In the following year Kelly decided to broaden his activities and began to work as a producer for young acts and artists, such as Aaliyah, then unknown 15-year old girl from Detroit. Afterwards the album became multi-platinum with more than five million sold copies and brought the artist the all-time fame. R&B charts for twelve record-setting weeks. The disc included such hits as Sex Me and Your Body’s Calling, as well as the single Bump & Grind registering at No.
Thinking that solo career would bring him more success, he left the band and in 1993 released his solo album 12 Play. DJ), and all of them were performed by Robert Kelly. Some of the album’s songs became hits – She's Got That Vibe, Honey Love, Dedicated, and Slow Dance (Hey Mr. Kelly arranged a band called Public Announcement and in 1991 they released their debut work Born into the 90’s. Soon he was noticed by a musical producer Wayne Williams, the owner of Jive Records label, and by the end of the year a contract with the young artist was signed. In 1990 Robert took his electronic keyboard and went in the city streets to sing and earn money. Studying at the Kenwood Academy High School he won a young talents show, singing Stevie Wonder’s Ribbon In The Sky, following which he decided to commit himself to music. From early childhood his passions were basketball and music, which he loved more. Kelly, was born on Januin Chicago, Illinois.
That there are so few makes this a minor work.Robert Sylvester Kelly, best known by the name R. Maybe it's a pittance in the grand scheme of his important career- modern R&B is racked with artists like The-Dream and Trey Songz who simply would not exist without him- but these are the things to root for on R. To wit: "Now I can't leave(!) this club(!!!) without(!!) you girl(!!!)/ Swear I (!!) want more(!!) you deserve an encore(!!!)." This kind of phrasing just isn't normal, and only a person who has written hundreds of songs with same-y lyrics is capable of altering delivery like this. "Exit", too, is fascinating reinvention- Kelly sing-raps every bar, lifting his elastic, burnished voice up at nearly each word's end. It's graceful and gorgeous and about a sex session. "Echo", a melodic marvel, is the best song Kelly has recorded in years, managing to make yodeling (yes) elemental, not a gimmick. Kelly, one unmarked by shame, singing with vigor about banging headboards.
Only when he's at his best is it easy to imagine some other R. But the consequences of his commitment are devastating. The man wants to have sex for long periods of time. Not because his perspective or predilections have changed. Kelly album, sex is Untitled's raison d'être. Scrapping the remaining songs, all unremarkable, would have gone a long way toward trimming what, at 62 minutes, is already a slog.Īs with nearly every R. A handful of songs from 4th Quarter have survived and made it to Untitled but hearing Kelly moan "This is the 4th quarter!" on "Go Low" is a bizarre remnant- it disrupts any chance at continuity and is otherwise just confusing to anyone who hasn't followed the story. But the album (no classic) leaked months in advance, and the project was junked and rerecorded. In 2008, Kelly planned to release 12 Play: 4th Quarter, a third sequel of sorts to his astonishing 1993 debut.
These are the blunders made by an aging man working hard to stay relevant, expending energy on ephemera. But too often here he trips over trends- on "Crazy Night" he abuses Auto-Tune, on "Text Me" he overthinks modern communication, and on "Superman High" he mistakes OJ Da Juiceman for a suitable foil. He has survived for so many years in a ravenously young genre- R&B pop- by innovating. But Untitled isn't sunk by the vestiges of scandal- this just isn't Kelly at his best.
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