^ "iTunes – Music – Cover Girl – Single by Brooke Valentine".^ "iTunes – Music – Long As You Come Home (Bossman Remix) – Single by Brooke Valentine".“Thrill of the Chase” is described as containing a "Hendrix riff" in which she uses to underscore her rant against her boyfriend for demanding that she commit to him, introducing the song's concept with lyrics including “I’m really feeling you but you don’t understand / I’m not sure if I can settle down with just one man.” "I Want You Dead" is, a demented revenge fantasy in which she does "funny and gruesome" things to a wrongdoing ex-lover. "Cover Girl," is a "somber" song led by an "acoustic guitar and churchy organ swells" and contains a "guitar-based folk song", that lyrically discusses what Valentine has to do "to attract a man". “Blah Blah Blah” is an organ-fueled reggae-funk song that lyrically turns Valentine "into a naughty girl" who sings about still loving her "thug boyfriend, strangely demure and believable." “Taste of Dis” is a "hyperactive club banger". Lyrically the discusses female fisticuffs. The album's opening song Girlfight was described as a "friendly crunk" song that contains "grunts" as well as guest appearances from Lil Jon and Big Boi. “Laugh Til I Cry” was promoted to radio as well. The third single, "Cover Girl" was released on October 18, 2005. It peaked at #71 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The second single, " Long as You Come Home" was released on July 5, 2005.
It succeeded internationally, peaking in the top fifty in Australia and Ireland, and Top 40 in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The lead single, " Girlfight", which features Lil Jon and Big Boi was first released on January 4, 2005. To pursue a solo career, she moved to Los Angeles, California with producer and Subliminal Entertainment CEO Deja the Great and signed to Virgin Records. She started her musical career as a member of the female group Best Kept Secret. The third single was "Cover Girl", however the song failed to chart. The second single released from the album was " Long As You Come Home", which reached number 71 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart where it spent 5 weeks.
"Girlfight" was a commercial success peaking at twenty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as making appearances on charts in Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and the UK. The album was preceded by the release of the lead single "Girlfight", that features Big Boi from the band Outkast, and Lil Jon. Commercially the album fared well and peaked at sixteen on the Billboard 200 and three on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. Upon release "Chain Letter" was met with critical acclaim from music critics who praised the album's production, with other critics comparing the album to the work of film producer Steven Soderbergh. Musically the album is predominantly a R&B body of work, that features elements of hip hop, pop, rock, and crunk. Valentine enlisted a variety of producers to work on the album including Bink!, Bloodshy & Avant, Déjà "The Great", Jermaine Dupri, Brandon Howard, Lil Jon, Matt Serletic among others. She moved to Los Angeles, California with producer and Subliminal Entertainment CEO Deja the Great to begin work on the album. Work on the album began after Valentine left the female group Best Kept Secret, in order to pursue a solo career. Chain Letter is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Brooke Valentine, released on March 15, 2005, by Subliminal Entertainment and Virgin Records.
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