The Makings Of Me

The Makings of Me is the fifth studio album by American singer Monica. It was released by Worldwide Entertainment, J Records and Arista Records on October 3, 2006, in the United States. Built upon the hip hop, gospel and modern quiet storm styles of its predecessor, After the Storm, Monica envisioned her follow-up project to sound as close knit and intimate as her previous project. Consequently, she enlisted frequent collaborators Missy Elliott, Bryan Michael Cox, and Jermaine Dupri to work with her on the album, with the latter serving as its executive producer, as well as new partners such as The Underdogs, Tank, The Runners, LRoc, Swizz Beatz, and Sean Garrett. The album was released to mostly positive reception from music critics, who applauded Monicas's vocal performances and cited the album a solid addition to her catalogue. Criticism mainly targeted the trendchasing character of snap-influenced lead single "Everytime tha Beat Drop", as well as the album's occasionally unremarkable production. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mak...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)