R. Kelly

With a big debt to some brothers named Isley, R.Kelly drops another album rich with laidback, convertible-friendly slow-jams. The title track is a highlight, but there are gems throughout that further reveal Kelly's songwriting excellence. RHAPSODY's version includes the previously bootlegged Loveland EP as a bonus.

R. Kelly's problems start less than thirty seconds into Chocolate Factory, when he coos,
"Anything you want/You just come to daddy." From other R&B lovemen, that would be
boilerplate pillow talk, but allegations of participating in child pornography against Kelly
provide a distorting filter through which his music will be heard for years to come. That's
too bad, because Chocolate Factory ranks among the best work of his career. T... More >