Last night VH-1 Soul showed "I Wish" and it reminded me of how much I used to love that song. It also inspired me to go listen to some R. Kelly. I guess I had gone away from him after all the sextape controversy. However, as I listened to his music, I was reminded of how talented and prolific this dude was/is. Aside from his own RnB classics, he wrote, produced and remixed or was a featured artist on tracks for so many major and minor artists from RnB, Pop and Rap. From inspirational anthems to heartfelt love songs and sexy ballads to songs I'm embarrassed to say I like (Feelin' On You Booty), he has a very impressive body of work. I am not sure how he is viewed in the mainstream, but he certainly seems to represents the demon-plagued artist archetype.

How do you think history will view him? What will his legacy be? Do you think he will be honored in the way other artists have been with lifetime achievement awards?

What are your favorite Kellz cuts?

Here are some of mine:

I Wish

Heaven I Need a Hug

Step in the Name of Love - original and remix

Ladies' Night (Treat Her Like Heaven)

Loveland

Love Street

Raindrops

I Don't Mean It

I Mean I Don't Mean It

You Remind Me of Something

Red Carpet

When a Woman's Fed Up

Street Dreams (Remix) - Nas featuring R. Kelly

Anytime, Any Place (Remix) - Janet Jackson (Remixed by R. Kelly)

bellanoche said:

Last night VH-1 Soul showed "I Wish" and it reminded me of how much I used to love that song. It also inspired me to go listen to some R. Kelly. I guess I had gone away from him after all the sextape controversy. However, as I listened to his music, I was reminded of how talented and prolific this dude was/is. Aside from his own RnB classics, he wrote, produced and remixed or was a featured artist on tracks for so many major and minor artists from RnB, Pop and Rap. From inspirational anthems to heartfelt love songs and sexy ballads to songs I'm embarrassed to say I like (Feelin' On You Booty), he has a very impressive body of work. I am not sure how he is viewed in the mainstream, but he certainly seems to represents the demon-plagued artist archetype.

How do you think history will view him? What will his legacy be? Do you think he will be honored in the way other artists have been with lifetime achievement awards?

What are your favorite Kellz cuts?

Here are some of mine:

I Wish

Heaven I Need a Hug

Step in the Name of Love - original and remix

Ladies' Night (Treat Her Like Heaven)

Loveland

Love Street

Raindrops

I Don't Mean It

I Mean I Don't Mean It

You Remind Me of Something

Red Carpet

When a Woman's Fed Up

Street Dreams (Remix) - Nas featuring R. Kelly

Anytime, Any Place (Remix) - Janet Jackson (Remixed by R. Kelly)

People may not want to admit it, but R Kelly is a legend. He's written songs for everyone's favorite artists. Of course most people will only pay attention to the "alleged" sex tape and his "marriage" to Aaliyah. That man is a musical genius

Some of my favorite R Kelly songs? I'd be here all day, but these are just a few

Bump n Grind (and the remix)

Your Body's Calling (and the remix)

Feelin You in Stereo

Ignition

Greatest Show on Earth

You Remind Me

If

Half on a Baby

I Wish

TOO MANY!

No

Tbqh he's a living legend, musical genius, wrote and produced for your fave, praised by your fave, The R in R&B, etc.

Side note: Expect his closet fans to derail this thread with their usual remarks...

I wouldn't call him a legend, but he's a talented artist. His best song he's ever written wasn't even for himself - Maxwell's "Fortunate". That song is pure sex, fire, and passion.

R Kelly's an underrated songwriter IMO. Some of my favorite tracks by him are:

I Believe I Can Fly

The Worlds Greatest

Bad Man (from the Shaft OST)

You Are Not Alone (which he wrote for MJ)

One More Chance (which he wrote for MJ)

No Words (which he wrote for Charlie Wilson)
Step in the Name of Love (original and remix)

Butterfly

I Can't Sleep Baby

Fortunate (which he wrote for Maxwell)

She's Got That Vibe

If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time

When A Women's Fed Up

Only the Loot Can Make Me Happy

Did You Ever Think

Down Low (with the Isleys)

I'm Your Angel (with Celine Dion)

I Wish

The Storm is Over Now

Dream Girl

Forever

Love Signals

Happy People

If I Could Make the World Dance

Love Letter

Love Is

When A Woman Loves

Not really a fan of his...but I will say this. He is a very talented song-writer, and I don't think he gets enough credit for it.

As far as his personal life goes.....no comment

As a musician tho, I'm cool with him.

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SonOfSoul said:

I wouldn't call him a legend, but he's a talented artist. His best song he's ever written wasn't even for himself - Maxwell's "Fortunate". That song is pure sex, fire, and passion.

Wow! How could I forget Fortunate! That is a bonafide jam!

Thanks for sharing some opinions on here. This site has some well-informed and very opinionated music fans, so I wondered what people thought on here.

As some have said, I think he is a very talented songwriter who does not get enough credit for it.

bellanoche said:

SonOfSoul said:

I wouldn't call him a legend, but he's a talented artist. His best song he's ever written wasn't even for himself - Maxwell's "Fortunate". That song is pure sex, fire, and passion.

Wow! How could I forget Fortunate! That is a bonafide jam!

Thanks for sharing some opinions on here. This site has some well-informed and very opinionated music fans, so I wondered what people thought on here.

As some have said, I think he is a very talented songwriter who does not get enough credit for it.

"12 Play" is a R&B classic.... after that, I think he's been pretty hit or miss. Some decent albums, some shit ones, some career highlights and some serious mis-steps..... the less said about "Trapped In The Closet", the better.

The man can be a genius when he's not trying to be an overage thug

Chocolate Factory & Happy People/You Saved Me are the faves

This was the last good thing heard by the man....

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After that nobody knew what became of him. Somebody did a milk cartoon alert, and next thing you know dude was living in Yodelville.

12 Play

Bump N Grind

You Remind Me Of Something

Thank God It's Friday

I Can't Sleep Baby

If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time

Half On A Baby

When A Woman's Fed Up

I'm Your Angel

Did You Ever Think

I Believe I Can Fly

The Greatest Sex

I Wish

Step In The Name Of Love

Ignition (Remix)

World's Greatest

Dream Girl

Heart Of A Woman

Happy People

Spirit

Leap Of Faith

Sex In The Kitchen

Love Letter

Number One Hit

Not Feelin' The Love

When A Woman Loves

Are all the songs I dig from his solo records...Yeah quite a lot actually.

As long as he stays in his lane, he does fine. When he tries too hard to appeal to the younger crowd, he gets off the rails. He's one of the most talented cats on scene since the 90's.

Musicslave said:

As long as he stays in his lane, he does fine. When he tries too hard to appeal to the younger crowd, he gets off the rails. He's one of the most talented cats on scene since the 90's.

thetimefan said:

You Are Not Alone (which he wrote for MJ)

No he didn't. He added lyrics onto an existing composition by the Van Passel brothers.

http://vodpod.com/watch/1...ws-footage

1/2 on a baby

dancing with a rich man

did u ever think?

fiesta

ignition(remix)

step in my room

if i could turn back the hands of time

gotham city

2nd kelly

when a woman's fed up

down low

not gonna hold on

i can't sleep baby (if I)

step in the name of love

dream girl

SNAKE

WHO's THAT

LoveLand

slow wind

Love Letter

when a woman loves

I agree with your list and will add:

Red Carpet

Feeling On Yo Booty

The Greatest Sex

Happy Summertime

You Remind Me of Something

He's not the greatest lyricist or anything but he has a robust catalog of "feel-good" jams that people can rock to!

Too many to name......Besides the known singles he has released he has many many many grat album cuts, that are better than most peoples singles for his generation.

Religous Love

It Seems Like Youre Ready

Radio Message

The Greatest Show On Earth

When I'm With You

Love Signals

The Greatest Sex

Music Must Be A Lady

Tempo Slow

etc...

R Kelly is the real King of R&B. Very underrated. My favorites by him are in no certain order

Bump n Grind ( the remix)

Your Body's Calling

I'm a flirt

Ignition(&the remix)

You Remind Me of Something

Half on a Baby

Honey Love

Baby,Baby,Baby

Fortunate(Maxwell)

Clubbin(Marques Houston)

Downlow

laundrymat(Nivea)

Feelin On Your Booty

Dream Girl

Thoi thoin

Touched a dream

Fuck You Tonight by Notorious Big

You are not alone By (Mj)

Bump Bump Bump & Girlfriend (B2k)

Stroke U Up (Changing Faces)

Life (KC & JoJo)

Ice cream (JS)

808 (Blaque)

Its on (Mary J Blige)

More & More (Joe)

God's Grace (Trin-I-Tee) Absolutely love this song

Favorite Albums

Chocolate Factory,R, & The whole Aaliyah's first album

Plus his performance on the 2010 Soul Train Awards was epic his voice is at top form & better than ever...

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I Liked his early material. The stuff he started doin with rappers around 2002 and so forth, didn't care for.

He´s a bit overrated as a musician and songwriter (I have a problem with people calling him a misunderstood genius ) but he definitely is an RnB legend already. His predatory ways left a bitter taste though....not cool.

This cover version is quite funny:

Bounce , bounce, bounce baby. Bounce! And the singer even looks like R.Kelly, too.

Love him or hate him but you all know at least three R.Kelly songs that you can´t get enough of.

Can´t wait to meet him for dinner and a cup of coffee and a bottle of Hennessy when I visit him in Chicago in April. I have this friend in Chicago and she PROMISED me that we´re going to meet with R.Kelly if I visit her in April.

She also wants me to visit Common with her but I´m a bit undecided on that because she prefers Common´s version of Ghetto Heaven over the original.

But hey, we´ll spend some quality time with Mr. Kelly.

Kels, here we come.

I believe I can fly and Gotham City are my most hated R.Kelly songs.

KoolEaze said:

Love him or hate him but you all know at least three R.Kelly songs that you can´t get enough of.

Can´t wait to meet him for dinner and a cup of coffee and a bottle of Hennessy when I visit him in Chicago in April. I have this friend in Chicago and she PROMISED me that we´re going to meet with R.Kelly if I visit her in April.

She also wants me to visit Common with her but I´m a bit undecided on that because she prefers Common´s version of Ghetto Heaven over the original.

But hey, we´ll spend some quality time with Mr. Kelly.

Kels, here we come.

I believe I can fly and Gotham City are my most hated R.Kelly songs.

Hate him, and he's only had two tolerable songs in my opinion, being Step In The Name of Love and Ignition Remix. I even loathe every associated thing he did with MJ. I would barely even call the man talented. He's the worst thing to happen to music period in the last 20 years.

I would rather listen to LaToya Jackson's Nashville album on loop for a day than a whole R Kelly album.

Ellie said:

KoolEaze said:

Love him or hate him but you all know at least three R.Kelly songs that you can´t get enough of.

Can´t wait to meet him for dinner and a cup of coffee and a bottle of Hennessy when I visit him in Chicago in April. I have this friend in Chicago and she PROMISED me that we´re going to meet with R.Kelly if I visit her in April.

She also wants me to visit Common with her but I´m a bit undecided on that because she prefers Common´s version of Ghetto Heaven over the original.

But hey, we´ll spend some quality time with Mr. Kelly.

Kels, here we come.

I believe I can fly and Gotham City are my most hated R.Kelly songs.

Hate him, and he's only had two tolerable songs in my opinion, being Step In The Name of Love and Ignition Remix. I even loathe every associated thing he did with MJ. I would barely even call the man talented. He's the worst thing to happen to music period in the last 20 years.

I would rather listen to LaToya Jackson's Nashville album on loop for a day than a whole R Kelly album.

OK. I can´t stand Step in the Name of Love though. Actually, I´m not really a fan and his whole attitude totally turns me off of his music, more so than the music itself.But Fortunate and You Are Not Alone were quite good, IMO.

The whole pissing on underage girls ....ehhhh....left a bitter taste, for lack of better words.

My loathing of him started in 1994 and then heightened in 1995 with You Are Not Alone (IT'S THE SAME 5 NOTES IN THE SAME ORDER OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE VERSES AND CHORUS). Him later tunring out to be a sleazeball was neither here nor there as it was no surprise considering the content of his shitty music.

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Ellie said:

My loathing of him started in 1994 and then heightened in 1995 with You Are Not Alone (IT'S THE SAME 5 NOTES IN THE SAME ORDER OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE VERSES AND CHORUS). Him later tunring out to be a sleazeball was neither here nor there as it was no surprise considering the content of his shitty music.

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What happened in 94? He was relatively a new cormer at that point?

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Ellie said:

My loathing of him started in 1994 and then heightened in 1995 with You Are Not Alone (IT'S THE SAME 5 NOTES IN THE SAME ORDER OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THE VERSES AND CHORUS). Him later tunring out to be a sleazeball was neither here nor there as it was no surprise considering the content of his shitty music.

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What happened in 94? He was relatively a new cormer at that point?

That was when he married Aaliyah.

AlexdeParis said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

What happened in 94? He was relatively a new cormer at that point?

That was when he married Aaliyah.

Oh yeah, that.