TP-2.Com 2000 Album

R. Kelly

Firstly, don't you love the '.com' titled albums from the late '90s/early '00s when the internet was taking off? After the success of the ambitions double-disc 'R.', R. Kelly decided to write a sequel to the brilliant '12 Play'. One thing I just thought of is that for a 12 Play project, it perhaps isn't overall as sexual as it could have been with a number of different themes present with some about deeper relationship issues, and songs like 'I Wish' being on here, which was apparently originally meant to feature 2Pac. Given that Pac died years prior to this album, he must've been sitting on the song for a while. This is one of R. Kelly's better-received projects, but I find it a little slow in parts. I've never liked the production and flow of the opener or 'R&B Thug' very much. As with 'Ignition' and 'Step in the Name of Love', the kind of remix in 'I Mean (I Don't Mean It)' is so much better than 'I Don't Mean It' making the originals seem almost pointless. Although the remix isn't on this album, the same can be said for 'Fiesta', with the remix being much better. 'Like a Real Freak' isn't a favourite either. He has always been better with slow jamz and ballads and I don't like many of the more upbeat tunes on this album. 'One Me' has its positive features. I like the, [i]I'm a winner[/i] part but it doesn't build up and erupt like most of R. Kelly slower tunes. Most of the rest of the songs are brilliant that I never tire of going back to. There isn't a lot of middle ground for me here with it being close to hit or miss. As mentioned though, the rest are great and there are lots of them. 4-3.5/5. Best tracks: Strip for You, The Greatest Sex, Don't You Say No, The Greatest Sex, I Wish, A Woman's Threat, I Mean (I Don't Mean It), I Wish - Remix (To the Homies That We Lost), Feelin' on Yo' Booty, The Storm Is Over Now