Sapphire is the twelfth album by Teena Marie

Teena Marie

Mary Christine Brockert, better known by her stage name Teena Marie, was an American singer, songwriter and producer...

, released in 2006 on the Cash Money

Cash Money Records

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 label. The album includes guest contributions from Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...

, George Duke

George Duke

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, Gerald Albright

Gerald Albright

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, rapper Kurupt

Kurupt

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records...

 and Marie's daughter, Alia Rose. The track "You Blow Me Away" pays tribute to Rick James

Rick James

James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B...

, while "Resilient (Sapphire)" remembers the victims and survivors of Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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. Sapphire peaked at #3 on the US R&B Albums chart

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 and #24 on the Billboard 200

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Track listing

#	Title	Featured guest(s)	Length
1	"God Has Created"	Smokey Robinson Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...	2:11
2	"Cruise Control"	Smokey Robinson	5:09
3	"Baby Whose Is It"	Kurupt Kurupt Ricardo Emmanuel Brown , better known by his stage name Kurupt, also known as Kurupt Tha Kingpin, Kurupt Young Gotti or Young Gotstra is an American rapper and former Executive Vice President of Death Row Records...	5:05
4	"Make It Hot"		4:32
5	"Ooh Wee"	Kurupt	3:56
6	"Sleeping With the Enemy"		5:08
7	"A.P.B."		4:51
8	"Love Is a Gangsta"		5:18
9	"Ladies Choice"	Gail Gotti & Queen	4:54
10	"Somebody Just Like You"		5:37
11	"You Blow Me Away"		6:17
12	"Simmer Down"	Lady Levi	5:18
13	"Romantica"		5:42
14	"The Way You Love Me"		5:03
15	"Ecstasy"		4:42
16	"Resilient (Sapphire)"	Alia Rose	3:42