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TP-2.com - R. Kelly
  • Band Name: R. Kelly
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Nov 7, 2000
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71 out of 100

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7.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Summary: A sequel, of sorts, to Kelly's 1993 album '12 Play.'

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Kelly croons with an open-hearted, gospel-schooled grace that compensates for his often half-baked lyrics. [11/10/00, p.90]
  2. Sonicnet
    80
    TP-2.com isn't the masterpiece Kelly seems capable of, but it's as strong an R&B album as any since, well, since R., balancing the carnal and the spiritual as convincingly as anyone's done it since Prince in the 1980s.
  3. Rolling Stone
    60
    The real pity is that Kelly, one of the most talented players on the current R&B scene, repeatedly squanders his gifts. His voice simmers with an existential pain that is clearly rooted in the same secular vs. spiritual battle that defines the music of artists like Marvin Gaye and Prince. But he keeps the struggle one-sided in his lyrics -- staying largely on the bump-and-grind course -- and that wears thin quickly.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. AlvinaP.
    10
    it was very good and deep i love it a lot.
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