R. Kelly/Jay-Z - The Best of Both Worlds

Both R. Kelly and Jay-z were flying high around the time of The Best Of Both Worlds, so the idea of a collaborative album was a reasonable one, following up the success of The Blueprint (2001) and Tp-2.com (2000). Unfortunately, Jay-Z's contributions (interjections and verses, mainly) sound like filler on The Best Of Both Worlds, although Kelly fares better, supplying some potent hooks and co-producing the tracks with The Trackmasters (i.e., Poke and Tone), but he can't carry the album alone. Read More