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''After the Storm'' is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Monica, first released on June 17, 2003 through J Records. Recording was handled by several producers including Jermaine Dupri, Missy Elliott, Rodney Jerkins, Jazze Pha, Soulshock & Karlin, BAM & Ryan, Bryan Michael Cox, and Kanye West. Originally intended for an 2002 release under the title ''All Eyez on Me'', the album was delayed numerous times, following the leak to Internet file-sharing services and heavy bootlegging after its Japan-wide release. Monica subsequently recorded new tracks and released the album under the new title, ''After the Storm''. The album debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, Monica's first album to do so, and sold 186,000 copies in its first week. It produced three singles that attained ''Billboard'' chart success, including chart topper "So Gone", and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of one million copies in the United States. ''After the Storm'' received generally mixed to positive reviews from music critics. As of November 2014, the album has sold 1,070,000 copies in the United States.〔 ==Development== Following the release of her second album ''The Boy Is Mine'' (1998) and her contribution to "I've Got to Have It", a collaboration with Jermaine Dupri and rapper Nas, recorded for the soundtrack of the 2000 comedy film ''Big Momma's House'', Monica took a hiatus from her recording career. During the hiatus, she tied up filming commitments on J. J. Abrams's prime time drama series ''Felicity'' and the theatrical film ''Boys and Girls'' and garnered a starring role in the MTV Films drama ''Love Song''. In an interview with ''MTV News'' amid promotion for Oscar Mayer's ''Jingle Jam Talent Search'' contest in June 2000, Monica revealed that she was planning to start work on her third album throughout the summer season, with a first single to be released by October of the same year. The following month, personal tribulations put a temporary halt on the album's production when her friend and former boyfriend Jarvis "Knot" Weems committed suicide. Knot left behind a daughter from a previous relationship, who Monica took into care after going into hiatus. She eventually resumed work on her third album in fall 2001, involving her usual stable of producers such as Dallas Austin, production team Soulshock & Karlin, Jermaine Dupri, and Rodney Jerkins and his Darkchild crew. Though originally expected to be released worldwide, ''All Eyez on Me'' received a wide release on October 21, 2002 in Japan only. The set was initially scheduled for a US release in July 2002 and then pushed back to September before a final November 12 release date.〔 By the time it was scheduled for domestic release however, ''All Eyez on Me'' had been heavily bootlegged in Japan and become widely available through Internet file-sharing services.〔 In addition, the first single released from the project, "All Eyez on Me", experienced moderate chart success, while follow-up "Too Hood" received a lukewarm response.〔 As a result, the album was pulled from stores days after the release and Monica's label J Records asked her to substantially reconstruct the record with a host of new producers, including musician Missy Elliott who would emerge as the new version's executive producer.〔 The singer intensified recording sessions in January 2003 to continue work on new songs with producers BAM & Ryan, Jasper DaFatso, and Jazze Pha. She also collaborated with rappers DMX, Dirtbag, Busta Rhymes and Mia X, and singers Tweet and Tyrese.〔 Mýa was originally set to lend her voice to a track, but she was eventually replaced by Faith Evans; the untitled song did not, however, make the final track listing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=MTV News )〕 Although the album was still planned to be titled ''All Eyez on Me'' until its completion, the singer decided to change the album title to a more personal one after dealing with private tribulations between the years 2000 and 2002: "I wanted this to be more of my testimony," Monica later told ''Jet Magazine''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Jet Magazine )〕 "I feel blessed to still be here after a lot of things that I've been through. I wanted to share certain things with people. Not so much as what I've been through, but how I made it through. That's what the album reflects ... It's really the reason I titled my album ''After the Storm''." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「After the Storm (Monica album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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