Subject (album)

Subject

Studio album by

Dwele

Released

May 20, 2003

Studio

Various

- Loft, Studio A Dearborn, Michigan
- Music Box Studios, The Global Group Studios, Detroit, Michigan
- 916 Music Studios, The Outpost Recording Studio, Van Nuys, California
- Blakeslee Recording Company, KOA Recording, Hollywood, California
- Sony Music Studios, New York City, New York
- A Touch Of Jazz Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Genre

Length

1:00:26

Label

Virgin

Producer

Ronald "Ron E." Estill
Dwayne Bastiany
Dwele
G-One
Jake and the Phatman
Pete Kuzma
Joint Custody

Dwele chronology

Rize
(2000)

Subject
(2003)

Some Kinda...
(2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

Subject is the debut studio album by American musician Dwele. It was released on May 20, 2003 via Virgin Records. Production was mainly handled by Dwele himself, in addition to G-1, Dwayne Bastiany, Jake and the Phatman, Pete Kuzma, Joint Custody, and Ronald "Ron E." Estill, who also served as executive producer together with Timothy Maynor. It features guest appearance from Slum Village. The album peaked at number 108 on the Billboard 200 and number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

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Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Poppa Yo (Intro)"	Andwele Gardner	Dwele	2:37
2.	"Truth"	Gardner	Dwele	3:56
3.	"Find a Way"	Gardner George Archie	G-One	4:09
4.	"Twuneanunda"	Gardner	Dwele	3:21
5.	"A.N.G.E.L. (Interlude)"	Gardner	Dwele	2:19
6.	"Day at a Time"	Gardner	Dwele	4:35
7.	"Subject"	Gardner	Dwele	4:01
8.	"Sho Ya Right"	Gardner Bobby Ozuna Glenn Standridge Kelvin Wooten	Jake and the Phatman Kelvin Wooten (co.)	4:17
9.	"Money Don't Mean a Thing"	Gardner Alfonzo Hunter Ron Estill	Ronald "Ron E." Estill	3:30
10.	"Hold On"	Gardner Dwayne Bastiany Eric Roberson	Dwayne Bastiany Eric Roberson (voc.)	3:42
11.	"Kick Out of You"	Gardner	Dwele	4:07
12.	"Without You"	Gardner Pete Kuzma	Dwele Pete Kuzma	4:07
13.	"Whoomp (Interlude)"	Gardner	Dwele	3:36
14.	"Lady at Mahogany"	Gardner	Dwele	4:07
15.	"A.N.G.E.L. (Reprise)" (featuring Slum Village)	Gardner R.L. Altman III Titus Glover	Dwele	3:50
16.	"Let Your Hair Down"	Gardner Mischke Butler Anthony Nance A. VanDerVeer	Joint Custody	4:12
17.	"Hold On (Remix) (featuring Kanye West)"	Gardner Dwayne Bastiany West Eric Roberson	Dwayne Bastiany Eric Roberson (voc.)	4:34
Total length:				1:05:10

Personnel

Dwele: lead and background vocals, drum programming, bass, guitar, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, trumpet, flugelhorn
Jake and the Phatman: drum programming, turntables, percussion
George "G-One" Archie: drum programming, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
Dave Foreman: guitar
Kelvin Wooten: bass, guitar
Todd Fairall, Chris Puram, Michelle Romero, Eric Roberson, Nikki Holliwood: Recording engineer
Ronald Estill, Serban Ghenea, Kirk Yano, Dylan Koski-Budabin, Jean-Marie Horvat: mixing
Tom Coyne: mastering
Ronald Estill, Timothy Maynor: Executive producer
Amanda Friedman, Andrew Dosunmu: Photography
Bento Design: Art direction & design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	108
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	20

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[5]	93

References

^ Bush, John. "Dwele - Subject Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
^ Moon, Tom (June 2003). "Dwele: Subject : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2009-05-06. Retrieved February 18, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
^ "Dwele Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
^ "Dwele Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

External links

Dwele – Subject at Discogs (list of releases)

v t e Dwele
Studio albums	Rize (2000) Subject (2003) Some Kinda... (2005) Sketches of a Man (2008) W.ants W.orld W.omen (2010) Greater Than One (2012)
Compilation albums	Dwele (2009)
The Dresden Soul Symphony	The Dresden Soul Symphony (2008)

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