''Only One Flo (Part 1)'' is the third

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by American rapper

Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), known professionally as Flo Rida ( ), is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 debut and breakout single "Low (Flo Rida song), Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the ...

, which was released on November 30, 2010, through

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, and his own label Poe Boy Entertainment. The album was preceded by the singles " Club Can't Handle Me", and " Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" which were released in June and November 2010, respectively. The album received mixed reviews from critics, and peaked at number 107 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 11,000 copies in its first week in the US. It is currently his least successful release. It is also considerably short for a studio album, with 8 tracks which total up to less than 30 minutes. A follow-up project titled ''Only One Rida (Part 2)'' was set to be released in 2011, but was renamed '' Wild Ones'' with a 2012 release.

Background

''Only One Flo'' is the first part of what was originally a two-in-one album, but the next album, ''Only One Rida (Part 2)'', was renamed '' Wild Ones''. This album is Flo Rida's first one to be released without the Parental Advisory sticker. The album features guest appearances from Git Fresh,

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, Laza Morgan, Kevin Rudolf,

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, and was originally supposed to also feature guest appearances from

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, and Jay Rock. Producers having collaborated with Flo Rida on the album include Axwell, DJ Frank E, Dada Life, Infinity, Antario "tario" Holmes, Dr. Luke, Max Martin,

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, Ester Dean, Los da Mystro,

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, Frédéric Riesterer, Knobody, Slade, Wayne-O, Mike Caren, and David Siegel.

Singles

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, titled "Zoosk Girl", which features

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, was released on the Internet; though the song is not featured on the album, the single does have its own music video. On June 28, 2010, Flo Rida released the song " Club Can't Handle Me" featuring

, which was stated to be the official first single for the album. The song was also featured in the '' Step Up 3D'' soundtrack. On November 2, 2010, "Come with Me" was released as the first promo single for the album, along with "Puzzle", produced by, and featuring Electrixx, which is not featured on the album. On November 16, 2010, " Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" was released as the second official promo single for the album via the iTunes Store. It debuted on the

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at number thirty-four on November 29, 2010. After the release of the album in the UK, " Who Dat Girl" featured Akon started to receive a strong number of downloads, thus causing it to debut at number 39 in US and 64 in UK. "Why You Up In Here" was released as the fourth single, and third

, on May 11, 2011. The song features

, and Git Fresh.

Reception

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 107 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with first-week sales of 11,000 copies. The album also charted at number eighty-two in Australia. As of March 25, 2012 the album has sold 61,500 copies in the United States.

Critical reception

Upon its release, ''Only One Flo (Part 1)'' received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At

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

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score of 55, based on six reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". David Jeffries of

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gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, praising the

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nature of the songs. He particularly complimented the production of " Who Dat Girl" and thought sampling of George Kranz and

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on " Turn Around (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)". ''

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'' Mikael Wood gave the album a "C" rating, disappointed that the quality of the songs didn't go beyond that of " Club Can't Handle Me". He also felt that the appearance of guests

and

on "Why You Up in Here" outshone that of Flo Rida.

Track listing

Personnel

– composer, executive producer, vocals * Aaron Bay-Schuck – A&R, director *

– vocals * John Armstrong – engineer * Axwell – composer, engineer, producer, various * Erica Bellarosa – legal counsel * Nick Bilardello – art direction, design *

– composer, producer, programming, various * Boris Blank – composer *

– composer, producer * Candice Boyd – vocals * Julian Bunetta – composer * Christine Calip – legal counsel * Nick Carcaterra – publicity * Mike Caren – A&R, composer, director, executive producer, vocal producer * Rufus Lee Copper – composer * Olle Corneer – composer * Katari T. Cox – composer * Brian "Busy" Dackowski – marketing * Dada Life – producer * Ester Dean – composer * Anne Decelemente – A&R, administration * Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – engineer * Megan Dennis – production coordination * Dr. Luke – composer, producer, programming, various * Stefan Engblom – composer * Scott Felcher – legal counsel * Jerome Foster – composer * Sandrine Fouilhoux – stylist * Frank E. – producer * Justin Franks – composer * Evan Freifeld – legal counsel * Yafeu Fula – composer * Chris Gehringer – mastering * Sydne George – composer * Şerban Ghenea – mixing * Rob Gold – art manager * Tatiana Gottwald – assistant *

– composer *

– composer, producer * John Hanes – engineer * Dionnee Harper – direction, marketing * Sam Holland – engineer * Antario Dion Holmes – composer, keyboards, producer * Infinity – producer * Joanne "Joey" Joseph – A&R, coordination * Jacob Kasher – composer * Claude Kelly – composer, background vocals * Carmen Key – composer * Knobody – producer * George Kranz – composer * Philip Lawrence – composer * Jordan Lewis – composer * Kasia Levingston – composer * Los da Mystro – composer, producer *

– composer * Erik Madrid – assistant, engineer * Fabian Marasciullo – mixing *

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– mixing * Bruno Mars – composer * John Maultsby – composer * Catharine McNelly – publicity *

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– composer * J. P. "The Specialist" Negrete – A&R, coordination, engineer, vocal producer * Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – engineer * Joseph Paquette – composer * Christian Plata – assistant * Priscilla Polete – composer, vocals * Elvin "Big Chuck" Prince – executive producer * Eric "E Class" Prince – executive producer * Lee "Freezy" Prince – executive producer, management * Irene Richter – production coordination * Fred Riesterer – composer, producer * Tim Roberts – assistant engineer * Kevin Rudolf – composer * Tony Scales – composer * Alex Schwartz – A&R, coordination * Theo Sedlmayr – legal counsel *

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– composer * Pamela Simon – packaging manager * Marcus Slade – composer, producer * Jordan Suecof – composer * Wayne Thomas – composer * Giorgio Tuinfort – composer, programming * Is Vantage – engineer * Bruce Washington – composer * Wayne-O – producer * Tyler "T-Minus" Williams – composer * Zach Wolfe – photography * Guy Wood – stylist * Tyrone Wrice – composer * Emily Wright – engineer * Xplicit – composer

Charts

Certifications

References

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