Do I Speak for the World

Do I Speak for the World
Do I Speak for the World
Studio album by Gerald Levert
Released	November 30, 2004
Length	61:30
Label	Elektra
Producer	Darrell "Delite" Allamby; Gordon Chambers; Mike City; Gerald Isaac; Gerald Levert; Edwin "Tony" Nicholas; Troy Taylor;
Gerald Levert chronology

Do I Speak for the World is the eighth studio album by American R&B singer Gerald Levert and his last to be released during his lifetime. It was released by Elektra Records on November 30, 2004 in the United States. The album marked his final studio album with the label.

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

AllMusic editor Rob Theakston called Do I Speak for the World "an enjoyable listen and a fine return to form." He felt that the album "is a nice return to form for the Levert frontman's glory years. Too often his releases have been plagued with inconsistency and pandering to whatever fashionable R&B formula is hip at the moment. And while there are moments of faltering and filler laced in at times and the lyrical content hasn't left its safe harbor, his performances haven't been this consistently solid since 1998's Love & Consequences."^[1]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"/"Speak for the World"	Gerald Levert Darrell "Delite" Allamby Edwin "Tony" Nicholas	Levert Allamby Nicholas	6:17
2.	"Cornell West"/"Tavis Smiley Interlude"	Levert	Levert	1:17
3.	"Crucify Me"	Allamby	Allamby	4:52
4.	"Greater Later"	Levert Nicholas Dwayne Moore	Levert Nicholas	4:06
5.	"Show You How to Love (Interlude)"	Levert Allamby	Levert Allamby	1:02
6.	"Lay You Down"	Levert Nicholas	Levert Nicholas	4:33
7.	"Everyday"	Levert Nicholas	Levert Nicholas	4:29
8.	"Better to Talk It Out"	Gordon Chambers Troy Taylor	Chambers Taylor	4:30
9.	"It Was What It Was"	Levert Nicholas	Levert Nicholas	4:32
10.	"Duty Calls"	Levert Nicholas	Levert Nicholas	4:11
11.	"One Million Times"	Levert Allamby	Levert Allamby	3:56
12.	"What Happened to the Lovin'" (featuring Eddie Levert, Trey Songz & The Levert Kids)	Chambers Rick Williams Taylor	Chambers Taylor	3:42
13.	"So What (If You Got a Baby)"	Gerald Isaac	Isaac	4:19
14.	"Where Do We Go"	Michael Flowers	Mike City	4:00
15.	"Click a Glass"	Levert Nicholas	Levert Nicholas	4:58
16.	"Do I Speak for the World (Outro)"	Allamby	Allamby	0:55

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	29
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	7

Year-end charts edit

Chart (2005)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	62

References edit

^ ^a ^b Theakston, Rob. "Do I Speak for the World". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ "Gerald Levert Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ "Gerald Levert Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

[allmusic-1] Theakston, Rob. "Do I Speak for the World". AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

[ac_Billboard200_Gerald_Levert-2] "Gerald Levert Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Gerald_Levert-3] "Gerald Levert Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

[4] "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

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