X is the third studio album by American R&B duo and brothers K-Ci & JoJo, released December 5, 2000 on MCA

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

. Recording sessions took place during 1999–2000. Production was handled by various producers, including Mike Smoov, Rory Bennett, and DeVante Swing

DeVante Swing

Donald Earle DeGrate, Jr. , better known by his stage name DeVante Swing, is an American record producer, singer, rapper and songwriter. Swing rose to fame in the 1990s as the founding member of the trendsetting R&B group Jodeci, one of the more popular R&B acts of its time...

. The album peaked at number twenty on the US Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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. It achieved acceptable international charting and produced two singles that had minor success charting. The lead single "Crazy

Crazy (K-Ci and JoJo song)

Crazy is a R&B love song by duo K-Ci and JoJo. It was released in 2001 and was their first single off the album X. It was also featured on the soundtrack to the hit dance film Save the Last Dance, starring Julia Stiles and Sean Patrick Thomas...

" would peak at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. Upon its release, X received average reviews from music critics. The album has been certified

RIAA certification

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 platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America

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 (RIAA), for shipments of 1,000,000 copies in the United States.

Critical response

X has received average reviews from music critics.

Tracklisting

Personnel

Credits for X adapted from liner notes.

Track	Credits
"Honest Lover"	Rory Bennett – producer, keyboards Dave Guerrero – assistant engineer JoJo Hailey – producer, vocals K-Ci Hailey – vocalist Damon Jones – executive creative director Greg Mull – recorder Dean Parks – acoustic guitar Acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound... , electric guitar Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... Dave Pensado – mixer Jason Rankings – assistant engineer Randy Waldman – string arrangement Eric White – digital editor Woody Woodruff – recorder

Peak positions

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Netherlands (MegaCharts)	88
New Zealand (RIANZ)	30
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...	20
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... )	3