Welcome Back Lyrics: Welcome back, welcome back / Welcome back. / Weclome back (Oh! Oh!) / Yeah man, how you doin' (Come on, come on, come on) / You good? I know you like that (Yeah you good, you. Studio Album (3) Hip Hop; Conscious Hip Hop; Pop Rap; Harlem World.

Welcome Back

Studio album by

Released

August 24, 2004 (US)

Recorded

2003-2004

Genre

Hip hop

Length

49:30

Label

Producer

The Movement, Rick Rock, Tyrice Jones, Chad Hamilton, Brass 'n Blues

Mase chronology

Double Up
(1999)

Welcome Back
(2004)

Now We Even
(TBA)

Singles from Welcome Back

'Welcome Back'
Released: May 25, 2004
'Breathe, Stretch, Shake'
Released: September 14, 2004
'Keep It On'
Released: 2004

Welcome Back is the third studio album by American rapper Mase, released August 24, 2004. The album debuted at #4 on the charts, selling 188,000 copies in the first week; the album would eventually go Gold, selling 559,000 copies in the United States. This was Mase's first album to not have a Parental Advisory warning, and his first official studio release since 1999's Double Up.

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Blender	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[3]
HipHopDX	^[4]
Music Critic	^[5]
PopMatters	^[1]^[6]
RapReviews	5.5/10^[7]
Rolling Stone	^[8]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[9]
USA Today	^[10]

Welcome Back received mixed reviews from music critics. AllMusic's David Jeffries said, 'Welcome Back runs out of steam toward the end, and spreading out some of the 'don't sleep on this' material from the beginning would've worked wonders. It makes this the least necessary Mase album, but half the tracks point to a future that is brighter than ever.'^[2]Jon Caramanica, writing for Rolling Stone, found Mase's delivery lacking in quality after years away from the rap game and focusing on religion.^[8]Kelefa Sanneh from The New York Times said that despite the production in 'Breathe, Stretch, Shake' and 'Do You Remember' giving him support to lace his flow on the beat, he felt Mase's religious outlook held him back when delivering 'lousy similes' about the Bible and brushing women and former friends aside without a response, calling Welcome Back 'a surprisingly tepid collection that might have benefited from a bit more preaching, or at least a bit more passion.'^[11]

Track listing[edit]

#	Title	Producer(s)	Featured guest(s)	Time
1	'Welcome Back'	The Movement	John Sebastian	4:22
2	'Breathe, Stretch, Shake'	Rick Rock	Diddy	3:17
3	'Keep It On'	Tyrese Jones	Chantelle	3:34
4	'My Harlem Lullaby'	The Movement	3:54
5	'I Owe'	Rick Rock	3:49
6	'Wasting My Time'	S.Gerongco, R.Gerongco, Kuya Productions	4:01
7	'Gotta Survive'	The Movement	4:42
8	'The Love You Need'	Park Jin-Young	112 & Rashad	4:06
9	'Money Comes and Goes'	Chad Hamilton, Ryan Presson	4:16
10	'I Wanna Go'	Tyrese Jones	Chantelle	3:52
11	'Into What You Say'	Rick Rock	4:04
12	'Do You Remember'	The Movement	Cardan	5:01

References[edit]

^ ^a^b^c'Critic Reviews for Welcome Back by Mase'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
^ ^a^bJeffries, David. 'Welcome Back - Mase'. AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
^Fiore, Raymond (August 20, 2004). 'Welcome Back'. Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc: 126. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
^Koslow, Jessica (September 14, 2004). 'Mase - Welcome Back'. HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
^Music Critic review
^Ozga, Matthew (November 22, 2004). 'Mase: Welcome Back'. PopMatters. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
^Juon, Steve 'Flash' (August 24, 2004). 'Ma$e :: Welcome Back :: Bad Boy Records/Universal'. RapReviews. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
^ ^a^bCaramanica, Jon (September 30, 2004). 'Mase: Welcome Back'. Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2007.
^Chadwicked (December 14, 2006). 'Mase - Welcome Back'. Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
^Jones, Steve (August 23, 2004). 'Welcome prodigal son Mase; Steve Earle's 'Revolution''. USA Today. Gannett Company. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
^Sanneh, Kelefa (August 30, 2004). 'Critic's Choice/New CD's; Rap Beats: Preachy, Snarly or Sweet'. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

External links[edit]

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