Emotional is the fourth studio album

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 by American R&B duo and brothers K-Ci & JoJo, released on November 26, 2002 on MCA Records

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. Recording sessions took place at K-Ci & JoJo's home in Los Angeles, California during 2002. Production was handled by JoJo and several other recording producers, including Babyface, Rodney Jerkins and Mike Smoov, including others.

The album peaked at number 61 on the US Billboard 200

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 and number 18 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

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. It was the first K-Ci & JoJo album to not chart internationally nor be certified by the Recording Industry Association of America

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 . It produced two singles: "It's Me" and "This Very Moment", with the latter charting on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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. Upon it's release, Emotional has received average reviews from critics, claiming nothing "stands out" from other R&B albums.

Critical response

Track listing

1. "Intro"
2. "This Very Moment"
3. "Special"
4. "It's Me"
5. "I Don't Want"
6. "Say Yes"
7. "Down for Life"
8. "Goodbye"
9. "So Emotional"
10. "Love Me Carefully"
11. "I Don't Mind"
12. "How Can I Trust You?"
13. "How Long"
14. "Baby Yeah Yeah (Movin' It)" (featuring Mr. Cheeks
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    ) [UK Bonus Track]

Personnel

Credits for Emotional adapted from Allmusic.

• Darrell "Delite" Allamby – Bass, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Programming, Vocals (Background)
• Merc Arceneaux – Groomer
• Babyface – Bass, Drum Programming, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background)
• Mike Bell – Producer
• Paul Boutin – Engineer
• Stuart Brawley – Engineer
• Craig Brockman – Keyboards, Producer
• Lincoln Browder – Vocals (Background)
• Sekou Bunch – Bass (Electric)
• Steven Carty – Photography
• Michael Chavez – A&R Assistance
• Rob Chiarelli – Mixing
• LaShawn Daniels – Producer
• Manuel J. Donayre – Art Direction, Design
• DeVere Duckett – Vocals (Background)
• Nathan East – Bass
• Paul Foley – Digital Editing
• Jeffery Freeman – Keyboards
• Jon Gass – Engineer, Mixing
• Serban Ghenea – Mixing
• Alicia Graham – A&R
• Gene Grimaldi – Mastering
• Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey – Executive Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Kim Hansen – Keyboards

• Jean-Marie Horvat – Mixing
• Rodney Jerkins – Producer
• Shawn Joseph – Digital Editing
• Chris Justice – Digital Editing, Drums, Editing, Engineer, Guitar, Guitar (Nylon String), Percussion, Programming
• Jolie Levine-Aller – Production Coordination
• Jud Mahoney – Vocals (Background)
• Manny Marroquin – Mixing
• Harvey Mason, Jr. – Producer
• Harvey Mason, Sr. – Percussion, Tympani [Timpani]
• Bill Meyers – Keyboards
• Emanuel Officer – Producer, Vocals (Background)
• Paul Osborn – Engineer
• Tim Owens – Producer, Vocals (Background)
• Dave Pensado – Engineer, Mixing
• Jeff Redd – A&R, Executive Producer
• Michael Ripoll – Guitar
• Tim Roberts – Mixing Assistant
• J. Peter Robinson – Design
• Ivy Skoff – Production Coordination
• Mike Smoov – Bass, Drum Programming, Guitar, Keyboards, Producer
• Tangaray – Vocals (Background)
• Damon Thomas – Producer
• Michael Hart Thompson – Guitar
• Adrian Van Velsen – Sequencing
• Bill Wathen – Mixing

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	61
US R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...  (Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... )	18

External links

• Emotional at Billboard
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