Unpredictable (Jamie Foxx album)

Unpredictable is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and actor Jamie Foxx. It was released on December 20, 2005, by J Records. 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".

Unpredictable
Studio album by Jamie Foxx
Released	December 20, 2005
Genre	R&B hip hop pop
Length	62:25
Label	J
Producer	Jamie Foxx Timbaland Mike City Mr. Collipark Polow da Don Jim Jonsin No I.D. Sean Garrett Tank Warryn Campbell Static Major Miykal Snoddy
Jamie Foxx chronology
Peep This (1994) Unpredictable (2005) Intuition (2008)
Singles from Unpredictable
"Extravaganza" Released: October 4, 2005 "Unpredictable" Released: October 18, 2005 "DJ Play a Love Song" Released: January 10, 2006 "Can I Take U Home" Released: 2006

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 two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 597,000 copies in its first week and has since peaked at number one on the chart.^[1][2] The album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[3]

Recording

Recording sessions took place from 2004 to 2005, with the Record 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), making it his first studio release in eleven years.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	52/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[5]
Blender	[6]
Robert Christgau	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	C−[8]
HipHopDX	[9]
Los Angeles Times	[10]
Rolling Stone	[11]
Paste	[12]
Vibe	[4]
The Village Voice	(favorable)[13]
The Guardian	[14]

Unpredictable received polarized 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.^[4]

• 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."^[4]
• Rolling Stone – 6 out of 10 – "When the album works, it's because of Foxx's easy charm and A-list confidence."^[11]
• Paste- 3 out of 10 – "It's better to be the imitation Ray Charles than the poor man's R. Kelly."^[12]
• 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."^[15]
• 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."^[14]

Commercial performance

Unpredictable debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 597,000 copies in its first week.^[1] The album debuted behind Mary J. Blige's The Breakthrough album.^[1] In its second week, the album climbed to number one on the chart, selling an additional 200,000 copies.^[2] Foxx became the fourth Academy Award-winning actor with a number-one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. In its third week, the album remained at number one on the chart, selling 131,000 more copies.^[16] In its fourth week, the album remained at number one on the chart, selling 103,000 copies.^[17] On March 24, 2006, the album was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over two million copies in the United States.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Unpredictable" (featuring Ludacris)	Harold Lilly James Scheffer Derrick Baker Christopher Bridges	Jim Jonsin Bigg D Harold Lilly	3:39
2.	"Warm Bed"	Sean Garrett Michael Crooms Prentice Sprye	Sean Garrett Mr. Collipark	3:53
3.	"DJ Play a Love Song" (featuring Twista)	Jamal Jones Garrett Jason Perry	Polow da Don Sean Garrett	4:18
4.	"With You" (featuring The Game and Snoop Dogg)	Jamie Foxx Tank Charlie Bereal Kenny Bereal Nate Walton Ainz Prasad	Tank Jamie Foxx	4:20
5.	"Can I Take U Home"	Tim Mosley	Timbaland Static Major (voc.)	4:15
6.	"Love Changes" (featuring Mary J. Blige)	Skip Scarborough	Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell Breyon Prescott (co.)	4:30
7.	"Extravaganza" (featuring Kanye West)	Mike City Kanye West	Mike City	4:15
8.	"Three Letter Word"	Lilly Ernest Smith Michael Snoddy Earl Klugh	Harold Lilly No I.D. Miykal Snoddy	4:42
9.	"Get This Money"	Mike City	Mike City	4:31
10.	"VIP"	Foxx Mateo Laboriel Tank Herbie Hancock	Mateo Laboriel Tank (voc.)	3:54
11.	"Do What It Do"	Foxx Tank C. Bereal K. Bereal	Jamie Foxx Tank Charlie Bereal	4:03
12.	"Storm (Forecass)"	R.L. Huggar Daron Jones	Daron Jones R.L. Huggar	4:27
13.	"U Still Got It (Interlude)" (featuring Common)	Foxx Walton Prasad	Jamie Foxx	2:47
14.	"Heaven"	Foxx	Babyface	3:54
15.	"Wish U Were Here"	Ron Feemster Foxx Tank Joseph "Lonny" Bereal Prescott	Ron "Neff-U" Feemster	4:13

Sample credits

• "Three Letter Word" contains a sample from "Kari", written and performed by Earl Klugh.
• "VIP" contains a sample from "Butterfly", written and performed by Herbie Hancock.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005–2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[18] 39 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 70 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[20] 47 French Albums (SNEP)[21] 55 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 43 Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 27 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[24] 13 Scottish Albums (OCC)[25] 23 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[26] 66 UK Albums (OCC)[27] 9 US Billboard 200[2] 1 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[28] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200[29] 15 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[30] 2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[31]	Gold	50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32]	Silver	60,000^
United States (RIAA)[33]	2× Platinum	2,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.