Studio Album · No. 2
12 Play Songwriting Credits by R. Kelly
Produced by R. Kelly, Timmy Allen · Engineered by Peter Mokran, Tom Coyne, Doug McBride, Stefon Taylor
Holds writing credit on 12 of 12 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 12 / 12 documented
Scored across the 12 tracks with documented writers, by whether R. Kelly carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 12 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
Every one of the twelve tracks is Kelly and nobody else, the first of four albums in the catalogue where that is true. Public Announcement are gone, the co-producers are gone from the writing, and what is left is one man writing and producing a platinum record on his own.
12 Play arrived in November 1993 and made him a star, reaching number two on the Billboard 200 and 6x platinum in the US. "Bump n' Grind" spent twelve weeks at number one on the R&B chart and topped the Hot 100.