![]() This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). Although it embraced possibly every soul cliché in the book, Kelly stamped them with his own vocal, writing and production authority.R Kelly 12 Play UK 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)ĭ2. ![]() Although dubious of lyric, 12 Play still sounds contemporary and frequently surprising, and is an album that broke new ground. His voice may be not be on a par with Ronnie Isley’s but it certainly runs it a close second. It was with little surprise that Kelly ended up working with The Isley Brothers, as this album sounds based on their balladry. The album closes with 12 Play, Kelly such a lover that mere four-play is not enough. Running at over 11 minutes, and going at a “69 tempo”, it comes complete with ripping zips, copious body feeling, sweating, and “wet ladies” putting “him inside”. ![]() The gospel sincerity of the paean to his mother, Sadie, is followed by the two-part Sex Me. When Kelly veers between the two on successive tracks on the same album, though, it seems somehow jarring. Marvin Gaye could sing about familial, spiritualistic and humanistic love on What’s Going On and then follow it up two years later with the showboating bedroom shenanigans of Let’s Get It On. ![]() He clearly sees nothing wrong with a little Bump N’Grind, and on It Seems Like You’re Ready he doesn’t hide his lusty intentions: “your body is my playground, let me lick you up and down, let me make you feel like a woman should”.Ĭontradictions in soul are nothing new. With a smooth, crystal clear production, love, lust and romance intertwine in Kelly’s languid vocal. Kelly comes across as every inch the unreconstructed lover, with Your Body’s Callin’ establishing the pattern of the album. This album played a large part in defining the urban genre. ![]() Although there are still traces of his former straight-ahead RnB, 12 Play broke new ground, with his wistful blend of classic soul beats, G-funk and new jack swing. Kelly’s first solo affair 12 Play was a quantum leap stylistically and production-wise, setting out his manifesto as love-man par excellence. Although he’d made his debut proper backed by Public Announcement the previous year, on the album Born Into the ‘90s, R. ![]()
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