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702 is the self-titled second studio album by American R&B group of the same name. It was released on June 15, 1999, by Motown.

702
Studio album by 702
Released	June 15, 1999 (1999-06-15)
Recorded	1998–99
Genre	R&B[1] hip pop[2]
Length	49:05
Label	Motown
Producer	Bruce Carbone (exec.) Kedar Massenburg (exec.) Bag Warryn "Smiley" Campbell Greg Charley Dutch Jany Marc Kinchen Missy Elliott PI & Jam Rapture Stewart Eric Seats Soulshock & Karlin Maurice Wilcher
702 chronology
No Doubt (1996) 702 (1999) Star (2003)
Singles from 702
"Where My Girls At?" Released: April 5, 1999 "You Don't Know" Released: August 3, 1999 "Gotta Leave" Released: February 7, 2000

The album peaked at number thirty-four on the Billboard 200 chart. By November 2002, it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[2]
Vibe	positive[4]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic was critical of the album's running time and felt it was padded with some filler songs; however, he did call the work "a true step forward for 702."[3] Paul Verna from Billboard praised the albums material and thought the group did a good job delivering an album "full of satisfying, hip-shaking tracks, not just a few radio-friendly singles". [1] Beth Johnson from Entertainment Weekly was mixed in her review although she thought the album was "cannily polished" due to its writers and producers, she declared it's "hard to distinguish" 702 "from the swelling tsunami of R&B girl groups".[2]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the seventh spot on the R&B Albums chart.[5] The album was certified gold in September 1999, and reached platinum status in November 2002.[6]

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Information taken from Discogs.[7]

• bass – Everett "Jam" Benton, Jay Rakes, Romeo Williams
• drums – Everett "Jam" Benton
• executive production – Bruce Carbone, Billy Gray, Kedar Massenburg
• guitar – Mats Berntoft, Eric Jackson, Joshua Thompson
• keyboards – Everett "Jam" Johnson
• mixing – Mick Guzauski, Manny Marroquin, Dave Pensado
• production – Bag, Warryn "Smiley" Campbell, Greg Charley, Dutch, Jany, Marc Kinchen, Missy Elliott, PI & Jam, Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats, Soulshock & Karlin, Maurice Wilcher
• recording – Anders Bagge, Jan Fairchild, Fredrick Sarhagen
• synthesizer – Everett "Jam" Benton
• vocals (background) – 702
• writing – A. Bagge, L. Bagge, E. Benton, R. Cousin, P. Gadget, J. Guendon, E. Jackson, L. Kafi, C. Loving, E. Atkins - Campbell, T. Atkins - Campbell

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[16]	Gold	50,000^
United States (RIAA)[17]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

External links

• 702 at AllMusic
• 702 at Discogs (list of releases)

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