Lyfe Change Explained

Lyfe Change
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Lyfe Jennings
Cover:	LyfeChange.jpg
Released:	April 29, 2008^[1]
Recorded:	2007 - 2008
Length:	51:34
Label:	Sony Urban Music/Columbia / Music World Entertainment
Producer:	Lyfe Jennings (exec. producer)
Prev Title:	The Phoenix
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	I Still Believe
Next Year:	2010

Lyfe Change is the third studio album by Lyfe Jennings, released on April 29, 2008.^[2]

"The album is called Lyfe Change because I'm changing it up a bit," explains Lyfe. "In the past I didn't work with different producers, I produced and wrote most of my albums by myself. But on this project I actually worked with different producers and a few writers."^[3]

The first single off the album is called "Cops Up". It peaked at number 68 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[4] The song was originally written for R&B duo, Luke & Q.

The second single is called "Never Never Land". It peaked at number 21 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[4]

The third single has been released and is called "Will I Ever".

Lyfe Change debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 80,000 copies in its opening week.^[5]

In the limited edition of the CD came with a DVD featuring a Live Performance in an Ohio Prison and the "Cops Up" music video.The DVD is edited in both versions.

Track listing

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1. "Change the Game" (Intro) (featuring Walter Butch) - 1:33
2. "Keep On Dreaming" - 3:40
3. "Warriors" - 3:10
4. "Never Never Land" - 3:58
5. "Brand New" (featuring T.I.) - 3:10
6. "It's Real" - 3:10
7. "Cops Up" - 3:33
8. "You Think You Got It Bad" (featuring Wyclef Jean) - 4:18
9. "Wild, Wild, Wild" - 3:23
10. "Midnight Train" - 3:18
11. "Hmmm" - 3:41
12. "Old School" (featuring Snoop Dogg) - 4:13
13. "Us" (Interlude) - 1:17
14. "Will I Ever" - 4:51
15. "Baby I'm a Star" - 4:19

• Lil Wayne appeared on the original version of "Brand New" but was later re-recorded and Lyfe Jennings replaced him with T.I. for the album version. The original still exists and can be heard on YouTube.

Production

1. Lyfe Jennings - Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,14,15
2. The Underdogs - Tracks 7,10,11
3. Steven Russell - Tracks 10,11
4. Wyclef Jean - Tracks 8,9
5. Jerry Wonda Duplessis - Track 8
6. Logic - Track 9
7. Luke & Q - Track 7

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2008)	Position
US Billboard 200^[7]	183
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8]	36

Notes and References

1. Web site: Featured Content on Myspace. Myspace.
2. Billboard discography: release date and track listing
3. Web site: Lyfe Jennings Promotes Change. IGN. April 25, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713005320/http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/852/852641p1.html. July 13, 2011. dead.
4. Chart listings
5. Katie Hasty, "Madonna Leads Busy Billboard 200 With 7th No. 1", Billboard.com, May 7, 2008.
6. Web site: Lyfe Jennings - Lyfe Change CD. cduniverse.com.
7. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2008. Billboard. October 18, 2020.
8. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2008. Billboard. October 18, 2020.