After releasing his debut solo album in the spring of 2005, Bobby V.
released another solo album, Special Occasion, in the middle of 2007, a slice of modern urban R&B with enough confidence to credit it simply to his first name, Bobby (assuming that everybody would know who it was).
The opening track, "Anonymous," featured the talents of Timberland, who appeared to pop up on just about every R&B album from the mid-2000s, but this set the scene for the whole album, which was a series of 16 songs with Bobby making love to the microphone over a sensual beat and even more sexual strings.
Especially indicative of this was the title track, which was a live get together with Valentino and one of his female fans.
It was just as well the song was only two minutes long for the erotica (and hero worship) was building nicely into a crescendo.
Coming from very different worlds, one could be fairly sure that Bobby V.
had not listened or deliberately copied the vocal style of Craig David, but in some of the vocals, there was more than a passing similarity, although he strayed into Stevie Wonder territory on the track "I Was Wrong.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | Bobby V | Play | 00:38 | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| 2 | Checkin' for Me | Bobby V | Play | 01:59 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 3 | Special Occasion (Interlude) | Bobby V | Play | 01:59 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 4 | If I Had My Way | Bobby V | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 5 | How 'Bout It | Bobby V | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 6 | Only Human | Bobby V | Play | 04:33 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 7 | Can't Wait 'Til Later | Bobby V | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 35 MB |
| 8 | I Was Wrong | Bobby V | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | Soon as I Get Home | Bobby V | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 10 | Over & Over | Bobby V | Play | 07:53 | 18 MB | 52 MB |
| 11 | Right There (Thank You) | Bobby V | Play | 01:23 | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| 12 | Anonymous Feat. Timbaland | Bobby Valentino | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 36 MB |
| 13 | Rearview (Ridin') Feat. Ludacris | Bobby Valentino | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 14 | Let Him Go Feat. Fabolous | Bobby Valentino | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 15 | Wreck (Bonus Track) | Bobby Valentino | Play | 04:05 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 58 mins | 133 MB | |||||
| 58 mins | 399 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darrell "Delite" Allamby | Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Kwaku Alston | Photography |
| 3 | Kori Anders | Mixing Assistant |
| 4 | Marcella Araica | Engineer, Mixing |
| 5 | Ben Arrindell | Mixing |
| 6 | Anesha Birchett | Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Leslie Brathwaite | Mixing |
| 8 | The Clutch | Vocal Producer |
| 9 | Bryan-Michael Cox | Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Programming |
| 10 | LaShawn Daniels | Vocal Producer |
| 11 | Das | Vocal Producer |
| 12 | Vidal Davis | Producer |
| 13 | Kendrick "Wyldcard" Dean | Keyboards, Producer, Strings |
| 14 | Nichell Delvaille | Art Coordinator, Photography |
| 15 | Vincent Dilorenzo | Engineer, Mixing |
| 16 | Jeff Dixon | Audio Production, Executive Producer |
| 17 | Fabolous | Guest Artist, Primary Artist |
| 18 | Fabulous | Primary Artist |
| 19 | Emile Ghantous | Engineer, Producer |
| 20 | Andy Haller | Engineer, Mixing Assistant |
| 21 | Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon | Producer |
| 22 | Andre Harris | Producer |
| 23 | Jean-Marie Horvat | Mixing |
| 24 | Insomniax | Vocal Producer |
| 25 | Bill Jabr | Guitar |
| 26 | Rodney Jerkins | Engineer, Instrumentation, Mixing, Producer |
| 27 | Tia Johnson | Art Direction |
| 28 | Doug Joswick | Package Production |
| 29 | Tim Kelley | Bass, Drum Programming, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Mini Moog, Mixing, Percussion |
| 30 | E. Lewis | Composer |
| 31 | Link | Vocals (Background) |
| 32 | K. Logan | Composer |
| 33 | King Logan | Producer |
| 34 | Ludacris | Audio Production, Guest Artist, Primary Artist |
| 35 | Patrick Magee | Engineer |
| 36 | Deborah Mannis-Gardner | Sample Clearance |
| 37 | Mister Wendell | Stylist |
| 38 | Timothy Mosley | Composer |
| 39 | Balewa Muhammad | Composer |
| 40 | C. Nelson | Composer |
| 41 | Erik Nelson | Engineer, Producer |
| 42 | Erica Novich | A&R |
| 43 | Paul Osborn | Engineer |
| 44 | Tara Podolsky | A&R |
| 45 | Bob Robinson | Bass, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Mini Moog, Piano |
| 46 | Andros Rodriguez | Engineer |
| 47 | Dave Russell | Mixing |
| 48 | Glenn Schick | Mastering |
| 49 | Robert Sims | Design |
| 50 | P. Smith | Composer |
| 51 | Courtney Stewart | A&R |
| 52 | Corey Stocker | Engineer |
| 53 | Sean Taylor | A&R |
| 54 | Sam Thomas | Engineer, Mixing |
| 55 | Timbaland | Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Producer |
| 56 | Scott Townsend | Design |
| 57 | Mike Tsarfati | Mixing Assistant |
| 58 | Bobby V | Audio Production, Primary Artist, Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background) |
| 59 | Bobby Wilson | Executive Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 60 | Chaka Zulu | Audio Production, Executive Producer |
| 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). |