R. (R. Kelly album) - Composition

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R. is the third solo album by American singer R. Kelly, released as a double album on November 10, 1998 by Jive Records. It marked the first time Kelly worked with other producers as opposed to producing the entire album himself. Its cover artwork uses the same image of Kelly from his 1993 debut 12 Play, only in silhouette form.

Studio album by

R. Kelly

Released

November 10, 1998

Recorded

1996-1998

Genre

R&B
soul
hip hop soul
gospel
pop

Length

129:40

Label

Jive

Producer

Barry Hankerson (exec.)
R. Kelly
Trackmasters
Cory Rooney
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Ron Lawrence
Steven "Stevie J" Jordan
G-One
Al West
DeVante Swing

R. Kelly chronology

R. Kelly
(1995)

R.
(1998)

TP-2.com
(2000)

Singles from R.

"I Believe I Can Fly"
Released: November 26, 1996
"Gotham City"
Released: June 3, 1997
"Half on a Baby"
Released: August 11, 1998
"Home Alone"
Released: August 30, 1998
"I'm Your Angel"
Released: November 16, 1998
"When a Woman's Fed Up"
Released: February 27, 1999
"Did You Ever Think"
Released: May 25, 1999
"If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time"
Released: July 24, 1999
"Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy"
Released: May 23, 2000

"I Believe I Can Fly"

R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly" from R.

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Q	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin	(7/10)[8]
Yahoo! Music	(mixed)[9]
Yahoo! Music UK	[10]

Upon its release, R. went to number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number two on the US Billboard 200, selling over 612,000 copies in its first week of sales.[11] It spawned Kelly's second number-one Billboard Hot 100 hit "I'm Your Angel", as well as the number-one Top R&B hit "I Believe I Can Fly", which had been released two years earlier on the Space Jam soundtrack. R. is currently Kelly's best-selling release to date, having sold over eight million copies in the United States and over 12.4 million copies worldwide.

Track listing

All songs written and produced by R. Kelly, except where noted.

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Home Alone" (featuring Keith Murray)	Robert Kelly Kelly Price Keith Murray G. Archie	G-One	5:00
2.	"Spendin' Money"	Kelly Ron Lawrence Sean Combs Steven Jordan Price D. Romani T. Willoughby	Sean Combs Ron Lawrence Stevie J	4:54
3.	"If I'm With You"		Trackmasters	4:32
4.	"Half on a Baby"		R. Kelly	4:56
5.	"When a Woman's Fed Up"	Kelly	Kelly	4:34
6.	"Get Up on a Room"	Kelly	Kelly	4:11
7.	"One Man"	Kelly	Kelly	4:57
8.	"We Ride" (featuring Cam'Ron, Noreaga, Vegas Cats, and Jay-Z)	Kelly Cameron Giles Victor Santiago Shawn Carter Vegas Cats S. Barnes J.C. Oliver M.C. Rooney Calvin Broadus Andre Young H. Casey R. Finch	Kelly Trackmasters	4:50
9.	"The Opera"	Kelly	Kelly	1:24
10.	"The Interview"	Kelly	Kelly	1:33
11.	"Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy" (featuring Tone of Poke & Tone)	Kelly Barnes Oliver	Kelly Trackmasters	5:00
12.	"Don't Put Me Out"			5:22
13.	"Suicide"			5:20
14.	"Etcetera"			4:12
15.	"If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time"	Kelly	Kelly	6:19
16.	"What I Feel/Issues"	Kelly	Kelly	4:45
17.	"I Believe I Can Fly" (international release)	Kelly	Kelly	5:20

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Chase"			2:46
2.	"V.I.P."	Kelly Dalvin DeGrate DeVante Swing	R. Kelly, DeVante Swing	4:17
3.	"Did You Ever Think" (featuring Tone)	Kelly Curtis Mayfield J.C. Oliver S. Barnes	Kelly Trackmasters	4:25
4.	"Dollar Bill" (featuring Foxy Brown)		Trackmasters	4:23
5.	"Reality"			4:44
6.	"2nd Kelly"			5:03
7.	"Ghetto Queen" (featuring Crucial Conflict)			4:20
8.	"Down Low Double Life"			5:00
9.	"Looking For Love"			4:37
10.	"Dancing with a Rich Man"			3:30
11.	"I'm Your Angel" (duet with Céline Dion)			5:32
12.	"Money Makes the World Go Round" (featuring Nas)	Kelly Nasir Jones A. Barnes J. Malone	Trackmasters	4:10
13.	"I Believe I Can Fly (US release)/Gotham City (international release)"
14.	"Did You Ever Think (Remix) (re-release)" (featuring Nas)	Kelly Jones Mayfield J.C. Olive S. Barnes Cory Rooney	Trackmasters	4:03
15.	"Gotham City" (re-release)	Kelly	Kelly	4:55

Awards and nominations

BMI Awards – 1998 Pop Songwriter of the Year (won for "I Believe I Can Fly," "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)," and "I Don't Want To by Toni Braxton)

Grammy Awards – 1999 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (nominated for "I'm Your Angel"), 2000 Best R&B Vocal Performance – Male (nominated for "When a Woman's Fed Up"), 2000 Best R&B Album (nominated)

Soul Train Music Awards – 1999 Best R&B/Soul Single, Male (nominated for "Half on a Baby"), 1999 Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award (won), 1999 Best R&B/Soul Album, Male (won), 1999 Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album (won)

Personnel

R. Kelly – arranger, conductor, instruments, keyboards, mixer, producer, writer, main vocals, background vocals
Keith Murray – vocals
G-One – arranger, keyboards, mixer, producer, programming
Chris Puram – mixer
Kelly Price – background vocals
Rob Bacon – guitar
Marek – assistant mix engineer, assistant recording engineer
Anthony Kilhoffer – assistant recording engineer
Esther Nevarez – assistant recording engineer
Dana Walsh – assistant recording engineer
Sean "Puffy" Combs – producer
Ron Lawrence – producer
Stevie J. – co-producer
Tony Maserati – mixer
Jimmie Lee Patterson – assistant mix engineer
Champ – assistant recording engineer
Tone – co-producer, producer, background vocals, programming
Poke – co-producer, producer, programming
Stephen George – mixer, programming
Greg Landfair – guitar
Kendall D. Nesbitt – additional keyboards
Antonio L. Daniels – additional keyboards
Roy Hamilton – drum programming, vocoder programming
Blake Chaffin – programming
Brian Calicchia – assistant mix engineer
Jeff Vereb – assistant mix engineer, assistant recording engineer
LaFayette Carthon, Jr. – additional keyboards, background vocals, conductor
Paul J. Falcone – programming
Jason Groucott – assistant mix engineer
Brian Garten – assistant recording engineer, programming
Sparkle – background vocals
UB Tirado – assistant mix engineer
Jeffrey Lane – assistant mix engineer, assistant recording engineer
Stan Wood – assistant recording engineer
Bryon Rickerson – assistant recording engineer
Mark Johnson – assistant mix engineer
Greg Thompson – assistant mix engineer
Cory Rooney – co-producer, additional keyboards
Kevin Crouse – mixer
Chris Ribando – assistant recording engineer
Cam'Ron – vocals
Noreaga – vocals
Shawn Carter – vocals
Vegas Cats – vocals
Joey Donnatello – mixer, programming
Ron Lowe – assistant mix engineer
Jason Goldstein – assistant recording engineer
Paul Riser – arranger, conductor, orchestrator, strings
Hart Holliman – arranger, conductor, orchestrator
The Motown Romance Orchestra – arranging, strings and horns
Keith Henderson – guitar
Blackie – background vocals
Rock – background vocals
Chris Brickley – assistant recording engineer
Tony Gonzalez – assistant recording engineer
Bruce Kelly – background vocals
Tony Black – additional engineering, digital editing
Jason Bacher – assistant recording engineer
Trey Fratt – assistant recording engineer
Rick Behrens – assistant recording engineer
Cynthia Jernigan – additional writing
Nathan Dean – assistant mix engineer, assistant recording engineer
Eric N. Yoder – programming
Deatia Staples – background vocals
Keisha Wallace – background vocals
Lamont Smith – background vocals
Shawn L. Lawson – background vocals
Marjette J. Alston – background vocals
Bryant M. Lee – background vocals
Suzan Chatims – background vocals
Denise Purkett – background vocals
Reynonda McFarland – background vocals
Monique Whittington – background vocals
Opal Staples – background vocals
Angela Clayton-Lawson – background vocals
Foxy Brown – vocals
Al West – co-producer, keyboards
Rich Travali – mixer
Chuck Bailey – assistant mix engineer
Jon Heidelberger – assistant recording engineer
Johnny Allen – assistant to the conductor
J. Squillace – orchestra recording assistant
Crucial Conflict – vocals
Todd Parker – assistant mix engineer
Ruth Varella – assistant recording engineer
Edward Tucker – background vocals
Russell Hinton – background vocals
Michael McCoy – assistant mix engineer
Humberto Gatica – mixer
Rob Mathes – arranger, conductor
Loris Holland – additional keyboards, background vocals, conductor, Hammond B-3 organ
Steve Skinner – keyboards, drum programming
Jeff Bova – additional keyboard programming
Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
Jeffrey Morrow – background vocals
Yvonne Gage – background vocals
Cheryl Wilson – background vocals
Joan Walton – background vocals
Robert Bowker – background vocals
Johnny Rutledge – background vocals
Robin Robinson – background vocals
Rob Trow – background vocals
Cathy Richardson – background vocals
Anthony Ransom – background vocals
Lisa Lougheed – background vocals
Stevie Robinson – background vocals
Tawatha Agee – background vocals
Troy Bright – background vocals
Dennis Collins – background vocals
Ayana George – background vocals
Diva Gray – background vocals
Nancey Jackson – background vocals
Latasha Jordon – background vocals
Paulette McWilliams – background vocals
Robert Moe – background vocals
Fonzi Thornton – background vocals
Spencer Washington – background vocals
Elizabeth Withers – background vocals
Don Hachey – assistant recording engineer
Céline Dion – vocals, background vocals
Bill Douglass – assistant recording engineer
Jason Stasium – assistant recording engineer
Chris Brooke – assistant recording engineer
Brian Callicha – assistant recording engineer
Jake Ninan – assistant recording engineer
Nasir Jones – vocals
"The Luv Club" Choir – background vocals
Percy Bady – director, keyboards
Tom Recchion – art direction and design
Jackie Murphy – photo shoot/art coordination
Reisig & Taylor – photography
June Ambrose – stylist
Mode Squad – stylist
Robin Hannibal – groomer
Aliesh Peirce – groomer
TAR – original cover photo
Kenneth Halsband – location manager
Bruce Goldman – location manager
Leon Adair – location manager
Beata Rosenbaum – casting
Michael Anthony – make-up
Reginald Payton – car shots
Howard Simmons – interior shots
Barry Hankerson – executive producer
'Big Bass' Brian Gardner – mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, California

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1998–2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[12]	65
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	9
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16]	32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	3
French Albums (SNEP)[18]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19]	8
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[20]	27
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21]	33
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22]	26
UK Albums (OCC)[23]	27
US Billboard 200[24]	2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[25]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[26]	99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27]	93
UK Albums (OCC)[28]	95
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[29]	90

Chart (1999)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[30]	61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[31]	96
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[32]	35
UK Albums (OCC)[33]	77
US Billboard 200[34]	31
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[35]	4

Chart (2000)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[36]	72
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[37]	54

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)[38]	Platinum	50,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[39]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
France (SNEP)[40]	2× Gold	200,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[41]	Gold	250,000^{^}
Netherlands (NVPI)[42]	2× Platinum	200,000^{^}
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[43]	Gold	25,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)[44]	Platinum	347,173[45]
United States (RIAA)[46]	8× Platinum	8,000,000^{^}
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[47]	Platinum	1,000,000^*
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Samples

"V.I.P." contains a sample of "Alone" composed by Donald and Dalvin DeGrate and performed by Jodeci from the album Diary of a Mad Band

Songs sampled in future songs:

"When a Woman's Fed Up"
- "K-I-S-S-I-N-G" by Nas from the album I Am...
- "Um Pouco Mais De Malandragem" by Facção Central from the album Família Facção (1999)
- "America" by Trick Daddy featuring Society from the album Book of Thugs (2000)
- "Runnin Out of Bud" by 8Ball & MJG featuring Killer Mike from the album Ridin High (2007)
- "Thug Nigga" by Z-Ro from the album Heroin (2010)
- "Broken Man" by Anthony Hamilton from the album Back to Love (2011)
- "Thug and a Gee" by Prodeje from the album Hood 2 Da Good (2011)
- "Smoke Break" by Lil B from the album "855" Song Based Freestyle Mixtape (2011)
- "Smoke Break PT1 BASED FREESTYLE" by Lil B from the album "848" SONG BASED FREESTYLE MIXTAPE (2011)
- "Neon Cathedral" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Allen Stone from the album The Heist (2012)[48]
"Did You Ever Think"
- "Streets Love Me" by Foxy Brown from the album Ill Na Na 2: The Fever
- "The Quan" by Foxy Brown from the album Brooklyn's Don Diva
- "How to Rob" by 50 Cent featuring The Madd Rapper from the album Power of the Dollar and In Too Deep (soundtrack)

Covers

Palestinian rap group DAM has covered "Did You Ever Think".

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v t e R. Kelly
Discography Production discography Videography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	12 Play R. Kelly R. TP-2.com Chocolate Factory Happy People/U Saved Me TP.3 Reloaded Double Up Untitled Love Letter Write Me Back Black Panties The Buffet 12 Nights of Christmas
Collaboration albums	Born into the 90's The Best of Both Worlds Unfinished Business
Mixtape	The Demo Tape
Compilation albums	The R. in R&B Collection, Vol. 1 My Diary Remix City, Volume 1 Playlist: The Very Best of R. Kelly Epic
Tours	Love Letter Tour The Buffet Tour
Trapped in the Closet	Chapter 1 Chapters 1–12 Chapters 13–22 Chapters 23–33 The Confessionals "Trapped in the Closet" (South Park) "Trapped in the Drive-Thru"
Bibliography	Soulacoaster: The Diary of Me
Related articles	Songs Unreleased songs Andrea Kelly Mute R. Kelly Public Announcement Rockland Records Shaggy defense Surviving R. Kelly

На других языках

[de] R.

R. ist ein Doppelalbum des Contemporary-R&B-Sängers R. Kelly. Es erschien im Oktober 1998 und umfasst 30 Titel (130 Minuten Spielzeit), darunter die Hits I Believe I Can Fly und Gotham City.

- [en] R. (R. Kelly album)

[ru] R. (альбом)

R. — третий студийный и первый двойной альбом американского певца R. Kelly в Соединенных Штатах диск поступил в продажу 29 сентября 1998 года. Только в Америке альбом был продан в количестве 10.000.000 экземпляров.

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