Critical response

TP-2.com received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Sonicnet wrote, "TP-2.com isn't the masterpiece Kelly seems capable of, but it's as strong an R&B album as any since, well, since R., balancing the carnal and the spiritual as convincingly as anyone's done it since Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

 in the 1980s." Billboard wrote, "Not to be outdone by the generation of singers he has influenced, he raises the bar with the 19-track set." The Village Voice wrote, "TP-2.com is a magnum opus of the genre, milking both Kelly's recent reflection and his baser inclinations for all they're worth." Wall of Sound wrote, "All in all, the production is sharp, with some fairly clever vocal and percussion arrangement ideas throughout."

Awards and nominations

American Music Awards

American Music Awards

-Conception:The AMAs were created by Dick Clark in 1973 to compete with the Grammys after the move of that year's show to Nashville, Tennessee led to CBS picking up the Grammy telecasts after its first two in 1971 and 1972 were broadcast on ABC...

 - 2000 Favorite Male Soul/R&B Artist (won)

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards - 2001 Favorite Male Artist - R&B (nominated)

Grammy Awards - 2001 Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male (nominated for "I Wish")

Mobo Awards

MOBO Awards

The Music of Black Origin Awards, established in 1995 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell, are held annually in the United Kingdom to recognise artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music....

 - 2001 Outstanding Achievement (won)

MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

An MTV Video Music Award , is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in music videos...

 - 2001 Best R&B Video (nominated for "I Wish")

NAACP Image Awards - 2001 Outstanding Male Artist (won), 2001 Outstanding Music Video (won for "I Wish")

Soul Train Music Awards

Soul Train Music Awards

The Soul Train Music Awards is an annual award show which previously aired in national television syndication, and honors the best in Black music and entertainment...

 - 2001 Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album (nominated), 2001 Best R&B/Soul Single, Male (won for "I Wish"), 2001 Best R&B/Soul Album, Male (won)

Source Awards - 2001 R&B Artist of the Year (won)

Track listing

All songs written by R. Kelly

R. Kelly

Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...

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1. "TP-2" (2:18)
2. "Strip for You" (4:09)
3. "R&B Thug"
4. "The Greatest Sex"
5. "I Don't Mean It"
6. "Just Like That"
7. "Like a Real Freak" (feat. General)
8. "Fiesta" (feat. Boo & Gotti)
9. "Don't You Say No"
10. "The Real R. Kelly (Interlude)"
11. "One Me"
12. "I Wish
    I Wish (R. Kelly song)
    "I Wish" is an R&B song recorded by R. Kelly for the album TP-2.com. It was released as the album's first single. It spent three weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number fourteen on the US pop chart...
    
    "
13. "A Woman's Threat"
14. "I Decided"
15. "I Mean (I Don't Mean It)"
16. "I Wish - Remix (To the Homies That We Lost)" (feat. Boo & Gotti)
17. "All I Really Want"
18. "Feelin' On Yo Booty
    Feelin' on Yo Booty
    "Feelin' on Yo Booty" is a single by R. Kelly from his fourth studio album TP-2.com....
    
    "
19. "The Storm is Over Now"

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2000	The Billboard 200	1

Later samples

• "The Greatest Sex"
  • "I Smell Pussy" by G-Unit
    G-Unit
    G-Unit is an American hip hop group originating from New York City formed by 50 Cents. G-Unit emerged on the New York scene by independently releasing several mix tapes...
    
     from the album Beg for Mercy
    Beg for Mercy
    Beg for Mercy is the debut album by hip hop group G-Unit, composed of rappers 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck, with support from Tony Yayo. The album was released in November 2003, 10 months after 50 Cent's debut album Get Rich or Die Tryin....
    
    
  • "Boyfriend #2" by Pleasure P
    Pleasure P
    Marcus Ramone Cooper , better known by his stage name Pleasure P is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, who experienced success as a member of the group Pretty Ricky before embarking on a solo career in 2007....
    
    
• "Fiesta"
  • "We F'd Up" by J Dilla
    J Dilla
    James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...
    
     from the album Pay Jay
• "A Woman's Threat"
  • "Threat" by Jay-Z
    Jay-Z
    Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
    
     from the album The Black Album
    The Black Album (Jay-Z album)
    The Black Album is the eighth studio album by American rapper Jay-Z, released November 14, 2003, on Roc-A-Fella Records. It was promoted as his final studio album, which serves as a recurring theme, although Jay-Z returned to solo recording with Kingdom Come in 2006.The album debuted at number one...
    
    
• "One Me"
  • "I'm a Winner" by Twista
    Twista
    Carl Terrell Mitchell , better known by his stage name Twista, is an American rapper. He is known for once holding the title of fastest rapper in the world according to Guinness World Records in 1992, being able to pronounce 598 syllables in 55 seconds...
    
     from the album The Day After

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2000 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 2000 (U.S.)
• Billboard Year-End
  Billboard Year-End
  Billboard Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album's performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during any given chart year. Billboard's "chart year" runs from the first week of December to the final week in November...