Baby Makin' Music

Baby Makin' Music is the 30th studio album released by The Isley Brothers on the Def Soul Classics imprint on May 9, 2006. Their first for the Def Jam-affiliated label, the album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. This was based on the R&B chart success of the first single, "Just Came Here to Chill", and the R. Kelly duet, "Blast Off", which is the only collaboration with Kelly on the album, after single-handedly producing their last album, Body Kiss (2003). Other producers included Gordon Chambers, Jermaine Dupri, Tim & Bob and Manuel Seal.

Baby Makin' Music
Studio album by The Isley Brothers
Released	May 9, 2006
Genre	R&B
Length	40:45
Label	Def Soul Classics
Producer	Gordon Chambers Bryan-Michael Cox Jermaine Dupri R. Kelly Ezekiel Lewis Manuel Seal Tim & Bob Troy Taylor
The Isley Brothers chronology
Body Kiss (2003) Baby Makin' Music (2006) I'll Be Home for Christmas (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Except for two songs ("Forever Mackin'" and the suggestive "Give It to You"), much of this album is dedicated in love to Ronald Isley's wife Kandy Johnson, of his background singing group, JS. He even steadfastly claims in "Just Came Here to Chill" that he's not into playing the Mr. Biggs part and he's "just Ronald Isley" while the couple decided to spend time together at home. The album closer, "You Help Me Write This Song", which was co-written by Isley, was played at his and Johnson's September 2005 wedding.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"You're My Star"	Tim Kelley Bob Robinson Curtis Mayfield	Tim & Bob	4:35
2.	"Blast Off" (featuring R. Kelly)	Robert Kelly	Kelly	4:04
3.	"Just Came Here to Chill"	Troy Taylor Gordon Chambers Ronald Isley	Taylor Chambers	4:13
4.	"Gotta Be with You"	Jermaine Dupri Bryan-Michael Cox Johntá Austin	Dupri Cox^[A]	4:34
5.	"Pretty Woman"	Kelley Robinson	Tim & Bob	4:31
6.	"Forever Mackin'"	Dupri Cox Austin	Dupri Cox^[A]	4:22
7.	"Show Me"	Manuel Seal	Seal	4:22
8.	"Give It to You"	Seal	Seal	4:27
9.	"Beautiful"	Dupri Seal Austin	Dupri Seal^[A]	3:27
10.	"Heaven Hooked Us Up"	Taylor Ezekiel Lewis Thabiso Nkhereanye R. Isley	Lewis Taylor	4:31
11.	"You Help Me Write This Song"	Taylor Lewis Nkhereanye Sam Salter R. Isley	Lewis Taylor	4:02

Notes

• ^{^[A]} denotes co-producer

Sample credits

• "You're My Star" contains samples from "Makings of You" as recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips, written by Curtis Mayfield.

Personnel

Ronald Isley – lead and backing vocals, production, executive producer Ernie Isley – acoustic guitar (track 1), electric guitar (tracks 5, 10) R. Kelly – lead and backing vocals (track 2), arrangements, producer Donnie Lyle – guitar (track 2) Big D – guitar (track 10) Bob Robinson – additional keyboards (tracks 1, 5), arrangements, production Rodney East – additional keyboards (tracks 2) Tim Kelley – bass, keyboards & drums (tracks 1, 5), backing vocals (track 5), arrangements, production

Jermaine Dupri – rapping, producer Manuel Seal – multi-instruments & backing vocals (tracks 7, 8), production Troy Taylor – multi-instruments, arrangements, production (tracks 3, 10, 11) Johnta Austin – backing vocals (tracks 4, 6, 9) Kandy Isley – backing vocals (tracks 1, 5) Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis – production, backing vocals (tracks 10, 11) Sam Salter – backing vocals (track 11) Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith – executive producer

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position US Billboard 200[2] 5 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4] 33

References

1. Kellman, Andy. "The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album review credits & releases | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
2. "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
3. "The Isley Brothers Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
4. "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2020.

External links

• The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album review by Andy Kellman, credits & releases at AllMusic
• The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album releases & credits at Discogs
• The Isley Brothers - Baby Makin' Music (2006) album to be listened as stream on Spotify