TP-2.com

TP-2.com
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) TP-2.com (2000) Chocolate Factory (2003)
Singles from TP-2.com
"I Wish" Released: September 12, 2000 "The Storm Is Over Now" Released: April 3, 2001 "Fiesta" Released: May 15, 2001 "Feelin' on Yo Booty" Released: August 7, 2001 "A Woman's Threat" Released: February 20, 2002

	"Fiesta (Remix)" R. Kelly's "Fiesta (Remix)" from TP-2.com featuring Jay-Z and Boo & Gotti
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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]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
The New York Times	favorable[6]
Rolling Stone	[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]

Boo - Guest Artist, Rap Jim Bottari - Mixing Glen Brown - Engineer Cheek - Engineer Joan Collaso - Choir/Chorus Dave Conner - Programming Alex DeJonge - Mixing Joe Donatello - Engineer, Programming Bill Douglass - Mixing Tony Flores - Mixing Yvonne Gage - Choir/Chorus Andy Gallas - Engineer, Programming Abel Garibaldi - Engineer, Programming Chris Gehringer - Mastering General - Rap Gotti - Guest Artist, Rap Jessica Janis - Children's Chorus R. Kelly - Arranger, Composer, Mixing, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals Gregg Landfair - Guitar Jeff Lane - Engineer James Lee - Engineer, Programming Ron Lowe - Mixing Donnie Lyle - Bass, Guitar Paul Mabin - Choir/Chorus Tony Maserati - Mixing Ian Mereness - Engineer, Programming

Daniel Milazzo - Mixing Peter Mokran - Mixing Nick Monson - Engineer Amber Morrow - Children's Chorus Jeffrey Morrow - Choir/Chorus Joseph Morrow - Children's Chorus John Nelson - Mixing Kendall D. Nesbitt - Keyboards Flip Osman - Mixing Poke - Producer Herb Powers - Mastering Precision - Producer Paul Riser - String Arrangements Carl Robinson - Engineer Leah Robinson - Children's Chorus Matthew Robinson - Children's Chorus Rachel Robinson - Children's Chorus David Swope - Mixing Doug Swope - Mixing Cyrille Taillandier - Mixing Tone - Producer Richard Travali - Mixing Jeff Vereb - Engineer Bill W. - Programming Cheryl Wilson - Choir/Chorus Stan Wood - Engineer, Programming

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

• "The Greatest Sex"
  • "I Smell Pussy" by G-Unit from the album Beg for Mercy
  • "Boyfriend #2" by Pleasure P
• "Fiesta"
  • "We F'd Up" by J Dilla from the album Pay Jay
• "A Woman's Threat"
  • "Threat" by Jay-Z from the album The Black Album
  • "This Is a Warning" by Lil' Kim from the album La Bella Mafia
• "One Me"
  • "I'm a Winner" by Twista from the album The Day After

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2000 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 2000 (U.S.)
• Billboard Year-End
• 2000 in music

References

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4. Seymour, Craig (10 November 2000). "TP-2.Com: R. Kelly". Entertainment Weekly (#568).
5. Baker, Soren (November 5, 2000). "A Hint of the Struggles Behind R. Kelly's Boasts". Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles Times: Tribune Company). Retrieved 2012-06-26.
6. Sanneh, Kelefa (April 8, 2001). "MUSIC; Responding To Rap, R & B Is Reborn". The New York Times (New York: The New York Times Company). Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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22. Caulfield, Keith (July 27, 2013). "Official: R. Kelly - TP-2.com". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
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External links

• Official website
• TP-2.com at Metacritic