January Joy

January Joy
Studio album by Mashonda
Released	November 9, 2005 (JP)
Recorded	2002-2005
Genre	R&B, hip hop
Length	58:28
Label	J Records/Full Surface Records
Producer	Brian "All Day" Miller Bryan-Michael Cox The Buchanans DJ Scratch Gerald Flowers Harvey Ballanger Jason Rome Mike City Mr. Devine Neo da Matrix Raphael Saadiq Sean Garrett Swizz Beatz Victor Flowers
Mashonda chronology
January Joy (2005) The Renovation Series EP (2009)
Singles from January Joy
"Back Of Da Club" Released: October 2005 "Blackout (featuring Snoop Dogg and Nas)" Released: June 2006 "Used To (Promo Only)" Released: 2006

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January Joy is the only studio album by American singer Mashonda, released only in Japan and Hong Kong in November 2005 through J Records and Full Surface Records. The album features production from her then-husband Swizz Beatz, who was also a guest performer alongside Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Jadakiss, and Raphael Saadiq. It was preceded by two singles: "Back Of Da Club" and "Blackout". The album and its singles were met with commercial failure.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Step Into My World"	Mashonda Tifrere, Qaadir Atkinson	Neo da Matrix	1:13
2.	"The World Is Ours"	Tifrere, J.B. Marshall, Willie Hutch	Harvey Allbanger	3:38
3.	"Blackout" (featuring Snoop Dogg)	Tifrere, Kasseem Dean, Sean Garrett, Calvin Broadus	Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett	3:20
4.	"Used To"	Tifrere, George Spivey, Raeford Gerald	DJ Scratch	3:57
5.	"Back Of Da Club" (featuring Swizz Beatz)	Tifrere, Dean	Swizz Beatz	3:38
6.	"It's OK"	Simon Johnson, Andre Gonzalez, Bryce Wilson, Makeda Davis	The Buchanans	3:31
7.	"Hold Me" (featuring Kanye West)	Tifrere, Brian Miller, Kanye West, Gene Allan, Gary Knight	Brian "All Day" Miller	4:03
8.	"Leave the Block Alone" (featuring Jadakiss)	Mike City, Jason Phillips	Mike City	4:16
9.	"Lonely"	Tifrere, Loren Lunnon, Ernest Isley, Marvin Isley, O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley, Chris Jasper	Mr. Devine	3:42
10.	"Girlfriend"	Tifrere, Dean	Swizz Beatz	4:20
11.	"Touch Me"	Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy	Gerald "G" Flowers, Reginald Flowers, Victor Flowers	4:31
12.	"Why I Love You"	Tifrere, Bryan-Michael Cox, Jason Rome, Terron Mitchell, Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere	Bryan-Michael Cox, Jason Rome	4:17
13.	"Ask of You" (featuring Raphael Saadiq)	Raphael Saadiq, El Takao, Tim Riley, Hachidai Nakamura	Raphael Saadiq	4:22
14.	"No One Else"	Tifrere, Spivey	DJ Scratch	4:49
15.	"Thank You (Outro)"	Tifrere, Atkinson	Neo da Matrix	1:37

Bonus Track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Blackout" (featuring Nas)	Tifrere, Dean, Garrett, Nasir Jones	Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett	3:20

Samples

• "Out There" by Willie Hutch on The World Is Ours
• "Friends Or Lovers" by Act 1 on Used To
• "I Can't Believe (Someone Like You Could Really Love Me)" by Sarah Dash on Hold Me
• "The Highways of My Life" by The Isley Brothers on Lonely
• "Groovin'" by Willie Mitchell on Why I Love You

Lyrical interpolations

• "Do for Love by 2Pac on No One Else