r. kelly the chocolate factory album cover

What is freakish is that in West's world, rhymes about strippers, God, college life, and guns can co-exist tidily and not undermine each other. The envelope-ripping beats shouldn't come as a surprise given that he's supplied the soundscapes to monster singles by everyone from Alicia Keys ('You Don't Know My Name') to Talib Kweli ('Get By'). Jaan UhelszkiĬhocolate Factory buy CD music This debut from the most sought-after hip-hop producer not named Pharrell delivers the unthinkable: West magically sledgehammers home his opinions on taboo topics over beats that are equally daring. Despite the disc's soft focus, Kelly is at the height of his vocal powers, and once he weans himself from the gooey sentimentality and returns to his persona of a smooth seductive operator he'll once again be an artist to be reckoned with. 'Chocolate Factory' also includes 6 bonus tracks from Loveland the album that was slated for a 2002 release, but was ostensibly shelved after it was rampantly bootlegged on the Internet. Despite 'Ignition'’s first line, 'Girl, please let me stick my key in your ignition, babe' it's rather tame by the standards Kelly has set on his earlier discs. Despite his real life racy escapades, Kelly is at his best musically when he's an unrepentant bad boy but he doesn't even show any grit until 'Been Around the World,' his confessional duet with a rasping Ja Rule, the fretful bluesy 'You Made Me Love You,' and 'Ignition,' a paean to parking. 'I'll Never Leave,' is a wistful valentine, while 'The Heart of a Woman,' is embarrassingly empathetic to the plight of the feminine kind and is hardly the kind of fare that one expects from Marvin Gaye's heir apparent. Kelly's brushes with the law have caused him to turn down his love light, since his seventh album Chocolate Factory takes scrupulous pains to show an idealized high-minded face of love, eschewing his usual steamy cocktail of raunchy lust and replacing it with a sweet, winsome romanticism. Chocolate Factory buy CD music Description Perhaps R.

R. kelly the chocolate factory album cover