| Jay R | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Jay R |
| Cover: | Jay R album cover front.JPG |
| Released: | (Philippines) |
| Recorded: | 2004 – October 2005 |
| Genre: | R&B, Pop, Hip-hop |
| Length: | 01:04:40 |
| Language: | English, Tagalog |
| Label: | Universal |
| Producer: | Ray Brown (executive), Jay R Sillona (also executive), Jimmy Muna, Kris Lawrence, Big James, Riley, 3AM Music, Greg Pagani, Jason Edmonds, Michael Jeter, Eric Jackson, The Arsonist, Chaka Blackmon, Mark Qura Rankin, Vehnee Saturno, DJ MOD, Jay Durias |
| Prev Title: | Gameface |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Christmas Away from Home |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Jay R is the self-titled second studio album by Filipino singer Jay R, released in December 2005 in the Philippines by Universal Records.[1] To date, the album has sold more than 20,000 units in the country and has been certified gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry.
After the success of Gameface, he focused on doing a more complex R&B sound. He covered the Billy Joel original "Just the Way You Are", making a whole different arrangement, complete with street-beat rap and his distinct R&B flavor. In addition, Sillona recorded an alternate version of the song, featuring Irish pop singer, Samantha Mumba. Among other collaborators are rappers Young Clipp, Jdimes, and Sillona's bestfriends, Jimmy Muna and Kris Lawrence, who lent his vocals as back-up on the DJ MOD ballad, "Paalam".
Legendary Filipino composer Vehnee Saturno, who is responsible for Sillona's first number one hit "Bakit Pa Ba", wrote two Tagalog songs—namely "Di Ko Sadya", co-produced by South Border frontman Jay Durias, and "Ngayo'y Narito", which was released as the album's second official single.
Other songs included in the album were Sillona's commercial jingles for Colgate, Tropicana Juice Drinks and Sun Cellular.[2]
Jay R earned positive reviews from music critics and listeners. However, it failed to make a huge impact to the public, as Gameface did. Also, it received very few nominations on awarding events and did not win any category it was included in. Resty Odon of Titik Pilipino gave it four and a half out of five stars, stating that "I can't find a bad word for Jay R (the artist and the album) because he and his album are good." Although, he disliked the three overly slow Tagalog songs, saying "for those who dig them. I don't."[3]
On the 2006 MTV Pilipinas Music Awards, the album got two nominations—Favorite Male Video for "Ngayo'y Narito", which lost to Christian Bautista's "Invincible", and Favorite Hip-Hop/R&B Video for "Just the Way You Are", which lost to "Stay Real" by Amber.[4] On the Myx Music Awards 2006, Jay R received three nominations, on which two were for the album (Favorite Male and Favorite Urban for "Just the Way You Are"). He lost the Favorite Male Artist award to Erik Santos and the Favorite Urban Video to Gloc-9's "Tula". On the 2006 Awit Awards, the album failed to have nomination on any category. Although, he was nominated for Best Performance by a Duet on "Say That You Love Me" with Kyla, losing the award to Nina and Thor's "The Closer I Get to You".[5] [6] In 2007, he was nominated for R&B Artist of the Year on the Philippine Hip-Hop Awards, but was beaten by Nina on having the title.
| Title | Featured guest(s) | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Interlude Intro" | Jay R Sillona, Jimmy Muna, Kris Lawrence | Sillona, Muna, Lawrence | 1:25 | |
| 2 | "Sexy Girl" | Young Clipp | Young Clipp, Big James, Riley | Big James, Riley | 3:53 |
| 3 | "Just the Way You Are" | Billy Joel | 3AM Music | 4:05 | |
| 4 | "I Got the Key" | A. Merrit, Greg Pagani | Pagani | 4:11 | |
| 5 | "Hey Ma" | J. Omley, N. Turpin, M. Mani, Merrit | 3AM Music | 3:11 | |
| 6 | "3 AM" | Jdimes | Omley, Turpin, Mani, Merrit | 3AM Music | 3:15 |
| 7 | "I'd Rather" | Eric Jackson | Jason Edmonds, Michael Jeter, Jackson | 4:12 | |
| 8 | "Everything" | Jackson | Jackson, The Arsonist | 3:45 | |
| 9 | "How Many Times" | Edmonds, Chaka Blackmon | Edmonds, Jeter, Blackmon | 3:21 | |
| 10 | "Tonight" | Jackson | Jackson, Mark Qura Rankin | 3:54 | |
| 11 | "Goodbye" | Big James | Jackson, Edmonds | 4:32 | |
| 12 | "Just the Way You Are" | Samantha Mumba | Joel | 3AM Music | 4:02 |
| 13 | "Ngayo'y Narito" | Sillona, Vehnee Saturno | Sillona, Saturno | 4:45 | |
| 14 | "Paalam" | Kris Lawrence (background vocals) | DJ M.O.D., T. Bailey | DJ M.O.D. | 4:10 |
| 15 | "Di Ko Sadya" | Saturno | Sillona, Saturno, Jay Durias | 4:03 | |
| 16 | "Seasons" (Sun Cellular theme) (bonus track) | Sillona, Muna, Lawrence | Sillona, Muna, Lawrence | 2:39 | |
| 17 | "Fill the Thirst" (Tropicana theme) (bonus track) | Sillona, Muna, Lawrence | Sillona, Muna, Lawrence | 2:24 | |
| 18 | "You Make Me Smile" (Colgate theme) (bonus track) | Jimmy Muna | Sillona, Muna, Lawrence | Sillona, Muna, Lawrence | 2:45 |
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