{"product_id":"r-kelly-untitled-explicit","title":"UNTITLED [EXPLICIT]","description":"Photographer: Anthony Mandler.\nArranger: R. Kelly.\n12 Play: 4th Quarter leaked well ahead of its intended release date, and \"Hairbraider,\" its intended lead single, deservedly flopped, prompting R. Kelly and Jive to shelve the project. Over a year after the leak, and just in time for the 2009 holiday season shopping rush, a new R. album in the form of Untitled received an official release, featuring a track list drastically different from that of the leaked album. Given that R. had maintained a relatively low profile since his June 2008 acquittal on child pornography charges, Untitled is his least eventful release in nearly a decade. Somewhat surprisingly, he leans on a lot of collaborations. He handles only two tracks by himself, farming out the production and songwriting assistance to an assortment of mostly up-and-coming figures who contribute to no more than a couple songs each. Perhaps R. needed the input from others to help reset his bearings and make a simple, concept-free, creatively unambitious R\u0026amp;B album. There's nothing outlandish about it, at least not by the R. Kelly standard. In fact, it's rather understated, heavy on slow jams with only a couple small surprises: the Jack Splash-produced \"Be My #2,\" heavily reliant on a chunky, adroit disco-funk classic by Rhyze, and \"Like I Do,\" where Carlos McKinney only slightly adjusts the swishing, gently rocking beat he made for J. Holiday's \"Bed\" -- a prime example of R. giving new life to a tired sound with little evident effort. He even humbles himself on the song, if only a little bit: \"There's only two things in this world that I'm the best at, it's true. Number one is music, and baby girl, can't nobody work your body out like I do.\" He's coasting here, no doubt about it, but no one can coast like he can. ~ Andy Kellman","brand":"R. Kelly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44588608028905,"sku":"AN9TXW-RDNL-00","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/r-kelly-untitled-explicit_R40MD.jpg?v=1759208593","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/r-kelly-untitled-explicit","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}