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{{Infobox album
| name = Back II Da Basics
| type = studio
| artist = [[Ginuwine]]
| cover = Back2dabasics.jpg
| alt =
| released = November 15, 2005
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| length = 52:32
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer = {{hlist|Ginuwine (exec.)|Jerry Vines (co-exec.)|Big Bob|Brass N' Blues|Cap't Curt|[[Danja (record producer)|Danja]]|Ill Factor|[[Keith Harris (record producer)|Keith Harris]]|[[Troy Oliver]]|[[Jazze Pha]]|Cedric Solomon|[[Trackmasters]]|Alvin West|[[Younglord]]}}
| prev_title = [[The Senior]]
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = [[Greatest Hits (Ginuwine album)|Greatest Hits]]
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Back II Da Basics
| type = studio
| single1 = [[When We Make Love (Ginuwine song)|When We Make Love]]
| single1date = August 30, 2005
| single2 = [[I'm in Love (Ginuwine song)|I'm in Love]]
| single2date = February 7, 2006
}}
}}

'''''Back II da Basics''''' is the fifth album by American recording artist [[Ginuwine]]. Released by [[Epic Records]] on November 15, 2005 in the United States, production for the album originally began in July 2003. Although Ginuwine initially revealed that he was planning to team with longtime contributor [[Timbaland]] on the entirety of the album, their collaboration failed to materialize due to scheduling conflicts.<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|title=Ginuwine performance & Interview 2003|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFVkj37cIls&t=387 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/GFVkj37cIls |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=[[YouTube]]|accessdate=2 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Instead, Ginuwine worked with a diverse roster of collaborators, including [[Danja (record producer)|Danja]], [[Jazze Pha]], [[Troy Oliver]], [[Trackmasters]], and [[The Underdogs (production team)|The Underdogs]], on most of the tracks.

Upon its release, ''Back II da Basics'' received generally mixed reviews amongst critics with many complimenting the album's mid-tempo material and more mature approach, while criticizing its [[uptempo]] tracks and somewhat outdated nature. Commercially, it debuted at number twelve on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] with first week sales of 74,430 copies, becoming Ginuwine's first album to miss the top ten since 1996's ''[[Ginuwine...the Bachelor]]'', his solo debut. It debuted at number three on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart, scoring him his fourth consecutive top-three entry.

The album spawned two singles, including lead single "[[When We Make Love (Ginuwine song)|When We Make Love]]" and "[[I'm in Love (Ginuwine song)|I'm In Love]]", both of which were not as successful as previous singles and failed to make the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. In support of the album, early in 2006 Ginuwine and label mates [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] linked up on the Ladies Night Out tour. A year later, Epic produced a greatest hits compilation with almost no promotion, presumably to end their album deal with Ginuwine.

== Background ==
In 2003, Ginuwine released ''[[The Senior]]'', his fourth studio album. It debuted at number six on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 122,000 unites. It later was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for sales in excess of 863,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://idobi.com/news/2003/04/godsmack-takes-faceless-straight-to-no-1/|title = Godsmack Takes 'Faceless' Straight to No. 1}}</ref> It produced three singles, each appearing on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database|title=Gold & Platinum|website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref> Production for his fifth album began the same year.<ref name="youtube"/> Ginuwine revealed on ''[[106 & Park]]'' that he was working with [[Timbaland]] on the entirety of the album, however, their collaboration failed to materialize due to scheduling conflicts.<ref name="youtube"/> On the production process, Ginuwine elaborated: "I want to bring R&B back up to the place where it needs to be."<ref name="bb2">{{cite book|title=Ginuwine Grows Up|date = 19 November 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RQEAAAAMBAJ&q=BACK+II+DA+GINUWINE&pg=PA40|publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2 January 2014}}</ref>

== Critical response ==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-ii-da-basics-mw0000357463|title=Back II da Basics - Ginuwine|first=Andy |last=Kellman|work=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=30 November 2011}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Artistdirect]]
|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3471835,00.html|title=Back II da Basics|work=ARTISTdirect|publisher=Rogue Digital, LLC|accessdate=30 November 2011}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="Blender">{{cite web|last=Dreisinger|first=Baz|title=This onetime Michael Jackson impersonator is just another pretty voice|url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3687 |website=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |access-date=September 29, 2024|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060324191506/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=3687|archive-date=March 24, 2006}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''The Situation''
|rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="situation">{{cite web|url=http://www.thesituation.co.uk/reviews/06/ginuwine.html |title=Ginuwine:Back II Da Basics |author=Sophia Jackson |work=The Situation |accessdate=29 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927102802/http://www.thesituation.co.uk/reviews/06/ginuwine.html |archivedate=27 September 2011 }}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="vibe">{{cite web| last=Dawson | first=Imani A. |url=http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2005/11/ginuwine_back_ii_da_basics/|title=Older, wiser and sexier: Ginuwine matures |publisher=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]|date=November 21, 2005|accessdate=17 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060127201858/http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2005/11/ginuwine_back_ii_da_basics/|archive-date=January 27, 2006}}</ref>
}}

''Back II da Basics'' received generally mixed reviews from music critics. In his review for [[Allmusic]], Andy Kellman gave the album three out five stars and remarked that "rather than gradually spin out with albums that steadily diminish creatively and commercially, [Ginuwine] has put together a series of releases strong enough to maintain his presence on radio." Critical of the club tracks, he felt that without them the album "would be an even better, bolder, more mature release [with] lush ballads and gentle mid-tempo material."<ref name="allmusic"/> Sophia Jackson from ''The Situation'' found that "it's good to see that after a decade on the scene, Ginuwine can still hang out with the young ones in the over-populated R&B world. This is an above average comeback for Ginuwine fans and lovers of real back to the basics R&B to enjoy. Welcome back Ginuwine, you've been missed."<ref name="situation"/> Paul Lester found that ''A Man’s Thoughts'' "is quite a different proposition to his earlier work. It’s the same milieu – slick, glossy soul – but here the stark atmospheres and electro edge that once undercut his songs about sex and sensuality are replaced by a varnished efficiency that makes most of these 15 slow jams sound the same."<ref name="bbcrev">{{cite web |first= Paul|last=Lester|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/x328/|title=Sixth album of slow jams from US RnB star|work=[[BBC Music]] |accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref>

''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]''{{'}}s Imani A. Dawson rated the album three discs out of five and commented that the release "builds on his silky vocals while keeping the sexual innuendo intact [...] he's slowly but surely growing up."<ref name="vibe"/> She noted that "despite the occasional growing pains, when Ginuwine acts his age, it's a graceful erotic experience."<ref name="vibe"/> Raymond Fiore from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' felt that "for this R&B slickster, returning to ''da basics'' means regurgitating the assembly-line [[grinding (dance)|bump 'n' grind]] fare he's honed for a decade. And on his fifth disc, it also means being a few fancy footsteps behind the current pack of urban lotharios."<ref name="EW Review">{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/11/14/back-ii-da-basics/|title=Back II Da Basics|last=Fiore|first= Raymond|date=2005-11-14|access-date=2022-10-03}}</ref> Ken Capobianco of ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' found that "this consistent effort should get his career back in gear. It features a familiar mix of slow, lights-down-low grooves and bumping jams – and the songs and production are a notch above what he's been working with recently."<ref name="bostonglobe">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/back-ii-da-basics-mw0000357463|title=CD report|first=Ken |last=Capobianco |work=[[Boston Globe]]|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> Melody Charles from [[SoulTracks]] noted that "Ginuwine's latest is a solid and sincere comeback that his fans from the "[[Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony]]" days forward will appreciate [...] ''Thoughts'' moves seamlessly from the heady onset of physical attraction and desire to, well, the daily ups and downs that inevitably arrive in every relationship."<ref name="soultracksrev">{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Rizik|url=https://www.soultracks.com/node/1032|title=Review |work=[[SoulTracks]] |date=5 May 2007|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' wrote that the album "nicely upgrades from sexually laced anthems to break the party-boy mold."<ref name="billboardrev">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Reviews|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=19 November 2005|accessdate=January 14, 2020}}</ref>

==Commercial performance==
Upon its release, ''Back II da Basics'' debuted at number three on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart and number twelve on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] in the United States.<ref name="bb1"/> It has sold 176,000 copies, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="bb1">{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60245/ginuwine-jagged-edge-team-to-tour|title=Ginuwine, Jagged Edge Team To Tour|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{Track listing 
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Intro
| note1 = featuring Knight
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Ginuwine|Elgin Lumpkin]]|Ivan Corraliza}}
| extra1 = Ill Factor
| length1 = 2:51

| title2 = Oh Girl
| note2 =
| writer2 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|[[Younglord|Richard Frierson]]}}
| extra2 = [[Younglord]]
| length2 = 3:54

| title3 = Secrets
| note3 =
| writer3 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|[[Johnta Austin]]|[[Jazze Pha|Phalon Alexander]]}}
| extra3 = [[Jazze Pha]]
| length3 = 3:29

| title4 = [[When We Make Love (Ginuwine song)|When We Make Love]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Cedric Solomon}}
| extra4 = Solomon
| length4 = 3:55

| title5 = Want U to Be
| writer5 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Alexander|Charles Pettaway}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Pha|Pettaway}}
| length5 = 4:20

| title6 = The Club
| note6 = featuring [[Jadakiss]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|[[Jadakiss|Jason Phillips]]|[[Keith Harris (record producer)|Keith Harris]]|Frierson}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Younglord|Harris{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length6 = 3:54

| title7 = Interlude
| note7 = featuring Knight
| writer7 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Corraliza}}
| extra7 = Ill Factor
| length7 = 2:24

| title8 = She's Like
| writer8 = {{hlist|Alvin West|[[Trackmasters|Jean-Claude Olivier]]|[[Trackmasters|Samuel Barnes]]}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|[[Trackmasters|Poke and Tone]]|West{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length8 = 4:07

| title9 = Betta Half
| writer9 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|[[Danja (record producer)|Nate Hills]]}}
| extra9 = [[Danja (record producer)|Danjahandz]]
| length9 = 4:07

| title10 = Glaze in My Eye
| writer10 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Alexander Mosley|[[Ryan Toby]]|Olivier|Barnes}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Poke and Tone|Spanador{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length10 = 3:14

| title11 = [[I'm in Love (Ginuwine song)|I'm in Love]]
| writer11 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|[[Troy Oliver]]}}
| extra11 = Oliver
| length11 = 4:04

| title12 = Far Away
| writer12 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Robert Gerongco|Samuel Gerongco}}
| extra12 = Brass N' Blues
| length12 = 4:13

| title13 = Take a Chance
| writer13 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Bobby Terry|Curtis L. Williams|Jerry Vines}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Cap't Curt|Big Bob}}
| length13 = 4:15

| title14 = Back II da Basics
| writer14 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Corraliza}}
| extra14 = Ill Factor
| length14 = 3:42

| title15 = Thank You's
| writer15 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Corraliza}}
| extra15 = Ill Factor
| length15 = 2:43
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = [[Circuit City]] bonus track
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title16 = Way Back
| writer16 = {{hlist|Lumpkin|Frierson}}
| extra16 = Younglord
| length16 = 4:04
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japan bonus track
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title16 = Hold On Me
| writer16 = {{hlist|Toby|Olivier|Barnes}}
| extra16 = Poke and Tone
| length16 = 3:34
}}
'''Notes'''
*<sup>{{note|a|[a]}}</sup> signifies a co-producer

== Credits ==
'''Visuals and imagery'''
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* Alice Butts – [[art direction]]
* John J. Moore – [[design]]
{{col-2}}
* Eric Ogden – [[photography]]
{{col-end}}

'''Instruments and performance credits'''
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* [[Johnta Austin]] – backing vocals
* Charles Pettaway – [[bass guitar]], [[guitar]]
{{col-2}}
* Ced Keys International – [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]
{{col-end}}

'''Technical and production'''
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
* Leslie Brathwaite – [[audio mixing|mixing]]
* Brass'n'Blues – producer
* Ivan Corraliza – engineer
* Captain Curt– producer
* [[Danja (record producer)|Danjahandz]] – producer
* [[Jimmy Douglass|Jimmy Douglas]] – mixing
* Ginuwine – executive producers
* Jason Goldstein – mixing
* Keith Harris – producer
* Illfactor – producer
* Kevin Jackson – mixing
* David Kutch – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
* [[Troy Oliver]] – producer
{{col-2}}
* Charles Pettaway
* [[Jazze Pha]] – producer
* [[Poke & Tone]] – producer
* James Porte – engineer
* Nico Solis – engineer
* Cedric Solomon – producer
* Corey Stocker – engineer
* [[The Underdogs (production team)|The Underdogs]] – producer
* Jerry Vines – executive producers
* Alvin West – producer
* Richard Younglord – producer
* Miles Walker – assistant engineer, mixing
* Doug Wilson – mixing
{{col-end}}

== Charts ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Back II da Basics''
! scope="col" | Chart (2005)
! scope="col" | Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200 |12|artist=Ginuwine |rowheader=true |accessdate=November 6, 2013}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop |3|artist=Ginuwine |rowheader=true |accessdate=November 6, 2013}}
|}
{{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Back II da Basics''
! scope="col"| Chart (2006)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref name="year-end">{{cite magazine|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 2006|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|accessdate=July 4, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|67
|}
{{col-end}}

== Release history ==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release history for ''Back II da Basics''
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row" | United States
| November 15, 2005
| Epic Records
| align="center"| <ref name="bb1"/>
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| November 30, 2005
| rowspan="5"|[[Sony Music Entertainment]]
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/Back-To-The-Basics-%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3/dp/B000BNM8U6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390053748&sr=8-2&keywords=ginuwine+back|title=【CD】 Back II da Basics|publisher=Amazon.jp |date= |accessdate=2013-01-21}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Spain
| December 1, 2005
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.es/Back-II-Da-Basics-Ginuwine/dp/B000BHNLXU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390053883&sr=1-1&keywords=ginuwine+back|title=【CD】 Back II da Basics|publisher=Amazon.jp |date= |accessdate=2013-01-21}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Germany
| rowspan="2"|March 3, 2006
| align="center"| <ref name="geswi">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Back-II-Da-Basics-Ginuwine/dp/B000E0W1CG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1390054145&sr=8-2&keywords=ginuwine+back|title=【CD】 Back II da Basics|publisher=Amazon.de |date= |accessdate=2013-01-21}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | Switzerland
| align="center"|<ref name="geswi"/>
|-
! scope="row" | United Kingdom
| March 6, 2006
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Back-II-Da-Basics-Ginuwine/dp/B000E0W1CG/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1390054041&sr=1-1&keywords=ginuwine+back|title=【CD】 Back II da Basics|publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2013-01-21}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102232218/http://ginuwine.com/ Ginuwine.com] — official site

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