HAPPY PEOPLE COME AND POLL IN THE NAME OF LOVE — R. Kelly artist poll

it's a shame the 3rd single off Double Up was the Kid Rock collaboration, so many other songs that could've been actual hits xp

Cavs jerseys really are nice. Wish LBJ had those during his time there.

lol wtf wrong thread on that last comment.

Anyway bummmmp and also here to extend this until next Friday the 15th cos I need the time.

and after the poll is the after-poll

Damn I just saw this thread. Still wanna big up this one:

(skip to 1:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4J16UhY5qk

not as bad as "Hair Braider" but the abortive singles for Twelve Play: Fourth Quarter were a nadir imo

20th anniversary of 12 Play's release today btw

Ha that's awesome. My band is called Archaeli and we have a show tonight. We'll have to pay some tribute.

Perfect timing.

Ahab are you gonna do a ballot?

I was ready turn in a "25 great songs, square and true" that was low on collabs and off-album remixes, but with the extra week I might slip some of that stuff in

xp spottie yeah i will but it'll be tomorrow sorry. gotta practice all day.

No worries! By next Friday is the new deadline.

ballot sent (by me)

Got it!

I love the opening of 3-Way Phone Call:

- how you doin'?
- fine. What's going on with you?
- oh, nothing much

As it turns out it's all perfectly in character, but the first few times I was cracking up, thinking it was absurd verisimilitude. I see now why in the movies they always hang up without saying goodbye.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug3NNWvt5IA

reminder for Friday ballots (will accept up through Saturday at midnight so I have a day to compile for monday kickoff)

Big fan of Love Rehab even tho its kinda just a lightweight 'I Wish'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHEiXpe9gIQ

I'm in love with "Sweet Tooth" atm

Alfred are you planning on doing a ballot? dooooooo it

and yeah sweet tooth is great. always a sucker for that 112 'cupid' water drop noise.

I probably am but nervous because I don't own a couple of the early 2000s albums.

don't even sweat it! I got one ballot sent to me with only five songs so you'll be fine. I had a couple gaps too. Could be wrong but I don't think there are as many like dyed in the wool Kellz super album cut fans on here as other artists.

oddly enough i realized lots of my fav kells is from the loveland tracks just because they coincided with the point in my life where i was living in chicago and building out an mp3 collection so they ended up in heavy rotation and only now do i remember they're relative obscurities.

also i don't think the full trapped in the closet counts as an album b/c it just saw an official dvd release afaik?

yeah I'm all about just not including any of it at all in this poll

No idea what counts as a deep cut and what doesn't, outside the super-obvious hits, but this guy's catalogue is so strong I'm picking up contenders all through everything. I've been so impressed doing this.

Can I quickly intrude and ask if the whole Happy People/U Saved Me record is worth hearing in full if you love both title tracks?

I listened to it for the first time pretty recently and found it to be a slog personally

I can't tell you how often I outright forget it exists and think of TP3 as the follow-up to Chocolate Factory

I think it is. It's quite unlike his other stuff in mood, and is I presume where any Marvin Gaye comparisons come from - its not very nasty but I like it. Can get that it might come across as a bit bland taken as a whole though.

the first half just feels like Step In The Name Of Love on repeat.

recently remembered how much i love this song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ASAwyH-uw

thats a sleeper. some good lines in there

holy shit "be my #2" is amazing, thank you based ship deep cuts playlist

somehow whittled it down to 25 tracks but fuck if i know how to rank this out

Can I quickly intrude and ask if the whole Happy People/U Saved Me record is worth hearing in full if you love both title tracks?

i'm definitely voting for "Red Carpet (Pause, Flash)"

ugh, finally got to the point where dropping the current #25 for a song i'd forgot HURTS

decided to exclude any guest verses cuz it's already hard enough - sorry, sparkle

in another man's hands this type of song could come across as seeming callous, but there's a kind of unalloyed, heartfelt sincerity that R delivers here that sort of kills me. strange sort of pathos in some of the lines ("don't know what's on my mind"). one of my favorites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXBRV6K6quA

put on some clothes and let's go to the ihop baby

lol Spottie, good looking out

hope y'all enjoy this, I will respectfully recuse myself

lol was wondering if you'd make a cameo in here :)

kyen otm Im def voting kkn it w ur gf

going through Ships list again and whole thing is gold.

Kellz has I think four quality tracks w Twista

'Step in the Name of Love (remix)' is one of my favourite songs ever, if only for how big the grin on my face is every time I hear the 'cos it feels so good dancing to this remix' line...pure, pure joy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJn_6HAIVTc

just for the record i'd like to point out that "not feelin' the love" is literally perfect

BALLOTS DUE TODAY EVERYONE

(I will accept them until Saturday night tho) rollout planning to start Monday.

ballot submitted

submitted!

got em both

the affection for "Be My #2" and "Not Feelin' The Love" and "Hit It Til The Mornin" itt so beautiful to see

Submitted! that was fun

Voted!

sent!

Got em. About 12 more hours to get ballots in.

gonna send a second ballot that has more than 5 songs; didn't think I'd have time to think about this but I wanted to make sure I got something in; but things done changed

man "Religious Love" is such a jam, g funk line + synth washes + Kells praying
think I like his ballads more than his singles, wonder how that's gonna come out in these results

was fun remembering how sweet his 2007 Usher collaboration was.

"Same Girl" is fantastic. the remix is hilarious too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwJIXlfODOI

Ah that's great. He is so damn talented.

another slept on remix, for "Feelin' On Yo Booty," which was 100% the blueprint for the "Ignition" remix:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBhQeIYiOQI

great remix, great song!

that "get yer ass in this tuuuuub" didn't make my top 25 is a big reason i'm bummed the ballot wasn't for 30 if not 40

sorry groupier!

I kinda planned on having a low poll turnout and 25 tracks is less daunting for the fence sitters.

Booty remix is awesome, never heard that. His yodeling booo o oo oty is just perfect.

sent in a hasty ballot, very few deep cuts, wish i spent more time on it

cool! appreciated

alright, I started compiling last night and won't be able to wrap up tip later today so if anyone else wants to throw a ballot together real quick THERE'S STILL TIME for you (calling jordan)/. I'll give it 5 more hours til I cut it off.

*til

POLL IN THE KITCHEN, OVER BY THE STOVE — R. Kelly artist poll RESULTS