View source for Ill Na Na 2: The Fever

{{Short description|Album by Foxy Brown}}
{{Infobox album|cover=blank
| name       = Ill Na Na 2: The Fever
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]]
| released   = May 6, 2003 <small>(intended)</small><br/>February 26, 2020 <small>(leak)</small>
| recorded   = October 2001 – March 2003
| genre      = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| label      = {{hlist|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[Bad Boy Records|Bad Boy]]|Ill Na Na}}
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Broken Silence (Foxy Brown album)|Broken Silence]]
| prev_year  = 2001
| year       = 2003
| next_title = [[Brooklyn's Don Diva]]
| next_year  = 2008
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Ill Na Na 2: The Fever
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Stylin']]
| single1date = July 2002
| single2     = [[I Need a Man (Foxy Brown song)|I Need a Man]]
| single2date = 2003
| single3     = Magnetic
| single3date = 2003
}}
}}
'''''Ill Na Na 2: The Fever''''' was intended to be the fourth [[studio album]] by American rapper [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]]. The album was scheduled to be released on May 6, 2003 by [[Def Jam Recordings]], [[Bad Boy Records]] and Ill Na Na Entertainment. However, the album was cancelled due to disagreements between Foxy Brown and executive producer [[Sean Combs]].
==History==
Brown began recording the follow-up album to her previous release ''[[Broken Silence (Foxy Brown album)|Broken Silence]]'' in the summer of 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1449675/20011005/foxy_brown.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011013225018/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1449675/20011005/foxy_brown.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2001|title=Foxy Brown Recording Hard On Heels Of Broken Silence|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=2001-10-05|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> Early in April 2002, she decided to title it ''Ill Na Na 2: The Fever''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453181/20020401/spears_britney.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121202225727/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1453181/20020401/spears_britney.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2012|title=For The Record: Quick News On Britney Spears, Foxy Brown, Tantric, Jay-Z, Tiffany & More|date=2002-04-01|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> Amid rumors that Brown wanted to leave Def Jam, the album was initially to be released on July 2, 2002. In the middle of that month, [[Sean Combs]] offered to be co-executive producer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1456099/20020715/puff_daddy.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021212155024/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1456099/20020715/puff_daddy.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 12, 2002|title=P. Diddy In Director's Chair For Foxy Brown's Ill Na Na 2|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=2002-07-15|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> With a tentative release date of November 19, the first single would be the remix of "Stylin'", featuring [[Loon (rapper)|Loon]], [[Birdman (rapper)|Birdman]], [[N.O.R.E.]], and Brown's brother Gavin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457742/20020923/cam_ron.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020925145846/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457742/20020923/cam_ron.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2002|title=Cam'ron, Foxy Brown, N.O.R.E. On Illest Tour|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=2002-09-23|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> With a delayed release to May 2003 and plans to produce the album more like her latest (''[[Broken Silence (Foxy Brown album)|Broken Silence]]'') rather than her original ''[[Ill Na Na]]'', Brown started working with R&B singers [[Anita Baker]]<ref name="Baker">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1469934/20030212/foxy_brown.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030223015716/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1469934/20030212/foxy_brown.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 23, 2003|title=Foxy Brown Battles An 'Ill' Fever, Performs With Anita Baker On New LP|last=Oh|first=Minya|date=2003-02-12|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> and [[Lauryn Hill]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470203/20030227/foxy_brown.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030823235924/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470203/20030227/foxy_brown.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 23, 2003|title=Foxy Brown Claims She's Misunderstood, Collaborates With Lauryn Hill On New LP|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|date=2003-02-27|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref> on the album in early 2003, and "I Need A Man" became the lead single.<ref name="Baker"/> On April 16, 2003, Brown announced in an interview on ''[[Wendy Williams (radio host)|The Wendy Williams Show]]'' on New York City radio station [[WBLS]] that she decided to terminate work on the album; the album would have been released on May 6. It was confirmed by [[MTV]] that the album would contain collaborations with: Lauryn Hill, Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, Spragga Benz, Shabba Ranks, P. Diddy, Capone-N-Noreaga, Fox 5 & Kori and Ludacris.
On February 26, 2020 the album was leaked on iTunes and Apple Music. Foxy responded on Instagram by threatening to sue whoever leaked the shelved album. She deleted the post shortly after.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12037470?ev=40241836|title=Foxy Brown's 'Ill Na Na 2' Shelved Indefinitely|date=2003-04-22|publisher=Yahoo! Music|accessdate=2009-03-29}}</ref>
==Track listing==
#Fever (featuring [[Anita Baker]])
#The Storm
#The Letter pt. 2 (featuring [[Luther Vandross]])
#Open Book
#We Makin It
#Ménage-á-Trois (featuring [[Ludacris]])
#Superfreak
#Nasty (featuring [[Sean Combs|P. Diddy]])
#How U Want It
#Magnetic
#Jumpin
#[[Stylin']] (featuring [[Birdman (rapper)|Baby]], [[Loon (rapper)|Loon]], [[Capone-N-Noreaga]])
#Why
#The Original
#Raps Bible
#Streets Love Me
#Ice (featuring [[Nelly Furtado]])
#Get Off Me
#Black Girl Lost
#Watcha Gonna Do
#Cruel Summer
#Everyday People (featuring [[Lauryn Hill]])
#Memory Lane
#Fan Love
#B.K. Made Me
#I Need a Man  (featuring The Letter M)
#Cradle 2 The Grave
Release 2021 :
# Open Book
# We Makin’ It
# How You Want It
# Magnetic
# The Original
# Superfreak
# Memory Lane
# Why
# Jumpin’
# Black Girl Lost
# Rap’s Bible
# Fan Love
# Stylin’
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Foxy Brown}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Bad Boy Records albums]]
[[Category:Foxy Brown (rapper) albums]]
[[Category:Unreleased albums]]
[[Category:Hip hop albums by American artists]]
{{hiphop-album-stub}}