Kelly youre the man, Trey songz have nothing on you. soothing and soulful all the way through, this album takes you on a journey of love over and over again. Kelly take it back to how it was before music became commercialised. and may be one of his best ever! Number 1 hit, Love Is, and When A Woman loves are FIRE! Radio Message, Lost in your love, and How do I tell her are ATOMIC! My 1 complaint is that there was no need for the remix version of Love Letter! Oh, and his version of You are not alone is.well, I dont have words! This is definitely a modern classic!Īs a self confess music fan, im constantly looking for something inspiring all the time. August 1994: Aged 27, Kelly marries 15-year-old. This is by far his best album since Choc. Hit single Bump N Grind becomes the longest-running number one R&B song in the US in more than 30 years. Its as if his listed to his fans and started making real, heart felt music again for an entire album. Kelly stopped making "kiddy" music like Superman High. im speechlessīy Calvi muzenda (Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa) Kelly, and it went platinum, peaking at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard R&B charts for a whopping seven weeks. One of the best cd in along make u clap it will make u cry.A great journey for this cd.Ĭlassical,soulfull,romantic,vintage R.Kelly from the first beat to the last lyric you cant help but to dance and smileīy ("Johannesburg,RSA") A true classic.Ī true classic.What true music should be. Kelly songwriting credit." cd is what RandB should be. so you mean I gotta cancel drake and kanye in the same week? /f5CEFJY3v7ĭrake has heard "I'll see Ye featuring Marilyn Manson and raise him an R.
Kelly, while currently on trial for sexual abuse of countless Black women and girls, is going to be making money off the most anticipated album of the year thanks to Drake giving him a songwriting credit on #CertifiedLoverBoyĪnd that's why both #CLB and #DONDA are trash. Listen for the Kelly sample around the 00:20 mark of the song below, and see some of the online reactions. Manson is facing lawsuits from four women alleging sexual, physical and emotional abuse, and allegations from more than a dozen of same - he has denied all the charges - while DaBaby is enmeshed in an ongoing controversy over homophobic remarks he made at the Rolling Loud Miami festival in July. Twitter had a few things to say about the sample, with a number of commenters comparing it to Drizzy rival Kanye West’s controversial inclusion of Marilyn Manson and DaBaby on his Donda album. The inclusion of the instrumental bit in the midst of the Kelly trial seems particularly odd given that it does not appear to play a crucial role in the song’s melody or structure. Kelly exposed the depth and breadth of Kelly’s alleged decades-long pattern of sexual, emotional and physical abuse of young men and women. The week’s testimony also featured the first public airing of the details of Kelly’s secret marriage to a then 15-year-old Aaliyah, the late singer whom Drake has publicly fanboy’d about repeatedly, and whose face is emblazoned on a giant tattoo on his back.Ī spokesperson for Drake had not returned requests for comment on the Kelly sample at press time.Īccording to Rolling Stone, a version of “TSU” has reportedly been floating around since 2018, popping up several months before the devastating docuseries Surviving R. The sample is especially noticeable after a week in which a number Kelly’s alleged victims gave shocking testimony about the alleged sexual and emotional abuse they suffered at the singer’s hands Kelly has repeatedly denied all the allegations. Crawl”) and, on 2017’s More Life mixtape track “Lose You,” Drake, who tapped one of Kelly’s most beloved tracks, “Ignition (Remix).”
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Prior to his latest legal troubles, Kelly’s music was frequently sampled by rappers, including The Notorious B.I.G.
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