music CEO Doug Morris convinced the group to comeback to UMG. Accepting his offer, Ronald Isley signed a new contract with Universal, rather than face being dropped from the label and losing money. Instead of signing with DreamWorks' succeeding label, Geffen Records, Morris helped to sign the Isley Brothers to Geffen's UMG sister label, Def Soul, the R&B division of Def Jam Recordings.^[5] Around that time, Def Jam was already under new leadership of former Arista Records chairman L.A. Reid, following the departure of Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles and its co-founder Russell Simmons.^[6]

Singles and release edit

The album's lead single, "You Helped Me Write This Song", was released in October 2005, after it leaked on pirate radio last June.^{[citation needed]} Baby Makin' Music was expected to be released on December 20, 2005, but was later delayed to May 9, 2006, on which it was finally released.

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]

The album received three and a half out of five stars on AllMusic.

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"You're My Star"	Tim Kelley Bob Robinson Curtis Mayfield	Tim & Bob	4:35
2.	"Blast Off" (featuring R. Kelly)	Robert Kelly	Kelly	4:04
3.	"Just Came Here to Chill"	Troy Taylor Gordon Chambers Ronald Isley	Taylor Chambers	4:13
4.	"Gotta Be with You"	Jermaine Dupri Bryan-Michael Cox Johntá Austin	Dupri Cox^[A]	4:34
5.	"Pretty Woman"	Kelley Robinson	Tim & Bob	4:31
6.	"Forever Mackin'"	Dupri Cox Austin	Dupri Cox^[A]	4:22
7.	"Show Me"	Manuel Seal	Seal	4:22
8.	"Give It to You"	Seal	Seal	4:27
9.	"Beautiful"	Dupri Seal Austin	Dupri Seal^[A]	3:27
10.	"Heaven Hooked Us Up"	Taylor Ezekiel Lewis Thabiso Nkhereanye R. Isley	Lewis Taylor	4:31
11.	"You Help Me Write This Song"	Taylor Lewis Nkhereanye Sam Salter R. Isley	Lewis Taylor	4:02

Notes

^{^[A]} denotes co-producer

Sample credits

"You're My Star" contains samples from "Makings of You" as recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips, written by Curtis Mayfield.

Personnel edit

Ronald Isley – lead and backing vocals, production, executive producer
Ernie Isley – acoustic guitar (track 1), electric guitar (tracks 5, 10)
R. Kelly – lead and backing vocals (track 2), arrangements, producer
Donnie Lyle – guitar (track 2)
Big D – guitar (track 10)
Bob Robinson – additional keyboards (tracks 1, 5), arrangements, production
Rodney East – additional keyboards (tracks 2)
Tim Kelley – bass, keyboards & drums (tracks 1, 5), backing vocals (track 5), arrangements, production

Jermaine Dupri – rapping, producer
Manuel Seal – multi-instruments & backing vocals (tracks 7, 8), production
Troy Taylor – multi-instruments, arrangements, production (tracks 3, 10, 11)
Johnta Austin – backing vocals (tracks 4, 6, 9)
Kandy Isley – backing vocals (tracks 1, 5)
Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis – production, backing vocals (tracks 10, 11)
Sam Salter – backing vocals (track 11)
Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith – executive producer

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (2006)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[8]	5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	1

Year-end charts edit

Chart (2006)	Position
US Billboard 200^[10]	181
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[11]	33

References edit

^ "Out of jail, Ron Isley picks up where he left off". Deseret News. 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
^ Billboard Staff (2006-09-05). "Isley Sentenced To Prison For Tax Evasion". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
^ "50 Cent Makes Way For The Isley Brothers". MTV. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
^ "CNN.com - Dreamworks near music deal - Oct. 31, 2003". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
^ Mitchell, Gail (2004-05-12). "Def Soul Signs Isleys". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
^ Fritz, Ben (2004-02-10). "Reid's replacing Cohen at Def Jam". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
^ Kellman, Andy. "The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album review credits & releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
^ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

External links edit

The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album review by Andy Kellman, credits & releases at AllMusic
The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album releases & credits at Discogs
The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album to be listened as stream on Spotify

[1] "Out of jail, Ron Isley picks up where he left off". Deseret News. 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

[2] Billboard Staff (2006-09-05). "Isley Sentenced To Prison For Tax Evasion". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

[3] "50 Cent Makes Way For The Isley Brothers". MTV. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

[4] "CNN.com - Dreamworks near music deal - Oct. 31, 2003". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

[5] Mitchell, Gail (2004-05-12). "Def Soul Signs Isleys". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

[6] Fritz, Ben (2004-02-10). "Reid's replacing Cohen at Def Jam". Variety. Retrieved 2023-10-03.

[AllMusic-7] Kellman, Andy. "The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album review credits & releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2019.

[ac_Billboard200_The_Isley_Brothers-8] "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_The_Isley_Brothers-9] "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

[10] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved September 30, 2020.

[11] "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

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