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{{future album|Liberation}}
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Liberation
| Type = Studio
| Artist = [[Mýa]]
| Cover = nocover.png
| Released = {{flagicon|USA}} [[September 18]], [[2007]]
| Recorded = 2004-2007
| Genre = [[rhythm and blues|R&B]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Motown]]
| Producer = Carvin & Ivan, [[Bryan Michael Cox]], Detail, [[Kwame]], Paula Pete, [[Jonathan "J.R." Rotem]], [[Rick Rubin]], [[Tricky Stewart]], [[Scott Storch]]
| Last album = ''[[Moodring]]''<br>(2003)
| This album = ''Liberation''<br>(2007)
| Next album =
}}
'''''Liberation''''' is the fourth studio album by American [[R&B]] singer [[Mýa]], to be released by [[Motown Records]] on [[September 18]], [[2007]] (see [[2007 in music]]) in the [[United States]]. It was primarily produced by [[Scott Storch]] and [[Jonathan "J.R." Rotem]], with additional production from [[Bryan Michael Cox]], [[Kwame]], and [[Tricky Stewart]] among others. The album features guest appearances by rappers [[Lil Wayne]], [[Snoop Dogg]] and [[Charli Baltimore]].
==History==
===Production===
Myá has been working on her fourth studio album on and off since 2004. Originally conceived as a project called ''Control Freak'',<ref name="vh12">{{cite web|title="Mya Is Murderous Onscreen And A Control Freak On Record"|work=VH1 News|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1497494/20050225/mya.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> the album's first version was actually scheduled for a summer [[2005]] release and involving main production by [[Scott Storch]], [[Dr. Dre]], [[Lil Jon]], [[Rockwilder]] and [[songwriter]] [[Sean Garrett]].<ref name="vh12">{{cite web|title="Mya Is Murderous Onscreen And A Control Freak On Record"|work=VH1 News|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1497494/20050225/mya.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> Although she intended to release a dance track called "Let It Go" at a particular time,<ref name="mtv3">{{cite web | title="For The Record"|work=MTV News|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504328/20050617/kid_rock.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> the singer eventually decided to leave [[A&M Records]] in fall 2005 before signing a new contract with [[Motown Records]].<ref name="vh13">{{cite web | title="Mya Gives Up Grudges And Ego"|work=VH1|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1541356/20060920/mya.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref>
In the following months Mýa began consulting a few other producers to collaborate on the album, renamed ''Liberation'', including [[Tim & Bob]], [[Bryan Michael Cox]], [[Jonathan "J.R." Rotem]] and [[Tricky Stewart]].<ref name="vh13">{{cite web | title="Mya Gives Up Grudges And Ego"|work=VH1|url=http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1541356/20060920/mya.jhtml|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> In mid-[[2006]], however, a buzz single entitled "[[Ayo]]" was leaked onto the internet but due time-consuming "litigations, court, transitioning from label to label, teaching kids and building a studio"<ref name="billboard1">{{cite web | title="Mya 'Liberated' On New Album With Storch, Cox"|work=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003574635|accessdate=2007-05-19}}</ref> ''Liberation'' has been bumped from the schedule numerous times.
On [[March 5]], [[2007]] the album's first single "[[Lock U Down]]," a Storch-produced collaboration with [[Lil Wayne]], was sent to radio. The album is currently sheduled for a [[September 18]], [[2007]] release.
==
#“Liberation”
#“I Am” <small>(featuring [[Charli Baltimore]])</small>
#“Walka Not a Talka” <small>(featuring [[Snoop Dogg]])</small>
#“Still a Woman”
#“No Touchin’”
#“[[Lock U Down]]” <small>(featuring [[Lil Wayne]])</small>
#“Lights Go Off”
#“[[Ridin' (Mya song)|Ridin']]”
#“Switch It Up”
#“Give a Chick a Hand”
#“All in the Name of Love”
#“Life Is Too Short”
#“Nothin’ at All”
#“[[Ayo (song)|Ayo]]” <small>(featuring [[DJ Kool]]</small>
==Singles==
#"[[Lock U Down]]" <small>(featuring [[Lil' Wayne]])</small>
#"[[Ridin' (Mya song)|Ridin']]"
==Leftover tracks==
* "[[Ayo (song)|Ayo]]" (featuring DJ Kool)
* "Climb the Walls" <small>(written by Nwanery)</small> <ref name="windswept/03/2007">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
* "Escape" <ref name="myspace">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
* "How We Carry" <small>(produced by Jonathan "J.R." Rotem)</small> <ref name="rap-up preview">{{cite web | title="Preview"| work=Rap-Up| url=http://www.rap-up.com/index.php/?p=2187#more-2187| accessdate=2007-05-21}}</ref>
* "I Got That" (featuring [[The Game (rapper)|The Game]]) <small>(produced by Scott Storch)</small> <ref name="rap-up preview">{{cite web | title="Preview"| work=Rap-Up| url=http://www.rap-up.com/index.php/?p=2187#more-2187| accessdate=2007-05-21}}</ref>
* "I'll Still Be Around" <small>(written by [[Jennifer Lopez]], TBA)</small> <ref name="windswept/03/2007">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
* "It Don't Matter" <small>(written by [[Sean Garrett]])</small> <ref name="windswept/03/2007">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
* "Let It Go" <ref name="MTV-1">{{cite web | title="For the Record"| work=MTV News| url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1504328/20050617/kid_rock.jhtml| accessdate=2007-05-21}}</ref>
* "Mercy" <small>(written by [[Jason Boyd]], S. Storch)</small> <ref name="windswept/03/2007">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
* "One Night" <small>(produced by [[Tim & Bob]])</small> <ref name="windswept/03/2007">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
* "Shake It like a Dog" <small>(written by J. Boyd, TBA)</small> <ref name="windswept/03/2007">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
* "Smilin'"
* "Shake It"
* "The Hills"
* "Wanna Love Me Now" <small>(written by Nwanery)</small> <ref name="windswept/03/2007">{{cite web | title="Windswept Monthly"| work=Windswept Pacific| url=http://www.windsweptpacific.com/thecharts/windsweptmonthly_032007.pdf| accessdate=2007-04-29}}</ref>
==Notes==
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