When the gavel lastly fell on R. Kelly again in 2022 and 2023 after many years of enacting unthinkable abuse, a lot of his victims underage at that, some naively anticipated all music and any point out of his identify to be erased from the information of R&B.
Man, did that become a pipe dream!
Take style veteran Keri Hilson for instance. Whereas showing on a latest episode of On That Observe, the favored R&B-themed podcast hosted by Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Males, guess who appeared within the quantity 2 spot on her listing of prime singer-songwriters of all time?
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Contemplating him as, in her phrases, “prime, prime most inspiring,” Hilson made positive to notice that she hopes viewers can separate her musical opinion “only for that assertion” from the particular person himself. Whereas he doesn’t beat Babyface in her eyes, R. Kelly does handle to get a spot above Michael Jackson, Stevie Marvel and India.Arie in line with her private roundup. It would even be an understatement to name her a fan as Hilson and Kelly labored collectively on a 2009 collaboration titled “Quantity One,” the lead single off his GRAMMY-nominated album, Untitled. As well as, she additionally was a notable visitor at his forty eighth birthday celebration in 2015 (pictured above).
Whereas we’re not right here to police musical opinions in in the least, there’s one thing to be stated when the songwriting that Kelly is praised for refers to a catalog that features songs like “Bump n’ Grind,” “I Just like the Crotch on You,” “Feelin’ on Yo Booty,” “Intercourse Weed,” “Intercourse Planet,” “Bangin’ the Headboard” and a complete album of hump hymns blatantly titled Black Panties.
All we’re saying is that Prince, Ashford and Simpson, Missy Elliott, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Curtis Mayfield plus so many others had been proper there for the choosing!
Did Keri Hilson flip you off together with her excessive regards for R. Kelly? See what some are saying on social media beneath:
1. Keri Hilson actually shouldn’t have put the pee pee piper in it. AT ALL. Think about overlooking Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, hell, Selena MF Quintanilla, to place “R Kelly” in your listing. LMMMFAOOOOOOO I see why this chick is eternally B listing.
through @LoveKarleigh
