Stone Love

"I Wanna Thank Ya"
Stone Love
Studio album by Angie Stone
Released	June 28, 2004
Recorded	2003–04
Studio	Various 2 Ton Sound, Angel Baby Recording, Jammin Downtown, Quad Recording Studios ; (New York City, New York); Blakeslee Recording Company, Majestic Recording Studio ; (North Hollywood, California); Conjunction Studios ; (Los Angeles, California); The Hit Factory Criteria ; (Miami, Florida); Larrabee North ; (Universal City, California); Sho'nuff Studios ; (Atlanta, Georgia); Westlake Recording Studios ; (West Hollywood, California); ;
Genre	R&B; soul; neo soul;
Length	54:43
Label	J
Producer	Various Prince Charles Alexander; Sherrod Barnes; Rufus Blaq; Craig Brockman; Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell; Missy Elliott; Andreao "Fanatic" Heard; Jazze Pha; Harold Lilly; Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III; Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver; Jonathan Richmond; John "Jubu" Smith; Nisan Stewart; Angie Stone; Supa Ugly K-Love; ;
Angie Stone chronology
Singles from Stone Love
	"I Wanna Thank Ya"; Released: May 4, 2004[1]; "U-Haul"; Released: July 27, 2004[2]; "Stay for a While"; Released: October 12, 2004[3];

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100^[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[6]
The Guardian	^[7]
Los Angeles Times	^[8]
Rolling Stone	^[9]
Uncut	^[10]
Yahoo! Music	^[11]

Stone Love is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter Angie Stone, released on June 28, 2004 by J Records. The album debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Stoned Love (Intro)"	Kenny Thomas Frank E. Wilson	Angie Stone Jonathan Richmond	0:35
2.	"I Wanna Thank Ya" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Stone Phalon Alexander Calvin Broadus Joyce Sims Eldra DeBarge	Jazze Pha	3:47
3.	"My Man" (featuring Floetry)	Stone Warryn Campbell Harold Lilly Marsha Ambrosius Natalie Stewart	Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell Lilly^[a]	4:01
4.	"U-Haul"	Missy Elliott Nisan Stewart Craig Brockman John Smith	Elliott Stewart^[a] Brockman^[a] John "Jubu" Smith^[a]	3:56
5.	"Stay for a While" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)	Stone Richmond Juanita Wynn Hamilton	Stone Richmond	4:01
6.	"Lovers' Ghetto"	Rufus Moore Richard Randolph Ricky Smith Kevin Spencer Rod Temperton	Rufus Blaq Prince Charles Alexander Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver^[b]	4:05
7.	"Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That... (Interlude)"		Stone Richmond	0:25
8.	"You're Gonna Get It" (featuring Diamond Stone)	Walter Millsap III Tamara Savage Joi Campbell Keli Price Thomas Bell William Hart	Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III	4:15
9.	"Come Home (Live with Me)"	Stone Courtney Terry Keith Horne André Previn Dory Previn	Supa Ugly K-Love	3:57
10.	"You Don't Love Me"	Stone Richmond Roger Nichols Paul Williams	Stone Richmond	3:34
11.	"Remy Red"	Stone Richmond Wynn	Stone Richmond	3:50
12.	"That Kind of Love" (featuring Betty Wright)	Stone Campbell Lilly Anthony Hester	Campbell Lilly^[a]	3:52
13.	"Touch It (Interlude)"		Stone Richmond	1:20
14.	"Cinderella Ballin'"	Stone Richmond Crystal Johnson	Stone Richmond	4:35
15.	"Karma" (featuring T.H.C.)	Stone Andreao Heard Sherrod Barnes Jerry Barnes Berkeley Ronald Outen, Jr.	Andreao "Fanatic" Heard S. Barnes	4:42
16.	"Wherever You Are (Outro)"	Stone	Stone Richmond	0:35
17.	"I Wanna Thank Ya" (No Rap)	Stone P. Alexander Broadus Sims DeBarge	Jazze Pha	3:13

Notes

^{^a} signifies a co-producer
^{^b} signifies an associate producer

Sampling credits

"I Wanna Thank Ya" contains re-sung lyrics from "Come into My Life" by Joyce Sims and interpolations of "All This Love" by DeBarge.
"Lovers' Ghetto" contains elements from "Adventures in the Land of Music" by Dynasty.
"You're Gonna Get It" contains samples from "La-La (Means I Love You)" by The Delfonics.
"Come Home (Live with Me)" contains samples from "Come Live with Me" by Dorothy Ashby.
"You Don't Love Me" contains excerpts from "We've Only Just Begun" by Curtis Mayfield.
"That Kind of Love" contains samples from "(I'm Going By) The Stars in Your Eyes" by Ron Banks and The Dramatics.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Stone Love.^[13]

Angie Stone – vocals (all tracks); production (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16); backing vocals (tracks 3–5, 10–14); additional keyboards (track 15); executive production
Louis Alfred III – recording (track 6)
Prince Charles Alexander – keyboards, mixing, production, recording (track 6)
Alli – art direction, design
Marcella Araica – recording assistance (track 4)
Baby Paul – drum programming (track 6)
Marc (Poppa) Baptiste – photography
Rob Barahona – recording assistance (tracks 5, 11)
Sherrod Barnes – production (track 15)
Khadejia Bass – backing vocals (track 6)
Carlos Bedoya – recording (track 4)
Steve Bethany – guitar (track 11)
Rufus Blaq – drum programming, production, recording (track 6)
Stephanie Bolton – backing vocals (tracks 6, 10)
Craig Brockman – all instruments, co-production (track 4)
Bruce Buechner – recording (tracks 3, 12)
Joi Campbell – backing vocals (track 8)
Sandra Campbell – project coordination (tracks 3, 12)
Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell – instruments, production, programming (tracks 3, 12)
Sean Cooper – sound designer (tracks 3, 12)
Diamond Stone – backing vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 12); vocals (track 8)
Tim Donovan – recording (tracks 2, 4, 13–15); mixing (track 15)
Peter Edge – executive production
Missy Elliott – backing vocals, production (track 4)
Paul Falcone – mixing (track 4)
Floetry – vocals (track 3)
Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2, 17)
Anthony Hamilton – vocals (track 5)
John Hanes – additional Pro Tools engineering (tracks 2, 17)
Andreao "Fanatic" Heard – all instruments, production, programming (track 15)

Bill Importico – recording (track 13)
Jazze Pha – production, vocal ad-libs (tracks 2, 17)
Crystal Johnson – backing vocals (track 14)
Yutaka Kawana – recording assistance (tracks 2, 3, 5, 11, 13–15); recording (track 9); mixing assistance (track 15)
Eddie Krakaur – recording (track 15)
Chris LeBeau – art department production
Harold Lilly – backing vocals, co-production (tracks 3, 12)
David Lopez – recording (track 8)
Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 3, 5, 8–14)
Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III – instruments, production, programming, recording (track 8)
Ann Mincieli – recording (track 3)
Andre Netto – recording assistance (track 9)
Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver – associate production, keyboards (track 6)
Jamal Peoples – Fender Rhodes (track 9)
Herb Powers, Jr. – mastering
Breyon Prescott – A&R
Jonathan Richmond – production (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16); backing vocals (tracks 5, 10, 11, 13); all instruments (tracks 5, 10, 11, 13, 14); additional vocal performance (track 11)
Tim Roberts – assistant engineering (tracks 2, 17)
Tamara Savage – backing vocals (track 8)
John "Jubu" Smith – all instruments, co-production (track 4)
Snoop Dogg – vocals (track 2)
Nisan Stewart – all instruments, co-production (track 4)
Supa Ugly K-Love – additional programming, production (track 9)
T.H.C. – vocals (track 15)
Elai Tubo – recording (track 6)
Rabeka Tunei – mixing assistance (track 8)
Tweet – backing vocals (track 4)
Eric Walls – guitar (tracks 5, 8, 10)
Daniel "Boom" Wierup – recording (tracks 5, 11)
Arnold Wolfe – recording (tracks 2, 17)
Betty Wright – backing vocals (track 4); vocals (track 12)
Juanita Wynn – backing vocals (tracks 5, 11)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[14]	92
Australian Urban Albums Chart^[15]	19
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)^[16]	18
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)^[17]	59
Danish Albums Chart^[18]	23
Dutch Albums Chart^[19]	6
Finnish Albums Chart^[20]	15
French Albums Chart^[21]	82
German Albums Chart^[22]	87
Swedish Albums Chart^[23]	12
Swiss Albums Chart^[24]	60
UK Albums Chart^[25]	56
UK R&B Albums Chart^[26]	12
US Billboard 200^[27]	14
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[28]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
Dutch Albums Chart^[29]	94
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums^[30]	89

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	June 28, 2004	Arista	^[31]
France	July 5, 2004	BMG	^[32]
Germany	July 5, 2004	BMG	^[33]
United States	July 6, 2004	J	^[5]
Australia	July 16, 2004	BMG	^[34]
Japan	July 21, 2004	BMG	^[35]

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[a]

[b]

Angie Stone
Discography
Studio albums	Black Diamond Mahogany Soul Stone Love The Art of Love & War Unexpected Rich Girl Dream Covered in Soul
Compilation albums	Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone
Singles	"Brotha" "Wish I Didn't Miss You" "I Wanna Thank Ya" "I Wasn't Kidding" "Baby" "These Eyes"
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