It's Me Again

In 2000, Tweet began recording vocals for Elliott's album and was also reunited with her old friends from the Swing Mob days, Timbaland, Magoo, Playa, and Ginuwine later ending in Tweet recording her debut studio album. Southern Hummingbird was released on April 2, 2002, by The Goldmind Inc. and Elektra Records. Upon release, the album was met with positive reviews from music critics who commended the album's musical direction and its lyrical content. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 195,000 copies in its first week.[1] Southern Hummingbird was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on April 30, 2002,[2] and had sold 897,000 units in the US as of September 2015.[3] The album was preceded by lead single "Oops (Oh My)", which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[4] After the successful lead single, the album spawned another two, the Timbaland-produced "Call Me" and the radio single "Smoking Cigarettes", which had a video shot for it directed by Little X, but was never released.

Proposals for the album's lead single dates back to early 2004, where MTV reported that the Missy Elliott-produced "Shook Up", featuring former 106 & Park co-host Free, was in consideration for a lead single choice. However, complications from the merging between Elektra Records and Atlantic prevented the song's release, resulting in the song's cancellation and a pushback date for Tweet's It's Me Again album.[5] On October 5, 2004, "Turn da Lights Off" was released and began to appear on numerous mixtapes to help spread the word of the song's release.[6] A promotional remix featuring 50 Cent and an alternate line by Missy Elliott was also released to mixtapes in order to generate further buzz for the single.[7][8]

Commercially, the single was unsuccessful in the United States, where it reached number eight on the US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and number 39 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[9][10] However, the song fared well on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 29.[11]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[12]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[13]
The Guardian	[14]
The New York Times	Favorable[15]
PopMatters	6/10[16]
Rolling Stone	[17]
Slant Magazine	[18]
Stylus Magazine	B[19]
Vibe	[20]
Yahoo! Music	[21]

It's Me Again debuted at number 17 on the US Billboard 200, selling 55,000 copies in its first week.[22]

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer.
• ^{^[b]} signifies an executive producer.
• Track 15 contains the hidden track "When I Need a Man" from the USA Network original series Kojak, starring Ving Rhames.

Sample credits[25]

• "Turn da Lights Off" contains a sample of "Lost April" by Nat King Cole and portions of "If This World Were Mine" by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.
• "You" contains portions of "Stardust" by Louis Armstrong.
• "Cab Ride" contains material from the Taxi theme song "Angela" by Bob James.
• "Sports, Sex & Food" contains a sample of "Hey Pocky A-Way" by The Meters.
• "I'm Done" contains a sample of "Intimate Friends" by Eddie Kendricks.
• "We Don't Need No Water" contains an interpolation of "The Roof Is on Fire" by Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three and a sample of "Mango Meat" by Mandrill.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of It's Me Again.[25]