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 January 2002
Genre
Length 49:16 (standard edition)
56:41 (deluxe edition)
Label
Producer
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'
  1. "Honey"
    Released: January 16, 2002
  2. "Take You Home with Me a.k.a. Body"
    Released: May 21, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[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.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Best of Both Worlds"  
Megahertz3:12
2."Take You Home with Me a.k.a. Body"  
  • S. Carter
  • R. Kelly
  • S. Barnes
  • J.C. Olivier
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. Kelly4:34
6."Green Light" (featuring Beanie Sigel)
  • S. Carter
  • R. Kelly
  • D. Grant
  • R. Kelly
  • Tone[a]
2:48
7."Naked" (R. Kelly solo)R. KellyR. Kelly3:08
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
Charlemagne4:50
Notes

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.
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