Cocky & Confident

Cocky & Confident
Studio album by
Juvenile
ReleasedDecember 1, 2009 (2009-12-01)
Recorded2007–2009
GenreHip hop
Length72:26
Label
Producer
  • Juvenile (exec.)
  • Get Cool
  • Precise
  • Niyo
  • C. Smith
  • S-8ighty
  • Mouse
  • Raw Smoov
  • Tic Toc
  • FATBOI
  • Lu Balz
Juvenile chronology
Reality Check
(2006) 		Cocky & Confident
(2009) 		Beast Mode
(2010)
Singles from Cocky & Confident
  1. "Hands On You"
    Released: September 8, 2009
  2. "Gotta Get It"
    Released: September 15, 2009
  3. "We Be Getting Money"
    Released: October 27, 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic(49/100)[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
HipHopDX[3]
The New York Times(unfavorable)[4]
Now[5]
PopMatters[6]
The Smoking Section(unfavorable)[7]
USA Today[8]

Cocky & Confident is the eighth studio album by American rapper Juvenile. The album was released on December 1, 2009, by Atlantic Records, UTP Records and E1 Entertainment.[9][10] The album is the rapper's follow up to his album Reality Check, which landed at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart when the album was released in March 2006. It features artists such as B.G., Dorrough, Kango Slim, Q Corvette, Rico Love and Pleasure P and others making guest appearances. Producers on the album include Mouse, Precise, FATBOI, Lu Balz, S-8ighty & more. It is the first album in which Juvenile himself produces. The album debuted at #49 on the Billboard 200 with 23,000 copies sold in its first week.[11]

Singles

The first promo single is "Hands On You", featuring Pleasure P and produced by Lu Balz. It was released on iTunes on September 8, 2009. The first single is "Gotta Get It", which is produced by Precise.[9] It was released on iTunes a week after "Hands On You" on September 15, 2009.[9] The second single is "We Be Getting Money", featuring Shawty Lo, Dorrough, & Kango Slim and produced by S-8ighty. It was released on iTunes on October 27, 2009.[9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Cocky & Confident"
Get Cool2:50
2."Gotta Get It"
  • Gray
  • Leroy Edwards
Precise4:05
3."Back Back"
  • Gray
  • Na'im Shakir
  • Charles Smith
  • Niyo
  • C. Smith (co.)
4:01
4."We Be Getting Money" (featuring Shawty Lo, Dorrough, and Kango Slim)
S-8ighty4:48
5."My Money Don't Fold" (featuring Kango Slim and T Money)
  • Gray
  • Shakir
  • Williams
  • T. Patterson
Niyo4:36
6."Feeling Right" (featuring B.G., Cape, and Kango Slim)
Niyo3:52
7."Top of the Line"
  • Gray
  • Jeremy Allen
Mouse4:11
8."Make U Feel Alright" (featuring Kango Slim and Jay da Menace)
  • Gray
  • Smith
  • Williams
  • Ronald Jones
C. Smith4:02
9."It's All Hood"
  • Gray
  • Smith
C. Smith3:41
10."New Orleans Stunna" (featuring Rawsmoov)
  • Gray
  • Jacob Tupolo
Rawsmoov3:23
11."All Over You" (featuring Kango Slim)
  • Gray
  • Welcome
  • Williams
S-8ighty3:02
12."You Can't Stop Me" (featuring Partners-N-Crime and Youngin')
Niyo3:43
13."Break It Down" (featuring Q Corvette)
  • Gray
  • Smith
  • Quinten Spears
  • C. Smith
  • Juvenile
3:36
14."I'm Out Chere" (featuring Rico Love)
Tic Toc3:55
15."I'm Shining"
  • Gray
  • Allen
Mouse3:38
16."I Say" (featuring Youngin')
  • Gray
  • Edwards
  • Jerome
Precise3:44
17."Everything" (featuring Bobby Valentino)
FATBOI4:07
18."Hands On You" (featuring Pleasure P)
  • Lu Balz
  • Mike Caputo
3:33
19."Listen" (featuring Q Corvette)
Juvenile3:49

Sample credits

Personnel

  • Terius "Juvenile" Gray – engineer, executive producer
  • Aubrey "Pied Piper" Francis – co-executive producer
  • Morton "Tim" Fry – co-executive producer
  • Corey "CEO" Gray – executive producer
  • Lu Balz – engineer (17)
  • Jay da Menace – engineer (5, 8, 11)
  • Graham Marsh – engineer (17)
  • Arnold Mischkulnig – mixing (18)
  • Mouse – engineer (7, 15)
  • Brandon Park – assistant engineer (17)
  • Precise – engineer (2-6, 8-14, 16, 18, 19), mixing (1-16, 19), additional mixing (17)
  • S-8ighty – keyboards (2, 19)
  • Glenn Schick – mastering
  • Ray Seay – mixing (17)
  • C. Smith – engineer (8, 9, 11-13, 19)
  • Tic Toc – engineer (14)

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[12] 49
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 7

References

  1. ^ "Cocky And Confident Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  2. ^ Jeffries, David. "Cocky & Confident - Juvenile". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
  3. ^ Kuperstein, Slava (10 December 2009). "Juvenile - Cocky And Confident". HipHopDX. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. ^ Chinen, Nate (29 November 2009). "New CDs (Juvenile: "Cocky & Confident")". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. ^ Rennie, Andrew (January 5–12, 2010). "Juvenile: Cocky & Confident (Atlantic/UTP/E1)". Now. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  6. ^ Amidon, David (11 December 2009). "Juvenile: Cocky & Confident". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  7. ^ TSSCrew (19 December 2009). "'It's All Hood' - Review Of Juvenile's Cocky & Confident". The Smoking Section. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  8. ^ Jones, Steve; Mansfield, Brian (1 December 2009). "Albums (Juvenile, Cocky and Confident: Humble He's Not)". USA Today. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  9. ^ a b c d Roman Wolfe (2009-10-13). "Juvenile 'Cocky and Confident' On First Album In Three Years". AllHipHop. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  10. ^ Juvenile. "Juvenile - Cocky and Confident - Amazon.com Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  11. ^ Paine, Jake (2009-12-09). "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 12/6/2009". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
  12. ^ "Juvenile Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  13. ^ "Juvenile Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.



Stub icon

This 2009 hip-hop album–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.