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Like most of its predecessors, R. Kelly's eleventh album is stuffed to the gills, with 18-plus songs clocking in at 76 minutes (or longer, depending on which bonus track[s] your edition includes.) And if Double Up is, inevitably, far from flawless, the level of novelty and listenability Kelly manages to sustain for that duration is quite a feat. It makes this his best full-length in years -- arguably his best of the decade -- especially when you consider that its high points -- most notably the singles "I'm a Flirt [Remix]" and "Same Girl" -- rank among the licentious Chicagoan's very finest. Yes, Kelly's familiar, almost cartoonishly overstated brand of sex-obsessed misogyny is as rampant here as his increasingly eccentric humor -- more so than ever, on both counts. So if you're not of a disposition to stomach the 40-year-old (whose still-pending child pornography trial was set to commence several months after the album's release, before being delayed yet again) boasting about his plot to seduce a pair of "freaky" first cousins for a ménage à trois (in the title track), or warning listeners to steer their girlfriends clear of his restlessly prowling libido (in "Flirt": "the moral of this story is 'cuff your chick'"), this could be a painfully long and humorless listen, or worse. But cut the man a little slack, at least on record -- or allow him the indulgence of his already comically blatant perversity (at least he doesn't present himself as someone who expects to be taken very seriously) and it's either an absurd explosion of standard R&B tropes (nightclub bangers, baby-makin' slow jams, overwrought breakup songs) or simply a treasure trove of questionable-taste comedy gold. Actually, those aforementioned scenarios are just the tip of the iceberg, strictly routine in comparison to extended X-rated metaphors -- in the vein of "In the Kitchen" or "Ignition" (the original, not the remix) -- involving jungle animals (the brilliantly nutty, if somewhat misleadingly titled "The Zoo"), dessert ("Sweet Tooth"), and interstellar travel ("Sex Planet"), or hammy, convoluted mini-epics like "Same Girl," the one-sided argument "Real Talk," and the multi-player melodrama "Best Friend" (the closest this album comes to the preposterous serialized histrionics of the apparently endless "Trapped in the Closet" saga.) Subject matter aside (lets not even get into the incongruously inspirational Virginia Tech paean "Rise Up"), there's no denying that Kells is in top form production-wise. His occasional attempts at trend-jumping have somewhat mixed results -- the turgid metal guitars of "Rock Star," featuring Kid Rock; the menacing Southern-style synths of "Rollin'"; the fine but innocuous Caribbean-tinged "Freaky in the Club" -- though it doesn't help that these are also the album's least inspired moments conceptually and melodically. On the other hand, he cops 2007's production gimmick du jour, vocodered R&B vocals (à la T-Pain), to excellent effect on "Leave Your Name," a hilarious slice of lifestyle-boasting-as-overly-detailed-voice mail-message. But when he sticks to his somehow perennially fresh style of lush, laid-back, semi-organic, mid-tempo grooves, he's both unmistakable and untouchable. Even the album's parade of A-list guest stars (among them Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Chamillionaire, T.I., Ludacris, and Keyshia Cole), though it does help to keep things interesting, never threatens to overshadow the musical and vocal smoothness, and perversely compelling lyricism of the main event.
© K. Ross Hoffman /TiVo
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R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Swizz Beatz, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - R. Kelly feat. Swizz Beatz, Associated Performer - Larry Gold, Arranger - Andy Gallas, Engineer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Jeff Chestek, Engineer - The Runners, Producer, Programmer - Jeff Meeks, Assistant Engineer - Jason Mlodzinski, Assistant Engineer - Montez Roberts, Assistant Engineer - John Stahl, Assistant Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - A. Harr, Composer, Lyricist - J. Jackson, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Snoop Dogg, Associated Performer, Main Artist - R. Kelly feat. Snoop Dogg, Associated Performer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Jeff Meeks, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Dave Aron, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - C. Bereal, Composer, Lyricist - K. Bereal, Composer, Lyricist - C. Broadus, Composer, Lyricist - C.X. Brockman, Composer, Lyricist - C. Keys, Composer, Lyricist - N. Stewart, Composer, Lyricist - Khao, Producer - K. Cates, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Nelly, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - R. Kelly feat. Nelly, Associated Performer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - Jeff Meeks, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Edwards, Engineer - C. Haynes, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Chamillionaire, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - R. Kelly feat. Chamillionaire, Associated Performer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Jeff Meeks, Assistant Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - H. Seriki, Composer, Lyricist - Aaron Dahl, Engineer - Mysto & Pizzi, Producer - M. Joseph, Composer, Lyricist - S. Vynnytsky, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Jeff Meeks, Assistant Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Patrick Hayes, Guitar - Bigg Makk, Keyboards - Donnie Lyle, Keyboards - Dylan Ely, Engineer, Programmer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Dylan Ely, Engineer, Programmer - Abel Garibaldi, Programmer - Donnie Lyle, Drum Programmer, Guitar
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - Donnie Lyle, Guitar - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Kendall Nesbitt, Keyboards - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Steve Bearsley, Assistant Engineer - Jason Mlodzinski, Assistant Engineer - Nathan Wheeler, Assistant Engineer, Programmer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer, Re-Mixer - T.I., Associated Performer, Featured Artist - T-Pain, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - R. Kelly feat. T.I. & T-Pain, Associated Performer - Jeff Edwards, Engineer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - C. J. Harris, Composer, Lyricist - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Elliot Carter, Engineer - Faheem Najm, Composer, Lyricist - James "Scrappy" Stassen, Engineer - Teddy Penderazdoun, Engineer - R. Jackson, Composer, Lyricist - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - S. Moss, Composer, Lyricist - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Herb Powers, Mastering Engineer - LiL Ronnie, Producer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Usher, Associated Performer - R. Kelly duet with Usher, Associated Performer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - J. Jackson, Composer, Lyricist - John Hanes, Engineer - J.Smith, Composer, Lyricist - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Edwards, Engineer - LiL Ronnie, Producer - Dru Castro, Engineer
(P) 2007 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Jeff Meeks, Engineer, Programmer - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Chestek, Engineer - Larry Gold, Arranger - Rodney East, Keyboards - Donnie Lyle, Guitar - Montez Roberts, Assistant Engineer - John Stahl, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Huey, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - R. Kelly feat. Huey, Associated Performer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Edwards, Engineer - LiL Ronnie, Producer - Joel Fairstein, Engineer - L. Franks Jr, Composer, Lyricist - R. Jackson, Composer, Lyricist
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Ludacris, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - Kid Rock, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - R. Kelly feat. Ludacris and Kid Rock, Associated Performer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Jeff Meeks, Engineer, Programmer - Rodney East, Keyboards - Donnie Lyle, Guitar - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - C. Bridges, Composer, Lyricist - Joshua Monroy, Engineer - Al Sutton, Engineer - Bigg Makk, Guitar
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Polow Da Don, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - Keyshia Cole, Associated Performer, Featured Artist - R. Kelly feat. Keyshia Cole and Polow Da Don, Associated Performer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Donnie Lyle, Guitar - Jeff Meeks, Engineer, Programmer - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Larry Gold, Arranger - Patrick Hayes, Guitar - Bigg Makk, Keyboards - Jeff Chestek, Engineer - Robert "Big Brizz" Brisbane, Engineer - Christopher Carmouche, Engineer - Warren Bletcher, Assistant Engineer - Pedro J. Quintana Jr.,, Assistant Engineer - Montez Roberts, Assistant Engineer - John Stahl, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Jeff Meeks, Engineer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Bigg Makk, Programmer - Jeff Edwards, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Jeff Meeks, Engineer, Programmer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Bigg Makk, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - Patrick Hayes, Guitar - Rodney East, Keyboards - Big Mac, Drum Programmer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Ian Mereness, Engineer - Patrick Hayes, Guitar - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Larry Gold, Arranger - Bigg Makk, Keyboards, Programmer - Sheri Hauk - Dylan Ely, Engineer, Programmer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Patrick Hayes, Guitar - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Donnie Lyle, Bass Guitar, Guitar, Programmer - Bigg Makk, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - Kendall Nesbitt, Keyboards - Jeff Edwards, Engineer - Dylan Ely, Engineer - Andy Gallas, Engineer - Jeff Meeks, Engineer - Nathan Wheeler, Programmer - Steve Bearsley, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Programmer - Ian Mereness, Engineer, Programmer - Patrick Hayes, Guitar - Donnie Lyle, Guitar - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Bigg Makk, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - John Hanes, Engineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Edwards, Assistant Engineer - Jeff Meeks, Assistant Engineer - Luis Tovar, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
R. Kelly, Arranger, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist, Mixing Engineer, Producer - DJ Polow, Producer - Abel Garibaldi, Engineer, Mixing Engineer - T. Nash, Composer, Lyricist - Jeff Meeks, Assistant Engineer - W. Hodge, Composer, Lyricist - J. Jones, Composer, Lyricist - Polow Da Don, Producer - Willy Will, Producer - Jason Perry, Keyboards - Mike O'Brien, Bass Guitar, Guitar
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording, LLC
Presentación del Álbum
Like most of its predecessors, R. Kelly's eleventh album is stuffed to the gills, with 18-plus songs clocking in at 76 minutes (or longer, depending on which bonus track[s] your edition includes.) And if Double Up is, inevitably, far from flawless, the level of novelty and listenability Kelly manages to sustain for that duration is quite a feat. It makes this his best full-length in years -- arguably his best of the decade -- especially when you consider that its high points -- most notably the singles "I'm a Flirt [Remix]" and "Same Girl" -- rank among the licentious Chicagoan's very finest. Yes, Kelly's familiar, almost cartoonishly overstated brand of sex-obsessed misogyny is as rampant here as his increasingly eccentric humor -- more so than ever, on both counts. So if you're not of a disposition to stomach the 40-year-old (whose still-pending child pornography trial was set to commence several months after the album's release, before being delayed yet again) boasting about his plot to seduce a pair of "freaky" first cousins for a ménage à trois (in the title track), or warning listeners to steer their girlfriends clear of his restlessly prowling libido (in "Flirt": "the moral of this story is 'cuff your chick'"), this could be a painfully long and humorless listen, or worse. But cut the man a little slack, at least on record -- or allow him the indulgence of his already comically blatant perversity (at least he doesn't present himself as someone who expects to be taken very seriously) and it's either an absurd explosion of standard R&B tropes (nightclub bangers, baby-makin' slow jams, overwrought breakup songs) or simply a treasure trove of questionable-taste comedy gold. Actually, those aforementioned scenarios are just the tip of the iceberg, strictly routine in comparison to extended X-rated metaphors -- in the vein of "In the Kitchen" or "Ignition" (the original, not the remix) -- involving jungle animals (the brilliantly nutty, if somewhat misleadingly titled "The Zoo"), dessert ("Sweet Tooth"), and interstellar travel ("Sex Planet"), or hammy, convoluted mini-epics like "Same Girl," the one-sided argument "Real Talk," and the multi-player melodrama "Best Friend" (the closest this album comes to the preposterous serialized histrionics of the apparently endless "Trapped in the Closet" saga.) Subject matter aside (lets not even get into the incongruously inspirational Virginia Tech paean "Rise Up"), there's no denying that Kells is in top form production-wise. His occasional attempts at trend-jumping have somewhat mixed results -- the turgid metal guitars of "Rock Star," featuring Kid Rock; the menacing Southern-style synths of "Rollin'"; the fine but innocuous Caribbean-tinged "Freaky in the Club" -- though it doesn't help that these are also the album's least inspired moments conceptually and melodically. On the other hand, he cops 2007's production gimmick du jour, vocodered R&B vocals (à la T-Pain), to excellent effect on "Leave Your Name," a hilarious slice of lifestyle-boasting-as-overly-detailed-voice mail-message. But when he sticks to his somehow perennially fresh style of lush, laid-back, semi-organic, mid-tempo grooves, he's both unmistakable and untouchable. Even the album's parade of A-list guest stars (among them Snoop Dogg, Nelly, Chamillionaire, T.I., Ludacris, and Keyshia Cole), though it does help to keep things interesting, never threatens to overshadow the musical and vocal smoothness, and perversely compelling lyricism of the main event.
© K. Ross Hoffman /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 1 disco(s) - 19 pista(s)
- Duración total: 01:16:08
- Artistas principales: R. Kelly
- Compositor: R. Kelly
- Sello: Jive
- Género Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
(P) 2007 Zomba Recording LLC
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