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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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R. Kelly - Double Up (explicit Version)
Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date:
May 29, 2007
Studio:
Jive
Number Of Discs:
1
Format:
Import
Average Customer Rating:
based on 86 reviews
Track Listing:
1.
The Champ featuring Swizz Beatz
2.
Double Up featuring Snoop Dogg
3.
Tryin' To Get A Number featuring Nelly
4.
Get Dirty featuring Chamillionaire
5.
Leave Your Name
6.
Freaky In The Club
7.
The Zoo
8.
I'm A Flirt Remix featuring T.I. and T-Pain
9.
Same Girl duet with Usher
10.
Real Talk
11.
Hook It Up featuring Huey
12.
Rock Star featuring Ludacris and Kid Rock
13.
Best Friend featuring Keyshia Cole and Polow Da Don
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51 of 57 found the following review helpful:
Double Up? What About 'Growing Up'?Jun 05, 2007
By K. J. Bryant
"peachycream"
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!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Where the hell is the King of RnB???Jun 30, 2007
By Oh So Co CO
"Real Talk"
For the last 15 years I have been a die hard R. Kelly fan...I got a little shaky when the charges came up, But nevertheless I still rocked with him. NOW...I dont know. Its like I'm 24 and even I'm tired of the club songs. I want the R. Kelly that recorded Born in the 90's, 12play, R. Kelly, TP2, R. (2disc) and Chocolate Factory. TP3 and this double up, I can do without. As funny as "real talk" is, its nothing you can sing with...nothing you want to sing 10 years from now like you would "Slow Dance." This is disposable music thats he's putting out right now! COme on now, 40 yr olds in Doo rags in the club poppin bottles is wack!!! Kells its time to let it go and grow into the legend that you are destined to be...dont mess it up trying to conform to what everyone else is doing, you are much better than that. Tisk, Tisk...this is what Mid life crisis is about...
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
It's a shame, RobertJul 03, 2007
By Coach
"Coach"
Double Up is right up there with TP.3 as far as being R. Kelly's worst album. Every artist is allowed a foul-up. Kells' foul-up was TP.3, but he's done it again with Double Up. It doesn't appeal to those who came up with him during the time of Born into the 90's, 12 Play, R. Kelly and R. Like many reviewers have stated, R. is 40 now. It's time to make music to reflect it. Double Up has some of the weakest lyrics I've ever heard from an R & B album. You're not 25 anymore, and neither are the majority of your fans. Don't just say you're the "king of R & B". Prove it to us.
13 of 16 found the following review helpful:
The King of... Hip-Hop or R&B? Solid album...Jun 05, 2007
By Michael Brent Faulkner, Jr.
"Brent Faulkner"
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.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
What happened to content in R&B?Jan 03, 2008
By WhtDaddy Let me start by saying I'm a huge R. Kelly fan. He's probably my favorite R&B artist and undoubtedly the best R&B artist of this generation. But this album was a joke. He's changing in a bad way with the rap industry. As rap gets more commercial and less meaningful Kellz has also. It seems to me he's trying to become a rapper, which isn't a good look.
1) The Champ...terrible a 2 minute song about how everybody is jealous of him and against him. It was nothing more than bragging about being on top and "singing" about how he's on top and everyone hates him due to it. If this was hip-hop, that'd be okay. But it's not, it's r&b.
2) Double Up...He needs to grow up! A song about getting girls "dizzy" in the club and bringing them and their friend home with you. This is a completely meaningless song. Plan and simple. Again, if this was hip-hop you could brag about stealing another mans women or "doubling up" but it's not hip-hop it's r&b.
3) Tryin' to get a number...a pure disgrace. He tried to go pop-ish. Nelly is featured and Kellz does his best to sound like Nelly but realistically it sounds like it's Nelly's song and not Kellz! It's insanely commercial and focuses mostly on "steppin outta Hummer". What happened to songs like Greatest Sex and Strip for You?
4) Get Dirty...a song which features Chamillionair and a horrible effort by both. Again, commercial and meaningless.
Rather than going through the bad songs, the only good song I found were "Sweet Tooth", "Sex Planet", and "The Zoo". Everything else is subpar to average. I hope he bounces back strong. Regardless I will probably buy his next album just because of his legacy. All artists have bad albums, this is on of them.
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