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
Notes signifies a co-producer.
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 Chart (2001) Peak positionUS Billboard 200 32US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 5
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