Track Listing

1. Why Not Me
2. There It Is
3. 2 Way
4. Difference
5. So Fine
6. Tribute To A Woman
7. Why Did You Go
8. How Deep Is You Love
9. That's How I Get Down
10. Show After The Show
11. Role Play
12. Open Arms
13. Superhuman
14. Two Reasons I Cry
15. Just Because

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #81335 in Music
• Released on: 2001-04-02
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
This is full-frontal Ginuwine. The Life has 15 crisp and clean tracks, three ballads, two mercifully brief interludes and, praises be, only one guest appearance. With the exception of one or two tracks, the album's subject matter crystallises Ginuwine's shiny digitised persona: the iced-out, ghetto-down-yet-sensitive pretty-boy player with a pocket full of money. As a flesh-and-blood artist, Ginuwine is a reasonably talented, trend-conscious love man with the ability to turn fairly ordinary songs about two-way pagers, g-strings and the myriad pressures of being a hard-working sex symbol into Billboard-bound hits. Even though he focuses on adult topics, Ginuwine's songs seem to centre around the type of fantasies 15-year-olds indulge in while watching MTV on a school night. Five of these tracks are up-tempo rump shakers and 10 are turbo-charged, up-on-the downstroke slow jams. The party songs are cluttered with drum and bass, whistles, mediocre Spanish guitars, and other gimmicks that merely distract from Ginuwine's capable midrange vocals. Stick with the slick slow jams, and he might just get your heart racing. --Rebecca Levine

CD Description
When it comes to R&B, Ginuwine is one of only a handful of artists that represent the total package. Singing, songwriting, dancing, and just plain driving the ladies crazy, the DCnative does it all, and does it well.
On his third album, THE LIFE, Ginuwine returns with yet another dose of bump and grind music. "There it Is (Shit 4 Nothin')", the album's leadoff single, finds the sexy singer answering to a jealousgirlfriend. The song is a likely anthem for any male who istired of his possessive woman. Songs like "2way" and "The Show After the Show" have a futuristic tinge, with their contemporary concepts and ultramodern beats. THE LIFE reunites Ginuwine with producer Timbaland, but also allows the singer an opportunity to work with Raphael Saadiq and others. Influenced by both Michael Jackson and Prince, Ginuwine puts entertainment back into R&B music.

Customer Reviews

Excellent! A must-buy for Ginuwine fans!!
This album is an excellent album by Ginuwine.It has a mixture of songs which are mellow like 'Why did you go' and more upbeat like 'Thats how i get down' which features ludacris. This is an album which all Ginuwine fans should definetely buy and for all r+b fans too.

GINUWINE COMES OFF AGE
EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT GINUWINE'S PREVIOUS MATERIAL WAS BANGIN' IT JUST GETS BETTER ON HIS NEW ALBUM THE LIFE, A EXCELLENT MIX OF BALLARD AND FUNKED UP TRACKS MATCH EXQUISITLY. A MUST FOR ALL R 'N' B FANS.

This album delivers
You need this album in your life. I cannot tell you enough how amazing it is! whether you like upbeat tracks ("why not me") or love songs ("differences") yu will love this album.
Ginuwine can dance, sing and produce hits which this album demonstrates. All my friends (and even my mum) likes this album, you need it!