R Kelly

i mean, both of them are total knobs, obv

i love love this so far

http://i55.tinypic.com/pnxc.png

this album is so great! title track is my favorite thing he's done in years. lots of these songs sound like they should be hit singles -- wonder if any of them will succeed, or are they too out of step with the times?

too out of step methinks ;_;

the stretch from "taxi cab" --> "radio message" --> "when a woman loves" --> "love is" is just one of the best things i've heard all year, just absolutely stunning

yeah, that run is incredible. love the way the first four tracks flow, too. very well sequenced lp.

"radio message" is so cheesy and so great

I don't necessarily love this yet but I like it. have only had a few listens though. his voice sounds great, some of the material doesn't grab me as much as the rest. "Taxi Cab" is my favorite so far even if it is a bit incongruous with the rest.

i like how "taxi cab" is one of the four or whatever mj tributes on the album but is secretly the best of them by avoiding the obvious/kinda played out off the wall/thriller moves and going for angsty bad-era balladry "dirty diana"-style

first half is great, (as said before obviously) 2nd half doesn't interest me at all. the MJ tributes are sweet, i think he sounds more like MJ than Jackson on that new fake album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBJ5HP3ah10

<3 <3 <3

love that

all it takes is one little kiss and that means STOP

nice!

<3 kellz

Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy interviews R. Kelly, pretty good stuff

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/r-kelly/

yeah, really liked that

here's will's version of "the world's greatest" that is mentioned in the interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTrgF7Dakvw

fantastic interview

OLDHAM: Seven days on a boat . . .

KELLY: I met some interesting people. I met this lady, man. She reminded me of the lady from Titanic [1997]. She had written Broadway plays. She was, like, 81. But she was actually living on this boat.

OLDHAM: She had a suite?

KELLY: Yeah, she had a suite and she just traveled. But one night she got on the piano and started to play and we sat and drank and talked. Her spirit was unbeliev able. White lady. Martha something . . . Unbelievable lady. She took me back to her room and wanted me to meet her husband. Me and my guys all went. We had a ball on that boat, man.

:-)

She took me back to her room and wanted me to meet her husband.

threesome?

there was a different joke if you read to the end or the para

or of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpTEOaJnkgI

this is nice, idk what it is

oh my god the track "Spendin Money" off the R. double album is so incredible
if he had trimmed this down to like 50 minutes it would be amazing

http://www.twitvid.com/WCXI6

is it weird this was not in top 77?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxG1CmHT3d4

(same as twitvid)

R. kelly is massively underrated on this board

I need to read his new memoir:

"As the film credits started to roll, I couldn't move. I burst into tears. People walking past me patted me on the back, trying to console me. 'The Notebook' was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together.

But I was also crying because I remembered a Valentine's Day -- when a helicopter dropped a rainfall of roses -- that had come and gone ... My marriage had died. And there was nothing I could do to bring it back."

A rainfall of roses!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ONxUdkyOL._SS500_.jpg

oh shit that's out already? sign me up

ASS SOUL: THE DIARY OF ME

really nice, thoughtful piece at the nyer on this:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/08/r-kellys-revealing-auto-hagiography.html

i've never read all that much about him, so didn't know even some of the sadder, biographical details. i can't remember if the book's out, is anyone reading?

was going to post something in the comments, but it looks like the first guy already called him out:

Correction: Bidget's husband isn't a midget. She cheats on her husband with a midget.

book came out last month. dunno why I haven't ordered it yet.

new song is good : https://soundcloud.com/r-kellyofficial/r-kelly-genius

Its v nice

http://instagram.com/p/e-ps0kIkRg/

Everyone itt should vote in this:
HAPPY PEOPLE COME AND POLL IN THE NAME OF LOVE — R. Kelly artist poll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sysrLIWoDpE

http://www.gq.com/story/r-kelly-confessions

Given that a lot of people believe that the video shows you, some of the behaviors on the video have become associated with you, particularly urination as part of sex. Pissing on people. You must have seen that Dave Chappelle skit.
“No, I haven't.”

He did several clips on his show.
“David Chappelle? [as though trying to place the name] David Chappelle? I don't…”

Chappelle's Show. Very famous.
“Okay…comedian?”

Really famous comedian.
“Okay, a comedian. Okay…go on.”

And acting as you, he did a parody of “Ignition (Remix)” called “Piss on You.”
“Mmmm.”

Likewise Macklemore mentioned it in his first big hit. [“Thrift Shop” includes the lyric Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R. Kelly's sheets…pissssss.] This has become part of popular culture.
“Whole lot of things become popular culture.”

But this is your name.
“Especially when it comes to a comedian, man. First of all, I have no respect for a comedian when it comes to being serious. If you get that. That's a joke.”

But this is your name and your reputation—pull up any YouTube video of yours and read the comments underneath, and pretty quickly there'll be a comment relating to this.
“Mmmm. Okay. Of course it is.”

Well, to ask the embarrassing question—to give you a chance to clarify something—and this wouldn't be illegal, but is that something you like as part of sex?
“Absolutely not.”

“Well, my opinion on that is, I don't know what happened. I'm a fan of Bill Cosby's from the Bill Cosby show, of course—who's not?—and for me to give my opinion on something that I have no idea if it's true or not, all I can say is that it was a long time ago. And when I look on TV and I see the 70-, 80-, 90-year-old ladies talking about what happened when they were 17, 18, or 19, there's something strange about it. That's my opinion. It's just strange.”

Although if—
“[interrupts] It's strange. Strange is strange. I can't explain strange. That's why strange is strange. Because it's something we can't explain.”

But don't you think that if they're telling the truth, it doesn't matter how long ago it was?
“If God showed me that they were telling the truth, I would say that's wrong. I don't care if it was a zillion years ago. But God would have to do that, because God is the only one can show me that. No man can tell me that. No woman can tell me that. And when you wait 70 years, 50 years, 40 years, to say something that simple, it's strange. You know why I say that is because it happened to me, and it wasn't true.”

70-, 80-, 90-year-old ladies talking about what happened when they were 17, 18, or 19, there's something strange about it.

Yeah, R. Kelly wishes a whole lot of people can't remember what happened to them when they were 17. Or 16. Or 15.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimderogatis/parents-told-police-r-kelly-is-keeping-women-in-a-cult

More revelations from DeRo.

I hope all of the "separate the art from the artist" people are enjoying their R. Kelly music.

“In the back of our minds, we were thinking (my daughter) could be around him if I was with her,” J. said. “It didn’t really hit home. Even with the Aaliyah situation, now that I think about it, ‘Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number’ ... but you don’t think about that. You grew up with the song, and you like the song.”

unreal

How is this unreal? This is the least-surprising revelation about this dude that I can think of.

get those meet & greet tour tix now folks!

...

http://www.vulture.com/2017/07/r-kelly-raised-alleged-victim-since-she-was-14-or-15.html

woman denying she is being coerced:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/entertainment/joycelyn-savage-r-kelly-father/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool

"I haven't been in contact because..."

When asked about her current whereabouts, if she has roommates, or if she’s free to leave, however, all she would say is “I wouldn’t want to speak on that.”
http://www.stereogum.com/1952502/r-kellys-alleged-captive-speaks-out/video/

Sounds legit

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/November-2017/The-Lonely-Crusade-of-Jim-DeRogatis/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/1863ed90-cb3d-42af-ab07-e922caac6452

Fresh allegations have also arisen against the singer, claiming he “knowingly and intentionally infected” a 19-year-old woman with an STD.

fuck this guy forever

https://pitchfork.com/news/women-of-color-of-times-up-call-on-rca-records-ticketmaster-more-to-cut-ties-with-r-kelly/

the first 2 sentences of the response (from kelly's management):

Kelly supports the pro-women goals of the Time’s Up movement. We understand criticizing a famous artist is a good way to draw attention to those goals—and in this case, it is unjust and off-target.

Dropped from Chicago (UIC) concert

I looked the other way/supported/excused this guy for so long and I feel so guilty about it.

19-minute song sounds like the walls are closing in.

Also sounded like he didn't want to sit on his hands instead of competing with Scorpion flows.

It's like the #MeToo 'Supper's Ready'

may the survivors finally find peace

Let's see what the sentence is. A few other cases still pending, I believe

Yep, more federal charges await in Chicago and local cases in Illinois and Minnesota.

Good

https://apnews.com/article/r-kelly-sentencing-df9bbb51b5f991c612108644c0e18058

30 years. Federal prison.

Should be longer, but I'm thankful his many victims are finally seeing some justice.

Kanye or Kendrick feature coming up.

Oh my god, he admit it!

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/unauth/r-kelly/i-admit-it/