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Afterwards the album became multi-platinum with more than five million sold copies and brought the artist the all-time fame.

R&B charts for twelve record-setting weeks. The disc included such hits as Sex Me and Your Body’s Calling, as well as the single Bump & Grind registering at No. Thinking that solo career would bring him more success, he left the band and in 1993 released his solo album 12 Play. DJ), and all of them were performed by Robert Kelly. Some of the album’s songs became hits – She's Got That Vibe, Honey Love, Dedicated, and Slow Dance (Hey Mr. Kelly arranged a band called Public Announcement and in 1991 they released their debut work Born into the 90’s. Soon he was noticed by a musical producer Wayne Williams, the owner of Jive Records label, and by the end of the year a contract with the young artist was signed. In 1990 Robert took his electronic keyboard and went in the city streets to sing and earn money. Studying at the Kenwood Academy High School he won a young talents show, singing Stevie Wonder’s Ribbon In The Sky, following which he decided to commit himself to music. From early childhood his passions were basketball and music, which he loved more.

Kelly, was born on Januin Chicago, Illinois. It does seem like Kelly is coasting a bit here at times, though, particularly when you hold TP-2.Com up against its massive predecessor, but even when R's lounging, he's generally ahead of the pack.Robert Sylvester Kelly, best known by the name R. There's no Jay-Z-featuring remix of "Fiesta" and no up-tempo one of "Feelin' on Yo Booty," yet TP-2.Com is a strong album nonetheless, three steps ahead of practically every other non-rap urban album from 2000. Only one of those remixes is here though, the "I Wish" one, so take heed. Kelly furthermore unleashes his singles - "I Wish," a mass-appeal vocal pop number with an urban edge "Fiesta," a Latin Invasion cash-in that aims for the dancefloor and "Feelin' on Yo Booty," a whispery come-on for all the weak-kneed ladies and some of the mindful ones too - with tailor-made remixes to ensure himself broad airplay. So to see him return to the simple singles approach of 12 Play is refreshing, particularly since he has plenty of singles to work with here, just as he had with TP-1. an album that straddled the huge gap between the sort of radio pop associated with Celine Dion as well as the street rap of Jay-Z and Nas - it also seemed too overblown at times, as if Kelly had something to prove during an era of double-disc epic rap albums. The straightforwardness is somewhat of a welcome endeavor.

Kelly tames his ambitions a bit on TP-2.Com, assembling a simple sequel to his classic 12 Play album from 1993 rather than another epic venture like his double-disc, all-bases-covered R.