Make Her Feel Good

"Make Her Feel Good" is the debut single recorded by American singer Teairra Marí, released on April 26, 2005.^[1] It serves as the lead single from her debut album Teairra Marí. The single did not debut on TRL after its premiere, but it did debut on BET's 106 & Park and peaked at #2. The song conspicuously samples "My Melody" by Eric B. & Rakim.

The official remix features Kanye West and an intro by Jay-Z.

The song was released as a CD, vinyl and digital single on April 2005 in the United Kingdom and the United States. The song was later released as a CD and digital single on May 2005. The song later began charting many times and was later certified Gold in the United Kingdom making it become well revieved from many music critics. This brought fame for Marí. It was later chosen as the lead single from her debut studio album Roc-A-Fella Records Presents Teairra Marí.

"Make Her Feel Good" is a R&B and hip pop song. It features modern r&b stylings, repetitive melodic phrasing, a vocal-centric aesthetic, extensive vamping, minor key tonality and vocal harmonies. The song was produced by Eric Barrier, V. Colapietro, N. Dinkins Jr., Sean Garrett, William Griffin, Willie Hutchinson and was written by Garrett.

She defined "Make Her Feel Good" as "A female asking if there are any males that can hold a girl down and also treat them in a way they want to be treated.

The song received generally positive and favorable reviews from music critics. Contact Music reviewed and praised the song and stated "Championed by the Roc-A-Fella crew to muscle into the Mary, Beyonce, Missy and Ciara market place. Teairra comes with a real urban club bass driven monster that dares you not to nod ya head. Vocally T sounds good, she has the right image and looks good. "Make Her Feel Good" is one of them booty shaking R&B grooves that you can simply imagine what the video will look like before you see it. It is a powerful pro woman song that begs the question does a female have to explain everything to her man without him taking the initiative. Does she really have to tell a man how to hold her, touch her, tell him that she is lonely or tell him when to call. No doubt there will be a male answer back with the lyrics, do have I to show you how to park, read a map or tell you when I want to make love (that is a joke by the way)."^[2] While The Boombox was reviewing her debut album they later reviewed the song and stated "Produced by Sean Garrett, "Make Her Feel Good" contains a sample of Eric B. & Rakim's "My Melody" and is bolstered by crisp drum kicks and hand claps, giving the golden era-inspired tune a slight modern-day twist. "Do I have to tell a n---- how to touch me / Do I have to tell a n---- how to hold me / Do I have to tell a n---- when to call me / Do I have to tell a n---- when I'm lonely," the Detroit native asks on the song. The first single released from her debut effort, it successfully helped introduce Mari to her fans.^[3]

The song made its way to the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #35. It later managed to chart on other charts like US R&B Songs, US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay, US Pop 100, Hot 100 Airplay, US Rhythmic Top 40 and many others.It later gained a BPI certifaction.

The music video premiered on June 20, 2005 and was directed by Ray Kay.^[4] It got very little play on MTV, but strong play on BET. American rapper and Roc-A-Fella founder Jay Z appears in the video.

The video follows as Marí and her friends walk around the city to find males that can hold her down. Later, after a few disappointments, Marí then walks up to Jay Z as he is sitting on the apartment staircase. He then puts a necklace on her and Marí then puts up the official sign and signature of the Roc-A-Fella company with her hand. In the end, it then shows Marí putting up the sign and walks away.

A remix for the song was later recorded. It was released on July 2005 via Google Play Music. The remix features Kanye West and an intro by Jay-Z. Two other remixes featuring guest appearances from Joe Budden and Miss NaNa. They and the official remix were featured in her debut compil album entitled Second Round.^[5]

"Make Her Feel Good" was performed many times. The song was first performed on 2005 at a live show.^[6] It was later performed at 106 & Park^[7] and then at Yahoo live.^[8] It was later performed a few years later at Pearls Music,^[9] then at Mod TV,^[10] then at WHIHH TV^[11] and later in 2013 at another live show.

Personnel adapted from Allmusic.^[17]

Personnel

• Eric Barrier - Composer
• V. Colapietro - Composer
• N. Dinkins - Composer
• Sean Garrett - Composer
• William Griffin - Composer
• Willie Hutchinson - Composer
• Teairra Marí - Primary Artist

Production

Production adapted from the Discogs website.^[18]

• Mixed By – Leslie Brathwaite
• Producer – Co-Stars, Sean Garrett
• Arranged By (Vocals) – Sean Garrett
• Instruments – The Co-Stars
• Mixed By – Leslie Brathwaite
• Producer – The Co-Stars*, Sean Garrett
• Producer (Vocals) – Sean Garrett
• Recorded By – Jamie Newman, K. C., Mike Wilson
• Written By – Eric Barrier, N. Dinkins, Jr., Sean Garrett, V. Colapietro, W. Griffin, W. Hutchinson