12 Play

Infobox Album |
Name = 12 Play
Type = Album
Artist = R. Kelly


Released = November 9, 1993
Recorded = 1992-1993
Genre = R&B, soul
Length = 63:10
Label = Jive
Producer = R. Kelly
Timmy Allen
Barry Hankerson (executive)
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:l4fe4jo71way link]
* Robert Christgau (C+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1153&name=R.+Kelly link]
Last album = "Born into the '90s"
(1992)
This album = "12 Play"
(1993)
Next album = ""'R. Kelly"
(1995)

"12 Play" is the second album released by R&B musician R. Kelly. Released in the fall of 1993, the album established him as a force in the urban music world just as he had left his band, Public Announcement. The album features the unsubtle bedroom anthems, "Bump & Grind" (his first U.S. #1) and "Your Body's Calling" (U.S. #13). It also featured the more overtly direct "Sex Me, Pts. 1 & 2" (U.S. #20). "Bump N' Grind" is featured on Grand Theft Auto IV's fictional radio station The Vibe 98.8.

This album was the first of a tetralogy of albums Kelly later released under the "12 Play" moniker including "TP-2.com" (2000) "" (2005) and the soon to be released "" (2008).

Track listing

#"Your Body's Calling"* (R. Kelly)
#"Bump N' Grind" (R. Kelly)
#"Homie Lover Friend"* (R. Kelly)
#"Seems Like You're Ready" (R. Kelly)
#"Freak Dat Body" (R. Kelly)
#"I Like The Crotch On You" (R. Kelly)
#"Summer Bunnies"* (R. Kelly, R. Calhoun)
#"For You" (R. Kelly)
#"Back To the Hood Of Things" audio|R. Kelly - Back To The Hood Of Things.ogg|Listen (R. Kelly, A. Young, C. Broadus)
#"Sadie" (J. Jefferson, B. Hawes, C. Simmons)
#"Sex Me, Pts. 1 & 2" (R. Kelly)
#"12 Play."* (R. Kelly)

Credits

* All songs were written, produced, and arranged by R. Kelly
* additional production by Timmy Allen on "Your Body's Calling", "Homie Lover Friend", "Summer Bunnies" and "12 Play"
* Executive Producer: Barry Hankerson

External links

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* [http://www.12-play.net/ The R Kelly Forums]

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