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The Best of Both Worlds is the first collaborative album by R. Kelly and Jay-Z. [1] It was released on March 19, 2002 through Jive Records, Roc-A-Fella and The Island Def Jam Music Group. The production on the album was primarily handled by R. Kelly and Poke and Tone, but also features production by Megahertz and Charlemagne.
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Jay-Z began his music career in the 1980s, building a reputation as a fledgling rapper in his hometown of Brooklyn and collaborating with his mentor and fellow rapper Jaz-O. [2] Jay-Z later founded Roc-A-Fella Records with close friends Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke and released his debut studio album Reasonable Doubt in June 1996. [2]
"Naked" with R. Kelly (The Best of Both Worlds, 2002) "Never Change" (The Blueprint, 2001) "Nigga Please" Featuring Young Chris (The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, 2002) "Nigga What, Nigga Who (Originator 99)" Featuring Big Jaz from the album (Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life, 1998) "Jigga What, Jigga Who" Featuring Jaguar Wright (Jay-Z: Unplugged ...
American R&B singer-songwriter R. Kelly has released 18 studio albums, five compilation albums, one soundtrack album, six video albums, one mixtape, two extended play, and 133 singles (including 49 as a featured artist and 12 promotional singles).
The album was promoted by the "Best of Both Worlds" concert tour with R. Kelly and Jay-Z performing songs from both their solo and joint albums. The "Best of Both Worlds" tour filled with tension and accusations that boiled over at an October 31 show where R. Kelly was accused of erratic behavior and was pepper sprayed by a Jay-Z associate.
Kelly and Jay-Z have worked several times together. In 2002, they released the album The Best of Both Worlds , which sold 285,000 copies in its first week. The single is ranked by Billboard as the best selling and most played R&B/Hip Hop song of 2001.
Royce da 5'9" and Fredro Starr of Onyx both describe Jay-Z's emphasis on flow in the book How to Rap—Starr says that Jay-Z is "a master of the flow—he can flow fast, he can flow slow". [142] The book describes how Jay-Z uses 'rests' to provide structure to a verse [ 143 ] and how he uses 'partial linking' to add more rhymes to a verse. [ 144 ]