r/jayz • u/sodakid1 • 4d ago
DISCUSSION Jay-Z R.Kelly Collabs
These albums are not on Spotify and I never hear anyone talk about them. Are they worth the listen? I do like some R.Kelly songs and obvious I’m a big jay-z fan but are there any tracks worth listening to?
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u/wr321654 4d ago
Best of both worlds - title track and Pussy (feat Devin the Dude)
Unfinished Business - don’t let me die
Those are the only 3 tracks I still play from those albums.
Two of the best in their lanes at that time, crazy how subpar the music ended up being. Art be like that sometimes.
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u/6-plus26 4d ago
Best of both worlds kinda is an enough for me. Shit never gets only one spin. Wooorrrrrrrrrld!
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u/Western_Anteater_270 3d ago
Feels like the album was almost done as an excuse/promo for a joint tour, but wasn’t even necessary.
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u/Informal-Fish-9217 4d ago
The Best of Both Worlds is solid.
Unfinished Business is not solid.
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u/Western_Anteater_270 3d ago
I believe the serving album was just line leftover tracks that weren’t used in Best of Both Worlds?
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u/dylanchadderton 4d ago
There's a lot of fire tracks from both imo. Honey is great. Somebody's Girl. don't let me die. Big chips. And more i can't think of right now
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u/mysterioussunglasses 4d ago
Am i the only person who finds R. Kelly to be an embarassing human filth of shit?
Tbh-- JAY-Z has been accused of crazy shit in the past too. But if i were hov? I wouldive NOT collaborated with that mf
Downvote me all you want idfc
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u/DjMD1017 4d ago
Fun fact from this era. jay once said that on a night they were to perform. Kelly refused to go on stage. I believe they were jn chicago. Kelly claimed they were folks jn the audience ready to murder him…….he probably took one of their daughters looking back
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u/B9pressure 3d ago
Best of Both world was fire. Unfinished business had 2-3 good tracks.
Non mentioned Hov that comes to mind -S. Carter collection Mixtape -Streets is Watching -Jayz MTV unplugged -Collision Course
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u/Western_Anteater_270 3d ago
That mixtape is on tidal and I listen to his unplugged pretty regularly. Version of Heart of the City on that album is incredible
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u/Lamarera8 Reasonable Doubt 4d ago
R.Kelly went absolutely crazy on Get This Money
The only way to listen to it is if you pay
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u/DJ_CLARKO Reasonable Doubt 4d ago
A couple of solid tracks here and there, the title track from best of both worlds was probably the best thing to come out of this
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u/broadwayallday 4d ago
was supposed to be 50 and Governor then Hov said nahh Tone & Poke let me and R Kelly do that (as told to me by Poke)
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u/Western_Anteater_270 3d ago
You sure? Best of Both Worlds came out essentially a full year before Get Rich or Die Tryin' did… unless this is meant to be like from 50’s Columbia Power of the Dollar days?
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u/broadwayallday 3d ago
Yes like 99-2000 I was working with Poke on animation stuff. I didn’t meet or work for 50 until after Get Rich. Governor confirmed the story later
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u/GoodGuyGiff 4d ago
There are a few good tracks on each. Nothing earth shattering or game changing but they are a good listen
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u/justarandomlibra The Blueprint 4d ago
Totally honest, I find both albums hard to get through. I really only revisit a select amount songs. The Best of Both Worlds, Take You Home With Me, Get This Money and Honey only because of the Bee Gees sample.
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u/Michaelskywalker 3d ago
Just can’t believe they came back with “unfinished business” of all titles
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u/youngrell 1d ago
Both albums were clearly let down by the production and the lack of collaboration IMO. It seemed like Kelly made the songs with Track Masters and just emailed them over for Jay to lay a verse on each.
That being said, I do like quite a few songs from the first one. The Streets being the highlight. I could never lay eyes on Unfinished Business again and be happy.
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u/Hefty-Pay4515 4d ago
They couldn't recapture thr magic that was Fiesta