In its fourth week, the album remained at number one on the chart, selling 103,000 copies. In its third week, the album remained at number one on the chart, selling 131,000 more copies. įoxx became the fourth artist to ever win an Academy Award for acting, while achieving a number-one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. In its second week, the album climbed to number one on the chart, selling an additional 200,000 copies. Unpredictable debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 597,000 copies in its first week. Alex Petridis of The Guardian was also not impressed with the album, saying: ' Unpredictable resembles another legendary thespian's venture into pop, William Shatner's 1968 opus The Transformed Man, in that you start to wonder whether Foxx is actually serious or not.'.Q magazine – 4 out of 10 – 'The voice that set such a spark to West's Gold Digger should be capable of more than this exaggerated comedy sex routine.'.Paste- 3 out of 10 – 'It's better to be the imitation Ray Charles than the poor man's R.Rolling Stone – 6 out of 10 – 'When the album works, it's because of Foxx's easy charm and A-list confidence.'.E! Online – 7.5 out of 10 -'Whether he makes it all work via his musical skills or chameleonic acting ability, we don't know, but it does work.'.At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 52, which indicates 'mixed or average reviews', based on 16 reviews. Unpredictable received polarized reviews from music critics. The album serves as a follow-up to the release of Peep This (1994), making it his first studio release in eleven years.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Aggregate scores

Recording sessions took place from 2004 to 2005, with the Record production that was provided by Timbaland, Mike City, Sean Garrett and Jim Jonsin, among others.

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