Rating: 2 stars (out of 4)
It’s tempting to read into the title of R. Kelly’s first album since his acquittal on child-pornography charges last year. Is his 10th studio album since the early ‘90s called “Untitled” because Kelly wants to wipe the slate clean? Could it be the sign of a new beginning? An invitation to hear the artist from a fresh perspective?
Not even close.
“Untitled” (Jive) is business as usual in the candle-lit, silk-sheeted house of Kelly, which means, “sex in the morning, sex all day.”
And business is good. Even under a cloud of legal suspicion for six years, Kelly continued to sing about booty calls and sell millions of albums. As the most dominant producer-songwriter-singer in R&B the last two decades, the south suburban resident married a sparse, sing-songy sound and salacious subject matter into a signature style that has made him a star.
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