Track Listing
1. Bump N' Grind
2. Your Body's Callin'
3. Sex Me (Part I)
4. You Remind Me of Something
5. Ignition - (remix)
6. Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) - (featuring Ronald/Ernie Isley)
7. When a Woman's Fed Up
8. Step in the Name of Love - (remix)
9. Thoia Thoing
10. Touched a Dream
11. Fiesta - (remix, featuring Jay-Z/Boo & Gotti)
12. I Wish
13. Ghetto Religion - (featuring Wyclef Jean)
14. Honey Love - (with Public Announcement)
15. She's Got That Vibe - (with Public Announcement)
16. World's Greatest, The
17. I'm Your Angel - (with Celine Dion)
18. I Believe I Can Fly
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Boo & Gotti, Boo, Celine Dion, Ernie Isley, Gotti, Jay-Z, Public Announcement, Ron Isley, Ronald, Wyclef Jean | | Distributor: | Sony Music Entertainment | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Initial pressings of THE "R." IN R&B COLLECTION VOL. 1 included a bonus disc featuring "Bump N' Grind - (Old School mix)", "Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) - (Live To Regret It mix - Blame It On The Mo)", "I Can't Sleep Baby (If I) - (remix)", "Gotham City - (remix)", "If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time".
Personnel: R. Kelly (vocals, various instruments); Ronald Isley, Wyclef Jean, Celine Dion (vocals); Jay-Z, Boo, Gotti (rap vocals); Ernie Isley, Donnie Lyle (guitar); Bobby West, Rodney East, Jim Slattery (keyboards); Peter Mokran (programming); Joan Collaso, Cheryl Wilson (background vocals); Public Announcement.
Producers include: R. Kelly, Timmy Allen, Tone, Poke, Wyclef Jean.
Recorded between 1991 & 2003. Includes liner notes by Rob Marriott.
It should not be forgotten (and from the overwhelming sales of CHOCOLATE FACTORY, it clearly hasn't) that R. Kelly is the master of hip-hop-infused love songs, the sultriest of swinging R&B seducers of the 1990s and beyond. The Chi-town crooner scored two number one hits and absolutely ruled the R&B charts when he first popped up in 1992 with his brand of honey-coated love. All of his hits are present on THE "R." IN R&B COLLECTION VOL. 1, backed by five remixes on the limited-edition bonus disc, including a Delfonics-style reconfiguring of "Bump N' Grind."
Kelly's greatest charm lies in his overt sexuality, coming right out with "Sex Me," or saying he can't see "nothing wrong with a little bump n' grind," ever flashing a coy smile. However, he truly cemented himself as a superstar when he recorded the inspirational (and chaste) "I Believe I Can Fly" for the Michael Jordan-with-cartoons movie, SPACE JAM, and followed that trick up with a number one duet with Celine Dion. Kelly has the most bewitching tenor and the ability to commandingly wrap it around any song, and this greatest-hits package is the perfect reminder of that talent.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...In an era of hip-hop excess, Chicago's R. Kelly held a torch for vintage soul, updated for the streets...
Rolling Stone (10/30/2003)
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