Stronger Everyday

Stronger Everyday is the fourth studio album by American singer Jon B. It was released October 5, 2004 on Sanctuary Records. The album spawned the singles "Everytime" and "Lately".

Background

After recording three albums for Epic Records, Jon B. felt he was being underpromoted. Stronger Everyday was originally recorded under DreamWorks Records under the working title Everyday Struggles, but the label folded in early 2004 before Jon got to release any material. In 2004, he was signed to Sanctuary by Destiny's Child manager Mathew Knowles who was just hired as the president of urban music at the primarily rock oriented label.

Critical reception

AllMusic found that Stronger Everyday "finds a sweet soul groove and hangs in there for five alluringly sensual tracks before switching into a hip-hop-inspired style, and these tracks include guest shots from Scarface and Tupac [...] Whether he's gliding along a mellow tune or working an up-tempo beat, Jon B. presents some of his finest songs on Stronger Everyday."

Track listing

Notes

"Stronger Everyday" contains a sample "Somebody Loves Me" as performed by Sister Sledge. "Thru the Fire" features samples from the Aretha Franklin recording "Precious Memories."

Personnel

Musicians

Ale-Oop – drum programming

Jon B. – bass, keyboards, drum programming

Babyface – background vocals, guitar, keyboards, drum programming

Just Blaze – keyboards, drum programming

Mike City – keyboards, drum programming

Brainz Dimillo – keyboards, drum programming

Jason Edmond – background vocals

Envyi – background vocals

Tim Kobza – guitar

Conesha Monet – background vocals

Gregg P. – drum programming

Anthony President – keyboards, drum programming

Michael Angelo Saulsberry – keyboards, drum programming

Daryl Spencer – guitar

Tank – background vocals, piano

Technical

Andiri Inc. – package design

Jon B. – executive producer, recording engineer

Ian Boxhill – mixing engineer

Kevin "KD" Davis – mixing engineer

Brainz Dimlllo – recording engineer

Tracey E. Edmonds – executive producer

Serban Ghenea – mixing engineer

Franny "Franchise" Graham – recording engineer

Jerome Goodall – recording engineer

Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing engineer

Mathew Knowles – executive producer

Michael McQuarn – executive producer

Bob Power – mixing engineer

Ozz Saturne – co-executive producer

Dexter Simmons – mixing engineer

Corey Wells – recording engineer

Ryan West – recording engineer

Wayne Williams – recording engineer

Charts

References

2004 albums

Albums produced by Just Blaze

Jon B. albums