High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Makings of Me is the fifth studio album by American singer Monica, released by J Records on October 3, 2006 in the United States and October 10, 2006 (see 2006 in music) in Canada. Following their participation on previous album After the Storm (2003), the singer re-teamed with producers and rappers Jermaine Dupri and Missy Elliott to work on the majority of the album, with additional production resulting from collaborations with Bryan Michael Cox, The Underdogs, Tank, Harold Lilly, Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett, and others.