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The Best of Both Worlds by Jay-Z

The Best of Both Worlds

Release Date: 3/18/2002

Recording Date: 3/2002

Tracks: 13

Label: Jive

Type: CD,CS,LP

Genre/Styles:
Rap, Urban, Vocals, United States of America, East Coast Rap, Electronic Drums

Album Tracks (13)

Song Title
Length
1.
The Best of Both Worlds
03:12
2.
Take You Home with Me (aka Body)
03:35
3.
Break Up to Make Up
04:08
4.
It Ain't Personal
04:24
5.
The Streets
04:34
6.
Green Light
02:48
7.
Naked
03:08
8.
Shake Ya Body
03:19
9.
Somebody's Girl
03:41
10.
Get This Money
03:04
11.
Shorty
04:10
12.
Honey
04:02
13.
P***y
04:50

What the Critics Say

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. Still, there are some moments where the collaborations click, particularly on the album's singles, "Get This Money" and "Take You Home with Me." ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi

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