the album spawned three singles—"is it a crime?", "never as good as the first time" and "the sweetest taboo", the latter of which was released as the album's lead single and spent six months on the us "billboard" hot 100. "the sweetest taboo" peaked at number five on the us "billboard" hot 100, number one on the us adult contemporary chart and number three on the us hot r&b/hip-hop songs.