O₂ is Gospel

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

 singer Tonéx

Tonéx

Anthony Charles Williams II , better known by his former stage name Tonéx , and most recently as B.Slade, is an American singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, dancer, producer, preacher, and activist. He has gone by various names and aliases, but his primary stage name of choice...

's second major release. It was released under Zomba Records in 2002 and spawned two major hits, "God Has Not 4Got" and "Bout A Thang", which had a video for the single. The album reached number seven on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Top Gospel Albums chart, number twenty on the Top Contemporary Christian chart, number twenty on the Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers

Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...

 chart, and number 66 on the R&B Albums Chart.

Track listing

1. "Prologue"
2. "O₂"
3. "'Bout A Thang"
4. "Pass Me By"
5. "Dancin' in the Son"
6. "That's When"
7. "Everything"
8. "I Have Decided..."
9. "Decided 'The Sequel'"
10. "God Has Not 4Got"
11. "Help!"
12. "Seasons"
13. "Inspiration"
14. "You"
15. "Tumblin'"
16. "Even U"
17. "See You Again"
18. "The Beautiful Place"
19. "Epilogue"

Credits

• Tonéx - vocals, drum programming
• Glenn McKinney - guitar
• T-Boy - Multi instruments, producer
• Charles Williams - piano
• Timothy Trudeau - Composer, engineer, producer, programming
• Sam Boukas - engineer, mixing
• Robbie Lewis - arranger

Reception

Allmusic's Tim Smith gave the album a four-star review, saying that O2 "showcases Tonex's ability as a vocalist" and pushed "all musical boundaries". Village Voice selected O2 as best representing Tonéx's full potential.