Monica called the track one of her personal favorites on the album, and added: "I think the honesty of the record is what will hopefully help people gravitate to it.
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Speaking of her work with Elliott, Monica described "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" as a prime example of Elliott's ability to "bring the old side of music to the new side of things", referring to the rapper's idea to combinate music by the likes "of Gladys Knight, and Curtis Mayfield" with contemporary beats. Kelly's 2003 song “ Ignition (Remix)” (“You remind of these things something like R. She compares him to a pair of Gucci shoes, a Bentley Coupe, and Abercrombie jeans, among other household objects, borrowing from R. Lyrically, it has the female protagonist singing about finding love and passion with her man. Due to the sample, he received co-writing credits on the track. The song samples Curtis Mayfield's 1972 record "The Makings of You". Production was handled by Elliott along with Cliff Jones, and David "Davey Boy" Lindsey. "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" was composed by rapper Missy Elliott and singer-songwriter Corte Ellis and is one out of three songs the former contributed to The Makings of Me. The music video for "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)", directed Chris Robinson, was filmed in October 2006 and depicts a meet cute between two lovers. "A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, on which it became the singer's lowest-charting singles since 1999's " Street Symphony". Kelly's " You Remind Me of Something" (1995) and praised Elliott's nostalgic, cozy and unpretentious production. It garnered generally positive reviews by music critics who compared it to R. The song was released as the album's second single in the United States on September 28, 2006. Built around a sample of the 1972 recording " The Makings of You" as written and performed by Curtis Mayfield, its lyrics detail a woman's admiration for a man.
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Similar to songs that Monica used to record with Elliott for her previous album, After the Storm (2003), the mid-tempo love song draws from the genres from R&B, hip hop, neo soul, as well as quiet storm and contains elements of 1960s Motown soul music. It was written by rapper-producer Missy Elliott and Corte Ellis, with production helmed by the former along with David "Davey Boy" Lindsey and Cliff Jones. " A Dozen Roses (You Remind Me)" is a song by American singer Monica taken from her fifth studio album The Makings of Me (2006).