On the strength of "Grind with Me" and "Your Body," unapologetically sleazy brother act Pretty Ricky sold over 800,000 copies of their debut album, Bluestars.
Follow-up Late Night Special ups the ante even more.
They make forebears like Jodeci and Bell Biv DeVoe sound like pent-up prudes.
Now that the members are a couple years older (they're no longer teenagers), their explicit flirtations don't seem quite as mismatched, and they also benefit from a set of songs that is stronger and more memorable ("On the Hotline" and "Leave It All to You" especially) than the debut.
Producer Music Royale, who replaces Jim Jonsin, comes up with track after track of appealingly radio-ready backdrops, and the lyrical content isn't quite as one-dimensional.
That said, lines like "Wanna drop it in your bucket," "I wanna put it in your stomach like some Robitussin," and "Make it firm like a bad perm" won't be winning any awards for chivalrous subtlety.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Night SpecialM.H. Cooper, S. Garrett | Pretty Ricky | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | On the HotlineM.H. Cooper, S. Garrett | Pretty Ricky | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | Push It BabyM.H. Cooper | Pretty Ricky | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 4 | Leave It All Up to YouM.H. Cooper, S. Garrett | Pretty Ricky | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | StayM.H. Cooper | Pretty Ricky | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Personal TrainerM.H. Cooper | Pretty Ricky | Play | 04:11 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | Up and DownM.H. Cooper | Pretty Ricky | Play | 04:40 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 8 | Peer PressureM.H. Cooper, S. Garrett, James Scheffer | Pretty Ricky | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Make It Like It WasM.H. Cooper, S. Garrett | Pretty Ricky | Play | 06:29 | 14 MB | 46 MB |
| 10 | Searching For Love (Explicit Bonus Version Best Buy) | Pretty Ricky | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 11 | Should've Been A Model (Explicit Bonus Version Best Buy) | Pretty Ricky | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 12 | So Confused (Feat Butta Creame) | Pretty Ricky | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 13 | Too Young (Explicit Bonus Version Best Buy) | Pretty Ricky | Play | 05:33 | 12 MB | 38 MB |
| 57 mins | 130 MB | |||||
| 57 mins | 399 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan "Ghost" Bowser | Audio Production |
| 2 | Ryan Bowser | Producer |
| 3 | Butta Creamé | Performer, Primary Artist |
| 4 | M.H. Cooper | Composer |
| 5 | Anne Declemente | A&R |
| 6 | Jimmy Douglas | Mixing |
| 7 | S. Garrett | Composer |
| 8 | Chris Gehringer | Mastering |
| 9 | Groove | Producer |
| 10 | Darrale Jones | A&R |
| 11 | Jim Jonsin | Producer |
| 12 | Craig Kallman | Executive Producer |
| 13 | Debra Killings | Vocal Arrangement |
| 14 | Tahirah McLean | Art Manager |
| 15 | Javier Morales | Assistant |
| 16 | Music Royale | Audio Production, Producer |
| 17 | Steve Nowa | Engineer |
| 18 | Pretty Ricky | Primary Artist |
| 19 | Will Quinnell | Mastering Assistant |
| 20 | Ricke Ricketts | Assistant |
| 21 | Nick Romei | Packaging Manager |
| 22 | April Roomet | Stylist |
| 23 | James Scheffer | Composer |
| 24 | Steve Siraro | Engineer |
| 25 | J. Scott Skinner | Composer |
| 26 | Diamond "Baby Blue" Smith | Engineer, Executive Producer |
| 27 | Joseph Smith "Bluestar" | Executive Producer |
| 28 | Alvin Speights | Engineer, Mixing |
| 29 | Marsha St. Hubert | A&R |
| 30 | Static Major | Audio Production |
| 31 | Ellen To | Art Direction, Design |
| 32 | "You Can Ask" Giz | Mixing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |