''Intuition'' is the third

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by American R&B singer and actor

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. It was released on December 16, 2008, by

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. The album features several guest artists, including

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and

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. The album debuted at number three on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 265,000 copies in the first week. The album was certified

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(RIAA).

Background and composition

''Intuition'', as Foxx describes it, will focus on the needs and wants of the opposite sex.

Singles

The album's lead single " Just Like Me" featuring

, was released on August 19, 2008. The song debuted at number 48 on the ''Billboard''

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chart, before it reached the top 10. It also peaked at number 49 on the ''Billboard'' 100. The remix to

's " Miss Independent," titled " She Got Her Own" featuring Ne-Yo; along with an American rapper

, which was released as the album's second single on December 14, 2008. The album's third single " Blame It" featuring

, was released on January 26, 2009. In its first week, " Just Like Me", " Blame It" and "She Got Her Own" were charted on the top-ten in the ''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at numbers 8, 1, and 2, respectively. While on the Conan O'Brien show, Foxx performed the remix to "Digital Girl" featuring Canadian rapper

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, during the interview with MTV News, as he stated; it will be his fourth single from ''Intuition''. The full studio version was leaked and officially released on June 19, 2009, which features guest appearances from Drake, adding

and

on this track.

Critical reception

''Intuition'' received mixed reviews from

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. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an

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score of 56, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 6 reviews. Sarah Rodman of ''

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'' reviewed the album positively, stating: "Like many contemporary R&B albums, the cameos sometimes crowd the main attraction, but Foxx is wise enough to intuit when it suits him best to share the spotlight." Claire Lobenfeld of '' Vibe Magazine'' had a mixed review for the album, stating: "What is missing from ''Intuition'' is a balance between the party records and the slow jams. The division displays a lack of cohesiveness that separates the effort from being a great album into just a collection of potential singles." Emily Heward of

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.com, however, was less impressed with the album, commenting: " 'Intuition'''s songs arelost amidst over-enthusiastic vocal effects" and that "it is hard to recognize the soulful voice that landed him his Oscar."

Commercial performance

''Intuition'' debuted at number three on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 265,000 copies in the first week. This became Foxx's second US top-ten album. In its second week, the album dropped to number nine on the chart, selling an additional 105,000 copies. In its third week, the album climbed to number eight on the chart, selling 45,000 more copies. In its fourth week, the album remained at number eight on the chart, selling 34,000 copies, bringing its four-week total to 449,000 copies. On May 12, 2009, the album was certified

by the

(RIAA) for sales of over one million copies in the United States.

Tour

In May 2009, Foxx announced he was going on tour in the support of his third album ''Intuition''. The 40-city tour kicked off on July 2 in

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and ended in October.

Tour dates

Track listing

Unless otherwise indicated, Information is based on the album's liner notesFoxx, Jamie. “Intuition” (Liner Notes). J Records. 2008. ;Sample credits * "Number One" contains a sample from " The New Style" performed by

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* "Digital Girl" contains re-sung lyrics from " Can't Believe It" performed by

and

* "She Got Her Own" contains a sample from "My Baby Understands" performed by

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* "I Don't Know" contains re-sung lyrics from " Passin' Me By" performed by

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, from which in turn samples the

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version of " Summer in the City" * "I Don't Know" also contains a portion of the composition " I Want You" performed by

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Personnel

Credits are adapted from Allmusic and the album's Liner Notes. *

- lead vocals (All tracks), background vocals (2) *Kory Aaron - mixing assistant (4, 8, 10–13) * Jim Beanz - background vocals (2) *Andre Bowman - bass played by (10) *Demacio Castellon - audio mixing (2) *Kevin "KD" Davis - audio mixing (6) * Doug Fenske - recording engineer (11), assistant engineer (9) *Jason Fleming - recording engineer *Chris Godbey - recording engineer, audio mixing (2) *

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- background vocals (8) *Casey Graham - recording engineer *Mark Gray - instrumental recording engineer (12) *Jaymz Hardy-Martin III - vocal recording engineer * Kuk Harrell - background vocals (10), vocal recording engineer (1, 4, 10, 12–13) * Christopher "Deep" Henderson - background vocals, drum machine, instruments played by, recording engineer (5) *John Horesco IV - vocal recording engineer *Antonio Jimenez - recording engineer (6) * Brandon Jones - mixing assistant (2) *

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- audio mixing (1, 3–5, 7–15) *Sean K - music programming (4, 10), instrumental recording engineer (12) * Rico Love - additional vocals (9) *Phil Margaziotis - recording engineer (9) *Brandon R. Melanchon - background vocals (5) *Chris "Tek" O'Ryan - instrumental recording engineer (4, 12) * Dave Pensado - audio mixing (1, 3–5, 7–15) *DeMonica Plummer - sample clearance agent *Orlando Rashid - recording engineer (15) *

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- musical arrangements, Fender Rhodes keyboard, drums, bass played by (8) *D. P. Samuels - mixing assistant (11) *Franklin Emmanuel Socorro - recording engineer (8) *Staybent Krunk-a-Delic - background vocals, additional keyboards (8) *

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- instruments performed by (14) *Brian "B-Luv" Thomas - instrumental recording engineer (4, 10, 13) *

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- recording engineer (additional on 1, instrumental on 4, 10, 13) *Randy Urbanski - mixing assistant (1, 3, 7, 9–10, 14–15) *Julian Vasquez - recording engineer (2) * Wizard - keyboards (10) *Andrew Wright - recording engineer, audio mixing (3) *Andrew Wuepper - mixing assistant (1, 7, 9–10, 14–15) * Jordan "DJ Swivel" Young - recording engineer (6)

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Release history

References

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