''Stronger Everyday'' is the fourth studio album by American singer

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. It was released October 5, 2004 on

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. The album spawned the singles "Everytime" and "Lately".

Background

After recording three albums for

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, Jon B. felt he was being underpromoted. ''Stronger Everyday'' was originally recorded under

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under the working title ''Everyday Struggles'', but the label folded in early 2004 before Jon got to release any material. In 2004, he was signed to Sanctuary by

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manager

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who was just hired as the president of urban music at the primarily rock oriented label.

Critical reception

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found that ''Stronger Everyday'' "finds a sweet soul groove and hangs in there for five alluringly sensual tracks before switching into a hip-hop-inspired style, and these tracks include guest shots from Scarface and Tupac ..Whether he's gliding along a mellow tune or working an up-tempo beat, Jon B. presents some of his finest songs on ''Stronger Everyday''."

Track listing

Notes *"Stronger Everyday" contains a sample "Somebody Loves Me" as performed by

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. *"Thru the Fire" features samples from the

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recording " Precious Memories."

Personnel

Musicians *Ale-Oop – drum programming *Jon B. –

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, keyboards,

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– background vocals, guitar, keyboards, drum programming *

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– keyboards, drum programming *

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– keyboards, drum programming *Brainz Dimillo – keyboards, drum programming * Jason Edmond – background vocals *Envyi – background vocals *Tim Kobza – guitar *Conesha Monet – background vocals *Gregg P. – drum programming *Anthony President – keyboards, drum programming *Michael Angelo Saulsberry – keyboards, drum programming *Daryl Spencer – guitar *

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– background vocals,

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Technical *Andiri Inc. – package design *Jon B. –

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*Ian Boxhill – mixing engineer *Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing engineer *Brainz Dimlllo – recording engineer *Tracey E. Edmonds – executive producer *Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer *Franny "Franchise" Graham – recording engineer *Jerome Goodall – recording engineer *Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing engineer *

– executive producer *Michael McQuarn – executive producer *Bob Power – mixing engineer *Ozz Saturne – co-executive producer *Dexter Simmons – mixing engineer *Corey Wells – recording engineer *Ryan West – recording engineer *Wayne Williams – recording engineer

Charts

References

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