702 (album)

702 is the self-titled second studio album by American R&B group 702. It was released on June 15, 1999, by Motown.

The album peaked at number thirty-four on the Billboard 200 chart. By November 2002, it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 1,000,000 copies in the United States.

Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine at AllMusic was critical of the album's running time and felt it was padded with some filler songs; however, he did call the work "a true step forward for 702." Paul Verna from Billboard praised the albums material and thought the group did a good job delivering an album "full of satisfying, hip-shaking tracks, not just a few radio-friendly singles". Beth Johnson from Entertainment Weekly was mixed in her review although she thought the album was "cannily polished" due to its writers and producers, she declared it's "hard to distinguish" 702 "from the swelling tsunami of R&B girl groups".

Commercial performance
The album peaked at thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the seventh spot on the R&B Albums chart. The album was certified gold in September 1999, and reached platinum status in November 2002.

Credits and personnel

 * bass – Everett "Jam" Benton, Jay Rakes, Romeo Williams
 * drums – Everett "Jam" Benton
 * executive production – Bruce Carbone, Billy Gray, Kedar Massenburg
 * guitar – Mats Berntoft, Eric Jackson, Joshua Thompson
 * keyboards – Everett "Jam" Johnson
 * mixing – Mick Guzauski, Manny Marroquin, Dave Pensado
 * production – Bag, Warryn "Smiley" Campbell, Greg Charley, Dutch, Jany, Marc Kinchen, Missy Elliott, PI & Jam, Rapture Stewart, Eric Seats, Soulshock & Karlin, Maurice Wilcher
 * recording – Anders Bagge, Jan Fairchild, Fredrick Sarhagen
 * synthesizer – Everett "Jam" Benton
 * vocals (background) – 702