Glamorest Life Explained
Glamorest Life is the third studio album by American rapper Trina. It was released on October 4, 2005, through Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic Records. Recording sessions took place at Studio Center, The Record Room and Circle House Studios in Miami. Production was handled by Bigg D, Cool & Dre, Jim Jonsin, Mannie Fresh, Money Mark Diggla, Signature, Briss, Jazze Pha, KLC, Needlz and Nick "Fury" Loftin. It features guest appearances from Dre, CO, Duece Poppito, Jazze Pha, Kelly Rowland, Lil Scrappy, Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh, Money Mark Diggla, Plies, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, T.I., Trey Songz and Trick Daddy.
In the United States, the album debuted at number 11 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and the Top Rap Albums charts, with 77,000 units sold in its first week.[1] By 2007, the album sold 398,000 copies.[2]
The album was supported with three singles: "Don't Trip", "Here We Go" and "Da Club". Its lead single, "Don't Trip", didn't find much success, only peaking at number 74 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The second single off of the album, "Here We Go", reached number 17 in Finland, New Zealand and the US, number 15 in the UK and number 29 in the Netherlands, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over 500,000 units in the United States alone, becoming Trina's first highly successful single.
The album marks Trina's final album for Atlantic Records. In 2007, Trina signed to EMI in conjuction with Slip-n-Slide Records.[3]
Critical reception
Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews praised the album, stating "the guest appearances don't detract from her album, they just add on to her already strong pimp game". Melanie Cornish of HipHopDX concluded: "all in all Trina didn't strike out with her third album, it was a certified hit and will keep her fan base watching for the next time she comes to the plate". AllMusic's Andy Kellman found Trina's "righteous raunchiness is more than a little exhausted on Glamorest Life", adding that she sounds "distanced and not nearly as energised as she was on 2002's Diamond Princess". Jim Durig of IGN wrote that the album "doesn't expand on the glimmers of potential Trina showed in her earlier work, instead moving away from that strong, uninhibited rawness to fully pander to an adolescent crowd".
Track listing
- Sample credits
Personnel
- Katrina "Trina" Taylor — vocals, co-executive producer
- Andre "Dré" Lyon — vocals & producer (tracks: 1, 13)
- Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter — vocals (track 2)
- Darryl "Lil Scrappy" Richardson — vocals (track 3)
- Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland — vocals (track 4)
- Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus — vocals (track 5)
- Corey "C.O." Evans — vocals (track 5)
- Mark "Money Mark Diggla" Seymour — vocals (track 5), producer (tracks: 5, 10)
- Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas — vocals (track 6), producer (tracks: 2, 6)
- Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander — vocals & producer (track 7)
- William "Rick Ross" Roberts II — vocals (track 8)
- Lasana "Duece Poppito" Smith — vocals (track 9)
- Tremaine "Trey Songz" Neverson — vocals (track 10)
- Algernod "Plies" Washington — vocals (track 11)
- Penelope Magnet — additional vocals (track 12)
- Derrick "Bigg D" Baker — piano (track 4), producer (tracks: 4, 11)
- Marcello "Cool" Valenzano — producer (tracks: 1, 13)
- Craig "KLC" Lawson — producer (track 3)
- James "Jim Jonsin" Scheffer — producer (tracks: 4, 11)
- Eugene "Signature" Colon — producer (tracks: 5, 10)
- Andre "Briss" Brissett — producer (track 8)
- Khari "Needlz" Cain — producer (track 9)
- Nicholaus "Nick Fury" Loftin — producer (track 12)
- Mike Caren — co-producer (track 12), A&R direction
- Andrews Correa — recording
- Robert "Big Briz" Brisbane — recording (tracks: 1, 13)
- Jon Neumann — recording (track 2)
- Zac — recording (track 3)
- Ray Seay — mixing (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8-10, 12, 13)
- KD — mixing (track 4)
- Leslie Brathwrate — mixing (track 7)
- Fabian Marasciullo — mixing (track 11)
- Dave Junco — additional recording (tracks: 7-9)
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner — mastering (tracks: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
- Bernie Grundman — mastering (tracks: 4, 7, 10-13)
- Ted "Touche" Lucas — executive producer
- Solomon "Sox" Hepburn — co-executive producer
- Josh "Redd" Burke — A&R, management
- Musa Adeoye — A&R
- Robert Alexander — A&R direction
- Alan Lewis — A&R direction
- Byron Trice — A&R direction
- Damon Eden — A&R co-direction
- Aaron Bay-Schuck — A&R coordinator
- Anne Declemente — A&R administrator
- Kram Iksirbo — art direction, design
- Alexander Martin — art direction
- Christian Lantry — photography
- Alexander Allen — stylist
- Andrew Zaeh — photoshoot production
- Michael Hopkins — management
- Fernando Watson — marketing
- Julian Boothe — marketing
- Veronica Alvericci — marketing
Charts
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- October 12, 2005 . Nickelback Debuts ‘Right’ On Top . May 11, 2024 . . en-US.
- Concepcion . Mariel . June 9, 2007 . A bad rap? . February 3, 2022 . . 24–25 . Internet Archive . 119 . 23.
- News: Crosley . Hillary . May 18, 2007 . Trina signs to EMI . May 15, 2011 . Billboard.
- Web site: 2005 . Year-End Charts: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (2005) . subscription . May 11, 2024 . . en-US.
