I knew R. Kelly couldn’t be trusted when he made this album. It’s probably the corniest and lame R&B sounding album I ever heard.
I knew R. Kelly couldn’t be trusted when he made this album...
Carter Rogers
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Robert Clark
>your body’s callin
>bump n grind
>it seems like you’re ready
>sex me 1 and 2
yeah this is a lie
Sebastian Turner
his R. Kelly album is much better than this, but 12 Play still has some good rotation in the whip
Landon Walker
can we just turn this thread into r. kelly face memes, please?
Jose Price
12 Play paved the way for TP2 and TP3 Reloaded with Trapped in the Closet, so we can’t blame him too much OP.
Sebastian Ross
too bad that lifetime docu series just made people stream his music.
same thing with MJ.
Jace Mitchell
Daniel Cruz
>corniest and lame sounding R&B album
you mean the same album that created hit after hit while defining the genre of 90’s R&B?
this isn’t a joke right.
Asher Lee
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Dylan Jenkins
More like play with 12 year olds
This dude really made a song called It seems like your ready, yall knew he was a pedo
Oliver Green
you can never get rid of 12 Play, OP.
12 Play is the reason why most R&B today sounds slightly influenced by both him and Beyoncé.
Gabriel Morales
Nathaniel Johnson
True, it is an absolute banger front to back regardless of his actions
Xavier Morales
Yeah it's exactly as OP says it is.
Lincoln Hall
if you ask me, the bald head + sunglasses + funny looking vest should have been the giveaway.
but I still play Bump N Grind when I’m driving in GTA IV.
Gabriel Gray
12 Play [Jive, 1993]
In a year when the big rappers have either repeated tired outrages or outgrown them, Kelly's crude, chartwise new jack swing is black pop's most depressing development. An effective singer in the post-Stevie new-soul mode whose way with a beat is confirmed by an impressive catalogue of bestselling productions, he aims his common denominator straight at the solar plexus. He has no apparent interest in tune--the Spinners' "Sadie" sounds positively angelic after "Summer Bunnies" and "I Like the Crotch on You." And despite a few moments of class consciousness, he displays far less human decency in his quest for booty than such unaltruistic competitors as Jodeci and Boyz II Men. But lest anyone suspect he lacks moral acuity, he offers this Inspirational Liner Note: "To all those women out there when I step off in a club--don't treat me like I'm just anybody because you end up treating me like I'm nobody and that's wrong." C+
Bentley Hill
Oliver Roberts
your body’s callin is still one of the greatest songs he’s made. it just sounds so peaceful, even when you’re not having sex with a chick.
Anthony Thompson
I lost my shit as soon as the makeup department came in. Truly genius.
Alexander Morgan
Angel Barnes
I think if anything this album does not get much credit for introducing the sub-genre of soul music. R. Kelly did a lot of things, but the thing is, the women will still stand by it due to the success he was able to achieve with that album.
Guys might get jealous (not now, though), but it is what is at this point.
Dylan Watson
Ian Foster
I was confused as to why he it called it 12 Play.
Was that the number of times he avoided jail, or was it the amount of girls he attracted that were under the age of 18?
Lincoln Butler
the second part of sex me is somewhat better than the first part.
I don’t know why I just realized that now.
Luis Garcia
>looking at the image while reading this in a different voice
Chase Cook
>Trapped in the Closet
He could’ve done without these chapters
Aaron Wilson
when R. Kelly starts rapping, it gets hilarious to me. but overall, this album still holds up today, even with the crimes he’s both accused and guilty of.
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Charles Phillips
>playing bump n grind while playing gta iv
you wouldn’t have happened to be playing a game of bowling with your cousin, would you?
Tyler Lopez
how was he not blinded with that brush?
Joshua Peterson
>displays far less human deceny in his quest for booty
>has song called “I Like The Crotch On You”
>gives album C+
Parker Cooper
>TP2
I think this is his underrated album to date.
His album cover had him looking like a polar bear.
Justin Myers
Luke Wright
healthy reminder that GTA IV is much better than GTA V these days.
Ryan Gutierrez
R&B wouldn’t be the same as it is if it weren’t for this album. I’m surprised they didn’t make a remastered version with unreleased material from his early days.
Easton Ward
>while defining the genre of 90’s a R&B
so it wasn’t Boyz II Men Or Jodeci that did that?
he tried too hard to act professional while crying. it just backfired.
David Cooper
Jordan meme still beautiful
Jaxson Fisher
these were all codewords for what Kelly was trying to tell us.
we just didn’t listen.