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August 11, 2005

Q&A: R. Kelly

Chi-town's R&B king on "Sex in the Kitchen" and why the right ring tone still doesn't make you a playa

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Double Up

Pop's longest-running alleged felon has now released more music since being hit with child-pornography charges in 2002 than he did in a decade-plus of untroubled R&B thuggery. Pre-indictment, Kelly's MO was to undercut much "Bump 'n' Grind" with a little "I Believe I Can Fly," but now he's a...

2007 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Tp.3 Reloaded

2005

Unfinished Business

2004

Unfinished Business

2004

Happy People/U Saved Me

2004

The "R." In R&B Collection Vol. 1

2003

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Biography

Probably the most important R&B producer of the hip-hop era, R. Kelly's music has become the default mode of mainstream soul: a mix of syrup and sex, of church-trained vocals and simple keyboards employed in the service of a night out at the booty bar. Kelly isn't as intent on rooting through R&B history as neosoul archaeologists D'Angelo and Musiq, but he has a healthy respect for the past -- ess...

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