Unpredictable (Jamie Foxx album)

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Released December 27, 2005 Length 62:25 Unpredictable (2005) Intuition (2008) Release date 20 December 2005		Recorded 2004–05 Label J Artist Jamie Foxx

Producer Jamie Foxx Timbaland Mike City Mr. Collipark Polow da Don Jim Jonsin No I.D. Sean Garrett Tank Warryn Campbell Miykal Snoddy Nominations Grammy Award for Best R&B Album Awards Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album – Male Genres Hip hop music, Contemporary R&B, Pop music Similar Jamie Foxx albums, Hip hop music albums

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Unpredictable is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and actor Jamie Foxx. It was released on December 27, 2005, by J Records. Recording sessions took place from 2004 to 2005, with the production that was provided by Timbaland, Mike City, Sean Garrett and Jim Jonsin, among others. The album serves as a follow-up to the release of Peep This (1994), which occurred to be his first studio release in eleven years. The album was supported by four singles: "Extravaganza" featuring Kanye West, the title track "Unpredictable" featuring Ludacris, "DJ Play a Love Song" featuring Twista, and "Can I Take U Home".

Upon its release, Unpredictable received generally mixed reviews from music critics, who were ambivalent towards its lyrical content and production. The album debuted at number 2, beating behind Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough on the US Billboard 200, with 597,000 copies in its first week. In the second week, the album rose to number one, overtaking Blige, making Foxx as the fourth artist to ever won a Academy Award for acting, while achieving a number-one album on the US Billboard charts.

Commercial performance

Unpredictable debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, beaten to number-one by Mary J. Blige with The Breakthrough. It sold 597,000 copies in its first week. In its second week, it climbed to number one, despite a 77% decrease, selling 139,000 copies. In its third week, it slipped to number 3, with a 29% decrease, selling 93,000 copies. In its fourth week of sales, it increased by 2%, selling 96,000 copies. However, the album slid another spot down to number 4. In its fifth week, it suffered a 21% decrease, sliding to number 10, selling 75,000 copies. To date, the album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with an excess of two million copies sold in the United States.

Critical reception

Unpredictable received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 52, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 16 reviews.

E! Online - 7.5 out of 10 -"Whether he makes it all work via his musical skills or chameleonic acting ability, we don't know, but it does work."

Rolling Stone - 6 out of 10 - "When the album works, it's because of Foxx's easy charm and A-list confidence."

Paste- 3 out of 10 - "It's better to be the imitation Ray Charles than the poor man's R. Kelly."

Q magazine - 4 out of 10 - "The voice that set such a spark to West's Gold Digger should be capable of more than this exaggerated comedy sex routine."

Alex Petridis of The Guardian was also not impressed with the album, saying: "Unpredictable resembles another legendary thespian's venture into pop, William Shatner's 1968 opus The Transformed Man, in that you start to wonder whether Foxx is actually serious or not."