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- Summary: The R&B singer's latest is a double album, confining the two sides of his personality to separate discs: the radio- and club-friendly 'Happy People' is backed by the religious-themed 'U Saved Me.'
- Record Label: Jive
- Genre(s): Pop, R&B
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Top Track
It's Your Birthday | |
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Surprise Girl I bet you thought I had went and forgot It's a special day Tonight Your gift will be something you will remember For the rest of your... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 16
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Mixed: 7 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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Charming, unpretentious and effortless, the singer presides over a party whose pace never flags and whose soul is fun-loving and wholesome. [22 Aug 2004]
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Uncut[Happy People] is a cunning, crackling, can't-keep-still classic. [Nov 2004, p.120]
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Kelly has an uncanny ability to mix retro sounds with tasty dollops of contemporary seasoning.
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The first disc finds Kelly honing his already well developed skills at creating effortless dance hooks, but on the second disc Kelly seems to be trapped in staid evangelical idioms and drowning in itchy church choir robes.
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Where Happy People only exercises Kelly's technique, U Saved Me adds some heart.
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An album that makes Up With People sound like Joy Division, Happy People embraces an ecstatic brand of cheerfulness so far removed from the realities of everyday life that it creates a kind of altered state.
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His productivity isn't exuberance, it's greed; his PG rating isn't scruples, it's cowardice.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 0 out of 7
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Negative: 1 out of 7
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VishalDAug 28, 2004
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RhiannonVAug 24, 2004
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AbelMOct 11, 2004
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ShermoneFAug 30, 2004
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CrystalinGAug 30, 2004
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ssSep 1, 2004out of this world.its wrong 4 one man to have so much talent
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WalkerTexasRangerAug 26, 2004It's rubbish. R. Kelly should stay at home and eat mash rather than write "music". Word. Bust it.
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