Looks like scandal hasn't kept R.Kelly out of the recording studio.His new CD 'Chocolate Factory' will be released on January 28.The first single "Ignition" is Number 11 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles sales chart and Number 35 on the Hot 100 this week.The 14-track set will come with a six-track bonus CD,featuring cuts that have been lifted from Kelly's heavily bootlegged but as-yet-officially unreleased album 'Love Land'.


Here is the full tracklist to 'Chocolate Factory':

"Chocolate Factory"
"Dream Girl"
"Forever More"
"I'll Never Leave"
"You Knock Me Out"
"Step In The Name Of Love---Remix"
"Heart Of A Woman"
"Showdown" featuring Ron Isley
"Ignition"
"Ignition" (remix)
"Forever"
"You Made Me Love You"
"Step In The Name Of Love"
"Here I Am"


BONUS CD---

"Love Land"
"What Do I Do"
"Heaven I Need A Hug"
"The World's Greatest"
"Far More"
"Raindrops"





Well,what do guys think? Considering how well the first single is doing,is it too soon to count him out?
[This message was edited Thu Dec 19 6:32:45 PST 2002 by DavidEye]

He will have some folks not Buying His Stuff but overall He will Sell.ain't nothing new with R.Kelly it's just out in the Open.it's been the Music Industry's Best Kept Open Secret for almost a Decade.anyway if the Songs Hit He will be alright.ROnald Isley Believes in Him&Lets Be Real as Great as ROnald Isley is as Vocalist&the Imapct of the Isley Brothers on Pop Culture R.Kelly came&Brought Him Back IMHO.The Trial starts back up real soon last I heard.the Cat has been Around a Decade&Change&Has a Catelog so I don't see Him being too messed up with everything overall.Hell in this day&time A Scandal can do more for your Career than take away.folks who Bought R,Kelly when He was with Ayaliyah&whatnot aren't gonna trip as long as the Music is Hitting&thus far "Ignition" is getting Him off too a Good Start.time will tell but He will come out alright but He is gonna take a Major Hit no Doubt but not for long.

DavidEye said:

My first question is why is he including remixes on the damn ALBUM?? Geezz!!! How much sense does that make? Is he losing creativity or what? And second, why is Ron Isley STILL recording with this cat? Maybe this was recorded a while ago, but I would think he would stay clear of Kelly for a while!

Well R Kelly has included remixes on his cd's before, just go back to his 2nd cd 12 play. There is sex me and then the remix for it right after it.

alexnvrmnd said:

DavidEye said:

My first question is why is he including remixes on the damn ALBUM?? Geezz!!! How much sense does that make? Is he losing creativity or what? And second, why is Ron Isley STILL recording with this cat? Maybe this was recorded a while ago, but I would think he would stay clear of Kelly for a while!

Looks like scandal hasn't kept R.Kelly out of the recording studio.His new CD 'Chocolate Factory' will be released on January 28.The first single "Ignition" is Number 11 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip Hop singles sales chart and Number 35 on the Hot 100 this week.The 14-track set will come with a six-track bonus CD,featuring cuts that have been lifted from Kelly's heavily bootlegged but as-yet-officially unreleased album 'Love Land'.


Here is the full tracklist to 'Chocolate Factory':

"Chocolate Factory"
"Dream Girl"
"Forever More"
"I'll Never Leave"
"You Knock Me Out"
"Step In The Name Of Love---Remix"
"Heart Of A Woman"
"Showdown" featuring Ron Isley
"Ignition"
"Ignition" (remix)
"Forever"
"You Made Me Love You"
"Step In The Name Of Love"
"Here I Am"


BONUS CD---

"Love Land"
"What Do I Do"
"Heaven I Need A Hug"
"The World's Greatest"
"Far More"
"Raindrops"





Well,what do guys think? Considering how well the first single is doing,is it too soon to count him out?
[This message was edited Thu Dec 19 6:32:45 PST 2002 by DavidEye]

"Ignition" (remix)

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Well,what do guys think? Considering how well the first single is doing,is it too soon to count him out?

I haven't heard Ignition yet. In light of everything that's happened I'm still avoiding his music. I do think he's talented & really like a of his stuff, but it's gonna be hard to listen to a love song where he's singing about women but thinking about intimidated 13 year old girls... I don't care how good it sounds, I'm constantly thinking "this dude is sick."

CalhounSq said:

Where would this logic end though? It's probably impossible to name an artist (Or anyone else from any other walk of life for that matter) whose personal life who could gain an individual's universal approval.

Essence said:

I hear ya. In a way it's silly b/c I'm sure there are other artists I like who's personal shit would repulse me as well, I just don't know about it. But I have the same problem with Woody Allen, I can't completely separate his mess from his art. I can't help it...

CalhounSq said:

Where would this logic end though? It's probably impossible to name an artist (Or anyone else from any other walk of life for that matter) whose personal life who could gain an individual's universal approval.

That said I agree an artist should keep it as true as possible if they take their fans seriously, in the closet artists who date men in personal lived then sing to females is just fake at the end of the day. In R's case though I guess he wasn't fake, he didn't write "18 & Over" (How old were Mayte and Nona Gaye when P met them? hmmm) and instead told us via Aaliyah that "Age Ain't Nothin' But a Number".

Essence said:

You dont think sex with 13 year olds, and repeatedly with other minors is crossing the line?

Essence said:

Yea, I hear ya, but there's a lot of blurry shit about Prince IMO. I don't know how old those girls were when he met them, I don't know how old they were when he fucked them. I do know people assume a lot of shit (not you, just fans in general), rumors run wild, blah blah blickety blah.

I'm not crazy about the fact that P likes 'em young, but until I see him on tape getting sucked off by a nervous 13 year old girl, I don't have any major problems w/ him. P & R are not in the same boat IMO...

Not to be in bad taste but aren't there states in which he could of legally been with girls aged 14?

CalhounSq said:

I wasn't having a go at Prince (I believe Mayte and Nona were both 16 btw), just saying his message of "18 & Over" may be contradictory while R. Kelly has at least been consistent in his insistence (Via his fifteen year old ex wife) that "Age Ain't Nothin But A Number".

I haven't seen the video of R. Kelly, I thought the girl was fifteen at the time not thirteen? I'm not really sure under what circumstances it's to be viewed? A lot of viewers will use it for paedophilic kicks no doubt. Maybe if I did see the film I'd would feel differently on this issue. Good chance I'd feel differently if I wasn't a fan also.