R. (album)

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R.
Studio album by R. Kelly
Released	September 29, 1998
Recorded	1996-1998
Genre	R&B, Soul, Pop, Pop rap
Length	129:40
Label	Jive
Producer	R. Kelly Tone & Poke Cory Rooney Sean "Puffy" Combs The Hitmen (Including Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence & Steven "Stevie J" Jordan) G-One Al West Barry Hankerson (executive)
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone link
R. Kelly chronology
R. Kelly (1995) R. (1998) TP-2.com (2000)

R. is a double album released by R&B singer-songwriter-producer R. Kelly in 1998. At this point in his career, Kelly had not only become a hitmaker thanks to his one side project with a group and two successful solo albums but also a hit-making songwriter and producer for acts such as Aaliyah, Changing Faces, Michael and Janet Jackson, The Isley Brothers and countless others. This album was his most diverse project and would go on to be his best-selling record to date, selling over 8 million copies in the United States alone.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Charts

[edit] Track listing

All songs were written, produced, and arranged by R. Kelly himself. (except tracks 1, 2, 3, 8, 11 for Disc 1 and 3, 4, 12 for Disc 2)

[edit] Disc one

All Songs

1. "Home Alone" (Featuring Keith Murray) (Produced by G-One)
2. "Spendin' Money" (Produced by Sean "Puffy" Combs & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence; Co-Produced by Steven "Stevie J" Jordan for The Hitmen)
3. "If I'm Wit You" (Co-Produced by Tone & Poke for Trackmasters Ent.)
4. "Half On A Baby" was originally written for Bobby Brown and meant to be the first single from Brown's Forever (Bobby Brown album)
5. "When A Woman's Fed Up"
6. "Get Up On A Room"
7. "One Man"
8. "We Ride" (Featuring Jay-Z, Cam'ron, Vegas Cats & Noreaga) (Produced by R. Kelly, Tone and Poke For Trackmasters Ent.; Co-Produced by Cory Rooney)
9. "The Opera"
10. "The Interview" (Featuring Suzanne LeMignot)
11. "Only The Loot Can Make Me Happy" (Co-Produced by Tone & Poke for Trackmasters Ent.)
12. "Don't Put Me Out"
13. "Suicide"
14. "Etcetera"
15. "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time"
16. "What I Feel/Issues"

[edit] Disc two

1. "The Chase"
2. "V.I.P."
3. "Did You Ever Think" (Produced by R. Kelly, Tone and Poke For Trackmasters Ent.; Co-Produced by Cory Rooney)
4. "Dollar Bill" (featuring Foxy Brown) (Produced by R. Kelly, Tone and Poke For Trackmasters Ent.; Co-Produced by Al West)
5. "Reality"
6. "2nd Kelly"
7. "Ghetto Queen" (featuring Crucial Conflict)
8. "Down Low Double Life"
9. "Looking For Love"
10. "Dancing With A Rich Man"
11. "I'm Your Angel" (Duet With Céline Dion)
12. "Money Makes The World Go Round" (Featuring Nas) (Co-Produced by Tone & Poke for Trackmasters Ent.)
13. "I Believe I Can Fly"

[edit] Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
The U.S. Billboard 200	2
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
Dutch Top 50 Albums	1
German Top 100 Albums	8
UK Top 75 Albums	27
Canadian Albums Chart	26
World Albums Charts	39
Australian Albums Chart	65

v • d • e R. Kelly Discography Born into the 90's  | 12 Play  | R. Kelly  | R.  | TP-2.com  | The Best of Both Worlds  | Chocolate Factory  | The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1  | Happy People/U Saved Me  | Unfinished Business  | TP-3: Reloaded  | Remix City, Vol. 1  | Double Up Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop number one singles "Honey Love"  | "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)"  | "Bump n' Grind"  | "You Remind Me of Something"  | "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)"  | "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)"  | "Street Dreams"  | "I Believe I Can Fly"  | "Satisfy You"  | "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" | "I Wish"  | "Fiesta"  | "Step in the Name of Love"  | "Thoia Thoing" Other songs "Contagious" (Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo)  | "Ignition (Remix)" (ARIA number one)  | Trapped in the Closet (Best Long Form Music Video nomination)