The Boy Is Mine is the second studio album by American
R&B recording artist
Monica. It was released by
Arista Records on July 14, 1998, in the United States. The album deviated from the formula of her debut
Miss Thang (1995) as she had more creative control over the material she wrote and recorded; a step that she considered a "natural progression". On the record, Monica worked with a variety of producers and writers from different genres such as
gospel,
R&B, and
hip hop, including frequent collaborators
Dallas Austin, Colin Wolfe, and
Daryl Simmons. Additionally, she wrote and produced the album's material with
David Foster,
Diane Warren,
Jermaine Dupri, and
Rodney Jerkins and his Darkchild crew, some of which would become household names on subsequent albums.