TP 2.com

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.

Critical reception

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." Billboard magazine ranked TP-2.com at number 94 on the magazine's Top 200 Albums of the Decade.

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. The album went on to sell over four million copies.

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)

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.

Later samples