| Bridging the Gap | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Charlie Wilson |
| Cover: | Bridging the gap (charlie wilson cd).jpg |
| Released: | November 14, 2000 |
| Length: | 59:28 |
| Label: | Interscope |
| Prev Title: | You Turn My Life Around |
| Prev Year: | 1992 |
| Next Title: | Charlie, Last Name Wilson |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
Bridging the Gap is the second studio album by Charlie Wilson, a member of the R&B group The Gap Band. It was released on November 14, 2000 through Interscope Records. The album debuted at number 184 on the US Billboard 200 and managed to peak at number 152 on the chart.
AllMusic rated the album two out of five stars and wrote: "Wilson is equally comfortable with the percolating, hip-hop-inflected jump of the opening cut "Absolutely," the tender, Stevie Wonder-influenced ministrations of the love ballad "For Your Love," or the unapologetically titled "Big Pimpin'," wherein our mack daddy tells the object of his desire "if you're not planning to stay/let me help you on your way." Wilson's fluid tenor provides him equal access to all these soul scenarios. The state-of-the-art production keeps things sounding seamless no matter which direction the appropriately named Bridging the Gap takes." Billboard found that Wilson "scores a home run with his first solo set" and decribed the album as a "mix of R&B/hip-hop finds the veteran doing just that, teaming up with such contempo-raries as Case, Angie Stone, Snoop Dogg, Mare Nelson, Nate Dogg, and Chris "Tricky" Stewart [...] Uncle Charlie proves he'sstill a player."[1]
Bridging the Gap peaked at number 152 on the US Billboard 200 and number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. By January 2009, it had sold 195,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[2]
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