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: Unlike many contemporary hits, this album uses rich, warm textures that don't feel dated.

: It debuted at #35 on the Billboard 200 and became Jones's first top-ten entry on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Donell Jones ' second studio album, Where I Wanna Be , released on October 12, 1999, stands as a cornerstone of late-90s R&B. Far from a sophomore slump, the project cemented Jones as a premier singer-songwriter and producer, bridging the gap between smooth and the emerging neo-soul movement Composition and Themes