R Kelly - Double Up
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Artist: R KellyEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Music Label: Jive
Product features:
- R. Kelly - Double Up (explicit Version)
- The Champ featuring Swizz Beatz
- Double Up featuring Snoop Dogg
- Tryin' To Get A Number featuring Nelly
- Get Dirty featuring Chamillionaire
- Leave Your Name
- Freaky In The Club
- The Zoo
- I'm A Flirt Remix featuring T.I. and T-Pain
- Same Girl duet with Usher
- Real Talk
- Hook It Up featuring Huey
- Rock Star featuring Ludacris and Kid Rock
- Best Friend featuring Keyshia Cole and Polow Da Don
- Rollin'
- Sweet Tooth
- Havin' A Baby
- Sex Planet
- Rise Up
Music reviews of Double Up
Music Review: R As Redundant
Rating: 2 Stars
R. Kelly doesn't need any further introduction, he's one of the finest and most successful R&b Artists from the last 15 years and he's given us so many hits that we've become spoiled and he's even written songs for others like Michael Jackson's "Cry" and "You Are Not Alone". As versatile as he is his music often differ from time to time. We got the love songs (Down Low, If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time) we got the film themes (Gotham City, I Believe I Can Fly) both Spiritual and uptempo Gospel song from his Happy People/U Saved Me and then we got the songs for the club and the songs about sex. Which this album is entirely about. To be honest, these are the two R. Kelly type of songs I like least. R. Kelly always did songs about sex from time to time and sometimes they were fine sometimes not, but club songs was something quite new when he released the remix to Ignition a few years back and the song became a smash. R. Kelly had been making club songs in the past, often on other artists albums and even 2 disastrous collaboration albums with Jay-Z called (Best of Both Worlds, and Unfinnished Business). But recording an entire album in his own name with mostly Hip Hop influenced club songs full of guests is something new.
As aforementioned, "Double Up" got 2 themes that comes back on this album. Sex and Clubbing. R. Kelly got alot of help from guest artists like like Usher, Nelly and Chamillionaire etc. that I will introduce later on. At 40 I was really expecting something else from the Pied Piper then clubbing and more sex, but with this lineup I still had high hopes for this release. It would be fascinating to see what these guests could do with him, considering there are hardly these many guests on R. Kelly albums. Alright, let's take a look at the 18 songs on this album. First out is Swizz Beatz produced intro called "The Champ" where R. Kelly introduce himself as a legend that has been around for long and archieved almost everything and claimes he was the first to make music for "the hood", and based on this intro and the album cover you know what to expect and to what audience this album is dedicated to. Title track "Double Up" is next and feauture Snoop Dogg. It's basically a song about clubbing, as good story teller as he is this song lacks everything else. Annoying beats, no melody or hook and Snoop sounds like he always does. Next song "Tryin' to Get a Number" with Nelly sounds exacly the same as the previous with manufacted and annoying beats and the same theme about clubbing. "Get Dirty" with Chammilionaire (who promised he wouldn't say certain words on his new album). This song according to R. Kelly is dedicated to N*ggas, B*tches, Playas, Pimps and is just as bad as the previous two songs and sounds almost the same too. After a few club songs, a sex ballad to the honeys comes in "Leave Your Name"... After the beep, R. Kelly promise to call back cause he may be sleeping or making a baby. The song itself isn't that bad, but it's nothing new. "Freaky in the Club", is silly but catchy at the same time, It's about strippers or stripping I think, how original. On "The Zoo" R. Kelly makes metaphores to diffrent animals from the jungle when he's having sex. On the hook he uses a monkey sound, infact this song is so comical that it almost feels embarrasing. A remix of the Lil Bow Wow hit "I'm a Flirt" with T.I and T-Pain if you haven't got fed up with the original version aleady, infact both of them were released as singles and spent time simoultaneously on the chart.
The new single with Usher called "Same Girl" is the standout song on this album, it deals with a girl they both have been messing with without even knowing it. It's a good song and a duet with Usher can't go wrong. More of this thanks. "Real Talk" could have been "Trapped in the Closet" Version 10. It's a 3 minute long conversation song where he suppostely argues with his girlfriend who saw him in the club and is mad, I wonder what happended after these 3 minutes?. "Hook It Up" with new rapper Huey got better beats then alot of songs here but it also lacks interesting theme and is extremely repetitive. "Rock Star" sounds like nothing else on this album, a rocker with a really nice guitar riff. Ludacris and Kid Rock apepars, unfortunately the sexist and very explicit lyrics ruins it for me. It's basically about the lifestyle of a "Rock Star" having sex with groupies on demand. Haven't we heard this already?. One more pretty good song called "Best Friend" with talented Keyshia Cole, she's actually the only female that appears on this album, Polow Da Don himself also sings a few rhymes. This seems to be a triangle drama song about his girlfriend doing his bestfriend, and YES it sound alot like Trapped in The Closet aswell. "Rollin" is probably the worst song of this album, too repetitive and one-sided. Wonder how long it took to produce it, 5 or 10 minutes. Put your bet. "Sweet Tooth" is not too surprisingly a ballad about sex where he makes metaphors to food. It's alright without being over-the-top. "Having A Baby" a romantic song about how much he looks forward to become a father. Good song, but feels very missplaced on this album. "Sex Planet" probably takes the price for being the most explicit song even if it's a sweet ballad on the purpose. like "I Promise this will be painless, we take a trip to the planet Uranus" He also talks about "taste your milky way" and "enter into your black hole", If you don't know R Kelly, this is him in a nutshell and I actually think this song is quite funny and one of the better songs of this album. The closer that is also missplaced is called "Rise Up" and is a tribute to the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre.
Overall, As much of a fan of R. Kelly that I am (one of my all time favorite artists) this album can't be considered anything but a dissapointment. On R. Kelly releases you have sky high expectations and after the dissapointing TP3 I thought this album would be better. You know what this man is capable at his peak but at the same time you know what he is capable of at his lows. There are simpy too much club songs here and too many guest artists and feels like they don't add much new either. If the songs atleast had some good beats or hook like Ignition?. For the most part this album feels uninspired and repetitive. Like already mentioned The few more serious songs just feel missplaced and while some songs are quite alright here it isn't enough when others are just lame. At 40 R. Kelly only deals with clubbing and sex?. I'm truly dissapointed and I wouldn't recommend this album unless these 2 issues are what you like about his music. Sorry Kellz but You can do better.
Description of Double Up
The King of R&B's Double Up delivers a potent potion of pure signature R&B with some Hip Hop on top. Featuring collaborations with T.I., T-Pain, and more, the legendary R. Kelly joins forces with some of the hottest and best Hip-Hop talent and the result is fiercly sexy. From the amazing duet with Usher "Same Girl", to the smooth stylin of "Freaky In The Club," fans around the globe will jump at the opportunity to Double Up with R. KellyR. Kelly's rep could be considered controversial at best, but that's not to say the man who does for raunch what Beyoncé does for backsides (that is, caused the masses to arrive at a more multidimensional consideration) is not a fascinating artist. On Double Up, arguably his most sex-crazed, diabolically sleazy CD to date, Kelly grunts like a monkey, envisions a hot and heavy interplanetary romp, and indulges in NC-17-rated rhymes. Stylistically, the self-described king of R&B kicks up a hip-hoppy storm, spitting rapid-fire rhymes and tossing the 'n' word around too freely. But then there's the saving grace: that voice. Throughout a couple of inspirational numbers and collaborations with friends such as Usher ("Same Girl") and Nelly ("Tryin' to Get a Number"), Kelly does what he did so capably on the megahit "I Believe I Can Fly": he reaches even reluctant listeners with deep-seated sincerity. Even when he doesn't, he still knows how to capture catchy--first single "I'm a Flirt," for example, locks it up with a whisper and a wink. --Tammy La Gorce
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