The first single R. Kelly and the boys put out, an early 90's R&B New Jack classic

Wrong!

THIS was the real debut single by R.Kelly & Public Announcement:

THIS^ is the only uptempo classic that R has in his song catalog.

TonyVanDam said:

Wrong!

THIS was the real debut single by R.Kelly & Public Announcement:

THIS^ is the only uptempo classic that R has in his song catalog.

Not really. "Home Alone" is uptempo and was a hit.

It appears we where both wrong on some aspects. ahahah

I'm a big R. Kelly fa and just recently got Public Announcement, and i thought that was there first? hmmm

But Robert had a couple up tempo classics from his solo album R and of course there is Home Alone.

Vibe is the only R. Kelly song I liked. Other than that, I've never paid any attention to his stuff. I doubt I can name 5 of his other songs, at least the ones he sang.

daPrettyman said:

TonyVanDam said:

Wrong!

THIS was the real debut single by R.Kelly & Public Announcement:

THIS^ is the only uptempo classic that R has in his song catalog.

Not really. "Home Alone" is uptempo and was a hit.

Not quite. Home Alone is mid-tempo.

Gunsnhalen said:

It appears we where both wrong on some aspects. ahahah

I'm a big R. Kelly fa and just recently got Public Announcement, and i thought that was there first? hmmm

But Robert had a couple up tempo classics from his solo album R and of course there is Home Alone.

Not me. Home Alone is not on the same speed as Vibe.

I actually didn't think this song or the singer was shit back then. I remembered when Comic View clowned on Kels back then with that song, one of the comics mimicked him and parodied "Vibe" as "Fries", I think he was imagining if Kels was working at McDonald's or something.

Wasn't until "Honey Love" that I thought "hmm we may have something here". When "12 Play" took off, that was a wrap lol

Timmy84 said:

I actually didn't think this song or the singer was shit back then. I remembered when Comic View clowned on Kels back then with that song, one of the comics mimicked him and parodied "Vibe" as "Fries", I think he was imagining if Kels was working at McDonald's or something.

Wasn't until "Honey Love" that I thought "hmm we may have something here". When "12 Play" took off, that was a wrap lol

Oh hell yeah, once 12 play came out it was over. R. Kelly had made his name then

Gunsnhalen said:

Timmy84 said:

I actually didn't think this song or the singer was shit back then. I remembered when Comic View clowned on Kels back then with that song, one of the comics mimicked him and parodied "Vibe" as "Fries", I think he was imagining if Kels was working at McDonald's or something.

Wasn't until "Honey Love" that I thought "hmm we may have something here". When "12 Play" took off, that was a wrap lol

Oh hell yeah, once 12 play came out it was over. R. Kelly had made his name then

"Honey Love" and "Dedicated" put him on the map. By the time 12 Play came out, he was a star.

daPrettyman said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Oh hell yeah, once 12 play came out it was over. R. Kelly had made his name then

"Honey Love" and "Dedicated" put him on the map. By the time 12 Play came out, he was a star.

Right. Like I said when "Honey Love" came out that's when I thought "okay dude's got a long career" and I was right lol 19 years later here we are lol

TonyVanDam said:

daPrettyman said:

Not really. "Home Alone" is uptempo and was a hit.

Not quite. Home Alone is mid-tempo.

I guess....when "She's Got That Vibe" came out, uptempo songs were pretty-much dead. That's why the album didn't do well until "Honey Love" and "Dedicated" dropped.

daPrettyman said:

TonyVanDam said:

Not quite. Home Alone is mid-tempo.

I guess....when "She's Got That Vibe" came out, uptempo songs were pretty-much dead. That's why the album didn't do well until "Honey Love" and "Dedicated" dropped.

When "Vibe" came out, people assumed it was either Guy or Aaron Hall solo. People didn't buy his album until "Honey Love" came out. That was the change in direction for Kels. And he's since made his career built on R&B ballads and mid-tempo songs.

This song they played the hell out of

daPrettyman said:

TonyVanDam said:

Not quite. Home Alone is mid-tempo.

I guess....when "She's Got That Vibe" came out, uptempo songs were pretty-much dead. That's why the album didn't do well until "Honey Love" and "Dedicated" dropped.

Although the genre New Jack Swing was at the tail-end of its era, Michael was still doing uptempo songs. Remember his Dangerous album?

JabarR74 said:

This song they played the hell out of

I think it was around the time of THIS^ 3rd single that I finally brought the album myself.

He was with a group called MGM before Jive made him sign with PA

Do I look like a ? Then why you wanna glaze me?

TonyVanDam said:

daPrettyman said:

I guess....when "She's Got That Vibe" came out, uptempo songs were pretty-much dead. That's why the album didn't do well until "Honey Love" and "Dedicated" dropped.

Although the genre New Jack Swing was at the tail-end of its era, Michael was still doing uptempo songs. Remember his Dangerous album?

U just contradicted urself. "Remember The Time" was not really uptempo. It is a mid-tempo song.

Fries! Fries! Fries! Girl you better supersize!

Yeah, I remember that comic view too. He was hilarious.

Kelly and PA were big around my area. Dedicated, Honey Love, Vibe, Slow Dance, Hey Love were all big jams.

daPrettyman said:

TonyVanDam said:

Although the genre New Jack Swing was at the tail-end of its era, Michael was still doing uptempo songs. Remember his Dangerous album?

U just contradicted urself. "Remember The Time" was not really uptempo. It is a mid-tempo song.

Jam, Why You Wanna Trip On Me, I Can Let Her Get Away, & Dangerous were definitely uptempo tracks.

Although Remember The Time was not as fast as those other 4 tracks, it sure as hell was NOT mid-tempo because it was within 115 to 118 BPM, give or take. Mid-tempo is within 90-99 BPM (EXAMPLE: Every track on Dr. Dre's The Chronic album were 95 BPM on average).

TonyVanDam said:

daPrettyman said:

U just contradicted urself. "Remember The Time" was not really uptempo. It is a mid-tempo song.

Jam, Why You Wanna Trip On Me, I Can Let Her Get Away, & Dangerous were definitely uptempo tracks.

Although Remember The Time was not as fast as those other 4 tracks, it sure as hell was NOT mid-tempo because it was within 115 to 118 BPM, give or take. Mid-tempo is within 90-99 BPM (EXAMPLE: Every track on Dr. Dre's The Chronic album were 95 BPM on average).

I know...I just had to catch u on that one. No love lost.