Release Therapy

Release Therapy
Studio album by Ludacris
Publication (s)	September 26, 2006
Label (s)	Disturbing tha Peace , Def Jam Recordings
Format (s)	CD , LP , download
Genre (s)	Down South , hip-hop , rap
Title (number)	14th
running time	62:36
production	Ludacris ( Executive Producer ) Chaka Zulu (Executive Producer) Jeff Dixon (Executive Producer) The Neptunes omen Polow da Don among others
chronology The Red Light District (2004) Release Therapy Theater of the Mind (2008)
Single releases July 17, 2006 Money maker October 31, 2006 Grew up a screw up February 12, 2007 Runaway Love April 2007 Slap

Release Therapy is the sixth solo album by the American rapper Ludacris . It was released on September 26, 2006 on the labels Disturbing tha Peace and Def Jam Recordings .

Track list

#	title	Guest musician	producer	length
1	Warning (intro)		Vada Nobles	2:30
2	Grew up a screw up	Young Jeezy	DJ Nasty & LVM	3:59
3	Money maker	Pharrell	The Neptunes	3:50
4th	Girls Gone Wild		The Neptunes	3:37
5	Ultimate Satisfaction	Field mob	Rich skillz	4:20
6th	Mouths to feed		DJ Toomp	4:18
7th	End of the night	Bobby Valentino	Happy Perez	4:37
8th	Woozy	R. Kelly	Ken Jo	5:18
9	Tell It Like It Is		omen	3:56
10	Was with God		Dre & Vidal	4:31
11	Do your time	Beanie Sigel , Pimp C , C-Murder	The Trak Starz	5:16
12	Slap		The Runners	4:40
13	Runaway Love	Mary J. Blige	Polow da Don	4:41
14th	Freedom of Preach	Bishop Eddie Lee Long	Mr. Jonz	7:07

reception

Charts

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Release Therapy   CH 57 10/15/2006 (2 weeks)   UK 69 10/14/2006 (1 week)   US 1 10/14/2006 (32 weeks)

Singles

Money maker   DE 86 11/17/2006 (3 weeks)   US 1 08/26/2006 (25 weeks) Runaway Love   UK 52 01/20/2007 (8 weeks)   US 2 12/02/2006 (20 weeks)

Release Therapy debuted at # 1 on the US Billboard 200 . It stayed in the album charts for 32 weeks. In Switzerland, the album reached number 57 on the charts.

Awards

As part of the Grammy Awards 2007 was released Therapy in the category Grammy Award for Best Rap Album award. It also received a platinum record for more than 1.2 million units sold in the United States .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
All in all	1 × platinum	1,000,000

criticism

Professional reviews
Average rating
source	rating
Metacritic	60%
More reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews

The e-zine Laut.de rated Release Therapy with four out of a possible five points. From the point of view of the editor Valerie Timm, on the album the “ party clown Luda ” “is largely the serious, responsible father of a five-year-old daughter. “This is how Ludacris wrote Runaway Love because of his daughter Karma. Laut.de quotes from an interview: “ Having a daughter literally forced me to broaden my horizons and, especially when it comes to women, to become a better listener. “There are also political songs on Release Therapy , according to Timm . In Slap , for example, Ludacris criticizes the policies of then US President George W. Bush . In addition to these songs, there are also pieces on the album on which Ludacris " really lets the pig out ". These include Money Maker , Girls Gone Wild , The End Of The Night , Woozy, and Ultimate Satisfaction .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ^ Billboard.com: Ludacris. Retrieved December 26, 2014 . 
3. ^ Hitparade.ch: Ludacris - Release Therapy. Retrieved December 26, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Rockonthenet.com: 49th Grammy Awards - 2007. Retrieved December 26, 2014 . 
5. ↑ U.S. Sales Release Therapy
6. ↑ US: Platinum
7. ↑ Rating: metacritic.com
8. ↑ Rating: laut.de
9. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento from September 29, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
11. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
12. ↑ Laut.de: Welcome to the music therapy practice! Retrieved December 26, 2014 .