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TP.3 Reloaded (2005)
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Critics mostly gave this album mixed reviews, yet it debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 491,000 copies in its first week.
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Overview
- TP.3 Reloaded: seventh studio album by American R&B singer R. Kelly
- Released by Jive Records on July 5, 2005 in the United States
- Third installment of Kelly's 12 Play series
- Includes the first five parts of the song "Trapped in the Closet"
- Debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and became Kelly's fifth number-one album on that chart
Background
- The 12 Play trilogy also includes 12 Play (1993) and TP-2.com (2000)
- Kelly's discography is made up of thirteen studio albums, among other releases
Recording
- Discogs credits list Abel Garibaldi, Andy Gallas, Dylan Ely, Ian Mereness, Nathan Wheeler and Steve Bearsley as recording engineers
- Mixing credited to Serban Ghenea and Ian Mereness, with R. Kelly as co-mixer
- Mastering by Herb Powers Jr.
- All tracks produced by R. Kelly, except "Playa's Only" (Scott Storch) and "Burn It Up" (Luny Tunes, co-produced by R. Kelly)
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com
Tracklist
Disc 1
| 1 | Playa's Only | 3:52 |
| 2 | Happy Summertime | 3:38 |
| 3 | In the Kitchen | 3:37 |
| 4 | Slow Wind | 3:21 |
| 5 | Put My T-Shirt On | 4:30 |
| 6 | Remote Control | 5:19 |
| 7 | Kickin' It With Your Girlfriend | 3:34 |
| 8 | Reggae Bump, Bump | 5:22 |
| 9 | Touchin' | 5:01 |
| 10 | Girls Go Crazy | 4:30 |
| 11 | Hit It Till the Mornin' | 4:19 |
| 12 | Sex Weed | 4:25 |
| 13 | (Sex) Love Is What We Makin' | 3:38 |
| 14 | Burn It Up | 3:52 |
| 15 | Trapped in the Closet Chapter 1 | 3:26 |
| 16 | Trapped in the Closet Chapter 2 | 3:16 |
| 17 | Trapped in the Closet Chapter 3 | 3:16 |
| 18 | Trapped in the Closet Chapter 4 | 3:16 |
| 19 | Trapped in the Closet Chapter 5 | 3:20 |
Disc 2
| 1 | Trapped in the Closet (Chapters 1-5) - The Longform Video |
Sources: musicbrainz.org
Artist
Formation
- Born Robert Sylvester Kelly on January 8, 1967, on Chicago's South Side, Illinois.
- Began performing in the subway under Chicago "L" tracks, busking at the Jackson station on the Red Line.
- Joined the group MGM (Musically Gifted Men) formed in 1989, which won a $100,000 prize on the TV show Big Break in 1991 before disbanding.
Career
- Signed with Jive Records in 1991; debut Born into the 90's (1992, with Public Announcement) yielded hits including "She's Got That Vibe".
- Solo album 12 Play (1993) produced the number-one hit "Bump N' Grind", which spent a record 12 weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.
- "I Believe I Can Fly" (1996) won three Grammy Awards in 1998.
- Wrote and produced "You Are Not Alone" for Michael Jackson, which debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100.
- Sold over 75 million records worldwide; Billboard ranked him the 9th greatest R&B artist of all time.
- Convicted in 2021 and 2022 on child sex offences and sentenced to a combined 31 years; his career ended after these convictions.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Reception
At release
- Metacritic gives the album an average score of 60 based on 18 reviews, which is a mixed reception
- Rolling Stone's Christian Hoard called the album a "return to form"
- Christian Hoard also wrote that the album shows how little Kelly has learned about life and how much he has learned about hitmaking
- Pitchfork's Rob Mitchum wrote that one of those albums where every song sounds like a radio single
- Vibe praised the range of musical styles on the album
- The New York Times' Jon Pareles wrote that Kelly models his singing and songwriting on Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and especially Prince
- AllMusic editor Andy Kellman gave the album two and a half stars out of five
- Entertainment Weekly's Raymond Fiore wrote that Kelly descends into pitiful self-parody on his seventh solo album
- Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani called the album some "epic piece of crap."
Reappraisal
- Critical reception was mixed, with some praise for variety and some for the self-parody and lewd lyrics
Records
- Debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 491,000 copies
- Ninth number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list
- On August 8, 2005, certified Gold and Platinum by the RIAA
- By October 2005, sold 1.02 million copies in the US according to Nielsen Soundscan
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
Trivia
- The album adds the DVD of "Trapped in the Closet" (Chapters 1-5) to the track listing in the French version.
- Slant Magazine's Sal Cinquemani called the album an "epic piece of crap."
- The A.V. Club's Nathan Rabin called it "intermittently fun but uneven."
- Keith Harris of The Village Voice wrote that only a true beat-whore could groove along complacently to the album.
- The album is Kelly's ninth number one on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums list.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org