Born into the 90's is R. Kelly's collaboration album with his group Public Announcement. Released in January 1992, the album became an R&B hit with the success of singles such as "She's Got That Vibe" (the album's biggest hit in the UK, at No. 3), "Dedicated", and Kelly's first two No. 1 R&B hits: "Honey Love", and "Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)". "Honey Love" topped the Billboard R&B Singles chart for two weeks, while "She's Got That Vibe" and "Slow Dance (Hey Mr DJ)" hit the Top 40 respectively. By June 1992, Born into the 90's was eventually certified platinum and picked up an American Music Award nomination for Favorite Soul/R&B Single ("Honey Love"). R. Kelly separated from the group before he began recording his next album.

Track listing

Personnel Timmy Allen – programming Pete Christensen – assistant engineer Michael Clark – producer Rick "SL8" Cruz – engineer, assistant engineer Gary "Bump City" Daniels – programming (Tatum & West) Jose Fernandez – programming Georgette Franklin – background vocals Marcus Geeter – grooming Stephen George – producer Karen Gordon – background vocals Joe Grant – photography Barry Hankerson – executive producer Gerard Julien – engineer, assistant engineer R. Kelly – vocals, background vocals, producer, keyboards, drum programming, mixing Steven Levy – engineer, assistant engineer Doug Michael – engineer, assistant engineer Mr. Lee – arranger, programming, producer, vocals, mixing Peter Mokran – engineer, mixing Tim Nitz – engineer Cirland Noel – engineer Tim Nutz – assistant engineer Herb Powers – mastering Michael Schlesinger – engineer, mixing Dana Stovall – background vocals Allan Byrd Tatum – programming, background vocals Chris Trevett – engineer, mixing Tom Vercillo – programming, engineer, mixing Bobby West – keyboards Danny Wilensky – saxophone Wayne Williams – producer Nicole Wilson – background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. 146 Chart (2001) Peak position

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position US Billboard 200 96 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 4

Certifications

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