Why did people hate on this album so much? I know there is allways gonna be Kells haters due to his ongoing child pornography trial. But does that have anything to due with this legends music??? Not at all. He still is the King of R&B regardless of if he is guilty or not (Hes innocent). That will never change, and no one is going to over throw him anytime soon. He is to dominant. Every one of his albums are platinum, most are multi platinum. He has a dozen or so number one hit singles, and alot of his albums are highly rated by critics. But its the people that know nothing about Kells except he is in a scandal right now, that bag on him all the time. He is a legend people, that will never change. The anticipation i had for this album, was unparrelled. I couldnt sleep the week before it came out. I remember looking this album up on the internet every day of the week before it came to see if the tracklisting changed, or if the release date changed, or even to get a glimpse of the cover. I was so excited for this album, it was all i was talking about the week before it came out. I remember i was leaving to go on vacation the day it came out, and i woke up at like eight in the morning so i could go buy this album before me and my family left. And i listened to it for a week strait after it came out. Now this album is not his best album, but its very strong. The thing with this album was it didnt have any huge hit singles. The Trapped in The Closet series was heard occasionally on the radio, but not very often. The thing i liked about this album, was he returned to the TP.2, smooth mid tempo tracks. This album sounds just like a sequal to TP2 because alot of the songs have that same smooth, mellow, baby making feel to them that the legendary TP2 had. And this was also definetly a big summer album. It came out in the first week of July, right after the 4th i believe, and there fore it had alot of blazing hot summer tracks to go along with the mellow R&B cuts. One hot summer jam being the heavy bass summer anthem featuring The Game, "Playa's Only". Another hot summer joint would be the more mid tempo "Happy Summertime" which also features a big name rapper in Snoop Dogg. This song was a great cruising song during the summer. But when it came to the smooth R&B cuts nothing on the album was better than the cheating song, "Kickin' It With Your Girlfriend", which had that smooth, laid back vibe to it despite the touchy cheating topic. Its just a vintage R. Kelly song with its light horns going off in the background. Another great R&B track is the smokers ode to sex, "Sex Weed" which is one of the many baby making tracks on the album with a more slow tempo dreamy vibe. But all in all, this album is definetly not flawless, but its just another great addition to the already phenominal catalog R. Kelly has built. Stop hating on the legend, and appriciate this man for what he is, because after he is gone, it might be a long time before we ever see another R&B singer of his talent.



Grade:
B