This cut sounds like it belongs in one of his earlier albums:

Genius is one of the best slow grooves R.Kelly has came out with in years. It comes across as he’s trying to dumb himself to sell records:īut there are flashes of brilliance on Black Panties where R.Kelly shows that he’s possibly one of the greatest to have ever done it. Kells does his thing vocally on these songs but its gonna be hard for long time fans to digest the direction he’s going. There is even a song titled Ratchett Sex which is a obvious attempt to reach the new generation. Case in point with songs such as Show Ya Pussy, Oreo(Where he takes a page from Future and sings about eating the box), Marry the Pussy, and Spend Dat where he revisits the club with Jeezy and brags about buying the bar and tricking. The problem isn’t that R.Kelly wants to revisit the bedroom for the latter of this album, Its how the concepts are executed in very poor taste. R.Kelly as gifted as he is could sing about the silliest stuff in the world and have it sound catchy. If you really thought Double Up was distasteful then Black Panties have sure crossed that level in terms of ratchettness. The majority of Black Panties is a re-visitation to the places that many of his grown up base didn’t want him to go back too: The Club. Keep in mind, This was a man whom a few years ago were just acquitted of Accusations of having sex and having relationships with Under aged girls so him going back to this route would open up the wolves and critics awaiting to slander him.Īfter dropping two critically acclaimed albums Love Letter and Write Me Back which showcased R.Kelly’s maturity as an artist, Black Panties has R.Kelly revisiting the aphrodisiacs that once made him a star in the first place.

When Kells announced that the direction he was taking for his coming album titled Black Panties, It was meant with automatic negative reactions.

He’s proven time and time again to be a legitimate hit maker, superb song writer and throughout his career span crossed from R&B, Hip Hop, Rock, Adult Complementary, Pop, and even Gospel(You Saved Me). R.Kelly has always show innovative ways of re-inventing himself with his music within the past 22 years of his career.

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