Amazin' (Trina album)

2010 studio album by Trina

Amazin' is the fifth studio album by the American rapper Trina. It was released by Slip-N-Slide Records on May 4, 2010, in North America. It includes the singles "That's My Attitude", "Million Dollar Girl", the R&B hit "Always" and "White Girl".

Background and development

Amazin' has collaborations with Nicki Minaj, Keri Hilson, Diddy, Kalenna Harper of Diddy-Dirty Money, Monica, Flo Rida, Lyfe Jennings and Shonie.^[1] In an interview with BET about the album, Trina said, "My fans can expect to embrace my versatility and growth, professionally and personally. I am truly excited to share my new album with my fans. I worked with wonderful artists... It is a blessing to be a woman in the hip-hop industry to be able to put out a fifth album under my career."^[2]

The album's cover art was revealed on March 26, 2010.^[3] The vocals of Lady Gaga, who also co-wrote "Let Dem Hoes Fight", were replaced by Kalenna of Dirty Money, because of issues with Gaga's record label.^[4]

Commercial performance

The album entered the US Billboard 200 at number 13, number two on the Billboard Top Rap Albums, number one on Independent Albums and number four on Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums charts. It sold more than 32,000 copies in its first week.^[5] By May 2011, the album had sold 300,000 copies in the United States.^[6]

Reception

An album preview was held on February 19 when critics were able to preview 10 of the 15 tracks on the album. Many critics commented on the album's preview, with one saying, "Amazin' is catered for the dance floor – something that Trina stated she wanted to hear when she’s getting her sip on at the club. Though we only heard a few minutes of each track, it’s a lot less explicit than usual fare – a sign that Trina might be growing up."^[11]

Release and promotion

The album was first revealed on Trina's Myspace page.^[12] Along with singles being released for promotion, Trina released two mixtapes to commemorate the LP. One is named after the album, Amazin' (The Mixtape), and the other after the first lead single, Definition Of A Million Dollar Girl.^[13]

Singles

• "That's My Attitude" was released as the lead single from the album on August 21, 2009. A music video was released for the song on January 7, 2010.^[14] The song peaked at number 17 in Denmark.^[15]
• "Million Dollar Girl", which features Diddy and Keri Hilson, was the second single released from the album, on January 12, 2010. The music video was released on March 15, 2010. The single charted on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles at number 61, Hot 100 airplay chart at 98 and number 19 on Rap Songs. It peaked at 32 on the Bulgaria top 40 chart and at number ten in Denmark.^[16]
• "Always" featuring Monica], the album's second single, peaked at number 42 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. Despite being the most successful single from the album, no music video has been released.
• "White Girl" featuring Flo Rida and Git Fresh was the third single released from the album, on June 29, 2010. The video was filmed on June 7, 2010, and was released on July 27, 2010.
• "My Bitches" was released as a buzz single on August 3, 2010, but it failed to chart.^[17] Its video was released in August 2010, after being filmed in June.

Unreleased singles

• "Let Dem Hoes Fight" featuring Kalenna was intended to be the lead single but was never released. A demo was leaked before "Million Dollar Girl" and featured Lady Gaga who co-wrote the song but there were complications with Gaga's record label. Kalenna was featured instead but it was not an official single.
• "I Want It All" featuring Monica was also meant to be released as a follow-up to "Always". Trina confirmed a video was shot but it has yet to appear.

Track listing

The official track listing was revealed on April 12 at an album pre-order website.^[18]

Personnel

Credits for Amazin' adapted from Allmusic.^[19]

Charts

References

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