Grown & Sexy

Grown & Sexy is the sixth studio album by American singer Babyface. It was released by Arista Records on July 26, 2005 in the United States. Originally titled A Love Story and due to be released on March 23, 2004, its release was shelved after lead single "The Loneliness" failed to attract radio airplay/sales. The album was later reworked into Grown & Sexy with three songs ("The Loneliness", "God Must Love U", "The Getting 2 Know U") being taken from the A Love Story sessions. Grown & Sexy reached number 10 on the US Billboard 200 and number 3 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

This article is about the Babyface album. For the Chamillionaire song, see Grown and Sexy.
Grown & Sexy
Studio album by
Babyface
ReleasedJuly 26, 2005
Recorded2005
Genrecrunk, hip hop
Length55:10
LabelArista
Producer
Babyface chronology
The Other Side of Cool
(2005)		 Grown & Sexy
(2005)		 Playlist
(2007)
Singles from Grown & Sexy
  1. "The Loneliness"
    Released: 2004
  2. "Sorry for the Stupid Things"
    Released: 2005
  3. "Grown & Sexy"
    Released: 2005

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic51/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Slant Magazine[3]

Grown & Sexy was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 51 based on 9 reviews.[1]

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman called Grown & Sexy "a back-to-basics album that sounds a lot more natural [...] While this is very familiar territory, few cover it as well [...] Grown & Sexy doesn't have any songs that immediately jump out and fall in line with the biggest hits, but it does make up for that with its consistency. Mostly light and easygoing, though not without its fair share of female-male drama (and a couple touches of humor), it's capped off by a great dancefloor track in the form of "She's International," showing that he needn't necessarily stick to ballads with acoustic guitars."[2]

Track listing
Grown & Sexy track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Tonight It's Goin' Down"
  • Babyface
  • Gregg Pagani
4:37
2."Grown & Sexy"
  • Edmonds
  • Simmons
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
4:03
3."Mad, Sexy, Cool"Edmonds
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
3:58
4."Can't Stop Now"
The Underdogs4:11
5."Goin' Outta Business"
  • Edmonds
  • Simmons
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
3:47
6."Drama, Love & 'Lationships"Edmonds
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
3:56
7."Sorry for the Stupid Things"Edmonds
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
4:13
8."Good to Be in Love"
  • Clarence Allen
  • Edmonds
  • Pagani
  • Simmons
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
3:25
9."The Loneliness"EdmondsThe Underdogs4:36
10."She"Edmonds
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
3:40
11."God Must Love U"Edmonds
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
4:48
12."The Gettin' to Know U"Edmonds
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
3:54
13."She's International"
  • Allen
  • Edmonds
  • Pagani
  • Simmons
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
3:32
Total length:55:10
Japan bonus track[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Red Dresses"Edmonds
  • Babyface
  • Pagani
4:16

Charts

References
  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  2. Kellman, Andy. "Grown & Sexy". AllMusic. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  3. Cinquemanni, Sal (July 23, 2005). "Slant Magazine Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  4. "Grown & Sexy" (in Japanese). Sonymusic.co.jp. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  5. "Babyface Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  6. "Babyface Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  7. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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