I did Love Letter and Write Me Back and those were fun albums for me to do, because they took me back to music I love. Kelly spoke about why he wanted to make the album sound similar to his 1993 debut album, 12 Play, saying: 'I love that I can play around with all types of music. In October 2013, in an interview with Rolling Stone, R. Background īlack Panties, as says Kelly, 'is the new 12 Play (1993)', and that it is different from his previous albums Love Letter (2010) and Write Me Back (2012). The album features guest appearances from Ludacris, 2 Chainz, Young Jeezy, Migos, Kelly Rowland, Juicy J and Future. It was released in the United States on December 6, 2013, by RCA Records. Kelly when he’s at his best.Black Panties is the twelfth studio album by American R&B singer R. It’s over the top and ghetto-fabulous, but riveting, which sums up R. Kelly, in between complaints about tough toilet paper and requests for squares, confronting his best friend about bedding his girl. But if there’s a contender for another operetta, “Best Friend,” featuring Keyshia Cole and Polow Da Don, should be the first chapter: it features a jailed R. Tragically, there are no more episodes of “Trapped in the Closet” on this disc. And surely, strippers around the country are already designing routines around the delightful and breezy “Freaky in the Club.” and T-Pain, is enough to invest in a disc. That happens just enough to make “Double Up” a worthy listen - just the remix to “I’m A Flirt,” a joyous ode to being a scamp featuring T.I. And when he’s able to strike the right balance, he’s amazing. Apparently not getting the memo from Russell Simmons after the whole Don Imus flap, Kelly throws the b-word and the n-word around with abandon, sounding more coarse than charming on tracks like “Get Dirty.”īut as foul, as crazy, as absurd as Kelly can get, there’s enough musicianship involved that even at his worst, Kelly is mildly entertaining. “Real Talk” also reveals a thread of misogyny that’s way too prevalent in the first few tracks.

R kelly double up tracklist