Double Up - R. Kelly
  • Band Name: R. Kelly
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: May 29, 2007
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

  • Summary: Apparently no longer trapped in the closet, the crooner enlists Young Jeezy, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris and T.I. to help enliven this upbeat successor to 2005's 'TP.3 Reloaded.'
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 15
  2. Negative: 1 out of 15
  1. It’s the most consistently entertaining and lasting of R. Kelly’s albums yet.
  2. Those lyrics may seem slightly ridiculous, but between them and his thinly veiled metaphors for his need to perform cunnilingus (Sweet Tooth), Kelly's originality and talent for making instant club hits is un-fucking-deniable.
  3. This album piles on the bump 'n' grind.
  4. Unsaved by anything resembling an acceptable musical hook, Kelly's lyrics are uniformly dumb.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 3 out of 11
  1. dezmondrat
    10
    R.Kelly is undeniably the king of R&B. Every album he releases changes the genre and moves it up a notch to amazing levels!! A genius is defined by making his own styles, for example, songs like "real talk", "best friend" and "same girl" are just classical. These songs makes you feel like you're watching a highly addictive drama. In one track his breaking up with his 'naive' girlfriend, the next (with Usher) he finds out they've been seeing the same girl. The "best friend" cut (featuring Keyshia Cole & Polow da don) he is in prison and his wife and friend come to visit, where he realizes his friend is wearing the shirt his wife had bought him. The way it's sung is just amazing, makes you actually see the situation. Kellz is absolutely the king of R&B without a doubt. Stand out tracks (with those 3); Leave your name, Sweet Tooth, The Zoo and Sex Planet. Expand
  2. LeroyH
    8
    Great album to ride to. Beats are booming and Kels brings the freaky lyrics. if you plan on writing your thesis paper on complicated, socially uplifting lyrics then you may want to listen to something else. If you just want to hear good sexual music this is it. Collapse
  3. JosephA
    7
    Nothing mind blowing, some tracks better than others, but overall I dig it. It's a much different flavor than previous albums and Kellz pulls it off. This guy could sing about takin a shit and it would sound good. R. Kelly is awesome. Expand
  4. ToddW.
    0
    Anyone who listens to and admires this criminal should double up in the same jail cell in which this guy belongs, if not for his money and station in life. A true example of the idiom, "Life just isn't fair," this guy should make fans with female children truly lock up their daughters. Expand

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