Thicke has shed his aggressive demeanor and adopted the "soft 'n' sensitive" guise, consistently slipping into falsetto a la Justin Timberlake to cement this persona into place. Where Thicke used aggression as the root for his first record's compositions and tone, Evolution reveals his whole new approach to penning and recording songs. This album was repeatedly pushed back by his label for reasons highly suspect (insecurity, perhaps?), but with the single "Wanna Love U Girl" boiling overseas and a core fan base jonesing for a sequel to Beautiful World, Interscope inevitably opted to quietly release Evolution into stores.Īlthough The Evolution of Robin Thicke is undoubtedly far from a misnomer, as Thicke has changed in appearance and situation, the music has concurrently gone through a backwardly stylistic digression. In addition to these shifts, the omnipresent Pharrell coaxed Thicke into granting the Neptunes permission to handle the production on his next record. For starters, Thicke began with a public image makeover: he changed his name from simply "Thicke" to his government name, cut off his scraggly hair and coiffed it into a sharp and masculine style, and toned down his in-your-face refutations of riding off of his father's fame. The album's lead single, titled " Wanna Love U Girl" featuring Pharrell, was released on August 9, 2005, before the album was officially released.Robin Thicke The Evolution of Robin Thicke Label: InterscopeĪ lot has changed for Robin Thicke since the release of his first album, Beautiful World, and his sophomore effort, The Evolution of Robin Thicke.
The single experienced chart success on urban radio in the United Kingdom. The remix to "Wanna Love You Girl" was released, adding to it was an American rapper Busta Rhymes.
The album's second single, " Lost Without U" was released on January 30, 2007. The single began getting a lot of radio airplay in Urban & Rhythmic radio stations from 2006 to 2007. The song reached number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Billboard 's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. As a result, Thicke became the first Caucasian male artist since George Michael to top the R&B singles chart. Thicke and his record label Interscope soon considered a potential track to be released as the album's third single. Thicke's preference was the track "Can U Believe" (released on April 12, 2007), which has peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100. On October 2, 2007, "Got 2 Be Down" was officially released to radio airplay as the album's fourth single. The Evolution of Robin Thicke debuted at number 45 on the US Billboard 200, selling 20,000 copies in its first week. After climbing the charts for five months, the album reached at a peak position at number five on the US Billboard 200 and sold 57,000 copies that week. The album also reached a peak position at number one on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. This became the first R&B number one album of Thicke's career. From February 24 to March 3, 2007, both his second single "Lost Without U" and his second album The Evolution of Robin Thicke simultaneously spent two consecutive weeks at number 1 on both the R&B single and album charts, respectively. On the Maissue of Billboard magazine, Thicke simultaneously topped 4 Billboard charts including Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay and Hot Adult R&B Airplay. Due to the popularity of "Lost Without U", the sales of the album started to increase. Bobby Keyes - guitar (tracks 5, 11, 12, 14), guitar solo (track 4).Sean Hurley - bass (tracks 4, 11, 12, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (track 4).Chad Hugo - producer and instrumentation (track 10).Gary Grant - horn arrangements (track 15).Larry Cox II - Rhodes piano (tracks 9, 14), organ (tracks 11, 16), bass (track 9).On March 23, 2007, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over a million copies in the United States.
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