Kelly's belly splash into hot water, via an indictment on sex crimes. More damning, perhaps, is that the release of Unfinished Business coincided with a tour that should've happened in 2002, had it not been for R. Further support for this speculation: the two records share much of the same personnel and recording locations, and the later release has even fewer bright spots than the initial one. The press materials made a point to refer to these 11 songs as 'previously unreleased,' as opposed to 'new,' suggesting that they are leftovers from the same sessions that yielded The Best of Both Worlds. So why did these two giants release a sequel to an obvious career lowlight? Unfinished Business' existence, in fact, is suspect in many ways.

The numbers tell you all you need to know: though that release had no trouble hitting gold status, Kelly's Happy People/U Saved Me outstripped its two and a half years of sales three times over in a matter of two months. Kelly and Jay-Z's first collaborative record, was poor enough. Roughly as valuable as a half-price poster or mug, Unfinished Business is a glorified tour souvenir.