{{About|the second studio album of Tyrese|the Michael Jackson song of the same name|Invincible (Michael Jackson album)|the vision for energy consumption|2000-watt society}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = 2000 Watts | type = Studio | artist = Tyrese | cover = Tyrese - 2000 Watts.jpg | alt = | released = May 22, 2001 | recorded = | studio = | genre = R&B, hip hop | length = 58:28 | label = RCA | producer = {{hlist|Babyface|Battlecat|Jermaine Dupri|Tim & Bob|Jake and Trev|Christopher Stewart|Rodney Jerkins|Tyrese|The Underdogs}} | prev_title = Tyrese | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = I Wanna Go There | next_year = 2002 | misc = {{Singles | name = 2000 Watts | type = studio | single1 = I Like Them Girls | single1date = April 20, 2001 | single2 = What Am I Gonna Do | single2date = May 22, 2001 | single3 = Just a Baby Boy | single3date = June 19, 2001 }} }}
'''''2000 Watts''''' is the second studio album by American recording artist Tyrese. It was released by RCA Records on May 22, 2001 in the United States. Titled in homage to the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, his home town, Tyrese worked with a variety of musicians on the album, including Babyface, Battlecat, Jermaine Dupri, Tim & Bob, Jake and Trev, Tricky Stewart, Rodney Jerkins, and The Underdogs.
The album received generally positive reviews. It debuted at number ten on the US ''Billboard'' 200, making it Tyrese's first top 10 album, and also debuted at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. ''2000 Watts'' was later certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and produced three singles, including lead single "I Like Them Girls" as well as follow-ups "What Am I Gonna Do" and "Just a Baby Boy." ''2000 Watts''{{'}}s front cover features the Watts Towers.
==Promotion== The album was preceded by its first single, "I Like Them Girls", released on March 20, 2001 in the United States. The song peaked at number 48 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the chart dated June 9, 2001, becoming the album's most successful single.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2001-06-09|title=Billboard Hot 100 – June 9, 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref> ''2000 Watts''{{'}}s second single, "What Am I Gonna Do" was released on March 22, 2001. It peaked at number 71 on the chart dated October 6, 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2001-10-06|title=Billboard Hot 100 – October 6, 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref> The album's third and final single, "Just a Baby Boy," performed along with Snoop Dogg and Mr. Tan, was released on June 19, 2001 and peaked at number 90 on the chart dated July 21, 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2001-07-21|title=Billboard Hot 100 – July 21, 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 70/100<ref name=meta>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/2000-watts/tyrese/critic-reviews|title=Critic Reviews for 2000 Watts|website=Metacritic|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r532507}}</ref> | rev2 = ''E! Online'' | rev2Score = B+<ref name="eonline">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2317,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030103082614/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,2317,00.html|archive-date=January 3, 2003|title=Reviews: Tyrese, 2000 Watts|magazine=E! Online |accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev3Score = B+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|author=Cheo Tyehimba|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/05/21/2000-watts/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210075046/https://ew.com/article/2001/05/21/2000-watts/|url-status=live|archive-date=December 10, 2008|title=2000 Watts|magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=May 21, 2001|accessdate=August 27, 2024}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Q'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name=meta/> | rev5 = ''USA Today'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web|first1=Steve|last1=Jones|first2=Edna|last2=Gundersen|first3=Elysa |last3=Gardner|first4=Brian|last4=Mansfield|url=https://archive.today/20120713040954/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/73227943.html?dids=73227943:73227943&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+22,+2001&author=Steve+Jones;+Edna+Gundersen;+Elysa+Gardner;+Brian+Mansfield&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Tyrese+shines+with+%272000+Watts%27;+forget+synthetic+%27Sarina+Paris%27&pqatl=google|title=Tyrese shines with '2000 Watts'; forget synthetic 'Sarina Paris'|magazine=USA Today |date=May 22, 2001|accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref> | rev6 = ''Vibe'' | rev6score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="Vibereview">{{cite magazine|author=King, Jason|date=June 2001|title=Vibe Review – 2000 Watts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA152|magazine=Vibe|volume=9|issue=6|pages=152|via=Google Books}}</ref> }}
''2000 Watts'' was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, the album received an average score of 70, based on five reviews.<ref name=meta/> AllMusic editor Jon Azpiri found that "listening to ''2000 Watts'', even the most cynical of R&B fans would have to admit that Tyrese has real talent. Flanked by a series of heavyweight producers [...] Tyrese delivers a series of ballads and uptempo numbers that are bound to appeal to fans of BET and TRL, respectively [...] After a relative successful debut album, ''2000 Watts'' demonstrates that Tyrese is a legitimate R&B talent with a lot more skills than a lot of people expected."<ref name="AllMusic"/> Natasha Washington, writing for ''The Oklahoman'' felt that with the album "Tyrese again offers a rare, intimate glimpse inside his heart with fun rhythm and blues jams, midtempo grooves and soaring ballads. ''2000 Watts'' presents a successful oldies mind-set."<ref name="oklahoman">{{cite web|first=Natasha|last=Washington|url=https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/news/2001/06/01/cd-reviews/62144445007/|title=CD REVIEWS|website=The Oklahoman|accessdate=October 11, 2012}}</ref> Gail Mitchell from ''Billboard'' wrote that ''2000 Watts'' "shines as bright as its title." She concluded that apart from "the formulaic "I Ain't the One"," Tyrese "proves he's definitely in this game (of music) for the long haul – and that should please fans of quality R&B.<ref name="Mitchell">{{cite magazine|first=Gail|last=Mitchell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRQEAAAAMBAJ|title=Ask Billboard|magazine=Billboard |date=June 2, 2001|accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref>
Cheo Tyehimba of ''Entertainment Weekly'' praised ''2000 Watts''. He stated that "if most artists experience a sophomore slump, someone forgot to tell Tyrese [because] what distinguishes ''2000 Watts'' is its pure pop appeal." Tyehimba gave the album a B+ rating.<ref name="EW"/> Less impressed, ''E! Online'' noted that most "of the disc glides along on that same smooth, if lightweight style, with Tyrese serving as little more than a hot conduit for top-notch producers and writers like Babyface, Jermaine Dupree and Diane Warren. Luckily, Tyrese can sing."<ref name="eonline"/> ''Vibe'' declared the album a "dim sophomore effort [that] suggests that he needs to spend a lot more time on his tunes,"<ref name="Vibereview"/> while ''Q'' found that "sadly, there's also a depressing quantity of mush and devotion, totally at odds with his grinding best."<ref name=meta/>
==Commercial performance== ''2000 Watts'' debuted at number ten on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 91,000 copies in its first week.<ref name="debut">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=104561&page=1|title=Chart Watch: Final Episode|first=Anders|last=Wright|website=ABC News |date=May 20, 2017|accessdate=August 30, 2017}}</ref> This became Tyrese's first US top-ten debut on the chart.<ref name="debut"/> The album also debuted at number four on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/2001-06-09|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - June 9, 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref> ''2000 Watt'' also spent a total of 24 weeks on the chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/tyrese/chart-history/tlp/|title=Tyrese Billboard 200 Chart History|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=March 1, 2020}}</ref> On August 14, 2001, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States.<ref name="RIAA"/> In October 2003, ''Billboard'' reported that the album had sold 617,000 units, domestically.<ref name="Caulfield">{{cite magazine|first=Keith |last=Caulfield |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ask-billboard-216-68544/|title=Ask Billboard|magazine=Billboard |date=October 22, 2003|accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{track listing | headline = ''2000 Watts'' track listing<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes|title= 2000 Watts |year= 2001 |type= booklet |publisher= RCA}}</ref> | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 58:28
| title1 = I Like Them Girls | writer1 = {{hlist|Harvey Mason Jr.|Damon Thomas|Phillip White|J. Valentine}} | extra1 = The Underdogs | length1 = 4:24
| title2 = I Ain't the One | writer2 = {{hlist|Tyrese Gibson|Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins|LaShawn Daniels|Fred Jerkins III}} | extra2 = R. Jerkins | length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Just a Baby Boy | note3 = performed by Snoop Dogg featuring Tyrese and Mr. Tan | writer3 = {{hlist|Gibson|Kevin Gilliam|Calvin Broadus|Olan Thompson}} | extra3 = Battlecat | length3 = 4:15
| title4 = Make Up Your Mind | writer4 = {{hlist|Gibson|Jake Carter|Trevor Job}} | extra4 = Jake and Trev | length4 = 4:22
| title5 = There for Me (Baby) | writer5 = {{hlist|Thomas|Kenneth Edmonds}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Babyface|Thomas}} | length5 = 3:45
| title6 = Interlude – Lord You Control Me | writer6 = {{hlist|Gibson|Thomas}} | extra6 = The Underdogs | length6 = 1:29
| title7 = I'm Sorry | writer7 = {{hlist|Gibson|Tim Kelley}} | extra7 = Tim & Bob | length7 = 4:42
| title8 = What Am I Gonna Do | writer8 = {{hlist|Gibson|Carter|Job}} | extra8 = Jake and Trev | length8 = 4:42
| title9 = Fling | writer9 = {{hlist|Carter|Job|Frank Jordan}} | extra9 = Jake and Trev | length9 = 4:07
| title10 = Off the Heezy | note10 = featuring Jermaine Dupri | writer10 = {{hlist|Gibson|Jermaine Dupri|Bryan-Michael Cox}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Dupri|Cox{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length10 = 3:03
| title11 = Get Up On It | note11 = featuring Solé | writer11 = {{hlist|Gibson|Christopher "Tricky" Stewart|Traci Hale|Thabiso Nkhereanye|Orenthal Harper|Tonya Johnston}} | extra11 = Stewart | length11 = 3:50
| title12 = Housekeepin{{'-}} | writer12 = {{hlist|Gibson|Carter|Job|Jordan}} | extra12 = Jake and Trev | length12 = 4:24
| title13 = Interlude – I Wrote a Song About It | writer13 = Gibson | extra13 = Tyrese | length13 = 1:24
| title14 = For Always | writer14 = {{hlist|Gibson|Thomas|Kenny Greene}} | extra14 = The Underdogs | length14 = 4:19
| title15 = Bring You Back My Way | writer15 = {{hlist|Gibson|Thomas}} | extra15 = The Underdogs | length15 = 5:18 }} '''Notes''' *<sup>{{note|a|[a]}}</sup> denotes co-producer(s)
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Weekly chart performance for ''2000 Watts'' !Chart (2001) !Peak<br>position |- ! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_061401_ALBUMS.html|title=Albums : Top 100|website=Jam!|date=June 14, 2001|access-date=April 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041210193405/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_061401_ALBUMS.html|archive-date=December 10, 2004}}</ref> |align="center"|43 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|10|artist=Tyrese|accessdate=|refname="US200"|rowheader=true}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|4|artist=Tyrese|accessdate=|refname="USR&BAl"|rowheader=true}} |- |} {{col-2}}
=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''2000 Watts'' |- |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"|Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021122000500/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_r&b.html|date=January 8, 2002|archive-date=November 22, 2002|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_r&b.html|title=Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001|website=Jam!|accessdate=January 22, 2023}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|86 |- ! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2001|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|170 |- ! scope="row"| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|title=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Year End 2001|publisher=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|accessdate=July 9, 2018}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|84 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''2000 Watts''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=2000 Watts|artist=Tyrese|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2001|refname="RIAA"|salesamount=617,000|salesref=<ref name="Caulfield"/>}} {{table end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Metacritic album}}
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