Glamorest Life

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Glamorest Life | type = studio | artist = Trina | cover = GlamorestLifeCover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2005|10|4}} | recorded = | studio = {{hlist|Circle House Studios (Miami, FL)|Studio Center (Miami, FL)|The Record Room (Miami, FL)}} | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=47|s=23}} | label = {{hlist|Slip-N-Slide|Atlantic}} | producer = {{hlist|Bigg D|Briss|Cool & Dre|Jazze Pha|Jim Jonsin|KLC|Mannie Fresh|Money Mark Diggla|Needlz|Nick Fury|Signature}} | prev_title = Diamond Princess | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Still da Baddest | next_year = 2008 | misc = {{Singles | name = Glamorest Life | type = studio | single1 = Don't Trip | single1date = April 28, 2005 | single2 = Here We Go | single2date = September 23, 2005 | single3 = Da Club | single3date = November 22, 2005 }} }} '''''Glamorest Life''''' is the third studio album by American rapper Trina. It was released on October 4, 2005, through Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic Records. The recording sessions took place at Studio Center, The Record Room and Circle House Studios in Miami. The album was produced by Bigg D, Cool & Dre, Jim Jonsin, Mannie Fresh, Money Mark Diggla, Signature, Briss, Jazze Pha, KLC, Needlz, and Nick "Fury" Loftin. It features guest appearances from Dre, CO, Duece Poppito, Jazze Pha, Kelly Rowland, Lil Scrappy, Lil Wayne, Mannie Fresh, Money Mark Diggla, Plies, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, T.I., Trey Songz, and Trick Daddy. The album marks Trina's final album for Atlantic Records. In 2007, Trina signed to EMI in conjunction with Slip-n-Slide Records.<ref>{{cite news |last=Crosley |first=Hillary |date=May 18, 2007 |title=Trina signs to EMI |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/randb-hip-hop/trina-signs-to-emi-1003588165.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007033845/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/randb-hip-hop/trina-signs-to-emi-1003588165.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 7, 2012 |access-date=May 15, 2011 |newspaper=Billboard}}</ref>

==Promotion== The album was supported with three singles: "Don't Trip", "Here We Go" and "Da Club". Its lead single, "Don't Trip", didn't find much success, only peaking at number 74 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The second single off of the album, "Here We Go", reached number 17 in Finland, New Zealand and the US, number 15 in the UK and number 29 in the Netherlands, and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over 500,000 units in the United States alone, becoming Trina's first highly successful single.

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web |last=Kellman |first=Andy |title=The Glamorest Life Trina |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-glamorest-life-mw0000173978 |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> | rev2 = ''HipHopDX'' | rev2score = 3/5<ref name="HHDX">{{Cite web |last=Cornish |first=Melanie |date=October 20, 2005 |title=Trina - Glamorest Life |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.575/title.trina-glamorest-life |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}</ref> | rev3 = ''IGN'' | rev3score = 5/10<ref name="IGN">{{Cite web |last=Durig |first=Jim |date=December 7, 2005 |title=Trina - Glamorest Life |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/12/06/trina-glamorest-life |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref> | rev4 = ''RapReviews'' | rev4score = 7.5/10<ref name="RR">{{Cite web |last=Juon |first=Steve 'Flash' |date=October 4, 2005 |title=Trina Glamorest Life |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2005/10/trina-glamorest-life/ |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=RapReviews}}</ref> }} Steve 'Flash' Juon of ''RapReviews'' praised the album, stating that "the guest appearances don't detract from her album, they just add on to her already strong pimp game".<ref name="RR" /> Melanie Cornish of ''HipHopDX'' concluded: "all in all Trina didn't strike out with her third album, it was a certified hit and will keep her fan base watching for the next time she comes to the plate".<ref name="HHDX" /> AllMusic's Andy Kellman found Trina's "righteous raunchiness is more than a little exhausted on ''Glamorest Life''", adding that she sounds "distanced and not nearly as energised as she was on 2002's ''Diamond Princess''".<ref name="AM" /> Jim Durig of ''IGN'' wrote that the album "doesn't expand on the glimmers of potential Trina showed in her earlier work, instead moving away from that strong, uninhibited rawness to fully pander to an adolescent crowd".<ref name="IGN" />

==Commercial performance== In the United States, the album debuted at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 2 on both the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and the Top Rap Albums charts, with 77,000 units sold in its first week.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=October 12, 2005 |title=Nickelback Debuts ‘Right’ On Top |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nickelback-debuts-right-on-top-61124/ |access-date=May 11, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> By 2007, the album sold 398,000 copies.<ref name="Billboard20070609">{{cite magazine |last=Concepcion |first=Mariel |date=June 9, 2007 |title=A bad rap? |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7BIEAAAAMBAJ/page/n23 |access-date=February 3, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |pages=24–25 |via=Internet Archive |volume=119 |issue=23}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | headline = ''Glamorest Life'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Sum Mo | note1 = featuring Dre | writer1 = {{hlist|Clifford Harris|Andre Lyon|Marcello Valenzano}} | extra1 = Cool & Dre | length1 = 3:36

| title2 = Don't Trip | note2 = featuring Lil Wayne | writer2 = {{hlist|Katrina Taylor|Dwayne Carter, Jr.|Byron Thomas|Mark Seymour}} | extra2 = Mannie Fresh | length2 = 3:28

| title3 = Shake | note3 = featuring Lil Scrappy | writer3 = {{hlist|Darryl Richardson|Craig Lawson|Richard Jones}} | extra3 = KLC | length3 = 4:05

| title4 = Here We Go | note4 = featuring Kelly Rowland | writer4 = {{hlist|Teedra Moses|James Scheffer|Derrick Baker}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Jim Jonsin|Bigg D}} | length4 = 3:50

| title5 = Sexy Gurl | note5 = featuring Snoop Dogg, CO, and Money Mark Diggla | writer5 = {{hlist|Taylor|Calvin Broadus|Corey Evans|Seymour|Eugene Colon}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Signature|Money Mark Diggla}} | length5 = 3:45

| title6 = Da Club | note6 = featuring Mannie Fresh | writer6 = {{hlist|Thomas|Kedrick Moore|Evans}} | extra6 = Mannie Fresh | length6 = 3:51

| title7 = It's Your B-Day | note7 = featuring Jazze Pha | writer7 = {{hlist|Taylor|Phalon Alexander|Seymour}} | extra7 = Jazze Pha | length7 = 3:28

| title8 = I Gotta | note8 = featuring Rick Ross | writer8 = {{hlist|William Leonard Roberts II|Andre Brissett}} | extra8 = Briss | length8 = 3:09

| title9 = Throw It Back | note9 = featuring Duece Poppi | writer9 = {{hlist|Taylor|Lasana Smith|Khari Cain}} | extra9 = Needlz | length9 = 3:12

| title10 = 50/50 Love | note10 = featuring Trey Songz | writer10 = {{hlist|Taylor|Nathaniel Perez|Tremaine Neverson|Maurice Young|Kenneth Gamble|Leon Huff|Robert Kelly}} | extra10 = Happy Perez | length10 = 3:01

| title11 = So Fresh | note11 = featuring Plies | writer11 = {{hlist|Taylor|Algernod Washington|Scheffer|Baker|Seymour|Jones}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Jim Jonsin|Bigg D}} | length11 = 4:01

| title12 = Reach Out | writer12 = {{hlist|Nicholaus Loftin|Jones|Seth Ibarrondo}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Nick Fury|Mike Caren ({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})}} | length12 = 3:42

| title13 = Lil Mama | note13 = featuring Dre | writer13 = {{hlist|Taylor|Lyon|Valenzano|Timothy Christian Riley|Raphael Wiggins|D'Wayne Wiggins|D. Clark}} | extra13 = Cool & Dre | length13 = 4:12 | total_length = 47:23 }} {{Track listing | headline = Bonus track | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title14 = Tonight | note14 = featuring Money Mark Diggla | writer14 = {{hlist|Taylor|Seymour|Anthony David Galvin}} | extra14 = Tony Galvin | length14 = 4:12 | total_length = }}

;Sample credits * Track 4 contains interpolations from the composition "Tender Love", written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. * Track 7 contains interpolations from the composition "Funk You Up", written by Gwendolyn Chisolm, Cheryl Cooke, Sylvia Robinson, and Angela Brown. * Track 10 contains interpolations from the composition "When Somebody Loves You Back", written by Gamble and Huff, and interpolations from the composition "Not Gonna Hold On (To Your Love)", written by R. Kelly. * Track 13 contains samples from the recording "(Lay Your Head on My) Pillow", written and performed by Tony! Toni! Toné!.

==Personnel== {{div col}} *Katrina "Trina" Taylor – vocals, co-executive producer *Andre "Dré" Lyon – vocals, producer (tracks: 1, 13) *Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter – vocals (track 2) *Darryl "Lil Scrappy" Richardson – vocals (track 3) *Kelly Rowland – vocals (track 4) *Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus – vocals (track 5) *Corey "C.O." Evans – vocals (track 5) *Mark "Money Mark Diggla" Seymour – vocals (track 5), producer (tracks: 5, 10) *Byron "Mannie Fresh" Thomas – vocals (track 6), producer (tracks: 2, 6) *Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – vocals & producer (track 7) *William "Rick Ross" Roberts II – vocals (track 8) *Lasana "Duece Poppito" Smith – vocals (track 9) *Tremaine "Trey Songz" Neverson – vocals (track 10) *Algernod "Plies" Washington – vocals (track 11) *Penelope Magnet – additional vocals (track 12) *Derrick "Bigg D" Baker – piano (track 4), producer (tracks: 4, 11) *Marcello "Cool" Valenzano – producer (tracks: 1, 13) *Craig "KLC" Lawson – producer (track 3) *James "Jim Jonsin" Scheffer – producer (tracks: 4, 11) *Eugene "Signature" Colon – producer (tracks: 5, 10) *Andre "Briss" Brissett – producer (track 8) *Khari "Needlz" Cain – producer (track 9) *Nicholaus "Nick Fury" Loftin – producer (track 12) *Mike Caren – co-producer (track 12), A&R direction *Andrews Correa – recording *Robert "Big Briz" Brisbane – recording (tracks: 1, 13) *Jon Neumann – recording (track 2) *Zac – recording (track 3) *Ray Seay – mixing (tracks: 1–3, 5, 6, 8–10, 12, 13) *KD – mixing (track 4) *Leslie Brathwrate – mixing (track 7) *Fabian Marasciullo – mixing (track 11) *Dave Junco – additional recording (tracks: 7–9) *Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering (tracks: 1–3, 5, 6, 8, 9) *Bernie Grundman – mastering (tracks: 4, 7, 10–13) *Ted "Touche" Lucas – executive producer *Solomon "Sox" Hepburn – co-executive producer *Josh "Redd" Burke – A&R, management *Musa Adeoye – A&R *Robert Alexander – A&R direction *Alan Lewis – A&R direction *Byron Trice – A&R direction *Damon Eden – A&R co-direction *Aaron Bay-Schuck – A&R coordinator *Anne Declemente – A&R administrator *Kram Iksirbo – art direction, design *Alexander Martin – art direction *Christian Lantry – photography *Alexander Allen – stylist *Andrew Zaeh – photoshoot production {{div col end}}

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Glamorest Life'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Peak position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|11|artist=Trina|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRap|2|artist=Trina|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|2|artist=Trina|rowheader=true|access-date=June 14, 2022}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''Glamorest Life'' |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2005) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005 |title=Year-End Charts: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (2005) |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2005/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=May 11, 2024 |website=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> | 79 |} {{col-end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Discogs master|9963|Glamorest Life|type=album}}

{{Authority control}} Category:2005 albums Category:Trina albums Category:Atlantic Records albums Category:Albums produced by Needlz Category:Albums produced by Jazze Pha Category:Albums produced by Cool & Dre Category:Albums produced by Jim Jonsin Category:Albums produced by Mannie Fresh Category:Albums produced by Nick "Fury" Loftin

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