TP-2.com

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TP-2.com
File:TP-2.com - R. Kelly.jpg
Studio album by R. Kelly
Released November 7, 2000
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre R&B • soul • hip hop soul
Length 77:46
Label Jive
Producer R. Kelly
R. Kelly chronology
R.
(1998)R.1998		 TP-2.com
(2000)		 Chocolate Factory
(2003)Chocolate Factory2003
Singles from TP-2.com
  1. "I Wish"
    Released: September 12, 2000
  2. "The Storm Is Over Now"
    Released: April 3, 2001
  3. "Fiesta"
    Released: May 15, 2001
  4. "Feelin' on Yo Booty"
    Released: August 7, 2001
  5. "A Woman's Threat"
    Released: February 20, 2002

TP-2.com (Twelve Play-2) is the fourth studio album by American R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly, released on November 7, 2000 by Jive Records.

Background

Released as the "sequel" to Kelly's 12 Play, TP-2.com had party songs, relationship-themed ballads and a gospel-influenced song, but it still had Kelly's trademark sensuality with songs including "The Greatest Sex" and "Strip for You". The album was most notable for two #1 R&B hits: the tribute song "I Wish", and the remix of the party anthem, "Fiesta", which featured Jay-Z. The latter duet inspired the two to create the collaborative project The Best of Both Worlds. Another notable single was the risque "Feelin' On Yo Booty". The album has since been certified 4× Platinum. The album was Kelly's second album to peak at #1 on the Billboard 200 and the fourth to top the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. TP-2.com was the number-one R&B Album on the Billboard Year-End chart for 2001.

Website

The album's eponymous title website, tp-2.com, was taken out of service in 2001.

Legacy

Billboard magazine ranked TP-2.com at number 94 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 71/100[2]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[3]
Entertainment Weekly B+[4]
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars[5]
The New York Times favorable[6]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars[7]
The Village Voice favorable[8]

Commercial performance

TP-2.com debuted number one on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,with first week sales of 543,000.[9] The album went on to sell over four million copies.

Critical response

TP-2.com received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Sonicnet wrote, "TP-2.com isn't the masterpiece Kelly seems capable of, but it's as strong an R&B album as any since, well, since R., balancing the carnal and the spiritual as convincingly as anyone's done it since Prince in the 1980s." Billboard wrote, "Not to be outdone by the generation of singers he has influenced, he raises the bar with the 19-track set." The Village Voice wrote, "TP-2.com is a magnum opus of the genre, milking both Kelly's recent reflection and his baser inclinations for all they're worth." Wall of Sound wrote, "All in all, the production is sharp, with some fairly clever vocal and percussion arrangement ideas throughout."

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards - 2000 Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist (won)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - 2001 Favorite Male Artist - R&B (nominated)

Grammy Awards - 2001 Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male (nominated for "I Wish")

Mobo Awards - 2001 Outstanding Achievement (won)

MTV Video Music Awards - 2001 Best R&B Video (nominated for "I Wish")

NAACP Image Awards - 2001 Outstanding Male Artist (won), 2001 Outstanding Music Video (won for "I Wish")

Soul Train Music Awards - 2001 Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album (nominated), 2001 Best R&B/Soul Single, Male (won for "I Wish"), 2001 Best R&B/Soul Album, Male (won)

Source Awards - 2001 R&B Artist of the Year (won)

Track listing

All songs written by R. Kelly.

  1. "TP-2" (2:18)
  2. "Strip for You" (4:09)
  3. "R&B Thug" (4:04)
  4. "The Greatest Sex" (4:39)
  5. "I Don't Mean It" (4:18)
  6. "Just Like That" (4:34)
  7. "Like a Real Freak" (featuring General) (4:34)
  8. "Fiesta" (featuring Jay-Z and Boo & Gotti) (4:17)
  9. "Don't You Say No" (4:07)
  10. "The Real R. Kelly (Interlude)" (0:54)
  11. "One Me" (3:54)
  12. "I Wish" (5:34)
  13. "A Woman's Threat" (5:55)
  14. "I Decided" (4:12)
  15. "I Mean (I Don't Mean It)" (3:25)
  16. "I Wish - Remix (To the Homies That We Lost)" (featuring Boo & Gotti) (5:18)
  17. "All I Really Want" (3:59)
  18. "Feelin' on Yo Booty" (4:06)
  19. "The Storm Is Over Now" (4:32)

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.[10]

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[11] 36
Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders)[12] 43
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[13] 22
Canadian Albums Chart[14] 7
Dutch Albums Chart[15] 7
French Albums Chart[16] 4
German Albums Chart[17] 2
Swedish Albums Chart[18] 23
Swiss Albums Chart[19] 6
UK Albums Chart[20] 21
US Billboard 200[21] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[22] 1

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Belgium (BEA)[23] Gold 25,000
Canada (Music Canada)[24] Platinum 100,000
Germany (BVMI)[25] Gold 150,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[26] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Gold 100,000
United States (RIAA)[28] 4× Platinum 4,000,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Later samples

See also

References

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  9. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/72186/r-kellys-chocolate-factory-produces-no-1-debut
  10. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/tp-2com-mw0000097347/credits
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External links

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
November 25 – December 1, 2000		 Succeeded by
1 by The Beatles
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