John P. Kelly is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Mr. Cheeks . It was released on October 16, 2001 through Universal Records . Production was handled by Mr. Sexxx, Stephen Marley , DJ Sage, 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 and W. Walt.
The album debuted at number 32 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single "Lights, Camera, Action! " reached number 14 on the 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
Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Radio Intro" Mr. Cheeks 0:53 2. "Lights, Camera, Action! " Bink! 4:21 3. "Mama Say" (featuring Stephen Marley ) 5:02 4. "Friday Night" (featuring Horace Brown ) Mr. Sexxx 5:25 5. "Here We Come" Easy Mo Bee 4:15 6. "Bump Heads" (featuring Big Gipp ) Mr. Sexxx 5:01 7. "Worldwide Bouncin'" Mr. Sexxx 4:18 8. "What the Fuck Is This?" Kelly Ted Hogan Kenneth Payton 3:43 9. "Till We Meet Again" (featuring Stephen Marley) Stephen Marley 5:42 10. "I Remember" J.J. Brown 3:53 11. "Let's Go" Kelly Ralphy Salas Thomas Weisman 3:50 12. "Fuckin' With Walt" Terance Dudley 1:20 13. "Unanimous Decision" DJ Sage 2:59 14. "Major" Mr. Sexxx 4:41 Total length: 55:23
Notes
Sample credits
"Lights, Camera, Action!" contains elements from "Keep On Truckin' ", written by 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 Stephan Prager , and performed by Silver Convention .
"I Remember" contains elements from "Warm Love", written and performed by Joan Armatrading .
Personnel
Terrance "Mr. Cheeks " Kelly – vocals, producer (track 1) , executive producer
Stephen Marley – vocals & producer (tracks: 3, 9) , keyboards (track 9)
Horace Brown – vocals (track 4)
Cameron "Big Gipp " Gipp – vocals (track 6)
Tim "Buttnaked Tim Dawg" Patterson – backing vocals (track 7)
Damian Marley – backing vocals (track 9)
W. Walt – vocals (track 12)
Christopher Meredith – bass (track 3)
Julian Marley – keyboards (tracks: 3, 9) , bass (track 9)
D.J. Sage – programming & co-producer (track 3) , producer (track 13)
Steven "Stevie J " Jordan – programming (track 9)
Roosevelt "Bink! " Harrell III – producer & recording (track 2)
Garfield "Mr. Sexxx" Duncan – producer (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 14) , recording & mixing (track 4) , executive producer
Osten "Easy Mo Bee " Harvey Jr. – producer (track 5)
Ted "Caspa" Hogan – producer (track 8)
Dejah – producer (track 8)
Jason "J.J." Brown – producer (track 10)
Ralphy "Rated R" Salas – producer (track 11)
Thomas "Mas" Weisman – producer (track 11)
Terence Quentin Dudley – producer (track 12)
Leslie Brathwaite – recording & mixing (tracks: 1, 5-8, 10-14)
Julio Ferrer – recording (tracks: 3, 9)
Alrick Thompson – recording (tracks: 3, 9)
Jim "Bonzai" Caruso – mixing (tracks: 3, 9)
Dan Maier – engineering (track 10)
Mark Goodchild – recording and mixing assistant (tracks: 1, 5-8, 10-14)
Jason Tumminello – mixing assistant (track 9)
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
Charts
References
↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Mr. Cheeks - John P. Kelly Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
↑ Williams, DeMarco (October 23, 2001). "Mr. Cheeks - John P. Kelly" . HipHopDX . Retrieved April 10, 2023 .
↑ "Billboard 200" . Billboard . Vol. 113, no. 44. November 3, 2001. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510 . Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .{{cite magazine }}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums" . Billboard . Vol. 113, no. 44. November 3, 2001. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510 . Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023 .{{cite magazine }}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
External links
Studio albums Compilations Singles Featured singles Related articles