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List Price: $8.99 | | Label: Jive
Salesrank: 17332
Released: November 14, 1995 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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R. Kelly Track Listing:
1. Intro-The Sermon
2. Hump Bounce
3. Not Gonna Hold On
4. You Remind Me of Something
5. Step in My Room
6. Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby. Baby...
7. (You to Be) Be Happy - R. Kelly, The Notorious B.I.G.
8. Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) - Ernie Isley, Ronald Isley, R. Kelly
9. I Can't Sleep Baby (If I)
10. Thank God It's Friday
11. Love Is on the Way
12. Heaven If You Hear Me
13. Religious Love
14. Tempo Slow
15. As I Look into My Life
16. Trade in My Life
Editorial Review:
R. Kelly's third album indicates that he's got the range and the staying power of an R&B great. More importantly, it's the album where the libidinous stage persona of R. and his creator Robert finally come together, offering a glimpse of the man behind the libido. Kelly plays almost every instrument on the 16 tracks himself, delivering subtle variations of his laid-back rhythm and gently pulsing bass with lush walls of sound constructed from synthesized strings, keyboards and marimbas. At first listen, the melodies seem lazy and indistinct, but the hooks are sly and insidious, and they work their way into your subconscious. Kelly's voice is what keeps you coming back until they register. A sweet and supple instrument, it caresses the curves in the arrangements, stretching from a throaty whisper to an croon to a magnificent soaring wail. He's also made strides beyond the more misogynous impulses of the earlier records. Predecessors from Marvin Gaye to Prince have believed that there's nothing more spiritual than really great sex, and R. Kelly is makeout music that ranks with the very best. --Jim DeRogatis
R. Kelly Reviews:
When R Kelly was king part 2 
2009-02-12 - Before the release of this album I thought the 12 Play was his best but this self-titled release blew that album out of the water. I love 12 Play and it would still gets spins till this day but this album got more spins from me than that album. This album came out at a time when R&B gave you quality artists with tight albums so you couldnt go wrong with R Kelly back then. You could go wrong with him now because he's trying to hard to remain relevant by making songs for teenagers like that's all his fanbase consists of. At any rate....
You Remind Me Of Something was the summer jam and I refuse to let some corny cable channel that nobody watches and some lame ragazine that is the b*st*rd child of Rolling Stone magazine tell me different. R Kelly is at his best when he does the slow jams like Step In My Room, Baby Baby Baby Baby Baby, Religious Love and the fantastic I Cant Sleep. I love Tempo Slow. It has a unique concept where the tempo of the song changes after every chorus(you would rarely find an artist that creative now and when one does come around stupid hoity-toity critics will knock them for being unconventional). The late Notorious Big makes his presence felt in (You To Be) Be Happy. Hump Bounce and Thank God Its Friday are dynamite party songs. Down Low feat The Isley Brothers is the beginning of the Mr Biggs/R Kelly saga. The album closes off with Trade In My Life. There are no bad songs to be found on here and that in itself is rare with 2000 R&B.
R Kelly's self-titled sophomore release is his best album point blank period. Its shows his range as an artist. It shows his talent at songwriting and it shows that he was a giant in the game that was here to stay. Pick it up if you are interested in what real R&B is supposed to sound like.
Standouts: YOU REMIND ME OF SOMETHING, STEP IN MY ROOM, BABY BABY BABY BABY BABY, DOWN LOW, I CAN'T SLEEP BABY, RELIGIOUS LOVE, TEMPO SLOW and TRADE IN MY LIFE.
Love this album.
2008-05-14 - This album is good to start to finnish. This is one of r. kelly best albums.
Probably One of His More Mature Albums
2007-11-10 - Like it may've already been stated in another review, "This is probably one R. Kelly's more mature work," especially considering this is after 12 Play, This is probably my favorite album by him, because as a whole, it's a real good album, not just a few major singles, then the rest my be just mediocre, I'll admit there were some that I wasn't really fawned of, but there were more pluses, than minuses. As many of us already know, probably the most popular song off of hear, and most played video, Down Low (Nobody Has to Know) but there were other good songs...
Here were some of the stand-out songs for me...
starting off, you have, "Hump Bounce," it's a pretty good party song, I remember it being used on an episode of "Moesha," called, "Sixteen," but in my opinion it's not one of the best songs. Moving to the next song you have, "Not Gonna Hold On," I would have to say this is probably my favorite on here, "a nice simple, laid back beat, with mature lyrics about a relationship that seems to be going nowhere. In You Remind Me of Something, R. Kelly is trying to find a simile/metaphor best suited for his girl, with reminders of "Cars," "Bank," and "Sound," the lyrics tend not to be classy, but I thought the song was good. Another one of my favorites, would have to be track 5, "Step In My Room," this time around R. Kelly uses more range, the lyrics and the music just seem to go together so well. Another slower song is track 6, "Baby, Baby, Baby, Baby," where he gives thanks to his woman for making him better, as far as lyrics, I think I like "Not Gonna Hold On," better but I love the beat. There were also so some other good ones like, I Can't Sleep Baby (If I), Down Low (Nobody Has to Know), "Thank God, It's Friday," etc. And the only song with a featured artist is, "(You To Be) Be Happy," which features the late Biggie Smalls, I just want to make this a right to the point review... So if your interested in mid 90's R&B, *1995* to be exact, then I would say you should get, and if your fawned of R. Kelly's maturer music.
VERY POOR SERVICE 
2007-08-15 - I still haven't received this item and I would not recommend this company to anyone!
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER
2007-07-27 - Who can make a CD better than Kells? This is an oldie but as with all of them its a goodie.....
