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{{Infobox album
| name         = John P. Kelly
| type         = Studio album
| artist       = [[Mr. Cheeks]]
| cover        = Johnpkellycover.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = {{Start date|2001|10|16}}
| recorded     = 2000&ndash;01
| studio       =
| genre        = [[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]]
| length       = {{Duration|m=55|s=23}}
| label        = [[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
| producer     = {{hlist|[[Bink (record producer)|Bink!]]|Caspa|Dejah|DJ Sage|[[Easy Mo Bee]]|J.J. Brown|Mas|[[Mr. Cheeks]]|Mr. Sexxx|Rated R|[[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]]|Terence Dudley}}
| prev_title   =
| prev_year    =
| next_title   = [[Back Again! (Mr. Cheeks album)|Back Again!]]
| next_year    = 2003
| misc         = {{Singles
| name        = John P. Kelly
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Lights, Camera, Action! (song)|Lights, Camera, Action!]]
| single1date = August 7, 2001
| single2     = Friday Night
| single2date = May 14, 2002
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |title=Mr. Cheeks - John P. Kelly Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/john-p-kelly-mw0000015608 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[HipHopDX]]''
| rev2score = 3/5<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=DeMarco |date=October 23, 2001 |title=Mr. Cheeks - John P. Kelly |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.105/title.mr-cheeks-john-p-kelly |access-date=April 10, 2023 |website=[[HipHopDX]] |language=en}}</ref>
}}
'''''John P. Kelly''''' is the debut solo studio album by American rapper [[Mr. Cheeks]]. It was released on October 16, 2001 through [[Universal Music Group|Universal Records]]. Production was handled by Mr. Sexxx, [[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]], DJ Sage, [[Bink (record producer)|Bink!]], Caspa, Dejah, [[Easy Mo Bee]], J.J. Brown, Mas, Rated R, Terence Dudley, and Mr. Cheeks himself. It features guest appearances from Stephen Marley, [[Big Gipp]], [[Horace Brown (musician)|Horace Brown]] and W. Walt.
The album debuted at number 32 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number five on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart in the United States. Its lead single "[[Lights, Camera, Action! (song)|Lights, Camera, Action!]]" reached number 14 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and topped the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] chart. A follow-up single "Friday Night" made it only to number 87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Radio Intro
| writer1 =
| extra1 = [[Mr. Cheeks]]
| length1 = 0:53
| title2 = [[Lights, Camera, Action! (song)|Lights, Camera, Action!]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|[[Leonard Caston Jr.|Leonard Caston]]|Anita Poree|[[Frank Wilson (musician)]]|[[Mr. Cheeks|Terrance Kelly]]|[[Bink (record producer)|Roosevelt Harrell]]}}
| extra2 = [[Bink (record producer)|Bink!]]
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Mama Say
| note3 = featuring [[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Kelly|[[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]]|David Saget}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|[[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]]|DJ Sage{{ref|c|[c]}}}}
| length3 = 5:02
| title4 = Friday Night
| note4 = featuring [[Horace Brown (musician)|Horace Brown]]
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[Sylvester Levay]]|[[Michael Kunze|Stephan Prager]]|Kelly|Garfield Duncan|[[Horace Brown (musician)|Horace Brown]]|Walter Susswell}}
| extra4 = Mr. Sexxx
| length4 = 5:25
| title5 = Here We Come
| writer5 = {{hlist|Kelly|[[Easy Mo Bee|Osten Harvey Jr.]]|Timothy Patterson}}
| extra5 = [[Easy Mo Bee]]
| length5 = 4:15
| title6 = Bump Heads
| note6 = featuring [[Big Gipp]]
| writer6 = {{hlist|Kelly|Duncan|[[Big Gipp|Cameron Gipp]]}}
| extra6 = Mr. Sexxx
| length6 = 5:01
| title7 = Worldwide Bouncin'
| writer7 = {{hlist|Kelly|Duncan|Patterson}}
| extra7 = Mr. Sexxx
| length7 = 4:18
| title8 = What the Fuck Is This?
| writer8 = {{hlist|Kelly|Ted Hogan|Kenneth Payton}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Caspa|Dejah}}
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = Till We Meet Again
| note9 = featuring Stephen Marley
| writer9 = {{hlist|Kelly|Marley}}
| extra9 = Stephen Marley
| length9 = 5:42
| title10 = I Remember
| writer10 = {{hlist|[[Joan Armatrading]]|Kelly|Jason Brown}}
| extra10 = J.J. Brown
| length10 = 3:53
| title11 = Let's Go
| writer11 = {{hlist|Kelly|Ralphy Salas|Thomas Weisman}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Rated R|Mas}}
| length11 = 3:50
| title12 = Fuckin' With Walt
| writer12 = {{hlist|Kelly|Terrance Dudley}}
| extra12 = Terance Dudley
| length12 = 1:20
| title13 = Unanimous Decision
| writer13 = {{hlist|Kelly|Saget|George Valdez}}
| extra13 = DJ Sage
| length13 = 2:59
| title14 = Major
| writer14 = {{hlist|Kelly|Duncan}}
| extra14 = Mr. Sexxx
| length14 = 4:41
| total_length = 55:23
}}
'''Notes'''
*{{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} signifies a co-[[Record producer|producer]].
'''Sample credits'''
* "Lights, Camera, Action!" contains elements from "[[Keep On Truckin' (song)|Keep On Truckin']]", written by [[Leonard Caston Jr.|Leonard Caston]], Anita Poree, and [[Frank Wilson (musician)]]; and performed by [[Eddie Kendricks]].
* "Friday Night" contains elements from "[[Fly, Robin, Fly]]", written by [[Sylvester Levay]] and [[Michael Kunze|Stephan Prager]], and performed by [[Silver Convention]].
* "I Remember" contains elements from "Warm Love", written and performed by [[Joan Armatrading]].
==Personnel==
{{div col}}
*Terrance "[[Mr. Cheeks]]" Kelly – vocals, producer <small>(track 1)</small>, executive producer
*[[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]] – vocals & producer <small>(tracks: 3, 9)</small>, keyboards <small>(track 9)</small>
*[[Horace Brown (musician)|Horace Brown]] – vocals <small>(track 4)</small>
*Cameron "[[Big Gipp]]" Gipp – vocals <small>(track 6)</small>
*Tim "Buttnaked Tim Dawg" Patterson – backing vocals <small>(track 7)</small>
*[[Damian Marley]] – backing vocals <small>(track 9)</small>
*W. Walt – vocals <small>(track 12)</small>
*Christopher Meredith – bass <small>(track 3)</small>
*[[Julian Marley]] – keyboards <small>(tracks: 3, 9)</small>, bass <small>(track 9)</small>
*D.J. Sage – programming & co-producer <small>(track 3)</small>, producer <small>(track 13)</small>
*Steven "[[Stevie J]]" Jordan – programming <small>(track 9)</small>
*Roosevelt "[[Bink!]]" Harrell III – producer & recording <small>(track 2)</small>
*Garfield "Mr. Sexxx" Duncan – producer <small>(tracks: 4, 6, 7, 14)</small>, recording & mixing <small>(track 4)</small>, executive producer
*Osten "[[Easy Mo Bee]]" Harvey Jr. – producer <small>(track 5)</small>
*Ted "Caspa" Hogan – producer <small>(track 8)</small>
*Dejah – producer <small>(track 8)</small>
*Jason "J.J." Brown – producer <small>(track 10)</small>
*Ralphy "Rated R" Salas – producer <small>(track 11)</small>
*Thomas "Mas" Weisman – producer <small>(track 11)</small>
*Terence Quentin Dudley – producer <small>(track 12)</small>
*Leslie Brathwaite – recording & mixing <small>(tracks: 1, 5-8, 10-14)</small>
*Julio Ferrer – recording <small>(tracks: 3, 9)</small>
*Alrick Thompson – recording <small>(tracks: 3, 9)</small>
*Jim "Bonzai" Caruso – mixing <small>(tracks: 3, 9)</small>
*Dan Maier – engineering <small>(track 10)</small>
*Mark Goodchild – recording and mixing assistant <small>(tracks: 1, 5-8, 10-14)</small>
*Jason Tumminello – mixing assistant <small>(track 9)</small>
*[[James Cruz]] – mastering
*Charles Suitt – executive producer, management
*Sandy Brummels – art direction
*JSwift – design
*Nitin Vadukul – photography
*Charmaine Edwards – A&R
*Eloise Bryan – A&R
*Nina Freeman – A&R
*Todd Eleerby – management
{{div col end}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2001)
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|-
! scope="row" |US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 3, 2001 |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=113 |issue=44 |page=94 |issn=0006-2510 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410165354/https://books.google.com/books?id=2hEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
| 32
|-
! scope="row" |US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=November 3, 2001 |title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=113 |issue=44 |page=45 |issn=0006-2510 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427010632/https://books.google.com/books?id=2hEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45 |archive-date=April 27, 2023 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
| 5
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Discogs master|78197|Mr. Cheeks – John P. Kelly}}
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[[Category:Mr. Cheeks albums]]
[[Category:2001 debut albums]]
[[Category:Universal Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Easy Mo Bee]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Bink (record producer)]]