Intuition is the third studio album by American R&B singer Jamie Foxx. It was released on December 16, 2008, by J Records. The album features several guest artists, including T.I., Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo, Kanye West, Fabolous, T-Pain, The-Dream, Lil' Kim and Marsha Ambrosius. The album has reached the top three on the US Billboard 200 chart and number 1 on the Top US R&B/Hip Hop Albums Charts, which it topped for six consecutive weeks.
Background and composition
Intuition, as Foxx describes it, will focus on the needs and wants of the opposite sex.
Singles
The album's lead single "Just Like Me" featuring T.I., was released on August 19, 2008. The song debuted at number 48 on the BillboardHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, before it peaked at number 8. It also peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 100. The remix to Ne-Yo's "Miss Independent," titled "" featuring Ne-Yo; along with an American rapper Fabolous, which was released as the album's second single on December 14, 2008. The album's third single "Blame It" featuring T-Pain, was released on January 26, 2009. In its first week, "Just Like Me", "Blame It" and "She Got Her Own" were charted on the top-ten in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at numbers 8, 1, and 2, respectively. While on the Conan O'Brien show, Foxx performed the remix to "Digital Girl" featuring Canadian rapper Drake, during the interview with MTV News, as he stated; it will be his fourth single from Intuition. The full studio version was leaked and officially released on June 19, 2009, which features guest appearances from Drake, adding Kanye West and The-Dream on this track.
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number 3 on the US Billboard 200, selling 265,000 copies in the first week. The album became one of the Billboard 200's top ten albums within the first month after it was released. As of May 2010, Intuition has sold in the United States one million copies, and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Critical reception
Intuition received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 56, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 6 reviews. Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe reviewed the album positively, stating: "Like many contemporary R&B albums, the cameos sometimes crowd the main attraction, but Foxx is wise enough to intuit when it suits him best to share the spotlight." Claire Lobenfeld of Vibe Magazine had a mixed review for the album, stating: "What is missing from Intuition is a balance between the party records and the slow jams. The division displays a lack of cohesiveness that separates the effort from being a great album into just a collection of potential singles." Emily Heward of MusicOMH.com, however, was less impressed with the album, commenting: " lost amidst over-enthusiastic vocal effects" and that "it is hard to recognize the soulful voice that landed him his Oscar."
Tour
In May 2009, Foxx announced he was going on tour in the support of his third album Intuition. The 40-city tour kicked off on July 2 in Anaheim and ended in October.
Track listing
Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the album’s Liner Notes ;Sample Credits
"Number One" contains a sample from "The New Style" performed by Beastie Boys
"Digital Girl" contains re-sung lyrics from "Can't Believe It" performed by T-Pain and Lil Wayne
"She Got Her Own" contains a sample from "My Baby Understands" performed by Donna Summer
"I Don't Know" contains re-sung lyrics from "Passin' Me By" performed by The Pharcyde, which in turn samples the Quincy Jones version of "Summer in the City"
"I Don't Know" also contains a portion of the composition "I Want You" by Marvin Gaye
Personnel
Credits are adapted from Allmusic and the album’s Liner Notes.
