Girls Night Out (Babyface album)

Babyface originally had the idea for the album as he had gained "interest from younger fans" following his appearance on the Verzuz webcast with Teddy Riley in 2020. He compared the process of making the album to that of the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack, which he wrote and produced for an all-female line-up of performers including Whitney Houston in 1995. Several producers Babyface worked with "asked to make 'a Babyface classic'", which he denied, and pointed to as a reason why he "sang very little on it" as he did not want to be seen as "the creepy uncle" doing duets with younger women. ==Critical reception==

Andy Kellman of AllMusic found the album to have a "rotational co-headliner nature" with "Babyface most often in a supporting role" that "plays out like an experiment or exercise rather than a proper album". Kellman noted that most of the songs "would be fine deep cuts on LPs by Babyface's guests" and that there are "echoes from [his] past [...] integrated in clever, subtle fashion". ==Track listing==

• Babyface • Ayo • Gabriel Lambirth • Paul Boutin}} • Edmonds • Kehlani Parrish • Khristopher Riddick-Tynes • Leon Thomas III}} • Babyface • Khristopher Riddick-Tynes • Leon Thomas III}} • Edmonds • Ella Mai Howell • Riddick-Tynes • Daryl Simmons • Dernst Emile II}} • Babyface • D'Mile}} • Edmonds • Queen Naija Bulls • Riddick-Tynes • Dylan Wiggins • London Jae • Rob Bisel}} • Babyface • Rob Bisel • Sir Dylan • Riddick-Tynes}} • Edmonds • Courtney Jones • Kenneth Paryo • Milton Adams II}} • Babyface • Kenneth Paryo • Miltone • Boutin}} • Edmonds • Tiana Thomas-Ambersley • Riddick-Tynes • Blair Ferguson • Jared Solomon • Adams II}} • Babyface • BLK • Solomonophonic • Riddick-Tynes • Boutin}} • Edmonds • Trinity Home • Deandre Sumpter • Javan Wallace • Perri Reid}} • Babyface • Dizzy Banko • Drumma • Boutin}} • Edmonds • Adams II • Nandish Patel • Tate Farris • Sahil Datta}} • Sahil Datta • ThankYouDish • Boutin}} • Edmonds • Priscilla Renea • Riddick-Tynes • Aliandro Prawl • Julian Mason}} • Babyface • Riddick-Tynes • LilJuMadeDaBeat • Ali Roots A16 • Boutin}} • Edmonds • Ama Serwah Genfi • Jephte "Kyu" Steed Baloki • Kwame Kwei-Armah Jr.}} • Babyface • KZ • Kyu}} • Edmonds • Amber Streeter • Brandon Hesson • Brandon "B.A.M." Hodge • Mayila Jones • Adams II • Shelton Grant • Takudzwa Maidza}} • Babyface • B.A.M. • Boutin}} • Edmonds • Jaylah Hickmon • Adams II • Paryo}} • Babyface • Paryo • Miltone • Boutin}} }} ;Notes • indicates a vocal producer • indicates both a music and vocal producer ==Personnel==

Information is based on the album's liner notes • Babyface - music programming (2–4, 7, 9–13), guitar (3, acoustic on 5, 7, 10–11), keyboards (4), bass played by (7) • Ayo the Producer - drum machine (2) • B.A.M. - keyboards, drum machine (12) • Rob Bisel - keyboards, drum machine (5) • BLK Beats - musical arrangement, keyboards (7) • Paul Boutin - percussion (5, 7) • D'Mile - music programming, drum machine, keyboards (4) • Sahil Datta - keyboards, drum machine (9) • Dizzy Banko - additional keyboards, drum machine (8) • Sir Dylan - keyboards, drum machine (5) • KZ - keyboards, drum machine (11) • Gabriel Lambirth - guitar, keyboards (2) • LilJuMadeDaBeat - keyboards, drum machine (10) • Miltone - keyboards, drum machine (6, 13) • Ali P - keyboards, drum machine (10) • Kenneth Parvo - keyboards, drum machine (6, 13) • Kristopher Riddick-Tynes - musical arrangement (3), Keyboards (3, 5, 10), drum machine (3–4, 7, 10) • Kyu Steed - keyboards, drum machine (11) • Leon Thomas III - bass played by (3) • Javan Wallace - additional keyboards, drum machine (8) ==Charts==