Face Off

by Bow Wow & Omarion

Overview

Omarion, coming off a number one album, and Bow Wow, coming off a Top Ten album -- both of which were released in late December 2006 and varied drastically in quality, with O's 21 wailing all over The Price of Fame, teamed up for a December 2007 release, Face Off. Being a collaborative album between a singer and a rapper, comparisons to R. Kelly and Jay-Z's Best of Both Worlds and Unfinished Business are bound to be drawn. It's better than both of those releases, which isn't saying much at all, but it can be sensed throughout that O and Bow Wow, who have come up together, had a lot of fun goofing off and bouncing ideas off one another -- as opposed to the R. Kelly/Jay-Z affairs, in which those two giants were basically going through the motions. That said, not many of Face Off's tracks are bound to be considered among either artist's best work. In stretches, it's perfectly entertaining, yet most of it goes in one ear and out the other, not leaving much in the memory. Exceptions include "He Ain't Gotta Know," co-written and produced by T-Pain (with none of T-Pain's polarizing tics in place), and a couple of the lighter Omarion showcases, like "Girlfriend" and "Can't Get Tired of Me." The lousiest of the bunch is the "Going Back to Cali" knock-off "Hey Baby (Jump Off)," a low point that might actually have more in common with the Fat Boys' "Wipe Out." It'll probably be the album's biggest hit. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	12/11/2007
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0886971149227

Tracks

1. Face Off
2. Hood Star
3. Girlfriend
4. Hey Baby (Jump Off)
5. He Ain't Gotta Know
6. Bachelor Pad
7. Listen
8. Can't Get Tired of Me
9. Number Ones
10. Baby Girl
11. Take off Your Clothes
12. Another Girl

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bow Wow & Omarion   Primary Artist
Bow Wow   Primary Artist
Omarion   Primary Artist
Francesco Romano   Guitar
Sonyae Elise   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Koolade   Producer
Bow Wow   Audio Production
L.T. Hutton   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation,Audio Production
The Stereotypes   Producer,Instrumentation,Audio Production
J. Williams   Composer
Ryan Kennedy   Engineer,Audio Production
Marques Houston   Composer
Rufus Blaq   Producer,Vocal Producer,Audio Production
Kevin Davis   Mixing,Audio Production
Jordan Suecof   Composer
James "Scrappy" Stassen   Audio Production
Ronnie Jackson   Composer
Tom Coyne   Audio Production
Jonathan Yip   Composer
Miguel Scott   Engineer,Audio Production
Ric Lewis   Audio Production
Timothy Irvin   Engineer,Audio Production
Bill Blast   Engineer,Audio Production
Fig Smith   Audio Production
Henley Regisford   Audio Production
Florian Schneider   Photography
Chad Elliott   Audio Production,Executive Producer
Francesco Romano   Composer
Full Scale   Producer,Audio Production
T-Pain   Composer,Audio Production
Rufus Moore   Composer
Rick Rubin   Composer
Rick Lewis   Composer
R. Richard   Composer
Omarion   Audio Production
Brandon Howard   Composer
Aaron Holton   Engineer,Audio Production
Lil Ronnie   Producer,Audio Production
Calvo Da Gr8   Producer,Audio Production
Ric Rude   Instrumentation
Kevin Perry   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation,Audio Production
James Cruz   Mastering,Audio Production
The Cheese   Audio Production
Soul Diggaz   Engineer,Audio Production
Chris Stokes   Composer,Management,Audio Production,Executive Producer
Jim Jonsin   Composer,Producer,Instrumentation,Audio Production
Don Vito   Producer,Instrumentation,Audio Production
Multi Muzic   Producer,Audio Production
Eddie "Shyboogs" Timmons   Engineer
Sonyae Elise   Composer
Jeremy Reeves   Composer
Rahman Lang   Composer
Shad Moss   Composer
Tremaine Neverson   Composer
Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliott   Executive Producer
Liz Hausle   Marketing
April Roomet   Stylist
Teresa Caldwell   Management,Executive Producer
James Todd Smith   Composer
Micayle McKinney   Composer
Juli Knapp   A&R
Omari Grandberry   Composer
Kevin KD Davis   Mixing