The Best of Both Worlds (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)

The album spawned three singles from its songs. The first single, "Honey" was released on January 16, 2002 as the lead single for the album. It was produced by R. Kelly and Poke and Tone. The song contains a sample of "Love You Inside Out" by the Bee Gees. The single failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 but managed to peak at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "Get this Money" was released in March 2002. The third single, "Take You Home with Me a.k.a. Body" was released on May 21, 2002. Both of which failed to chart. ==Critical reception==

The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics. Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic stated that "while the idea of a collaborative album was a reasonable one, the album falls terribly short of both artists' high standards". He also called the album uninspired and claims it "rates among the poorest efforts -- arguably the poorest -- in either Kelly's or Jay-Z's catalog to date." He gave the album a two star rating out of five. ==Commercial performance==

The Best of Both Worlds debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 223,000 copies in its first week. This became Jay-Z's fifth US top-ten album and R. Kelly's fifth on the chart. In its third week, the album dropped to number six on the chart, selling 82,000 more copies. As of November 2004, the album has sold 875,000 copies in the United States. ==Track listing==

• Carter • Kelly • Samuel Barnes • Jean-Claude Olivier }} • R. Kelly • Poke and Tone }} • Carter • Kelly }} • R. Kelly • Poke and Tone }} • Carter • Kelly • Ronald Isley • Rudolph Isley • O'Kelly Isley • Ernie Isley • Marvin Isley • Chris Jasper }} • R. Kelly • Poke and Tone }} • Carter • Kelly }} • Carter • Kelly • Dwight Grant }} • R. Kelly • Tone }} • Carter • Kelly • Kim Jones • Barnes • Olivier }} • R. Kelly • Poke and Tone }} • Carter • Kelly • Barnes • Olivier }} • R. Kelly • Poke and Tone }} • Carter • Kelly }} • R. Kelly • Tone }} • Carter • Kelly • Barnes • Olivier }} • R. Kelly • Poke and Tone }} • Carter • Kelly • Barnes • Olivier • Maurice Gibb • Barry Gibb • Robin Gibb }} • R. Kelly • Poke and Tone }} • Carter • Kelly }} }} Notes • signifies a co-producer ==Charts==

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