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Chocolate Factory - R. Kelly
  • Band Name: R. Kelly
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Feb 18, 2003
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Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.0 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 111 Ratings

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  • Summary: Beseiged by legal problems (he was arrested in Chicago on child pornography-related charges) and rampant bootlegging of an earlier effort ('Loveland') that forced him to abandon that project, Kelly finally returns with a follow-up to 2000's 'TP-2.Com.'

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Mojo
    80
    Overlong, but Chocolate Factory is an impressively varied opus. [May 2003, p.100]
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  2. All Music Guide
    60
    Solid and pleasing, if somewhat predictable.
  3. E! Online
    25
    Declawed and hesitant, it's hard to get excited about this piece of funkless confection.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 69
  3. Negative: 1 out of 69
  1. shaawntas
    10
    this is the shit
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. TrayvonT
    10
    R. Kellys the best R&B singer since he's came out and believe me when I say this he can rap better than most rappers.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. TINAI
    10
    R. Kelly is the best.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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