Born to Reign
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Born to Reign is the third studio album released by American actor and rapper Will Smith. The album was released on Columbia Records in the United States on June 25, 2002, and was considered a drop from his previous level of success, having only reached Gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), whereas Big Willie Style and Willennium both reached multi-platinum status. This album includes "Black Suits Comin' (Nod Ya Head)", which was also the lead single from the original motion picture soundtrack of Men in Black II. The album also spawned the European hit single "1000 Kisses", which features vocals from Smith's wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Reception
Critical
AllMusic gave the album a four-star rating.[1]
Commercial
Born to Reign debuted at number 13 on the US Billboard 200, selling 60,000 copies in its first week.[11] On July 26, 2002 the album has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). As of April 2005, the album sold 237,000 copies in the US.[11]
Controversy
The album was released as a copy-protected disc, which reportedly not only prevented the contents of the disc from being copied, but froze users' computers after they attempted to listen to it via their CD-ROM drives. This resulted in complaints of lost computer files due to the album's protection element.[1]
Track listing
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- Notes[12]
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- Sample credits[12]
- "Act Like You Know" - Contains a sample of "Trans-Europe Express" by Kraftwerk
- "I Can't Stop" - Contains a sample of "A Tu Vera" by Manitas de Plata
- "1,000 Kisses" - Contains samples of "Never Too Much" by Luther Vandross and "Future Now" by Pleasure
- "Willow Is a Player" - Contains a sample of "Love Gonna Pack Up (And Walk Out)" by The Persuaders
- "How Da Beat Goes" - Contains a sample of "Jam on It" by Newcleus
- "Block Party" - Contains samples of "Family Affair" by Sly and the Family Stone and "It Takes Two" by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
- "Give Me Tonite" - Contains a sample of "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams
Personnel
Personnel credits adapted from liner notes.[12]
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- Annas Allaf – guitar (tracks 3, 5), Rhodes (track 5), Pro Tools engineer (tracks 6, 8, 9, 11)
- Jerry Allen – additional production (track 12)
- Rico Anderson – producer and programming (track 8)
- Chandler Bridges – engineer (tracks 9, 14), Pro Tools engineer (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 11, 12)
- David Campbell – string arrangements (tracks 3, 5, 11, 12)
- Rob Chiarelli – producer (tracks 7, 11-13), additional production (tracks 3, 5), bass (tracks 5, 6), guitar (track 6), engineer (tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 11-13), mixing (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7-9, 11)
- Luis Conte – percussion (tracks 3, 11)
- Steve Churchyard – strings engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11, 12), percussion engineer (track 11)
- Tony Dofat – producer (track 6)
- Brandon Duncan – engineer (track 3), Pro Tools engineer (tracks 1, 5, 6)
- Ron Feemster – additional production (track 7)
- Dominique Fillan – steel drums engineer (track 11)
- Bryan Golder – engineer (track 3), Pro Tools engineer (tracks 1, 5, 8-12, 14)
- Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein – DJ scratches (track 9)
- Andy Haller – engineer (track 2)
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (tracks 3, 11)
- Bryon Jones – vocal producer (track 5)
- John Kaplan – engineer (track 8)
- Tim Kelley – producer, vocal producer, and engineer (tracks 2, 10)
- Mar'Laina Kemp – background vocals (track 13)
- Knowledge – additional vocals (track 2)
- Abe Laboriel, Jr. – drums (track 11)
- L.E.S. – producer (track 9)
- Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 2, 6, 10)
- Herb Middleton – producer (track 9)
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards (track 5)
- Derek Nakamoto – string arrangements (track 1)
- Andy Narell – steel drums (track 11)
- Jimane Nelson – co-producer (track 11)
- Gregg Pagani – producer (track 13)
- Nora Payne – background vocals (track 9)
- Poke & Tone – producers (tracks 3, 5)
- Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
- O.Banga – vocal producer (tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8-10, 13), additional vocals (track 2), executive producer
- Rick Rock – producer (track 1)
- Bob Robinson – producer (tracks 2, 10)
- Sauce – producer (track 14), vocal producer (track 5)
- Dexter Simmons – mixing (tracks 12, 14)
- Jada Pinkett-Smith – featured vocals (track 5)
- Will Smith – vocals, producer (track 7), executive producer
- Mark Sparks – producer (tracks 7, 11, 12)
- Kel Spencer – additional vocals (track 11)
- Trā-Knox – vocals
- Christina Vidal – featured vocals (track 13)
- Erick Walls – additional production (track 12)
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] | 58 |
| Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[14] | 29 |
| Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[15] | 10 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] | 30 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2002) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[17] | 98 |
| Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[18] | 53 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[19] | Gold | 237,000[11] |
References
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- ^ a b c Allmusic review
- ^ Blender review
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Entertainment Weekly review". Archived from the original on February 24, 2014. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Williams, DeMarco (July 4, 2002). "Will Smith - Born to Reign". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
- ^ Q (9/02, p. 114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "... He pushes things on a little from 1999's Willenium.
- ^ RapReviews review
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rolling Stone review". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
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- ^ USA Today review
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."ボーン・トゥ・レイン" (in 日本語). Oricon. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
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