So if you're not of a disposition to stomach the 40-year-old (whose still-pending child pornography trial was set to commence several months after the album's release, before being delayed yet again) boasting about his plot to seduce a pair of "freaky" first cousins for a ménage à trois (in the title track), or warning listeners to steer their girlfriends clear of his restlessly prowling libido (in "Flirt": "the moral of this story is 'cuff your chick'"), this could be a painfully long and humorless listen, or worse. Yes, Kelly's familiar, almost cartoonishly overstated brand of sex-obsessed misogyny is as rampant here as his increasingly eccentric humor - more so than ever, on both counts. It makes this his best full-length in years - arguably his best of the decade - especially when you consider that its high points - most notably the singles "I'm a Flirt " and "Same Girl" - rank among the licentious Chicagoan's very finest. Kelly's eleventh album is stuffed to the gills, with 18-plus songs clocking in at 76 minutes (or longer, depending on which bonus track your edition includes.) And if Double Up is, inevitably, far from flawless, the level of novelty and listenability Kelly manages to sustain for that duration is quite a feat. (with Public Announcement, featuring Mr.Like most of its predecessors, R.
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"-" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.Ĭompilation albums List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Formats: CD, cassette, digital download.Label: Jive, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam, Rockland.Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download.Kelly has released 18 studio albums, five compilation albums, one soundtrack album, six video albums, one mixtape, two extended play, and 129 singles (including 47 as a featured artist and 10 promotional singles).Īlbums Studio albums List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
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