Takin' My Time (After 7 album)

Takin' My Time
Studio album by After 7
Released	August 25, 1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Studio	Doppler Studios Studio LaCoCo (Atlanta, Georgia) Larrabee Sound Studios (West Hollywood, California) Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota) Right Track Recording (Manhattan, New York) Encore Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	New jack swing[1]
Length	52:12
Label	Virgin
Producer	Daryl Simmons & Kayo Dallas Austin Randy Ran
After 7 chronology
After 7 (1989) Takin' My Time (1992) Reflections (1995)

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AllMusic	[1]

Takin' My Time is the second studio album by R&B trio After 7. It peaked at #76 on the Billboard 200.^[2] It was their first album to be released under Virgin Records after being acquired by EMI Music in 1992.^[3] The album is notable for being their first and only album without any songs produced by L.A. Reid and Babyface. Instead, they contribute as writers, with Reid co-writing the songs "Can He Love U Like This" and "G.S.T.", and Babyface writing "Truly Something Special" and "Love By Day/Love By Night". The production was handed over to Daryl Simmons & Kayo, who co-produced and co-wrote many of the songs on their self-titled debut.

Other songs on the album were produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis associate Randy Ran and producer Dallas Austin, who was fresh off the successes of the debut albums he worked on by Boyz II Men, Another Bad Creation and TLC. As a result, this gave Takin' My Time a decidedly "new jack swing" sound and feel. Three singles were released from the album; the first was "Kickin' It", followed by a medley of The Originals' song "Baby I'm for Real" and Bloodstone's "Natural High". The third single "Can He Love U Like This" featured a music video that was directed by Charles Stone III. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.^[4]