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R. Kelly masterminds the classic soul group's comeback; it's not a good thingcharged with writing and producing all but one song on the Isley Brothers' new Body Kiss, embattled soulman R. Kelly phoned it in, giving the Isleys some of his cutting-room-floor material and throwing in some dashes of Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye and, yes, even early Isley Brothers for taste. Kelly's strength, predictably, is in crafting drama (he makes a few vocal appearances, too, disturbingly billed as "the Pied Piper"). On the operatic "Busted," Ronald Isley... Read More dukes it out line for line with his cheating woman, ultimately giving her the heave-ho: "Trying to slick a can of oil/Who you think you fooling?" And on "Showdown Vol. 1," he again sounds fierce as he chases down the other man. Everywhere else, the predictable and trite sexual bravado and ostentatiousness that Kelly has made his stock in trade sound absurd coming from a voice as elegant and gifted as Isley's. JON CARAMANICA
(RS 923, May 29, 2003)
CD Track List
Track List 1 Track List 2
Body Kiss (2003)
1. Superstar
2. Lucky Charm
3. What Would You Do Ft. The Pied Piper
4. Body Kiss Ft. Lil Kim
5. Busted Ft. Js
6. Showdown Vol. 1
7. Keep It Flowin
8. Prize Possession
9. Take A Ride
10. I Want That
11. I Like Ft. The Pied Piper And Snoop Dogg
12. What Would You Do Pt. 2 Ft. The Pied Piper
Track lists are from a 3rd party source.
Items below can and will differ.
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