Subject (album)

Subject
Studio album by Dwele
Released	May 20, 2003
Studio	Various Loft, Studio A Dearborn, Michigan Music Box Studios, The Global Group Studios, Detroit, Michigan 916 Music Studios, The Outpost Recording Studio, Van Nuys, California Blakeslee Recording Company, KOA Recording, Hollywood, California Sony Music Studios, New York City, New York A Touch Of Jazz Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	R&B neo soul
Length	1:00:26
Label	Virgin
Producer	Ronald "Ron E." Estill Dwayne Bastiany Dwele G-One Jake and the Phatman Pete Kuzma Joint Custody Eric Roberson (vocal) Kelvin Wooten (co.)
Dwele chronology
Rize (2000) Subject (2003) Some Kinda... (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Subject is the debut studio album by American musician Dwele. It was released on May 20, 2003 via Virgin Records. Production was mainly handled by Dwele himself, in addition to G-1, Dwayne Bastiany, Jake and the Phatman, Pete Kuzma, Joint Custody, and Ronald "Ron E." Estill, who also served as executive producer together with Timothy Maynor. It features guest appearance from Slum Village. The album peaked at number 108 on the Billboard 200 and number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Poppa Yo (Intro)"	Andwele Gardner	Dwele	2:37
2.	"Truth"	Gardner	Dwele	3:56
3.	"Find a Way"	Gardner George Archie	G-One	4:09
4.	"Twuneanunda"	Gardner	Dwele	3:21
5.	"A.N.G.E.L. (Interlude)"	Gardner	Dwele	2:19
6.	"Day at a Time"	Gardner	Dwele	4:35
7.	"Subject"	Gardner	Dwele	4:01
8.	"Sho Ya Right"	Gardner Bobby Ozuna Glenn Standridge Kelvin Wooten	Jake and the Phatman Kelvin Wooten (co.)	4:17
9.	"Money Don't Mean a Thing"	Gardner Alfonzo Hunter Ron Estill	Ronald "Ron E." Estill	3:30
10.	"Hold On"	Gardner Dwayne Bastiany Eric Roberson	Dwayne Bastiany Eric Roberson (voc.)	3:42
11.	"Kick Out of You"	Gardner	Dwele	4:07
12.	"Without You"	Gardner Pete Kuzma	Dwele Pete Kuzma	4:07
13.	"Whoomp (Interlude)"	Gardner	Dwele	3:36
14.	"Lady at Mahogany"	Gardner	Dwele	4:07
15.	"A.N.G.E.L. (Reprise)" (featuring Slum Village)	Gardner R.L. Altman III Titus Glover	Dwele	3:50
16.	"Let Your Hair Down"	Gardner Mischke Butler Anthony Nance A. VanDerVeer	Joint Custody	4:12
17.	"Hold On (Remix) (featuring Kanye West)"	Gardner Dwayne Bastiany West Eric Roberson	Dwayne Bastiany Eric Roberson (voc.)	4:34
Total length:				1:05:10

Personnel

• Dwele: lead and background vocals, drum programming, bass, guitar, keyboards, Fender Rhodes, trumpet, flugelhorn
• Jake and the Phatman: drum programming, turntables, percussion
• George "G-One" Archie: drum programming, synthesizers, Fender Rhodes
• Dave Foreman: guitar
• Kelvin Wooten: bass, guitar
• Todd Fairall, Chris Puram, Michelle Romero, Eric Roberson, Nikki Holliwood: Recording engineer
• Ronald Estill, Serban Ghenea, Kirk Yano, Dylan Koski-Budabin, Jean-Marie Horvat: mixing
• Tom Coyne: mastering
• Ronald Estill, Timothy Maynor: Executive producer
• Amanda Friedman, Andrew Dosunmu: Photography
• Bento Design: Art direction & design

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	108
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	20

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	93

External links

• Dwele – Subject at Discogs (list of releases)