Stone Love

"I Wanna Thank Ya"
Stone Love
Studio album by Angie Stone
Released	June 28, 2004
Recorded	2003–2004
Studio	Various Sho'nuff, Atlanta[lower-alpha 1]; Jammin Downtown, New York City[lower-alpha 2]; Majestic, North Hollywood, California[lower-alpha 3]; Quad Recording, New York City[lower-alpha 4]; Westlake, West Hollywood, California[lower-alpha 5]; The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami[lower-alpha 5]; Angel Baby Recording, New York City[lower-alpha 6]; Conjunction, Los Angeles[lower-alpha 7]; Larrabee North, North Hollywood, California[lower-alpha 7]; Blakeslee, North Hollywood, California[lower-alpha 8]; 2 Ton Sound, New York City[lower-alpha 9]; ;
Genre	R&B; soul; neo soul;
Length	54:43
Label	J
Producer	Various Angie Stone (also exec.); Peter Edge (exec.); Prince Charles Alexander; Sherrod Barnes; Rufus Blaq; Craig X. Brockman; Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell; Missy Elliott; Andreao "Fanatic" Heard; Jazze Pha; Harold Lilly; Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III; Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver; Jonathan Richmond; John "Jubu" Smith; Nisan Stewart; Supa Ugly K-Love;
Angie Stone chronology
Singles from Stone Love
	"I Wanna Thank Ya"; Released: May 4, 2004[1]; "U-Haul"; Released: July 27, 2004[2]; "Stay for a While"; Released: October 12, 2004[3];

Stone Love is the third studio album by American singer Angie Stone. It was released on June 28, 2004, by J Records. The album debuted at number 14 on the US Billboard 200 with 53,000 copies sold in its first week.[15]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B[6]
The Guardian	[7]
Los Angeles Times	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Uncut	[10]
Yahoo! Music	[11]
MusicOMH	(favourable)[12]
People	(favourable)[13]
The Telegraph	(favourable)[14]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Stoned Love (Intro)"	Kenny Thomas Frank E. Wilson	Angie Stone Jonathan Richmond	0:35
2.	"I Wanna Thank Ya" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Stone Phalon Alexander Calvin Broadus Joyce Sims Eldra DeBarge	Jazze Pha	3:47
3.	"My Man" (featuring Floetry)	Stone Warryn Campbell Harold Lilly Marsha Ambrosius Natalie Stewart	Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell Lilly^[a]	4:01
4.	"U-Haul"	Missy Elliott Nisan Stewart Craig Brockman John Smith	Elliott Stewart^[a] Brockman^[a] John "Jubu" Smith^[a]	3:56
5.	"Stay for a While" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)	Stone Richmond Juanita Wynn Hamilton	Stone Richmond	4:01
6.	"Lovers' Ghetto"	Rufus Moore Richard Randolph Ricky Smith Kevin Spencer Rod Temperton	Rufus Blaq Prince Charles Alexander Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver^[b]	4:05
7.	"Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That... (Interlude)"		Stone Richmond	0:25
8.	"You're Gonna Get It" (featuring Diamond Stone)	Walter Millsap III Tamara Savage Joi Campbell Keli Price Thomas Bell William Hart	Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III	4:15
9.	"Come Home (Live with Me)"	Stone Courtney Terry Keith Horne André Previn Dory Previn	Supa Ugly K-Love	3:57
10.	"You Don't Love Me"	Stone Richmond Roger Nichols Paul Williams	Stone Richmond	3:34
11.	"Remy Red"	Stone Richmond Wynn	Stone Richmond	3:50
12.	"That Kind of Love" (featuring Betty Wright)	Stone Campbell Lilly Anthony Hester	Campbell Lilly^[a]	3:52
13.	"Touch It (Interlude)"		Stone Richmond	1:20
14.	"Cinderella Ballin'"	Stone Richmond Crystal Johnson	Stone Richmond	4:35
15.	"Karma" (featuring T.H.C.)	Stone Andreao Heard Sherrod Barnes Jerry Barnes Berkeley Ronald Outen Jr.	Andreao "Fanatic" Heard S. Barnes	4:42
16.	"Wherever You Are (Outro)"	Stone	Stone Richmond	0:35
17.	"I Wanna Thank Ya" (No Rap)	Stone P. Alexander Broadus Sims DeBarge	Jazze Pha	3:13

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
^{^[b]} signifies an associate producer

Sample credits

"I Wanna Thank Ya" contains re-sung lyrics from "Come into My Life" by Joyce Sims and interpolations of "All This Love" by DeBarge.
"Lovers' Ghetto" contains elements from "Adventures in the Land of Music" by Dynasty.
"You're Gonna Get It" contains samples from "La-La (Means I Love You)" by The Delfonics.
"Come Home (Live with Me)" contains samples from "Come Live with Me" by Dorothy Ashby.
"You Don't Love Me" contains excerpts from "We've Only Just Begun" by Curtis Mayfield.
"That Kind of Love" contains samples from "(I'm Going By) The Stars in Your Eyes" by Ron Banks and The Dramatics.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Stone Love.[16]

Musicians

Angie Stone – vocals (all tracks); background vocals (tracks 3–5, 10–14); additional keyboards (track 15)
Snoop Dogg – vocals (track 2)
Jazze Pha – vocal ad-libs (tracks 2, 17)
Floetry – vocals (track 3)
Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell – instruments, programming (tracks 3, 12)
Sean Cooper – sound design (tracks 3, 12)
Harold Lilly – background vocals (tracks 3, 12)
Nisan Stewart – all instruments (track 4)
Craig X. Brockman – all instruments (track 4)
John "Jubu" Smith – all instruments (track 4)
Missy Elliott – background vocals (track 4)
Tweet – background vocals (track 4)
Diamond Stone – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 10, 12); vocals (track 8)
Betty Wright – background vocals (track 4); vocals (track 12)
Anthony Hamilton – vocals (track 5)
Jonathan Richmond – all instruments (as Jon Rych) (tracks 5, 10, 11, 13, 14); background vocals (tracks 5, 10, 11, 13); additional vocal performance (track 11)
Eric Walls – guitar (tracks 5, 8, 10)
Juanita Wynn – background vocals (tracks 5, 11)
Baby Paul – drum programming (track 6)
Rufus Blaq – drum programming (track 6)
Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver – keyboards (track 6)
Prince Charles Alexander – keyboards (track 6)
Khadejia Bass – background vocals (track 6)
Stephanie Bolton – background vocals (tracks 6, 10)
Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III – instruments, programming (track 8)
Tamara Savage – background vocals (track 8)
Joi Campbell – background vocals (track 8)
Supa Ugly K-Love – additional programming (track 9)
Jamal Peoples – Fender Rhodes (track 9)
Steve Bethany – guitar (track 11)
Crystal Johnson – background vocals (track 14)
T.H.C. – vocals (track 15)
Andreao "Fanatic" Heard – all instruments, programming (track 15)

Technical

Angie Stone – production (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16); executive production
Jonathan Richmond – production (tracks 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16)
Jazze Pha – production (tracks 2, 17)
Arnold Wolfe – recording (tracks 2, 17)
Tim Donovan – recording (tracks 2, 4, 13–15); mixing (track 15)
Yutaka Kawana – recording assistance (tracks 2, 3, 5, 11, 13–15); recording (track 9); mixing assistance (track 15)
Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2, 17)
John Hanes – additional Pro Tools engineering (tracks 2, 17)
Tim Roberts – engineering assistance (tracks 2, 17)
Warryn "Baby Dubb" Campbell – production (tracks 3, 12)
Harold Lilly – co-production (tracks 3, 12)
Bruce Buechner – recording (tracks 3, 12)
Ann Mincieli – recording (track 3)
Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 3, 5, 8–14)
Sandra Campbell – project coordination (tracks 3, 12)
Missy Elliott – production (track 4)
Nisan Stewart – co-production (track 4)
Craig X. Brockman – co-production (track 4)
John "Jubu" Smith – co-production (track 4)
Carlos Bedoya – recording (track 4)
Marcella Araica – recording assistance (track 4)
Paul Falcone – mixing (track 4)
Daniel "Boom" Wierup – recording (tracks 5, 11)
Rob Barahona – recording assistance (tracks 5, 11)
Rufus Blaq – production, recording (track 6)
Prince Charles Alexander – production, recording, mixing (track 6)
Jamel "Melekeyz" Oliver – associate production (track 6)
Louis Alfred III – recording (track 6)
Elai Tubo – recording (track 6)
Walter (DJ Walt) Millsap III – production, recording (track 8)
David Lopez – recording (track 8)
Rabeka Tunei – mixing assistance (track 8)
Supa Ugly K-Love – production (track 9)
Andre Netto – recording assistance (track 9)
Bill Importico – recording (track 13)
Andreao "Fanatic" Heard – production (track 15)
Sherrod Barnes – production (track 15)
Eddie Krakaur – recording (track 15)
Herb Powers Jr. – mastering
Peter Edge – executive production

Artwork

Alli – art direction, design
Marc (Poppa) Baptiste – photography
Chris LeBeau – art department production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[17]	92
Australian Urban Albums (ARIA)[18]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19]	18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20]	59
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[21]	23
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22]	6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23]	15
French Albums (SNEP)[24]	82
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25]	87
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26]	12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27]	60
UK Albums (OCC)[28]	56
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[29]	12
US Billboard 200[30]	14
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[31]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2004)	Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32]	94
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[33]	89

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Ref.
United Kingdom	June 28, 2004	Arista	[34]
France	July 5, 2004	BMG	[35]
Germany	July 5, 2004	BMG	[36]
United States	July 6, 2004	J	[5]
Australia	July 16, 2004	BMG	[37]
Japan	July 21, 2004	BMG	[38]

Notes

Tracks 2 and 17
Tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 and 13–15
Tracks 3 and 12
Tracks 3, 4 and 12–14
Track 4
Track 6
Track 8
Track 10
Track 15

References

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[1] Tracks 2 and 17

[2] Tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 11 and 13–15

[3] Tracks 3 and 12

[4] Tracks 3, 4 and 12–14

[Track_4-5] Track 4

[6] Track 6

[Track_8-7] Track 8

[8] Track 10

[9] Track 15

[10] "Urban – Week Of: May 4, 2004". Radio & Records. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[11] "Urban AC – Week Of: July 27, 2004". Radio & Records. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[12] "Urban – Week Of: October 12, 2004". Radio & Records. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[13] "Reviews for Stone Love by Angie Stone". Metacritic. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[allmusic-14] Theakston, Rob. "Stone Love – Angie Stone". AllMusic. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[15] Browne, David (July 9, 2004). "Stone Love". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[16] Sullivan, Caroline (June 25, 2004). "Angie Stone, Stone Love". The Guardian. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[17] Hilburn, Robert (July 11, 2004). "A strength in their numbers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[18] Caramanica, Jon (August 5, 2004). "Angie Stone: Stone Love". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2007.

[19] "Angie Stone – Stone Love". Uncut. September 1, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[20] Crossing, Gary (July 14, 2004). "Angie Stone – Stone Love". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[21] Hands, Steve (June 28, 2004). "Angie Stone – Stone Love". musicomh.com. MusicOMH.

[22] "Picks and Pans Review: Angie Stone". people.com. People. July 12, 2004.

[23] Sandall, Robert (June 28, 2004). "Stayingin". telegraph.co.uk. United Kingdom: The Telegraph.

[24] Whitmire, Margo (July 14, 2004). "Banks Secures Another Week At No. 1". Billboard. Retrieved March 24, 2013.

[25] Stone Love (liner notes). Angie Stone. J Records. 2004. 82876-56215-2.CS1 maint: others (link)

[26] "ARIA Top 100 Albums – Week Commencing 26th July 2004" (PDF). The ARIA Report (752): 6. July 26, 2004. Retrieved March 18, 2019 – via National Library of Australia.

[27] "ARIA Urban Album Chart – Week Commencing 26th July 2004" (PDF). The ARIA Report (752): 16. July 26, 2004. Retrieved August 18, 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[ac_Flanders_Angie_Stone-28] "Ultratop.be – Angie Stone – Stone Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Wallonia_Angie_Stone-29] "Ultratop.be – Angie Stone – Stone Love" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Denmark_Angie_Stone-30] "Danishcharts.dk – Angie Stone – Stone Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Netherlands_Angie_Stone-31] "Dutchcharts.nl – Angie Stone – Stone Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Finland_Angie_Stone-32] "Angie Stone: Stone Love" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_France_Angie_Stone-33] "Lescharts.com – Angie Stone – Stone Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Germany4_Angie_Stone-34] "Offiziellecharts.de – Angie Stone – Stone Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Sweden_Angie_Stone-35] "Swedishcharts.com – Angie Stone – Stone Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Switzerland_Angie_Stone-36] "Swisscharts.com – Angie Stone – Stone Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_UK2_-37] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_UKR&B_-38] "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_Billboard200_Angie_Stone-39] "Angie Stone Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Angie_Stone-40] "Angie Stone Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 18, 2019.

[41] "Jaaroverzichten – Album 2004". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[42] "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2004". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2020.

[43] "Angie Stone – Stone Love (Music CD)". Rakuten.co.uk. Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[44] "Stone love – Angie Stone – CD album" (in French). Fnac. Retrieved February 13, 2020.

[45] "Stone Love: Angie Stone". Amazon (in German). Germany. Retrieved February 13, 2020.

[46] "Stone Love". JB Hi-Fi. Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[47] ストーン・ラヴ [Stone Love] (in Japanese). Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Retrieved August 18, 2015.

[a]

[b]

Angie Stone
Discography
Studio albums	Black Diamond Mahogany Soul Stone Love The Art of Love & War Unexpected Rich Girl Dream Covered in Soul Full Circle
Compilation albums	Stone Hits: The Very Best of Angie Stone
Singles	"No More Rain (In This Cloud)" "Life Story" "Everyday" "Brotha" "Wish I Didn't Miss You" "More Than a Woman" "I Wanna Thank Ya" "U-Haul" "I Wasn't Kidding" "Baby" "I Ain't Hearin' U" "Do What U Gotta Do" "These Eyes"
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