Time to Share

2004 studio album by Toshinobu Kubota

Time to Share

Studio album by

Toshinobu Kubota

Released

September 21, 2004

Recorded

2003-2004

Genre

R&B, soul, funk, neo soul

Length

46:24

Label

Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Epic Records, Sony Urban Music

Producer

Toshinobu Kubota (exec. producer), Kaz Hayashida (exec. producer), Lisa Ellis (exec. producer), L. Londell McMillan (exec. producer), Carvin Haggins & Ivan "Orthodox" Barias, Buckwild, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jonathan D. Richmond, Ralph Rolle, Angie Stone

Toshinobu Kubota chronology

United Flow
(2002)

Time to Share
(2004)

For Real?
(2006)

Time to Share is the thirteenth album from Japanese musician Toshinobu Kubota, released on September 21, 2004 under his alias "Toshi."^[1] It was Kubota's third English album.

Background and recording

Time so Share was recorded at a multitude of locations, including the New York studios like Battery Studios, Glowy Studios, Jammin' Downtown Studios, Quad Recording Studios, and Stash House Studios. It was also recorded at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, and Home Cookin in Philadelphia.^[2] Toshi co-wrote all the songs on the album, which has collaborations with rapper Mos Def and singer Angie Stone.^[3] Although uncredited as a featured vocalist, Stone sings background vocals on the songs "Beating My Heart," "Breaking Through," "It's Time," and "Shadows of Your Love." Sy Smith appears on the song "Neva Satisfied," and Felicia "Fenix" Graham appears on the song "Hope You'll Be Well."^[2]

Release and charts

By September 11 in 2004, the first single "Breaking Through" had been released to R&B radio, and Epic had placed it on BET and MTV2.^[3] The album was released by SMI Records Inc^[4] on September 21, 2004 under his alias "Toshi."^[1] Epic/Sony Urban Music also released the album on September 21, 2004.^[3]

The album charted at number 25 on the Oricon Albums chart. The album featured the singles "Breaking Through" and "Shadows of Your Love." In the same year, Kubota appeared on the American television show Soul Train to promote the album, becoming the first Japanese singer to appear on the show. After the release of the album, Kubota toured with Angie Stone in 2005.

Reception

Billboard called it "blissfully groove-drenched."^[3] Allmusic reviewed the album, and wrote that it "is another fine album [like Toshi's last], but... the material is too mature and laid-back to appeal to more than attentive contemporary R&B fans in their late twenties and thirties. And that's not a knock on the artist."^[1]

Track listing

"Beating of My Heart"
"Living for Today" (feat. Mos Def)
"Breaking Through/Yaheat/Mybeat (Interlude, Pt. 1)"
"Hold Me Down" (feat. Angie Stone)
"Neva Satisfied"
"Shadows of Your Love"
"It's Time"
"'Cause You're So Bad"
"Hope You'll Be Well/Yaheat/Mybeat (Interlude, Pt. 2)"
"Voodoo Woman" (feat. Renee Neufville)

Personnel

These are the credits:^[2]

Gary Beech - Product Manager
Mike Campbell - Guitar
Matt Cappy - Trumpet
Susanne Cerha - Art Direction, Design
Lysa Cooper - Stylist
Amil Dave - Production Coordination
Tenita Dreher - Vocals (Background)
Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro - Mixing
Keith Fluitt - Vocals (Background)
Larry Gold - String Arrangements
Felicia Graham - Vocals (Background)
Carvin "Ransum" Haggins - Engineer, Producer, Vocal Producer
Carlos "DJ Smooth" Henderson - Composer and Bass
Naoto Ikeda - Photography
John James - Vocals (Background)
Yusuke Katsuki - Grooming
Yutaka Kawana - Assistant Engineer, Guitar
Toshi Kubota - Drum Programming, Guitar, Keyboard Programming, Primary Artist, Producer, Programming, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Producer, Vocals (Background)
Jessica Kyle - Vocals (Background)
Selan Lerner - Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Soloist
Magdaleno Martinez - Composer
Mos Def (Dante Smith) - Composer, Guest Artist, Primary Artist
Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Instrumentation, Producer, Programming
Renee Neufville - Primary Artist, Vocals (Background)
Jonathan D. Richmond - Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background)
Ralph Rolle - Drum Programming, Drums, Keyboard Programming, Poetry Reading, Producer, Vocal Director, Vocals (Background), Voices
Francesco Romano - Guitar
Amanda Rosamilia - A&R Assistance
Sy Smith - Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background)
Angie Stone - Guest Artist, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Diamond Stone - Vocals (Background)
Third Eye - MC
Thaddeus T. Tribbett - Bass
Elisabeth Withers - Vocals (Background)
Parris Bowens - Keyboards

Engineers

Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander - Mixing
Tim Donovan - Engineer, Mixing
Serban Ghenea - Mixing
Andre Netto - Assistant Engineer
Tim Olmstead - Assistant Engineer
Herb Powers - Mastering
Jason Rankins - Assistant Engineer
Alejandro Rodriguez - Assistant Engineer
Andros Rodriguez - Assistant Engineer
Rich Tapper - Assistant Engineer
Miki Tsutsumi - Assistant Engineer
Ray Wilson - Engineer

Producers

Buck Wild - Producer
Lisa Ellis - Executive Producer
Kaz Hayashida - Executive Producer
Toshi Rolle - Producer
L. Londell McMillan - Executive Producer
Ivan "Orthodox" Barias - Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer
X Firm - Producer

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Time to Shar, Allmusic, retrieved September 29, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c Time to Share Credits, Allmusic, retrieved September 29, 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Now Hear This... Toshi", Billboard, September 11, 2004, retrieved September 29, 2017
^ "Time To Share - Toshi", Billboard Japan, August 15, 2004, retrieved September 29, 2017