Make Sure They See My Face is the second album by Kenna

Kenna

Kenna Zemedkun, known professionally as simply Kenna, is an Ethiopian-born American musician. His track "Say Goodbye To Love" was nominated for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in the 2009 Grammy Awards.-Personal life:...

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When the album was first announced in 2005, it was named Make Sure They See My Face. Then, in 2006, it was shortened to just Face. Since then it has returned to the original, longer title. The album was co-produced by Chad Hugo

Chad Hugo

Charles Edward Hugo is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes and as a member of the funk/rock band N.E.R.D. He is a saxophonist, pianist and guitarist...

 of The Neptunes

The Neptunes

The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for many successful hip hop, R&B and pop artists in the late-1990s and 2000s...

. In addition to the name changes the album has faced delays, written over the course of three years, finishing in early 2007. The album was originally set to be released on June 5, 2007, then pushed back to June 19, 2007, finally being released on October 16, 2007. Kenna, in an interview with Vibe magazine, cited the reason for delays as being over the video for the albums debut single. The inspiration for the album came from Kenna's attempt to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Mount Kilimanjaro

Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...

, the title, inspired from a phone calls by Neptunes Pharrell asking Kenna; "are you going make sure they see your face?". Kenna's Kilimanjaro climb took him to 18,200 feet before he fell ill from taking a sulfur-based altitude medicine, one he was unaware he was allergic to.

Upon the album's British release in May 2008, Kenna told noted UK R&B writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul

Blues & Soul

Blues & Soul is a British music magazine covering black music. Genres covered include soul, R&B, jazz, hip hop, reggae and world music. It was first published in 1966 and is known for first using the term Northern Soul....

: "I actually went in to make an album that unifies all walks. As a person I've always been between worlds. I've always had to be someone who adapts, someone who's a chameleon of sorts. So vocally, musically spiritually, and in my life I've constantly tended to approach things with the idea of just bringing things together and not limiting myself whatsoever. So musically that's what this record is to me - a fusion of all worlds and a unifier."

The first single "Say Goodbye To Love" was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Alternative R&B Performance Category.

Track listing

1. "Daylight" (Chad Hugo
   Chad Hugo
   Charles Edward Hugo is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes and as a member of the funk/rock band N.E.R.D. He is a saxophonist, pianist and guitarist...
   
   )
2. "Out of Control (State of Emotion)" (Chad Hugo)
3. "Loose Wires/Blink Radio" (Pharrell Williams
   Pharrell Williams
   Pharrell Williams , commonly known simply as Pharrell, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, composer, and fashion designer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing hip hop and R&B music...
   
   )
4. "Say Goodbye to Love" (Pharrell Williams)
5. "Sun Red Sky Blue" (Chad Hugo)
6. "Baptized in Blacklight" (Chad Hugo)
7. "Static" (Kenna)
8. "Phantom Always" (Chad Hugo)
9. "Face the Gun/Good Luck" (Chad Hugo)
10. "Better Wise Up" (Chad Hugo)
11. "Be Still" (Kenna)
12. "Wide Awake" (Chad Hugo)

Bonus tracks

• "Down" (Pharrell Williams) (iTunes bonus track)
• "Out of Control (State of Emotion) - Chad Hugo
  Chad Hugo
  Charles Edward Hugo is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes and as a member of the funk/rock band N.E.R.D. He is a saxophonist, pianist and guitarist...
  
  's Impossible Remix" (Best Buy bonus download)
• "Out of Control (State of Emotion) - SpankRock's Free Donuts & Shell Fish Remix (XXXChange w/Ronnie Darko)" (Best Buy bonus download)
• "Big Lights" (Pharrell Williams) (UK Bonus Track)
• "Rockaway Life" (Produced by Justin Timberlake
  Justin Timberlake
  Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
  
   & Chad Hugo) (UK Bonus Track)

Un-used tracks

• "Black Goodbye Ride" (appeared on "The Black Goodbye EP")
• "Live and Flow"
• "Never Let Me Down" (later appeared on the charity compilation album "Download to Donate for Haiti")
• "The Deafest Ones" (feat. Nas)

Target bonus DVD

• "Baptized in Blacklight" (full band live in the studio)
• "Static" (full band live in the studio)
• "Better Wise Up" (full band live in the studio)
• Interview