Floetic Explained

Floetic
Type:	studio
Artist:	Floetry
Cover:	floetic.jpg
Studio:	A Touch of Jazz Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)) The Mill Studio (Winfarthing, Norfolk, England)
Genre:	R&B neo soul hip hop
Label:	Polydor (UK) DreamWorks (US)
Producer:	Keith "Keshon" Pelzer Darren "Limitless" Henson Andre Harris Vidal Davis Ivan "Orthodox" Barias
Next Title:	Floacism "Live"
Next Year:	2003

Floetic is the debut studio album by the English R&B duo Floetry, released by DreamWorks Records in the United States on 1 October 2002 and on Polydor Records in the United Kingdom on 25 November 2002.

Critical reception

The album received favourable reviews from CMJ, Rolling Stone, Yahoo! Music, and other company sites. AllMusic gave the album three out of five stars.^[1]

Commercial performance

Floetic debuted at number nineteen on the Billboard 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On 14 July 2003, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America^[2] with US sales of over 864,000 copies to date.^[3]

Track listing

Samples

• "Floetic" contains an interpolation of "Born to Be Blue" as written by Mel Tormé and Robert Wells.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Peak position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[4]	23

Year-end charts

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Position
US Billboard 200^[5]	162
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	33

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r593484|pure_url=yes}} Floetic – Review ]. . 27 November 2009.
2. Web site: RIAA – Gold & Platinum . . 14 July 2003 . 27 November 2009.
3. Web site: Mitchell . Gail . Ex-Floetry Member Marsha Ambrosius Readies Solo Set . Billboard . 25 September 2010 . 23 March 2011.
4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20021101232347/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html. 1 November 2002. R&B : Top 50. Jam!. 29 January 2023. Wayback Machine.
5. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. 9 September 2020.
6. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. 31 August 2020.