Harlem: The Diary of a Summer

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Harlem: The Diary of a Summer
Studio album by Jim Jones
Released	August 23, 2005 (U.S.)
Genre	Rap, Hip hop
Label	Diplomat/Koch
Producer(s)	Pete Rock The Treblemakers Develop Beat Firm Knoxville
Jim Jones chronology
On My Way to Church (2004)	Harlem: The Diary of a Summer (2005)	Hustler's P.O.M.E. (Product of My Environment) (2006)

Harlem: The Diary of a Summer is the Sophomore album by rapper Jim Jones. The album was released on August 23, 2005 in the United States. It was released in three configurations including a DualDisc version which features the entire new album in LPCM Stereo, a brand-new Jim Jones documentary plus uncensored versions of some of his biggest videos. Additional Explicit/Edited versions of the album will also be available.

[edit] Chart/Sales Performance

The album debuted and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200, making it the rapper's first album to chart and making it his highest-peaking album to date. The album also did well on the Top Rap Albums, Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, Top Independent Albums chart, peaking at #1 on all of them. The album also did marginally well by selling more than 83,000 copies than his previous album, On My Way To Church, and to date has sold 385,500 copies in the United States.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Singles

The first single from Harlem: The Diary of a Summeris "Baby Girl". The single didn't chart on the Billboard Hot 100, but did managed to peak at #58 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The follow-up single, "Summer Wit' Miami", peaked at #78 on that same chart.

[edit] Track listing

1. "My Diary" (featuring Denise Weeks)
2. "Zeke (Interlude)"
3. "G's Up" (featuring Cam'Ron & Max B)
4. "J.I.M.M.Y."
5. "What Is This"
6. "Honey Dip" (featuring Juelz Santana, JR Writer & Latiff)
7. "Ride 'Wit Me" (featuring Juelz Santana)
8. "Penitentiary Chances" (featuring Hell Rell
9. "We Just Ballin'" (featuring T.K.)
10. "What You Been Drankin On?" (featuring P. Diddy, Paul Wall & Jha Jha)
11. "Harlem"
12. "Confront Ya Babe" (featuring Max B & Cardan)
13. "Summer Wit' Miami" (featuring Trey Songz)
14. "I'm in Love with a Thug" (featuring Denise Weeks)
15. "Tupac Joint" (featuring Fatal Hussein & 40 Cal )
16. "Baby Girl" (featuring Max B)
17. "My Calling (**** I'm Talkin'Bout)"