R. Kelly Sends Love Letter To Loyal Fans On Tour
NEWARK, New Jersey — With the likes of Beyoncé, Chris Brown and Trey Songz dominating the pop/R&B space, some people may have forgotten R. Kelly . While Kels has been by no means dormant — he's released two albums, Untitled and Love Letter, in the past two years — his brand of R&B hasn't found a steady home on contemporary Top 40 or urban radio.
None of that seemed to matter Thursday evening as he played to a raucous sold-out crowd at the Prudential Center. Opening acts Marsha Ambrosius and Keyshia Cole showcased their vocal prowess, as the crowd filed in to the arena. Cole seemed to be winning over the audience, but it was easy to figure out whom the crowd had come to see, especially considering the line to get pictures snapped in front of giant, air-brushed portraits of R. Kelly.
Kelly's set opened up with a black-and-white video of him sitting at a bar, enjoying a cigar and a glass of scotch or some other dark liquor as a woman approaches. The "old timey" video is in line with the theme of the Love Letter tour: The corresponding album was an ode to classic soul singers of decades past, like Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson.
In the video, the woman — a past lover — presses Kels to return to her, and the crowd begged and pleaded along. Once the video ended, Kelly was revealed to be sitting at the bar of his casino-themed stage. He pulled a lever and commenced a nearly two-hour sing-along.
Kels' set was a musical journey through Chocolate Factory, TP-2.com, Happy People and the rest of his catalog, and at one point he waded into the crowd to get their help singing. He performed a medley of songs that included "Step in the Name of Love," "Ignition (Remix)," "Fiesta," "Feeling on Yo Booty" and "Down Low." Fans seemed to relish Kelly's older hits from his first solo album, 12 Play, including "Your Body's Callin'," "Sex Me" and, of course, "12 Play."
Toward the end of the show, the screens displayed a letter from Kelly's mom, thanking the audience for their dedication to her son, along with another video showing Kels throughout the years. While he may not dominate the radio like he once did, he may not need to. Most of contemporary R&B would kill to have his longevity anyway.
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The R&B star's spokesman, Allan Mayer, declined to comment about the foreclosure, but insists that Kelly is not in financial trouble. His latest release, 'Love Letter,' peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and Mayer says his
NEWARK, New Jersey — With the likes of Beyoncé, Chris Brown and Trey Songz dominating the pop/R&B space, some people may have forgotten R. Kelly. While Kels has been by no means dormant — he's released two albums, Untitled and Love
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I don’t understand why he hasn’t paid off the entire mortgage years ago. According to the RIAA R. Kelly has sold over 33 million albums just in the U.S. He tours almost every year. He should have millions in the bank and in royalty checks each year. This doesn’t make any sense. The first thing you should do when you become a multi-millionaire is to pay off your house.
I now someone is going to point out that the RIAA only certifies shipments and not actual Scoundscan sales. That is true but the RIAA actually certifies NET shipments. This means they subtract any returns. So R. Kelly would have been paid for 33 million albums sold. I just don’t understand why he didn’t use his money to pay off his house. Peace and Love
First of all R Kelly is not a rapper so get it together. Second mind ur own business what he does with his money and how he uses it is his business. So what if he didn’t pay! The last time I checked he put in the work and earned that money not y’all!! He don’t tell y’all how to spend ur money so stay out of his pockets please!!!!!!!!
This is pretty common place nowadays. RK has big bucks so he doesn’t have to worry about damaging his credit. He can walk away from the crib because I’m sure the money he hasn’t paid has been used elsewhere. In these economic hard times, there is no shame in giving up your crib if you don’t want or can’t pay for it. Crazy but it’s happening.
My mother taught me to save money. If you got a dollar, you need to save fifty cents.These entertainers have millions of dollars, big houses, cars, designer clothes.I remember Oprah Winfrey telling Toni Braxton she signs all of her own checks. I guess he thought he was Oprah….Oprah said she is on a budget, and will only spend so much money. “THAT’S COMING FROM A BILLIONAIRE”
All the negative comments and the haters are really funny to me what’s even more funny is that the ppl with all the bad things to say probably don’t hv any significant money of their own anyway! So say what you will but honestly R Kelly cld care less what you think he runs across ur kind allday every day thanks for giving him even more motivation to continue to make great music keep up the good work HATERS. Hahahahahaahah!
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