![]() ![]() (He has his own technique for maintaining that motion: vocal lines that hop and skip and slide as they subdivide the beat.) Each song on this album is a gleaming overdubbed edifice of, for instance, creamy vocal harmonies (“Legs Shakin’ ”), pearly keyboard lines over sparse drums (“Genius”) or electronic stutters of voice and artificial percussion ( “My Story”). Kelly has obviously studied - can match him in creating oozing, undulating motion at tempos that would leave other singers stuck like dinosaurs in a tarpit. Kelly has returned to the leisurely, explicit come-ons that established his persona on his 1993 debut solo album, “12 Play.” He’s also back in his more recent robo-R&B realm of electronic keyboards, programmed drums and the buzzing fringe of Auto-Tune on his voice. Kelly gets back to the (slow) grind on “Black Panties,” a lavish and almost entirely single-minded album that returns him to what’s probably his best-known and definitely his most widely parodied mode.Īfter the kindly, uplifting, organic-sounding, neo-soul love songs of his two most recent albums - “Love Letter” in 2010 and the more disco-tinged “Write Me Back” in 2012 - Mr. Kelly has moved forward from publicity icon to paparazzi gimmick.When in doubt, sex it up. His child pornography charge gave him as much recognition as Michael Jackson or OJ Simpson.Īll the while, Kelly sits in the dim light of an attempt at sequential concept albums with only the concept of wooing women into his “after party.” Forever will I respect those with choir vocals and physique I could only dream of having, and forever will I agree that bad publicity is still publicity. The ’90’s crooner had it going on for years! The infamous “Bump & Grind”, the Space Jam pop hit “I Believe I Can Fly”, and his brutally detailed opera “Trapped In The Closet” were all substantial hits. Kelly’s newest release, 12 Play: Fourth Quarter is on my computer as it’s due date hangs in limbo. ![]() With file sharing recognized as both a Robin Hood routine and as modern piracy, one asks why R. For every album that’s leaked to the internet, there’s a label who tries even harder to protect musical investments. ![]()
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