Room 112
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | StarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
Entertainment Weekly wrote: "112 can't seem to decide whether they wanna woo the ladies or beat up on the competition. It's a choice that could make or break them in the future."[2]
Track listing
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Sample credits[3]
- "Love Me" contains samples of "Don't You Know That?", written and performed by Luther Vandross.
- "Stay with Me" contains samples of "Sunny Came Home", written by Shawn Colvin and John Leventhal, and performed by Shawn Colvin.
- "Never Mind" contains samples of "8th Wonder", written by Clifton Chase, Cheryl Cook, Guy O'Brien, Sylvia Robinson and Michael Wright, and performed by Sugarhill Gang.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]
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- 112 – vocals, arranger (tracks 3, 5, 7, 8, 11–13)
- "Prince Charles" Alexander – engineer (track 13), mixing (tracks 12, 16)
- Dwayne Bastiany – producer (track 14)
- Scotty Beats – producer (track 14)
- Chris Blanding – engineer (tracks 5, 7, 13)
- Ali Boudris – engineer and guitar (track 19)
- Leslie Brathwaite – producer and engineer (track 4)
- Josh Butler – engineer (track 14)
- Sean "Puffy" Combs – producer (tracks 3, 5, 11–13), executive producer
- Zane Copeland Jr. – rap (track 7)
- Lane Craven – mixing (track 4)
- Jerome Dale – producer (track 14)
- Stephen Dent – engineer (tracks 3, 11, 12, 15)
- Faith Evans – producer and featured artist (track 9)
- Richard "Younglord" Frierson – producer (track 3)
- Rasheed Goodlowe – assistant engineer (track 15)
- Mick Guzauski – mixing (track 19)
- Femi Gya – engineer (track 11)
- Arnold Hennings – producer (tracks 16, 17), all Indian instruments and keyboards (track 17)
- Anthony "Ty" Hudson – assistant engineer (track 4)
- J-Dub – producer (tracks 1, 9), strings (track 17)
- Daron Jones – producer (tracks 5–8, 13)
- Steven "Stevie J." Jordan – producer (tracks 2, 10, 13, 15, 18)
- Kris Kellow – producer, arranger, keyboards, and programming (track 19)
- Lil' Kim – featured artist (track 5)
- Ken Lewis – engineer (tracks 8, 9, 13)
- Paul Logus – mixing (tracks 3, 14, 15)
- Mario Luccy – engineer (track 19)
- Rico Lumpkins – engineer (track 16)
- Carlton Lynn – assistant engineer (track 4)
- Mase – featured artist (track 4)
- Tony Maserati – mixing (tracks 7, 13)
- MJG – featured artist (track 12)
- Lynn Montrose – assistant engineer (tracks 4, 12)
- Vernon J. Mungo – assistant engineer (track 3)
- Axel Niehaus – mixing (track 4)
- Jimmie Lee Patterson – assistant engineer (tracks 3, 5, 11, 13, 15)
- Michael Patterson – engineer (tracks 5, 11), mixing (tracks 1, 2, 5, 9, 11, 17)
- Joe Perrera – engineer (tracks 6, 10, 12, 13, 18), mixing (tracks 6, 8, 10, 18)
- Rob Paustian – engineer (track 3)
- Herb Powers – mastering
- Ed Raso – engineer (tracks 1–3, 13)
- Eric Roberson – arranger (track 14)
- Tom Russo – engineer (track 9)
- Tony Smalios – engineer (tracks 4, 9, 17)
- Brian Smith – engineer (track 3)
- Diane Warren – executive producer (track 19)
- Jason Webb – assistant engineer (track 16)
- Mike Wilson – engineer (track 5)
- Mario Winans – producer (tracks 11–13), overdubs (track 5)
Charts
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[7] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000 |
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Release history
| Region | Date | Label(s) | Format(s) | Catalog |
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| United States | October 27, 1998 | Bad Boy Records | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
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References
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- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ a b Entertainment Weekly review. December 18, 1998, p. 86.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Room 112 (booklet). Bad Boy, Arista. 1998.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."R&B : Top 50". Jam!. Archived from the original on December 6, 1998. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
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