TEAM RNS PRESENTS

TITLE: It's Already Written

RIPPER: Team RNS

202kbps avg - R&B
0hr 48min total- 73.5mb

RELEASE DATE: 2004-08-10
RIP DATE: 2004-08-07

01 It's Already Written Part I    0:50
02 I Like That (Feat. Chingy,     3:56

05 Ain't Nothing Wrong            4:08
06 My Promise (Feat. Letoya)      3:59
07 Keep It On The Low (Feat. Don  3:59

08 What You Say                   4:16
09 Love You Down                  4:28

11 Bye Bye Love                   3:37
12 Didn't Give A Damn (Interlude) 0:58
13 Didn't Give A Damn             4:22

15 It's Already Written Part II   1:09

Some things in life seem predestined.
For Houston, it was a successful career
as an R&B singer with a hip-hop edge. On
the Los Angeles native's remarkable
debut album, It's Already Written, he
merges the two musical genres in a
stunning way that breathes life into

"I grew up in the hip-hop element, but
the R&B was always there from the
blood," Houston says. "I just knew how
to sing, so I pretty much mixed them."

Such is the case with "I Like That,"
the album's explosive first single.
Joined by Chingy, Nate Dogg and I-20 on
the Trak Starz-produced cut, Houston
shows that his soaring vocals complement
the platinum acts joining him on the
sure-fire party hit. The song's funky,
mesmerizing beat and engaging lyrics
about having fun in a club make it the
type of universal song that sends people
streaming to the dance floor. "I just
did my homework and brought something
to the table that definitely would make
them get off their feet," explains

Houston shows his sensual side on "Love
You Down," a touching remake of the
Ready for the World classic, while he
demonstrates the unyielding love he can
have for a woman on "My Promise," a
sexy, elegant selection that showcases
Houston's smoldering vocals.

For all of its love themes, It's Already
Written is about more than romantic
relationships. Indeed, Houston examines
the impact his father leaving him has
had on his life on the stirring "The Man
Is What I Am." "There's a grip of sons
out there that don't have their dads
and this record is speaking to them,"
Houston says. "I'm talking about how my
father wasn't there and how he tried to
come back at a certain point in my life.
I told him it was too late, that he
should have been there showing me how
to ride my first bike, how to throw a
football. But he wasn't and I had to learn
on my own how to be a man."

As a child, Houston had a strong
relationship with his mother, a Belize
native whose skills include painting,
sewing and, most significantly for
Houston, singing. Always supportive,
Houston's mother encouraged him to sing
around the house, in church and anywhere
else. But she assumed that her son was
singing for recreation. Houston had

Houston attended Hamilton High School
and Academy of Music in Los Angeles, but
he was enrolled in the normal high
school, not the music program.
Nonetheless, he would regularly be
invited to participate in activities
taking place in the school's music academy
because his musical spark was so

Houston soon joined a couple of
neighborhood R&B groups and became a
fixture on the street corners of Los
Angeles, where he and his friends would
rap the afternoons away. But Houston
had a novel knack: he would freestyle
his lyrics, but instead of rapping, he
would sing them.

With his confidence building, Houston
started entering singing contests in
the Los Angeles area and became more
polished as a performer, lyricist, dancer
and vocalist. His management team
decided to record a videotape of
Houston's explosive performances, which
they hoped would help the singer land a

Soon thereafter, executives from
Capitol Records saw the tape and
realized that they were watching a star
in the making. Houston then signed with
Capitol Records and began working on the
songs for what would become It's

Now with a sizzling debut album that
includes dance floor hits, future
bedroom classics and thought-provoking
selections, Houston is set to establish
himself in the world of R&B and Hip Hop.