The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)

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.

The Best of Both Worlds
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 2002
Genre
Length49:16 (standard edition)
56:41 (deluxe edition)
Label
Producer
Jay-Z and R. Kelly 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
MTV Unplugged
(2001)
The Best of Both Worlds
(2002)
The Blueprint2: The Gift & the Curse
(2002)
Singles from The Best of Both Worlds
  1. "Honey"
    Released: January 16, 2002
  2. "Get This Money"
    Released: March 2002
  3. "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]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Best of Both Worlds"Megahertz3:12
2."Take You Home With Me"3:35
3."Break Up to Make Up"
  • Carter
  • Kelly
  • R. Kelly
  • Poke and Tone
4:08
4."It Ain't Personal"
  • Carter
  • Kelly
  • R. Kelly
  • Poke and Tone
4:24
5."The Streets"
  • Carter
  • Kelly
R. Kelly4:34
6."Green Light" (featuring Beanie Sigel)
  • R. Kelly
  • Tone[a]
2:48
7."Naked (R. Kelly solo)"KellyR. Kelly3:08
8."Shake Ya Body" (featuring Lil' Kim)
  • Carter
  • Kelly
  • Kim Jones
  • Barnes
  • Olivier
  • R. Kelly
  • Poke and Tone
3:19
9."Somebody's Girl"
  • Carter
  • Kelly
  • Barnes
  • Olivier
  • R. Kelly
  • Poke and Tone
3:41
10."Get This Money"
  • Carter
  • Kelly
  • R. Kelly
  • Tone[a]
3:04
11."Shorty"
  • Carter
  • Kelly
  • Barnes
  • Olivier
  • R. Kelly
  • Poke and Tone
4:10
12."Honey"
  • R. Kelly
  • Poke and Tone
4:02
13."Pussy" (featuring Devin the Dude)
  • Carter
  • Kelly
Charlemagne4:50

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 100
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 73
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 37
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 12
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 22
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 42
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 18
UK Albums (OCC)[15] 37
US Billboard 200[16] 2
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[17] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2002) Position
French Albums (SNEP)[18] 147
US Billboard 200[19] 99
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[20] 15

References

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r581535
  2. "Best of Both Worlds". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  3. "Robert Christgau: CG: R. Kelly & Jay-Z". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  4. "R. Kelly: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Archived from the original on June 20, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. "USATODAY.com – R. Kelly, Jay-Z can do better than their 'Best'". usatoday.com. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on April 24, 2002. Retrieved July 28, 2014. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "Austriancharts.at – R. Kelly & Jay-Z – The Best of Both Worlds" (in German). Hung Medien.
  9. "Ultratop.be – R. Kelly & Jay-Z – The Best of Both Worlds" (in French). Hung Medien.
  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. "Swisscharts.com – R. Kelly & Jay-Z – The Best of Both Worlds". Hung Medien.
  15. "Jay-Z Album Chart History in UK Albums Chart". Official Charts Company.
  16. "Jay-Z Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  17. "Jay-Z Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  18. "Top de l'année Top Albums 2002" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  19. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  20. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
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