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Untitled by R. Kelly

Untitled

Release Date: 12/1/2009

Recording Date: 12/2009

Tracks: 15

Length: 01:02:12 Hrs

Label: Jive

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Guitar (Electric), Vocals, United States of America, Synthesizer Bass, Electronic Drums, Contemporary R&B, R&B

Album Tracks (15)

Song Title
Length
1.
Crazy Night
03:34
2.
Exit
04:06
3.
Echo
03:58
4.
Bangin' the Headboard
03:14
5.
Go Low
03:51
6.
Whole Lotta Kisses
04:30
7.
Like I Do
03:40
8.
Number One
04:20
9.
I Love the DJ
03:45
10.
Supaman High
04:24
11.
Be My #2
04:52
12.
Text Me
04:20
13.
Religious
03:03
14.
Elsewhere
04:36
15.
Pregnant
05:59

What the Critics Say

12 Play: 4th Quarter leaked well ahead of its intended release date, and “Hairbraider,” its intended lead single, deservedly flopped, prompting R. Kelly and Jive to shelve the project. Over a year after the leak, and just in time for the 2009 holiday season shopping rush, a new R. album in the form of Untitled receives an official release, featuring a track list drastically different from that of the leaked album. Given that R. had maintained a relatively low profile since his June 2008 acquittal on child pornography charges, Untitled is his least eventful release in nearly a decade. Somewhat surprisingly, he leans on a lot of collaborations. He handles only two tracks by himself, farming out the production and songwriting assistance to an assortment of mostly up-and-coming figures who contribute to no more than a couple songs each. Perhaps R. needed the input from others to help reset his bearings and make a simple, concept-free, creatively unambitious R&B album. There’s nothing outlandish about it, at least not by the R. Kelly standard. In fact, it’s rather understated, heavy on slow jams with only a couple small surprises: the Jack Splash-produced “Be My #2,” heavily reliant on a chunky, adroit disco-funk classic by Rhyze, and “Like I Do,” where Carlos McKinney only slightly adjusts the swishing, gently rocking beat he made for J. Holiday’s “Bed” -- a prime example of R. giving new life to a tired sound with little evident effort. He even humbles himself on the song, if only a little bit: “There’s only two things in this world that I’m the best at, it’s true. Number one is music, and baby girl, can’t nobody work your body out like I do.” He’s coasting here, no doubt about it, but no one can coast like he can. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

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