Kelly’s tracks have met with mixed critical reviews, and The Washington Post is right in pinpointing the qualitative inconsistency of his work, suggesting that “his brilliance doesn’t span entire albums, but rather pops up in the middle of his verses, as if by accident” (Richards). In spite of the commercial success of his records, however, R. And a lot of people are starting to realize that now” (qtd. “I’m the Martin Luther King, or all the other greats that have come before us. I’m the Bob Marley of today”, he recently told Hip-Hop Soul magazine. His notorious ego is as much a part of his public persona as are his cornrows and classic cigar.
Kelly’s solo career in R&B has spanned over fifteen years and has so far produced ten albums, all of which have gone platinum (Scaggs). Unbruised by a myriad of scandals, including the child pornography charges for which he was acquitted in June 2008, R.
Kelly, is a strange man and an even stranger artist. Self-proclaimed as the “king” (Kelly, “I’m a Flirt”) and “Pied Piper of R&B” (Kelly, “Step in the Name of Love”), Robert Sylvester Kelly, better known by his stage name R. But then, what you think is a twist may actually be a twang.” R.
“There are twists and turns that may make you think a certain way. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet Ioana Literat Cultural Innovation and Narrative Synergy in R.
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