The Best of Both Worlds (Jay Z and R. Kelly album)

The Best of Both Worlds
Studio album by R. Kelly and Jay Z
Released	March 26, 2002 (US)
Recorded	October 2001 – January 2002
Genre	Hip hop R&B
Length	49:16 (standard edition) 56:41 (deluxe edition)
Label	Roc-A-Fella Def Jam Jive Rockland
Producer	R. Kelly (also executive) Jay Z (executive) Poke and Tone Megahertz Charlemagne
R. Kelly and Jay Z chronology
The Best of Both Worlds (2002) Unfinished Business (2004)
R. Kelly chronology
TP-2.com (2000) The Best of Both Worlds (2002) Chocolate Factory (2003)
Jay Z chronology
Jay-Z: Unplugged (2001) The Best of Both Worlds (2002) The Blueprint 2: The Gift & the Curse (2002)
Singles from 'The Best of Both Worlds'
"Honey" Released: January 16, 2002 "Take You Home with Me a.k.a. Body" Released: May 21, 2002

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
USA Today	[5]

The Best of Both Worlds is a 2002 collaborative album by R. Kelly and Jay Z.^[6] The album sold 285,000 in its opening week and debuted at #2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. The album received poor reviews from music critics. The album went platinum in the US for selling more than a million copies.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Best of Both Worlds"	S. Carter R. Kelly D. Wesley	Megahertz	3:12
2.	"Take You Home with Me a.k.a. Body"	S. Carter R. Kelly S. Barnes J.C. Olivier	R. Kelly Poke and Tone	3:35
3.	"Break Up to Make Up"	S. Carter R. Kelly	R. Kelly Poke and Tone	4:08
4.	"It Ain't Personal"	S. Carter R. Kelly	R. Kelly Poke and Tone	4:24
5.	"The Streets"	S. Carter R. Kelly	R. Kelly	4:34
6.	"Green Light" (featuring Beanie Sigel)	S. Carter R. Kelly D. Grant	R. Kelly Tone^[a]	2:48
7.	"Naked" (R. Kelly solo)	R. Kelly	R. Kelly	3:08
8.	"Shake Ya Body" (featuring Lil' Kim)	S. Carter R. Kelly K. Jones S. Barnes J.C. Olivier	R. Kelly Poke and Tone	3:19
9.	"Somebody's Girl"	S. Carter R. Kelly S. Barnes J.C. Olivier	R. Kelly Poke and Tone	3:41
10.	"Get This Money"	S. Carter R. Kelly	R. Kelly Tone^[a]	3:04
11.	"Shorty"	S. Carter R. Kelly S. Barnes J.C. Olivier	R. Kelly Poke and Tone	4:10
12.	"Honey" (featuring the Bee Gees)	S. Carter R. Kelly S. Barnes J.C. Olivier M. Gibb B. Gibb R. Gibb	R. Kelly Poke and Tone	4:02
13.	"Pussy" (featuring Devin the Dude)	S. Carter R. Kelly	Charlemagne	4:50

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart[7]	100
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8]	73
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9]	19
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10]	12
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	22
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13]	42
UK Albums Chart[14]	37
US Billboard 200[15]	2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[16]	1

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r581535
2. "Best of Both Worlds | EW.com". ew.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
3. "Robert Christgau: CG: R. Kelly & Jay-Z". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
4. "R. Kelly: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
5. "USATODAY.com - R. Kelly, Jay-Z can do better than their 'Best'". usatoday.com. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
6. "Best of Both Worlds: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
7. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 8 April 2002" (PDF) (632). Pandora Archive. April 24, 2002: 2. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
8. "Austriancharts.at – R. Kelly & Jay Z – The Best of Both Worlds" (in German). Hung Medien.
9. "Illegal name entered Jay Z/Jay+Z/chart?f=309 Jay Z – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Jay Z.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – R. Kelly & Jay Z – The Best of Both Worlds" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
11. "Lescharts.com – R. Kelly & Jay Z – The Best of Both Worlds". Hung Medien.
12. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
13. "Swedishcharts.com – R. Kelly & Jay Z – The Best of Both Worlds". Hung Medien.
14. "Jay-Z Album Chart History in UK Albums Chart". Official Charts Company.
15. Illegal name entered Jay Z/Jay+Z/chart?f=305 "Jay Z – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Jay Z.
16. "Illegal name entered Jay Z/Jay+Z/chart?f=333 Jay Z – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Jay Z.