Lyfe Change

Lyfe Change is the third studio album by Lyfe Jennings, released on April 29, 2008.^[6]

"The album is called Lyfe Change because I'm changing it up a bit," explains Lyfe. "In the past I didn't work with different producers, I produced and wrote most of my albums by myself. But on this project I actually worked with different producers and a few writers."^[7]

Lyfe Change
Studio album by Lyfe Jennings
Released	April 29, 2008[1]
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	R&B soul hip hop
Length	51:34
Label	Sony Urban Music/Columbia / Music World Entertainment
Producer	Chester "Lyfe" Jennings (exec. producer), Joy Bounds (exec. producer)
Lyfe Jennings chronology
The Phoenix (2006) Lyfe Change (2008) I Still Believe (2010)
Singles from Lyfe Change
"Cops Up" Released: 2007 "Never Never Land" Released: April 15, 2008

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
DJBooth	[4]
Okayplayer	(85/100)[5]

The first single off the album is called "Cops Up". It peaked at number 68 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[8] The song was originally written for R&B duo, Luke & Q.

The second single is called "Never Never Land". It peaked at number 21 on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[8]

The third single has been released and is called "Will I Ever".

Lyfe Change debuted at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling about 80,000 copies in its opening week.^[9]

In the limited edition of the CD came with a DVD featuring a Live Performance in an Ohio Prison and the "Cops Up" music video. The DVD is edited in both versions.

Track listing

1. "Change the Game" (Intro) (featuring Walter Butch) - 1:33
2. "Keep On Dreaming" - 3:40
3. "Warriors" - 3:10
4. "Never Never Land" - 3:58
5. "Brand New" (featuring T.I.) - 3:10
6. "It's Real" - 3:10
7. "Cops Up" - 3:33
8. "You Think You Got It Bad" (featuring Wyclef Jean) - 4:18
9. "Wild, Wild, Wild" - 3:23
10. "Midnight Train" - 3:18
11. "Hmmm" - 3:41
12. "Old School" (featuring Snoop Dogg) - 4:13
13. "Us" (Interlude) - 1:17
14. "Will I Ever" - 4:51
15. "Baby I'm a Star" - 4:19

^[10]

• Lil Wayne appeared on the original version of "Brand New" but was later re-recorded and Lyfe Jennings replaced him with T.I. for the album version. The original still exists and can be heard on YouTube.

Personnel

• A&R – Chad Elliott, Lyfe Jennings
• Art Direction – SLANG Inc.
• Coordinator [A&R Operations] – Juli Knapp
• Engineer [Assistant] – Elvis Aponte (tracks: 8), Mike Tschupp (tracks: 4, 14), Travis Stefl (tracks: 16, 17), Wilner Alexander (tracks: 8)
• Executive-Producer – Joy Bounds, Chester "Lyfe" Jennings
• Mastered By – Dave Kutch (tracks: 1 to 17), Mitsuyasu Abe (tracks: 18)
• Management – Joy Bounds, Know Joy Entertainment, LLC, Mathew Knowles, Music World Entertainment, Inc.
• Mixed By – Mitsuyasu Kaneko (tracks: 18), Rich Keller (tracks: 1 to 17)
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Travis Stefl (tracks: 1 to 8, 10, 12, 13, 15)
• Photography By – Roger Erickson
• Recorded By – Aaron Renner (tracks: 11), "Super" Dave Clauss (tracks: 9), Lyfe Jennings (tracks: 1, 12, 15), Mike Cardenas (tracks: 12), Mike Tschupp (tracks: 7), Mitsuyasu Kaneko (tracks: 18), Rich Keller (tracks: 3 to 6, 8 to 10, 13, 14, 16, 17), Riley Mackin (tracks: 11), Wyatt Oates (tracks: 2)
• Recorded By [Assistant] – Mike Tschupp (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 10, 13), Ryan Hobbs (tracks: 2)

Production

1. Lyfe Jennings - Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,14,15
2. The Underdogs - Tracks 7,10,11
3. Steven Russell - Tracks 10,11
4. Wyclef Jean - Tracks 8,9
5. Jerry Wonda Duplessis - Track 8
6. Logic - Track 9
7. Luke & Q - Track 7

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position US Billboard 200[11] 4 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2008) Position US Billboard 200[13] 183 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[14] 36