Billed as Robert Kelly (on the Bandcamp release), this album is a
collection of released and unreleased (for obvious reasons?)
R. Kelly songs, many of which have been floating around on
YouTube and other internet sources for a many years but mainly from 2018
onwards. In fact, "Air" was uploaded to Spotify a few weeks ago as a single which I drafted and
agonised whether to post or not in the circumstances and decided not
to.
Sony Music is distancing itself from, what they describe as, an
unofficial release (they claim it's a bootleg even though the copyright
states there music catalogue division Legacy Recordings they did not
sanction it) which was released on digital platforms on Friday including
Spotify, who must have since removed it as it is no longer there, but it
is available on
Bandcamp. I understand that Apple has now also removed it.
It transpires that the company behind the release is Real Talk
Entertainment and there is speculation that that may have acquired the
rights when Kelly's contract with Sony was terminated in 2019.
The title of the album "I Admit It" is derived from a 19 minute song "I Admit" that Kelly released in Jul
2018 in which denies the sexual-misconduct allegations against him for
which he was convicted of in Jun 2022 and is currently serving a 30 year
sentence. The song is split into three parts on the album.
Inevitably, I suspect, this album will be taken down by Bandcamp, so if
you want it you know what to do! Whether it is legal or not is
questionable which will no doubt increase demand for it!
Musically, for me at least, the first half of the album are the best
tracks and they deteriorate as the album progresses with the first two
tracks, "Air", the very Marvin Gaye'ish "Planet" and "Where's Love, When You Need It" (which harps back to the stepping days of his "Chocolate Factory" / "Happy People" period) being the standouts
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul / R&B |
| Format: | Album / Bootleg? |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Legacy Recordings |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 09/12/2022 |
| Price: | $7.99 |
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