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John P. Kelly
Studio album by Mr. Cheeks
Released	October 16, 2001 (2001-10-16)
Recorded	2000–01
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	55:23
Label	Universal
Producer	Bink! Caspa Dejah DJ Sage Easy Mo Bee J.J. Brown Mas Mr. Cheeks Mr. Sexxx Rated R Stephen Marley Terence Dudley
Mr. Cheeks chronology
John P. Kelly (2001) Back Again! (2003)
Singles from John P. Kelly
"Lights, Camera, Action!" Released: August 7, 2001 "Friday Night" Released: May 14, 2002

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
HipHopDX	3/5

John P. Kelly is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Mr. Cheeks. It was released on October 16, 2001 through Universal Records. Production was handled by Mr. Sexxx, Stephen Marley, DJ Sage, Bink!, Caspa, Dejah, Easy Mo Bee, J.J. Brown, Mas, Rated R, Terence Dudley, and Mr. Cheeks himself. It features guest appearances from Stephen Marley, Big Gipp, Horace Brown and W. Walt.

The album debuted at number 32 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. Its lead single "Lights, Camera, Action!" reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. A follow-up single "Friday Night" made it only to number 87 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Track listing

Notes

• signifies a co-producer.

Sample credits

• "Lights, Camera, Action!" contains elements from "Keep On Truckin'", written by Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, and Frank Wilson (musician); and performed by Eddie Kendricks.
• "Friday Night" contains elements from "Fly, Robin, Fly", written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager, and performed by Silver Convention.
• "I Remember" contains elements from "Warm Love", written and performed by Joan Armatrading.

Personnel

• Terrance "Mr. Cheeks" Kelly – vocals, producer (track 1), executive producer
• Stephen Marley – vocals & producer (tracks: 3, 9), keyboards (track 9)
• Horace Brown – vocals (track 4)
• Cameron "Big Gipp" Gipp – vocals (track 6)
• Tim "Buttnaked Tim Dawg" Patterson – backing vocals (track 7)
• Damian Marley – backing vocals (track 9)
• W. Walt – vocals (track 12)
• Christopher Meredith – bass (track 3)
• Julian Marley – keyboards (tracks: 3, 9), bass (track 9)
• D.J. Sage – programming & co-producer (track 3), producer (track 13)
• Steven "Stevie J" Jordan – programming (track 9)
• Roosevelt "Bink!" Harrell III – producer & recording (track 2)
• Garfield "Mr. Sexxx" Duncan – producer (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 14), recording & mixing (track 4), executive producer
• Osten "Easy Mo Bee" Harvey Jr. – producer (track 5)
• Ted "Caspa" Hogan – producer (track 8)
• Dejah – producer (track 8)
• Jason "J.J." Brown – producer (track 10)
• Ralphy "Rated R" Salas – producer (track 11)
• Thomas "Mas" Weisman – producer (track 11)
• Terence Quentin Dudley – producer (track 12)
• Leslie Brathwaite – recording & mixing (tracks: 1, 5-8, 10-14)
• Julio Ferrer – recording (tracks: 3, 9)
• Alrick Thompson – recording (tracks: 3, 9)
• Jim "Bonzai" Caruso – mixing (tracks: 3, 9)
• Dan Maier – engineering (track 10)
• Mark Goodchild – recording and mixing assistant (tracks: 1, 5-8, 10-14)
• Jason Tumminello – mixing assistant (track 9)
• James Cruz – mastering
• Charles Suitt – executive producer, management
• Sandy Brummels – art direction
• JSwift – design
• Nitin Vadukul – photography
• Charmaine Edwards – A&R
• Eloise Bryan – A&R
• Nina Freeman – A&R
• Todd Eleerby – management

Charts

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Mr. Cheeks - John P. Kelly Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
2. Williams, DeMarco (October 23, 2001). "Mr. Cheeks - John P. Kelly". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
3. "Billboard 200". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 44. November 3, 2001. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 44. November 3, 2001. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510. Archived from the original on April 27, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

External links

• Mr. Cheeks – John P. Kelly at Discogs (list of releases)

• Mr. Cheeks albums
• 2001 debut albums
• Universal Records albums
• Albums produced by Easy Mo Bee
• Albums produced by Bink (record producer)