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702 (album)

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Recorded
  
1998–99

Label
  
Motown

Length
  
49:05

Released
  
June 15, 1999 (1999-06-15)

Genre
  
R&B, pop, dance-pop, soul

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

Contents

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

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

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."

Credits and personnel

Information taken from Discogs.

  • 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
  • References

    702 (album) Wikipedia