Ridin' Solo (album) explained

Ridin' Solo
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Keith Sweat
Cover:	Ridin' Solo album cover.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	June 22, 2010
Length:	49:56
Label:	Kedar Fontana
Producer:	Keith Sweat (exec.) Kedar Massenburg (exec.) Chuckii Booker Adam Ledgister Wirlie Morris The Platinum Brothers Angelo Remon Steven Russell Tank
Prev Title:	Just Me
Prev Year:	2008
Next Title:	Til the Morning
Next Year:	2011

Ridin' Solo is the eleventh studio album by American R&B singer Keith Sweat. It was released on June 22, 2010 by Kedar Entertainment and Fontana Distribution.^[1] It debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard 200, also reaching number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman found that "due to a number of factors, Ridin Solo is the least significant volume of Sweat's discography [...] Sweat can't be knocked for riding the Auto-Tune gravy train, not when his use of vocal effects can be traced back 20-plus years. Then again, Ridin' Solo, the singer's tenth proper studio album, is slathered in it. Part of that is out of necessity; Sweat's voice, once a smooth whine, often hits a grainy strain, and it's also cloaked by a number of background vocalists who occasionally step in front to perform the hooks. While he is nearing his 50th birthday, Sweat sings lyrics that are less mature than the ones he recorded half his life ago, with references to Patrón, woman-as-vehicle metaphors, and couplets".

Personnel

Credits for Ridin' Solo adapted from AllMusic.^[2]

• Adam Ledgister - Drum Programming, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Synthesizer, Vocal Arrangement, Background vocals
• Adrian Albritton - Photography
• Luke Austin - Producer
• D. Babbs - Composer
• Durrell Babbs - Vocal Arrangement, Background vocals
• Chuckii Booker - Instrumentation, Producer
• D. Brown - Composer
• Dave Brown - Vocal Arrangement
• Carl M. Days Jr. - Background vocals
• Najja Edwards - Engineer, Mixing Assistant
• Gasner Hughes - Vocal Arrangement, Background vocals
• Bruce Irvine - Mixing
• Billy Ray Little - Composer
• Liz Loblack - Marketing
• Tony Martinez - Vocal Arrangement, Background vocals
• Harvey Mason, Jr. - Mixing
• Kedar Massenburg - Executive Producer
• W. Morris - Composer
• Wirlie Morris - Arranger, Drum Programming, Editing, Engineer, Producer, Strings, Synthesizer
• The Platinum Brothers - Producer
• Herb Powers - Mastering
• Angelo Remón - Composer, Drum Programming, Engineer, Producer, Synthesizer, Background vocals
• Jackie Rhinehart - Marketing
• S. Russell - Composer
• Steven Russell - Instrumentation, Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Background vocals
• Alvin Speights - Mixing
• Keith Sweat - Executive Producer, Primary Artist, Vocal Arrangement, Background vocals
• Antonine Tatum - Background vocals
• Dale Voelker - Art Direction, Design

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: iTunes Store. apple.com.
2. Web site: Ridin' Solo - Keith Sweat. AllMusic.
3. Web site: R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2010. Billboard. July 22, 2020.