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| Artist: R. Kelly
Label: Jive
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 24118
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.8 x 0.4
MPN: 708537
UPC: 886970853729
EAN: 0886970853729
ASIN: B000P29B3U
Release Date: May 29, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | The Champ featuring Swizz Beatz | | • | Double Up featuring Snoop Dogg | | • | Tryin' To Get A Number featuring Nelly | | • | Get Dirty featuring Chamillionaire | | • | Leave Your Name | | • | Freaky In The Club | | • | The Zoo | | • | I'm A Flirt Remix featuring T.I. and T-Pain | | • | Same Girl duet with Usher | | • | Real Talk | | • | Hook It Up featuring Huey | | • | Rock Star featuring Ludacris and Kid Rock | | • | Best Friend featuring Keyshia Cole and Polow Da Don | | • | Rollin' | | • | Sweet Tooth | | • | Havin' A Baby | | • | Sex Planet | | • | Rise Up |
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R. Kelly's rep could be considered controversial at best, but that's not to say the man who does for raunch what Beyoncé does for backsides (that is, caused the masses to arrive at a more multidimensional consideration) is not a fascinating artist. On Double Up, arguably his most sex-crazed, diabolically sleazy CD to date, Kelly grunts like a monkey, envisions a hot and heavy interplanetary romp, and indulges in NC-17-rated rhymes. Stylistically, the self-described king of R&B kicks up a hip-hoppy storm, spitting rapid-fire rhymes and tossing the 'n' word around too freely. But then there's the saving grace: that voice. Throughout a couple of inspirational numbers and collaborations with friends such as Usher ("Same Girl") and Nelly ("Tryin' to Get a Number"), Kelly does what he did so capably on the megahit "I Believe I Can Fly": he reaches even reluctant listeners with deep-seated sincerity. Even when he doesn't, he still knows how to capture catchy--first single "I'm a Flirt," for example, locks it up with a whisper and a wink. --Tammy La Gorce
Album Description
The King of R&B's Double Up delivers a potent potion of pure signature R&B with some Hip Hop on top. Featuring collaborations with T.I., T-Pain, and more, the legendary R. Kelly joins forces with some of the hottest and best Hip-Hop talent and the result is fiercly sexy. From the amazing duet with Usher "Same Girl", to the smooth stylin of "Freaky In The Club," fans around the globe will jump at the opportunity to Double Up with R. Kelly
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 Double Up? What About 'Growing Up'? June 5, 2007
49 out of 55 found this review helpful
Let's be honest, R. Kelly is the best R&B singer in this generation. He is 15 years deep in the game and is a legend along other R&B giants of the past. Who else can still inspire millions of people to buy his work after all his personal problems became public? His music is too good to be ignored, except this record. Some of the songs on here are so ridiculous; it's hard to take him serious anymore.
With this album, all R. Kelly glorifies is sex, money, and the club scene. I expected more maturity from Mr. Kelly because he is now 40 years-old. However, he is still trying to pass himself off as a 25 year-old thug. It's not working. I wanted to hear more things about real love, life, growing up, God, problems of the world and spiritual sex (not the physical type Kelly sings about). Songs like `Double Up' is about having sex with two women, `Tryin' to Get a Number' is about taking a girl home after the club, `Get Dirty' talks about watching strippers slide down the pole, `Leave Your Name' talks about getting too drunk to holla at a woman, so he wants her to leave her name, `The Zoo' is too funny for words and it goes on and on. `Real Talk' is a bit different because he is yelling at his girl for listening to her friends about him cheating. `Real Talk' may be different, but it's still annoying with all the cussing and stupidity. The only songs I like are `Havin A Baby', `Best Friend', and `I Like Love' and `Ooh Baby' (the latter two are available on the bonus version).
Double Up (explicit version) was released a week in advance, due to the album leaking on the Internet. Three songs are already in heavy rotation on radio, they are: I'm a Flirt (Remix), Same Girl, and The Zoo. My advice to Mr. Kelly is this: understand you are getting older and your fan base is getting older, too. Most of your fans are not interested in clubbing (they did that back in the 90s). Stop trying to appeal to the high schools kids and grow up!
 The King of... Hip-Hop or R&B? Solid album... June 5, 2007
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
R. Kelly is a musical genius; he's also a flawed man. With allegations of underage sexual encounters and an alledged sex-tape as well, Kelly never convinces us he is the "Christian" man who sang such inspirational songs as "I Believe I Can Fly" or "U Saved Me" and "Prayer Changes" from his HAPPY PEOPLE/U SAVED ME double disc. What makes the inspirational side of Kelly hard to accept might be because he will praise God out of one side of his mouth ("Rise Up" isn't an outright 'gospel' number but it is inspirational) and then curse like a sailor (the extremely explicit, controversial "Real Talk") or sexualize any and everything (on DOUBLE UP, it's the "Zoo" that gets the sexualization). But, as a listener, it isn't my job to criticize Kelly as a man or whatever his status as a church-going man is; it is my job only to critique his latest outfit,
DOUBLE UP, which is a hip-hop album for the most part as opposed to sensual sounding R&B. DOUBLE UP is much harder than any other R. Kelly album, in more ways than one. It is easily the most explicit album that Kells has ever made, saturated with the 'f-bomb' throughout. Also, there have never been so many guest spots from rappers on any of Kell's other affairs. Personally, I thought DOUBLE UP might be another misstep for Kelly, following the forgettable TP.3, which should've been phenomenal following the hype of "Trapped in the Closet". However, DOUBLE UP is actually Kelly's best album for awhile, even though it sadly sheds Kelly's sensual, R&B facade. Sure, there are a couple of straight, R&B tracks, but mostly, the album serves to celebrate Kelly's rekindled success, which has been in the area of hip-hop where his presence has helped to propel singles "That's That S***" (Snoop Dogg) and the more popular "Go Getta" (Young Jeezy). If you think about DOUBLE UP in that regard, it isn't so far-fetched, though part of you knowing Kelly is closer to 40 than 20 does make you think, why is he doing this? But that question need not be asked since DOUBLE UP works nearly perfectly except for a few ridiculous misses.
The album opens with the Swizz Beatz featured intro "The Champ" in which Kelly brags about how he's the King of R&B. Sure, it copies what all the rappers do on the intro of their albums, but you do have to think, is Kelly the King of R&B? Perhaps. "Double Up" is one of my personal favorites, in which Kelly and "Uncle Snoop" talk about going to the club and having two girls (not just one but TWO) on their arm. It uses a stunning classic soul sample and is one of the best title-tracks of any album of 2007. King? Two tracks in yes. Continuing the hip-hop flair, which is a bit surprising at first, "Trying To Get A Number" is excellent as well, once again featuring updated production under Kelly and an excellent collaboration with St. Louis rap standout Nelly. Despite being another success, you do become a bit inquisitive about if R. Kelly really is trying to get a number - especially with wife and kids? Anyways... "Get Dirty" is just as strong as "Double Up" or "Trying To Get A Number" where Kelly proudly proclaims "Hey, Hey/ I'm HollyHOOD..." Chamillionaire joins the singer (or pop-rapper in this case!) with an excellent verse. Maybe Kelly is the king of hip-hop as opposed to R&B. Oh well, it works either way.
A couple of luke-warm tracks poke their ugly head up at this point. Shockingingly, they are all Kelly solo tracks, making you wonder if hip-hop is truly where Kelly should reside. "Leave Your Name" hearkens the worst of TP3 RELOADED while "Freaky In the Club" is only slightly better than the ill-conceived "Slow Wind" from the 2005 album. Only the incredibly over-the-top "Zoo", which features animals sounds mind you (elephants, monkeys!) is truly Kelly back in his old form - well for the most part. "I'm A Flirt (Remix)" feat. T.I. & T-Pain brings the King back after a brief hiatus. This was definitly one of the Summer's biggest hits; I kind of like the version absent here that features Bow-Wow and Kelly, but this one is solid as well. "Same Girl" features the other big R&B superstar, Usher for a brilliant duet in which it seems that the theme of "doubling up" reappears (genius Kelly, genius!) The most talked about track from DOUBLING UP (besides "Zoo")has to be the controversial "Real Talk". True to its name, the singer refers to women as "b*tches" and saturates "motherf**ker" like it's nothing. It is a well concieved track, similar to his recitative style that popularized "Trapped in the Closet", but it maybe a bit too controversial for the R.Kelly fan-base. He does similar later with the more accessible, "Best Friend" featuring Keyshia Cole and rap-producer Polow Da Don, which has it's share of the explicit itself. Again, is Kelly the King? Probably.
"Hook It Up" is a standout featuring Huey ("Pop, Lock, Drop It") while "Rock Star" is one of the best collaborative ventures of 2007 (features Ludacris and Kid Rock). After "Best Friend", Kells pulls off his excellent solo hip-hop influence track "Rollin'", which is easily one of the best of DOUBLE UP. "Sweet Tooth" isn't bad, though not as great as "Havin' A Baby", an unexpected inspirational track absent of sex. It is very appropriate as the penultimate track to Kell's beautiful, chilling "Rise Up", in tribute and memory of the Virginia Tech victims. The bonus track "Ringtone" is forgettable, but by the time you've reached midway through this album, you know that the talented, though oversexed-freaky Kelly is back, moreso than the tepid TP3 RELOADED, which was only good for a couple of hits ("In the Kitchen", "Trapped in the Closet", "Remote Control", "T-Shirt" among a couple of others). 4 Stars in my eyes.
 R. Kelly - Double Up June 9, 2007
12 out of 17 found this review helpful
R. Kelly's (A.K.A. Robert Sylvester Kelly) eight studio album is "Double Up" (2007). Back in the day I enjoyed many an R. Kelly track, in recent years though I have found the quality of his music has gone downhill. The editorial states "he reaches even reluctant listeners with deep-seated sincerity" - not this reviewer. The Swizz Beatz produced intro "The Champ" has R Kelly lamenting about his haters and talking about his accomplishments. The title track "Double Up" follows, a collaboration with Snoop Dogg which has R. Kelly singing about looking for a threesome. Nelly drops in for the club track "Tryin to Get A Number" an equally boring track. Another forgettable club track follows in "Get Dirty" feat. Chamillionaire. I personally don't give two ***** about hearing R. Kelly's answering machine, so "Leave Your Name" falls under more skip material. "Freaky In The Club" is yet another subpar club track, the only difference being it's slown down, while "The Zoo" is a below average love track. The semi-decent single "I'm A Flirt Remix" follows, T.I. & T-Pain make guest appearances. R. Kelly & Usher then sing about being in love with the "Same Girl". R. Kelly comes through with brilliant lines like "What they eat don't make us ****" on "Real Talk" another below average break up track. R. Kelly & Huey pay tribute to trife women on "Hook It Up", which is followed up by a three way collaboration between R. Kelly, Ludacris and Kid Rock on "Rock Star". Keyshia Cole & Polow Da Don, team up with R. Kelly on "Best Friend" a track about being incarcerated and being betrayed by one's woman and best friend. R. Kelly delivers a cruising cut with "Rollin'", then slows thing down with "Sweet Tooth". R. Kelly celebrates on "Havin' A Baby" a track about becoming a father. "Sex Planet" is a laid back slow dance track. In an album full of thoughtless & unsubstantial music "Rise Up" is something different. R. Kelly takes a minute to do a track for the victims of the Virginia Tech Massacre. Though I don't care that much for the track musically, the message behind the music means something and I will give R. Kelly the credit he deserves for that. Glad to be finished this review, "Double Up" is not an album I would recommend for the collection.
R As Redundant June 5, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
R. Kelly doesn't need any further introduction, he's one of the finest and most successful R&b Artists from the last 15 years and he's given us so many hits that we've become spoiled and he's even written songs for others like Michael Jackson's "Cry" and "You Are Not Alone". As versatile as he is his music often differ from time to time. We got the love songs (Down Low, If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time) we got the film themes (Gotham City, I Believe I Can Fly) both Spiritual and uptempo Gospel song from his Happy People/U Saved Me and then we got the songs for the club and the songs about sex. Which this album is entirely about. To be honest, these are the two R. Kelly type of songs I like least. R. Kelly always did songs about sex from time to time and sometimes they were fine sometimes not, but club songs was something quite new when he released the remix to Ignition a few years back and the song became a smash. R. Kelly had been making club songs in the past, often on other artists albums and even 2 disastrous collaboration albums with Jay-Z called (Best of Both Worlds, and Unfinnished Business). But recording an entire album in his own name with mostly Hip Hop influenced club songs full of guests is something new.
As aforementioned, "Double Up" got 2 themes that comes back on this album. Sex and Clubbing. R. Kelly got alot of help from guest artists like like Usher, Nelly and Chamillionaire etc. that I will introduce later on. At 40 I was really expecting something else from the Pied Piper then clubbing and more sex, but with this lineup I still had high hopes for this release. It would be fascinating to see what these guests could do with him, considering there are hardly these many guests on R. Kelly albums. Alright, let's take a look at the 18 songs on this album. First out is Swizz Beatz produced intro called "The Champ" where R. Kelly introduce himself as a legend that has been around for long and archieved almost everything and claimes he was the first to make music for "the hood", and based on this intro and the album cover you know what to expect and to what audience this album is dedicated to. Title track "Double Up" is next and feauture Snoop Dogg. It's basically a song about clubbing, as good story teller as he is this song lacks everything else. Annoying beats, no melody or hook and Snoop sounds like he always does. Next song "Tryin' to Get a Number" with Nelly sounds exacly the same as the previous with manufacted and annoying beats and the same theme about clubbing. "Get Dirty" with Chammilionaire (who promised he wouldn't say certain words on his new album). This song according to R. Kelly is dedicated to N*ggas, B*tches, Playas, Pimps and is just as bad as the previous two songs and sounds almost the same too. After a few club songs, a sex ballad to the honeys comes in "Leave Your Name"... After the beep, R. Kelly promise to call back cause he may be sleeping or making a baby. The song itself isn't that bad, but it's nothing new. "Freaky in the Club", is silly but catchy at the same time, It's about strippers or stripping I think, how original. On "The Zoo" R. Kelly makes metaphores to diffrent animals from the jungle when he's having sex. On the hook he uses a monkey sound, infact this song is so comical that it almost feels embarrasing. A remix of the Lil Bow Wow hit "I'm a Flirt" with T.I and T-Pain if you haven't got fed up with the original version aleady, infact both of them were released as singles and spent time simoultaneously on the chart.
The new single with Usher called "Same Girl" is the standout song on this album, it deals with a girl they both have been messing with without even knowing it. It's a good song and a duet with Usher can't go wrong. More of this thanks. "Real Talk" could have been "Trapped in the Closet" Version 10. It's a 3 minute long conversation song where he suppostely argues with his girlfriend who saw him in the club and is mad, I wonder what happended after these 3 minutes?. "Hook It Up" with new rapper Huey got better beats then alot of songs here but it also lacks interesting theme and is extremely repetitive. "Rock Star" sounds like nothing else on this album, a rocker with a really nice guitar riff. Ludacris and Kid Rock apepars, unfortunately the sexist and very explicit lyrics ruins it for me. It's basically about the lifestyle of a "Rock Star" having sex with groupies on demand. Haven't we heard this already?. One more pretty good song called "Best Friend" with talented Keyshia Cole, she's actually the only female that appears on this album, Polow Da Don himself also sings a few rhymes. This seems to be a triangle drama song about his girlfriend doing his bestfriend, and YES it sound alot like Trapped in The Closet aswell. "Rollin" is probably the worst song of this album, too repetitive and one-sided. Wonder how long it took to produce it, 5 or 10 minutes. Put your bet. "Sweet Tooth" is not too surprisingly a ballad about sex where he makes metaphors to food. It's alright without being over-the-top. "Having A Baby" a romantic song about how much he looks forward to become a father. Good song, but feels very missplaced on this album. "Sex Planet" probably takes the price for being the most explicit song even if it's a sweet ballad on the purpose. like "I Promise this will be painless, we take a trip to the planet Uranus" He also talks about "taste your milky way" and "enter into your black hole", If you don't know R Kelly, this is him in a nutshell and I actually think this song is quite funny and one of the better songs of this album. The closer that is also missplaced is called "Rise Up" and is a tribute to the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre.
Overall, As much of a fan of R. Kelly that I am (one of my all time favorite artists) this album can't be considered anything but a dissapointment. On R. Kelly releases you have sky high expectations and after the dissapointing TP3 I thought this album would be better. You know what this man is capable at his peak but at the same time you know what he is capable of at his lows. There are simpy too much club songs here and too many guest artists and feels like they don't add much new either. If the songs atleast had some good beats or hook like Ignition?. For the most part this album feels uninspired and repetitive. Like already mentioned The few more serious songs just feel missplaced and while some songs are quite alright here it isn't enough when others are just lame. At 40 R. Kelly only deals with clubbing and sex?. I'm truly dissapointed and I wouldn't recommend this album unless these 2 issues are what you like about his music. Sorry Kellz but You can do better.
A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT June 6, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is not the R. Kelly we all know and loved instead this is a wannabe rapper (sorta like the Tyreese rap album)I don't think he can rightfully claim to be the king of r&b if he doesn't make r&b music! But in defense of this album I did like the slow cuts (even if some of them are a bit immature) and the Rock Star song is one of my favorites and definately a stand out.
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