R. In R&b Collection Vol. 1 CD

MUSIC

R&B / SOUL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Bump N' Grind ~ R. Kelly

2. Your Body's Callin' ~ R. Kelly

3. Sex Me (Part I) ~ R. Kelly

4. You Remind Me Of Something ~ R. Kelly

5. Ignition - (remix) ~ R. Kelly

6. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know) - (featuring Ronald/Ernie Isley) ~ R. Kelly

7. When A Woman's Fed Up ~ R. Kelly

8. Step In The Name Of Love - (remix) ~ R. Kelly

9. Thoia Thoing ~ R. Kelly

10. Touched A Dream ~ R. Kelly

11. Fiesta - (remix, featuring Jay-Z/Boo & Gotti) ~ R. Kelly

12. I Wish ~ R. Kelly

13. Ghetto Religion - (featuring Wyclef Jean) ~ R. Kelly

14. Honey Love - (with Public Announcement) ~ R. Kelly

15. She's Got That Vibe - (with Public Announcement) ~ R. Kelly

16. World's Greatest, The ~ R. Kelly

17. I'm Your Angel - (with Celine Dion) ~ R. Kelly

18. I Believe I Can Fly ~ R. Kelly

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	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.
	Personnel: R. Kelly (vocals, keyboards, programming); Ronald Isley (vocals); Gotti (rap vocals); Donnie Lyle, Ernie Isley, Keith Henderson, Bobby Broom, Gregg Landfair (guitar); Steve Skinner (keyboards, drum programming); Lafayette Carthon, Jr., Loris Holland (keyboards, background vocals); Bobby West, Jim Slattery, Percy Bady, Rodney East, Kendall D. Nesbitt (keyboards); Allan Byrd Tatum (programming, background vocals); Abel Garibaldi, Peter Mokran, Timmy Allen, Tony Black, Andy Gallas, Ian Mereness (programming); Jeff Bova (keyboard programming); Mario Winans, Mr. Lee (drum programming); Cheryl Wilson, Troy Bright, Johnny Rutledge, Yvonne Gage, Robert Bowker, Jeffrey Morrow, Joan Walton, Rob Trow, Anthony Ransom, Diva Gray, Elisabeth Withers, Fonzi Thornton, Lisa Lougheed, Robert Moe, Stevie Robinson, Dennis Collins , Nancey Jackson, Paulette McWilliams, Spencer Washington, Tawatha Agee, Ayuana George, Cathy Richardson (background vocals).
	Audio Mixers: Chris Trevett; Humberto Gatica; Jeff Vereb; Peter Mokran; R. Kelly; Richard Travali; Serban Ghenea; Tony Maserati ; Ian Mereness.
	Liner Note Author: Rob Marriot.
	Recording information: Battery studios, Chicago, IL; Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL; Cove City Sound Studios, NY; Platinum Sound studios, New York, NY; Right Track Recording, New York, NY; Rock Land Studios, Chicago, IL; Soup Can Music, Harper Woods, MI; Studio 56; Studio Morin-Heights; The Chocolate Factory, Chicago, IL; The Dream Factory; The Hit Factory, New York, NY; The Studio, Philadelphia, PA; United Sound Systems, Detroit, MI; Van Guard Studios, Oak Park, MI.
	Author: R. Kelly.
	Director: Percy Bady.
	Photographer: Reisig.
	Unknown Contributor Role: Omar Gilbert.
	Arranger: R. Kelly.
	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.
Engineer: Chris Brickley; Michael Shlesinger; James Lee; Humberto Gatica; Jeff Vereb; Abel Garibaldi; Peter Mokran; Andy Gallas; Ian Mereness; Jason Mlodzinski; Bob Cadway; Carl Robinson
Musical Guests
	Ernie Isley
	Ronald
	Jay-Z
	Boo & Gotti
	Wyclef Jean

Artist Overview

If you're looking for the perfect music to cap a romantic evening or, for that matter, get one started, slow-jam master R. Kelly might just do the trick. Whether he's turning out heart-on-sleeve love ballads (the R. Kelly-penned Michael Jackson 1995 hit "You Are Not Alone"), gorgeous spiritually oriented compositions ("I Believe I Can Fly"), down-and-dirty R&B jams (2001's "Feelin' on Yo Booty"), or multi-part ghetto-narrative "hip-hoperas" (the infamous "Trapped in the Closet" single, which as of summer 2006 had 12 chapters), Kels really does have all the bases covered.

Compilation Appearances

	Life After Death (Explicit Version)
	Share My World
	All The Way-A Decade Of Song
	Nu Nation Project
	Totally Hits 2003
	Essential Isley Brothers
	Kamikaze (Explicit Version)
	Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version)
	Baby Makin Music
	Blue Carpet Treatment (Explicit Version)
	Greatest Hits (Explicit Version)
	From Nothin To Somethin(Explicit Version)
	Definitive Collection
	Brass Knuckles
	Trilla
	Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary R&B
	My Love Essential Collection
	Double Play
	King Of Hearts(Explicit Version)
	King Of Hearts
	Slow Grind
	Essential Celine Dion 3.0
	Revolver - Deluxe Edition (Explicit Version)
	Icon(Explicit Version)
	Playlist:very Best Of Wyclef Jean
	Good Music Cruel Summer(Explicit Version)
	Pluto 3D
	Trouble Man:heavy Is The Head(Explicit Version)
	Brass Knucles
	Playlist:very Best Of Tyrese
	Playlist:very Best Of Tyrese
	Revolver - Deluxe Edition (Edit)
	That's My Jam
	Pluto 3D(Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

	Jay-Z
	Smooth Jazz All Stars
	Spoke, DJ
	The Smooth Jazz All Stars

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/23/2003
	Original Release Date : 2003
	Catalog ID : 53706
	Label : Jive (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00828765370622

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (10/30/03, p.96)
- 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..."