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Still Standing's title track was issued as a single weeks prior to Monica's BET reality series of the same name, which debuted in October 2009. Even though the song is a potent, low-profile anthem akin to a grown-up and feminized spin on T.I.'s "What You Know," it topped out in the 70s of the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album seemed like it might be dead well before release until "Everything to Me" -- based on Deniece Williams' 1981 quiet storm "Silly" -- trailed in February and was in the Top Ten within a month, significantly raising the profile for Monica's fifth album. Some fans will be irritated that it took Monica three-and-a-half years to follow up a ten-song album with a set of equally brief length, but Still Standing benefits from quality control and a handful of particularly strong ballads. If the album is missing anything, it's the sharp and casual wrath last dealt in "Sideline Ho." Instead, we get her singing different lyrics over Evelyn King's similarly cautionary and aggressive "Betcha She Don't Love You" for "If You Were My Man" (like "Everything to Me," a collaboration with Missy Elliott and the ever-undervalued Jazmine Sullivan), so it's really not that much of a problem.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Sam Thomas, Recording Engineer - Sam Thomas, Mixing Engineer - Monica Arnold, Composer - Monica Arnold, Lyricist - Adonis Shropshire, Lyricist - Adonis Shropshire, Producer - Adonis Shropshire, Composer - Adonis Shropshire, Vocal - Monica featuring Ludacris, Performer - Wyldcard, Producer - Christopher Bridges, Composer - Christopher Bridges, Lyricist - Monica, Vocal - Bryan-Michael Cox, Producer - Bryan-Michael Cox, Lyricist - Bryan-Michael Cox, Composer - Bryan-Michael Cox, Performer
(P) 2009 RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Mark Gray, 2nd Engineer - Mark Gray, Engineer - Farrah Fleurimond, Lyricist - Farrah Fleurimond, Composer - Monica, Performer - LOS DA MYSTRO, Conductor - LOS DA MYSTRO, Arranger - Dave Pensado, Mixing Engineer - John Horesco, Recording Engineer - Carlos McKinney, Composer - Carlos McKinney, Lyricist - Natalie Walker, Composer - Natalie Walker, Lyricist - Andrew Wuepper, 2nd Engineer
(P) 2009 JIVE Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Geno Regist, Recording Engineer - Kevin Davis, Mixing Engineer - Shaffer Smith, Lyricist - Shaffer Smith, Composer - Noah Tafua, 2nd Engineer - Monica, Performer - Bei Maejor, Producer - Bei Maejor, Vocal - Moses Gallart, 2nd Engineer - Brandon Green, Lyricist - Brandon Green, Composer - Ne-Yo, Co-Producer
(P) 2010 JIVE Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
June Deniece Williams, Lyricist - June Deniece Williams, Composer - Lamb, Co-Producer - Fritz Baskett, Composer - Fritz Baskett, Lyricist - Clarence McDonald, Composer - Clarence McDonald, Lyricist - Cainon Lamb, Composer - Cainon Lamb, Lyricist - Missy Elliott, Lyricist - Missy Elliott, Engineer - Missy Elliott, Producer - Missy Elliott, Composer - Monica, Performer - Jazmine Sullivan, Lyricist - Jazmine Sullivan, Composer - D Boi, Programmer - Paul J. Falcone, Mixing Engineer - Paul J. Falcone, Engineer
(P) 2010 J Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Cainon Lamb, Composer - Cainon Lamb, Lyricist - Michael Jones, Lyricist - Michael Jones, Composer - Paul J. Falcone, Mixing Engineer - Paul J. Falcone, Engineer - Jazmine Sullivan, Lyricist - Jazmine Sullivan, Composer - Monica, Performer - Taurian Osbourne, Keyboards - Missy Elliott, Lyricist - Missy Elliott, Engineer - Missy Elliott, Producer - Missy Elliott, Composer - Lamb, Co-Producer
(P) 2010 JIVE Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Andrew Frampton, Composer - Andrew Frampton, Lyricist - Andrew Frampton, Producer - James Scheffer, Composer - James Scheffer, Lyricist - Rob Marks, Mixing Engineer - Jim Jonsin, Arranger - Jim Jonsin, Programmer - Jim Jonsin, Producer - Adrian Santalla, Recording Engineer - Monica, Performer
(P) 2010 J Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Monica Arnold, Composer - Monica Arnold, Lyricist - Carlos Oyanedel, Engineer - Esther Dean, Composer - Esther Dean, Lyricist - Jason Perry, Lyricist - Jason Perry, Composer - Phil Tan, Mixing Engineer - Jay Stevenson, Recording Engineer - Paul Dawson, Composer - Paul Dawson, Lyricist - Monica, Performer - Damien Lewis, Engineer - Mike Hartnett, Composer - Mike Hartnett, Lyricist - Jamal Jones, Producer - Jamal Jones, Lyricist - Jamal Jones, Composer
(P) 2010 J Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Kevin Hicks, Lyricist - Kevin Hicks, Guitar - Kevin Hicks, Producer - Kevin Hicks, Programmer - Kevin Hicks, Composer - Bryan-Michael Cox, Producer - Bryan-Michael Cox, Keyboards - Bryan-Michael Cox, Drums - Bryan-Michael Cox, Lyricist - Bryan-Michael Cox, Bass - Bryan-Michael Cox, Programmer - Bryan-Michael Cox, Composer - Bryan-Michael Cox, Piano - Kendrick A.J. Dean, Lyricist - Kendrick A.J. Dean, Composer - Sam Thomas, Mixing Engineer - Monica, Performer - Ira Folson, Recording Engineer - Aaron Holton, Recording Engineer - Johntá Austin, Lyricist - Johntá Austin, Composer - Wyldcard, Organ - Wyldcard, Keyboards - Wyldcard, Strings - Wyldcard, Producer
(P) 2010 JIVE Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
John Horesco IV, Recording Engineer - Damien Lewis, 2nd Engineer - Monica, Performer - Jermaine Dupri, Lyricist - Jermaine Dupri, Mixing Engineer - Jermaine Dupri, Producer - Jermaine Dupri, Composer - Mark Gray, 2nd Engineer - Phil Tan, Mixing Engineer - Crystal Johnson, Composer - Crystal Johnson, Lyricist - Bryan-Michael Cox, Lyricist - Bryan-Michael Cox, Composer - Bryan-Michael Cox, Co-Producer
(P) 2010 J Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Josh Houghkirk, 2nd Engineer - Tor Erik Hermansen, Composer - Tor Erik Hermansen, Lyricist - Tor Erik Hermansen, Performer - Phillip Jackson, Composer - Phillip Jackson, Lyricist - Carlos Oyandel, Engineer - Andre Lindal, Performer - Andre Lindal, Lyricist - Andre Lindal, Co-Producer - Andre Lindal, Composer - Stargate, Producer - Phil Tan, Mixing Engineer - Monica, Performer - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Lyricist - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Performer - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Composer - Damien Lewis, Engineer
(P) 2010 JIVE Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Still Standing's title track was issued as a single weeks prior to Monica's BET reality series of the same name, which debuted in October 2009. Even though the song is a potent, low-profile anthem akin to a grown-up and feminized spin on T.I.'s "What You Know," it topped out in the 70s of the R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album seemed like it might be dead well before release until "Everything to Me" -- based on Deniece Williams' 1981 quiet storm "Silly" -- trailed in February and was in the Top Ten within a month, significantly raising the profile for Monica's fifth album. Some fans will be irritated that it took Monica three-and-a-half years to follow up a ten-song album with a set of equally brief length, but Still Standing benefits from quality control and a handful of particularly strong ballads. If the album is missing anything, it's the sharp and casual wrath last dealt in "Sideline Ho." Instead, we get her singing different lyrics over Evelyn King's similarly cautionary and aggressive "Betcha She Don't Love You" for "If You Were My Man" (like "Everything to Me," a collaboration with Missy Elliott and the ever-undervalued Jazmine Sullivan), so it's really not that much of a problem.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:28
- Main artists: Monica
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: J Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2010 J Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
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