First Love (Karina Pasian album)

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First Love
Studio album by
Karina
ReleasedAugust 19, 2008
Length40:49
LabelDef Jam
Producer
Karina chronology
First Love
(2008) 		Something Warm to Wear
(2020)
Singles from First Love
  1. "16 @ War"
    Released: April 29, 2008
  2. "Can't Find the Words"
    Released: June 16, 2008

First Love is the debut studio album by Dominican-American R&B singer Karina Pasian.[1] It was released by Def Jam on August 19, 2008 in the United States.[2][3] The album debuted and peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard 200 and produced the singles "16 @ War" and "Can't Find the Words."[1] First Love sold 9,000 copies in its first week. On December 3, 2008, it was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album but lost to Mary J. Blige's Growing Pains (2007).

Background[edit]

In 2006, after a bidding war between Bad Boy Records, Interscope and Def Jam, Pasian signed with the latter.[4] The singer recorded over 70 songs for the album,[4] including a collaboration with John Legend called "Promise" that didn't make the album.[4]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
DJBooth.net[6]

AllMusic editor Andy Kellman found that material on First Love was "age-appropriate, a rare thing from a teenaged major-label artist in 2008 [...] Still, the album is as needed as Keke Palmer's So Uncool and Tiffany Evans – proud and smart, real and relatable, packed with substance."[5] DJBooth.net felt that Pasian's "musical maturity" was stopping First Love "from becoming a great album. It’s as if she spent so much time proving to the world that she’s not just a teenage girl at times forgets how to be a teenage girl [...] It’s no surprise then the best song on the album comes when Karina embraces her age, but does so with in a deeply moving way."[6]

Commercial performance[edit]

First Love debuted and peaked at number 57 on the US Billboard 200 in the week of September 6, 2008, with first week sales of 9,000 physical copies.[7] It also reached number 11 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[8] By December 2008, the album had sold a total of 28,408 copies.[citation needed]

Track listing[edit]

First Love track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."90's Baby"
Oak3:20
2."Baby Baby" (featuring Lil Mama)
3:50
3."Can't Find the Words"
3:58
4."16 @ War"
  • Stewart
  • Nash
  • Stewart
  • The-Dream
  • Harrell
3:23
5."Winner"
  • Los Da Mystro
  • Love
4:11
6."The Love We Got"
  • Harrell
  • Stewart
  • Nash
  • Stewart
  • Harrell
3:34
7."Can You Handle It"
4:40
8."They Ain't Gotta Love You"
  • Don Vito
  • Cheese
  • Harrell
3:42
9."Slow Motion"
  • Chambers
  • Eastmond
3:54
10."Can't Bring Me Down"
  • Chambers
  • Taylor
3:14
11."First Love"
  • Chambers
  • Shawn Campbell
  • Marshall J. Leathers
  • Marcus Grant
  • Chambers
  • Campbell
  • Leathers
3:46
12."Go Back"
 3:16
Total length:40:49

Charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for First Love
Chart (2008) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 57
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8] 11

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ivey, Nile (2008-05-06). "Karina Pasian: Ready For War". BET. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  2. ^ First Love: Karina. Accessed May 22, 2008.
  3. ^ "Karina Pasian Debut Album First Love, In Stores August 19th!". So Hood Magazine. 2008-05-14. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  4. ^ a b c Conepcion, Mariel (April 14, 2008). "Breaking & Entering: Karina Pasia". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Allmusic review
  6. ^ a b "DJBooth.net review". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  7. ^ a b "Billboard 200 (2008-09-06)". Billboard. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (2008-09-06)". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 4, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

External links[edit]

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