Unfinished Business (Jay-Z and R. Kelly album)

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"It was definitely a friendly competition. He'd send me something and I'd be like, 'Oh, he killed that. Now I've got to kill it, too.' And every time I sent him something, he'd be like, 'Maaaannnn. All you've got to do is rap. I've got to put it in perfect pitch and harmony and still be saying something. You're putting pressure on me." [6]

R. Kelly in a 2001 MTV interview stated that they had recorded nine songs by December 10. [5] Album producers Tone and Poke also made sure the songs moved along.

Best of Both Worlds Tour (Jay-Z and R. Kelly)

Unfinished Business
Unfinished BusinessJay-Z&R.Kelly.jpg
Studio album by
Jay-Z and R. Kelly
ReleasedOctober 26, 2004
Recorded2001–2004
StudioThe Chocolate Factory and Rock Land Studios
(Chicago)
Baseline Recording Studios
(New York City)
Genre
Length44:34
Label
Producer
Jay-Z and R. Kelly chronology
The Best of Both Worlds
(2002)		Unfinished Business
(2004)
Jay-Z chronology
The Black Album
(2003)		Unfinished Business
(2004)		 Collision Course
(2004)
The Best of Both Worlds Tour
Tour by Jay-Z and R. Kelly
Associated album
Start dateSeptember 29, 2004
End dateOctober 29, 2004 (was scheduled to last through November 28)
No. of shows24 (40 shows were planned)
R. Kelly concert chronology

The Best of Both Worlds Tour was a United States-only, 40-city tour to promote Unfinished Business, headlined by Jay-Z and R. Kelly. Artists affiliated with Roc-A-Fella performed with Jay-Z during his solo sets. It was sponsored by Atlanta Worldwide Touring. [17] The tour was originally planned for 2002, but was scrapped after the R. Kelly accusations surfaced. It was originally announced on August 19, 2004, [18] [19] with initial tour dates coming on August 27. [20] The remaining shows were announced on October 6. [21] The concert was expected to gross $30 million.

Although the concert was well received by critics, they noticed tension between R. Kelly and Jay-Z. The two only performed together on stage for the beginning and finale sets. Sean Daly of The Washington Post wrote on their interactions, "Did any of it look remotely genuine? Absolutely not. How about "As the Best of Both Worlds Turn?". [22]

To help promote voting in the upcoming presidential election in the United States, Jay-Z used the tour dates in Ohio to register eligible voters using his organization Voice Your Choice and music executive Russell Simmons' Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. [23]

Concert synopsis

The concerts began with a video depicting a news report high-speed police chase of two buses heading to the arena. At the climax, the arena is darkened and the two vehicles crash and break a faux-wall on the stage. From there, R. Kelly and Jay-Z exit their respective vehicles clad in white suits and perform "The Best of Both Worlds", "Shake Ya Body", "Take You Home With Me A.K.A. Body", and "Somebody's Girl" from the Best of Both Worlds album. R. Kelly then goes backstage while Jay-Z and his entourage perform their set. From there, the two transition with 10 to 20 minute sets consisting of their songs. After about five, they then conclude with the songs "Fiesta Remix", "Big Chips" and "Hell Yeah".

Controversy

During the first Rosemont concert, R. Kelly ran a skit that made light of his court case. [24] [25] Due to national outrage, he removed the act from the second concert. For reasons both Jay-Z and R. Kelly dispute, Kelly was more than two hours late for the next day's concert that ended at 1 AM—and, to make matters worse, R. Kelly left before the final joint set. The tour was unable to make it to Cincinnati, Ohio, for the next concert and was therefore canceled. [24] On October 17, Jay-Z left early to attend to an emergency, but was later seen at the R&B singer Usher's birthday party. R. Kelly stopped his set midway through the October 23 St. Louis concert for difficulty with the lighting. [23] The Milwaukee and Hartford shows were canceled for technical difficulties.

The tension boiled over in New York City's Madison Square Garden on Friday, October 29 when R. Kelly told the audience that two men were showing their guns to him. [2] [26] [27] [28] Although various media reports dispute the actual time of the disturbance, it is presumed to be near the beginning to an hour into R. Kelly's set. Madison Square Garden security then searched the area but found nothing and gave clearance for R. Kelly and his bodyguards to return. [28] On their walk back, they were suddenly pepper-sprayed by Tyran "Ty Ty" Smith, a childhood friend of Jay-Z and rushed to nearby Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center. By this time Jay-Z was performing onstage in place of R. Kelly, unaware of the backstage violence. After a 45-minute set, he told the crowd he would have a show for them in a few minutes. [28] Jay-Z returned with several musicians in the crowd Usher, Mary J. Blige, and rappers Foxy Brown, Ja Rule, T.I., P. Diddy and his Roc-A-Fella entourage.

Aftermath

Following the show, both Jay-Z and R. Kelly interviewed separately with New York City radio station WQHT personality Angie Martinez. Jay-Z mocked R. Kelly's claims of a gun in the audience, saying, ""That's Madison Square Garden. You cannot get a gun in Madison Square Garden. Does he know where he's at?" [28] He also confirmed the rumors of their strained relationship and called R. Kelly insecure about his louder reception at concerts and being over-concerned about stage lighting. [26] [28] Although R. Kelly confessed that he had not actually seen any guns, he was cautious after a threatening phone call earlier Friday. [28] He also expressed his desire to perform at Saturday's show. [28] The next day, Madison Square Garden banned R. Kelly and his group from that night's show, and Atlantic Worldwide Touring banned R. Kelly from the rest of the tour, which was renamed Jay-Z and Friends. [27]

After a statement detailing his disappointment at being barred, R. Kelly sued Jay-Z, Atlantic Worldwide, and his production company Marcy Projects on the next day (November 1) for breach of contract and $75 million in damages ($60 million in punitive damages and $15 million for lost income) as a result of not being able to tour. [2] The suit alleged that lighting problems caused by Jay-Z's production staff had been plaguing his performances since rehearsals in September and had to resort to fixing them himself or hiring a professional. It also accused Jay-Z of being jealous of the 60/40 split R. Kelly had over the tour gross and thus conspired the events that occurred at Madison Square Garden pressured Atlantic Worldwide to remove him. [2]

Jay-Z countersued in January 2005, claiming R. Kelly showed erratic behavior that included: being periodically late or absent from meetings and rehearsals, missing deadlines for material, and sudden demands and requests that led to several concert delays and cancellations that resulted in loss of gross. R. Kelly's lawyers challenged it as "inaccurate smears of Mr. Kelly that are utterly irrelevant to the issues of the case". [29] They further claimed it didn't deny that the rapper refused to work with R. Kelly after the Madison Square Garden incident and thus broke the contract. [29] It was ultimately thrown out by a judge in May 2005, who agreed. [30]

Jay-Z referenced R. Kelly's lawsuit on a remix of the 2004 hip hop song, "Drop It Like It's Hot". [31]

These niggas givin' out cases like a liquor store
Runnin' to the DA tryin' to get me for it
All the money it made, I'm like forget the law
I'm not 'fr-iz-aid, it J-iz-ay homie you got pl-iz-ayed
Take it like a man, the flow ran you off the st-iz-age (go sit down)
Wastin' ya time tryin' to sue S Dot tell ya lawyer
Take that civil case and drop it like it's hot

Ty Smith was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, which carried one year of prison, on November 12 for the pepper-spraying incident. [32] In November 2005, R. Kelly filed another lawsuit against Jay-Z, claiming Smith was awarded with vice president of Def Jam's artist and repertoire. [33] Regardless, he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2006 in a plea deal that contained no jail time. [34]

Tour dates

The exterior of Madison Square Garden, where the last show took place on October 29. Madisonsquaregarden.jpg
The exterior of Madison Square Garden, where the last show took place on October 29.
DateCityCountryVenue
September 29, 2004 Rosemont [35] United States Allstate Arena
September 30, 2004
October 1, 2004 Cincinnati U.S. Bank Arena
October 2, 2004 Columbus Value City Arena
October 3, 2004 Cleveland CSU Convocation Center
October 5, 2004 Buffalo HSBC Arena
October 7, 2004Washington, D.C. [22] [36] [37] MCI Center
October 8, 2004 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
October 9, 2004 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
October 10, 2004 Nashville Gaylord Entertainment Center
October 13, 2004 Dallas American Airlines Center
October 14, 2004 New Orleans New Orleans Arena
October 15, 2004 Houston Toyota Center
October 16, 2004 Oklahoma City Ford Center
October 17, 2004 Memphis FedExForum
October 19, 2004 Minneapolis [38] Target Center
October 21, 2004 North Little Rock Alltel Arena
October 22, 2004 Birmingham Birmingham-Jefferson Arena
October 23, 2004 St. Louis Savvis Center
October 24, 2004 Milwaukee Bradley Center
October 26, 2004 Hartford Hartford Civic Center
October 28, 2004 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
October 29, 2004New York City Madison Square Garden

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [39]
Pitchfork (6.7/10) [40]
RapReviews.com(7.0/10) [41]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [42]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [43]

The album received mixed reviews from critics whom criticized the album for having the same theme as their previous outing and accused both artists of a cheap cash–in to promote their tour. Jon Caramanica of the Rolling Stone criticized Jay-Z's raps as boring. [44] Rapreviews.com's Steve Juon judged the album as a tolerable release, saying "this time R. Kelly's peanut butter R&B is actually de-emphasized a little in favor of Jay-Z's hip-hop chocolate. That's fine by me, because it tastes better that way. Not as good as an unrestrained and unfettered Jay-Z does by himself mind you, but it's an improvement." [45]

Commercial performance

Unfinished Business debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 215,000 copies in its first week. [3] This became Jay-Z’s seventh US number one album and R. Kelly's fourth. [3] In its second week, the album dropped to number ten on the chart, selling an additional 71,000 copies. [46] On December 1, 2004, the album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over one million copies in the United States. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Return"
  • Tone
  • Alexander "Spanador" Mosley [a]
3:53
2."Big Chips"
4:43
3."We Got 'Em Goin'" (featuring Memphis Bleek)
  • Tone
  • R. Kelly
4:00
4."She's Coming Home with Me"
  • R. Kelly
  • S. Carter
  • S. Barnes
  • J.C. Olivier
  • A. Mosley
  • Poke and Tone
  • Alexander "Spanador" Mosley [a]
3:49
5."Feelin' You in Stereo"
  • R. Kelly
  • S. Carter
R. Kelly3:42
6."Stop" (featuring Foxy Brown)
Tone4:22
7."Mo' Money" (featuring Twista)
Tone4:08
8."Pretty Girls"
  • R. Kelly
  • S. Carter
  • Tone
  • R. Kelly
3:34
9."Break Up (That's All We Do)"
  • R. Kelly
  • S. Carter
  • S. Barnes
  • T. Bell
  • L. Creed
  • K. Gamble
Tone4:31
10."Don't Let Me Die"
  • R. Kelly
  • S. Carter
  • S. Barnes
  • J.C. Olivier
  • A. Mosley
  • Tone
  • R. Kelly
  • Alexander "Spanador" Mosley [a]
4:51
11."The Return (Remix)" (featuring Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh)
  • Tone
  • Alexander "Spanador" Mosley [a]
2:58

Notes

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [4] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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