Room 112 Explained

Room 112
Type:	studio
Artist:	112
Cover:	Room112.jpg
Released:	October 27, 1998
Recorded:	1997 - 1998
Genre:	R&B hip hop
Length:	68:47
Producer:	Sean Combs Mario Winans Stevie J. J-Dub Younglord Daron Jones Leslie Braithwaite Faith Evans Bastiany Jerome Dale Scotty Beats Arnold Hennings Kris Kellow
Prev Title:	112
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Part III
Next Year:	2001

Room 112 is the second studio album by the American R&B quartet 112, released in 1998. The album features label mates Mase and Faith Evans; it also features Lil' Kim, Lil' Zane and MJG. The two singles, "Love Me", featuring Mase, and "Anywhere", featuring Lil' Zane, charted at number 17 and number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively.

Reception

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."

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

Sample credits^[1]

• "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.^[1]

• 112 – vocals, arranger
• "Prince Charles" Alexander – engineer, mixing
• Dwayne Bastiany – producer
• Scotty Beats – producer
• Chris Blanding – engineer
• Ali Boudris – engineer and guitar
• Leslie Brathwaite – producer and engineer
• Josh Butler – engineer
• Sean "Puffy" Combs – producer, executive producer
• Zane Copeland, Jr. – rap
• Lane Craven – mixing
• Jerome Dale – producer
• Stephen Dent – engineer
• Faith Evans – producer and featured artist
• Richard "Younglord" Frierson – producer
• Rasheed Goodlowe – assistant engineer
• Mick Guzauski – mixing
• Femi Gya – engineer
• Arnold Hennings – producer, all Indian instruments and keyboards
• Anthony "Ty" Hudson – assistant engineer
• J-Dub – producer, strings
• Daron Jones – producer
• Steven "Stevie J." Jordan – producer
• Kris Kellow – producer, arranger, keyboards, and programming
• Lil' Kim – featured artist
• Ken Lewis – engineer
• Paul Logus – mixing
• Mario Luccy – engineer
• Rico Lumpkins – engineer
• Carlton Lynn – assistant engineer
• Mase – featured artist
• Tony Maserati – mixing
• MJG – featured artist
• Lynn Montrose – assistant engineer
• Vernon J. Mungo – assistant engineer
• Axel Niehaus – mixing
• Jimmie Lee Patterson – assistant engineer
• Michael Patterson – engineer, mixing
• Joe Perrera – engineer, mixing
• Rob Paustian – engineer
• Herb Powers – mastering
• Ed Raso – engineer
• Eric Roberson – arranger
• Tom Russo – engineer
• Tony Smalios – engineer
• Brian Smith – engineer
• Diane Warren – executive producer
• Jason Webb – assistant engineer
• Mike Wilson – engineer
• Mario Winans – producer, overdubs

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard 200^[3]	65
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	18

Notes and References

1. Room 112 . 1998 . booklet . Bad Boy, Arista.
2. Web site: R&B : Top 50. Jam!. April 10, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/19981206003133/http://www2.canoe.com:80/JamMusicCharts/RANDB.html. December 6, 1998.
3. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999. Billboard. December 5, 2018.
4. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1999. Billboard. August 24, 2020.