POLL IN THE KITCHEN, OVER BY THE STOVE — R. Kelly artist poll RESULTS

Got 15 ballots total, most included album rankings as well. I'll begin today with the albums then roll the tracks out over the rest of the week. My rollout timing might be a little sporadic so apologies in advance.

7b — Double Up

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7a — R. Kelly

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self-titled was my #1

ahh forgot to do album rankings

6 — Love Letter

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Chocolate Factory will be #1.

5 — TP.3 Reloaded

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my money is on tp-2.com

doing this poll totally reminded me of how solid tp3 is so thanks for that

Yeah, definitely.

4 — 12 Play

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I figured R. would get the top spot

3 — R. (3 first place votes)

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I was hoping for the same xp.

I think I was one of those no.1s for R. But it's close between that and half-a-dozen others really, the man has high quality control.

He's got a new one out this week iirc.

Yeah I think Dec 10, good timing, hearing his name a lot atm.

2 — Chocolate Factory
(3 first place votes)

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1 — TP-2.com
(3 first place votes and everyone voted for it)

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top two were separated by only two points

tp-2.com is perfect

No love for Born Into The 90s? Not that I voted for it myself, but when I listened to it I loved the almost old-school Chicago House sound to it on the snares and such.

only good song on that one (IMO) is the Stevie Wonder cover

not one vote for that album!

its fine but def an outlier

lol my #1 didn't make it

and, i for one, did not vote for tp-2.com

the top 4 was my top 4 in that exact order, so i can't complain. never cared for TP.3 Reloaded, though -- was i the only person to vote for Best of Both Worlds? that's a really fun album, in a way it being slight and anticlimactic is its charm.

xp oh yeah, just recounted and we were indeed one vote short of a tp2 sweep. You were the only vote for UB.

some dude you had the only vote for bobw

50 — Fiesta (ft. Boo & Gotti)

damn double up got robbed

i voted too late for albums :-(

double up is top 3 for me

Gonna do 15 tracks today/tomorrow then 10 on Thursday/Friday. I'll give stats on the final 20.

Didn't like Double Up at the time but spending all this time with his catalog it def wasn't as bad as I remembered.

there's some obviously bad stuff but so many good songs

Just hard to find a spot for it in my top 5 you know

He has no perfect albums but Double Up comes close. Was laughing out loud to "Real Talk" the other day: "Trapped in the Closet" condensed to four minutes.

49 — Remote Control

the first 4 songs are pretty regrettable but after that it's an amazing album give or take kid rock

"remote control" is a dope track

Fiesta is terrific, glad to have nudged it in

Yeah it really is xp, I didn't vote for it but it's deserving. He doesn't use falsetto as much as other r&b dudes but when he does it carries powerful impact (boom from the cannon).

48 — Echo

46 — Get Up On A Room

^ top 5 for me. Two songs in a row with yodeling haha.

Also I'd never seen the Echo video before but that has to be the most budget video for a high profile artist of all time.

Get Up On... is such a tasteful track.

You don't have to go far to get a piece of me
You wait in the car while I go get the keys
Double lock the door for complete privacy
No room service baby cuz you will be the feast, can we eeeeeee eeeeee eeeeeeeeeee (whoooooa)

We'll cuddle up with each other babe, yes we will
And I'll go there on this chair (yah, yaaaah)

i didn't really fuck with "echo" for a while but that song is awesome

"get up on a room" is sublime tho

echo never really stuck with me, not bad just not a favorite

i woulda voted for Double Up, it's def my favorite post-2003, but i really wanted to rep for Best of Both Worlds

i haven't heard "echo" in years but it's ringing a bell, i feel like i really liked it at the time

yeah that Echo video looks like it took less time to make than it takes to watch

45 — Sex In The Kitchen (Remix)

where's 47?

47 — Down Low Double Life

good eye

Voted for both Down Lows - normally I wouldn't spend two votes on the same track, but these rule. I had Double Life higher.

Idk why I'm saying 'both', for all I know he has dozens of the things.

xpost me too ismael

so many good songs

there's really 3 great "Down Low" songs -- the original, the "Live To Regret It Remix," and "Double Life"

not to mention the continuing saga of mr biggs

44 — Not Feelin' the Love

that song gets me so emotional

love this track, apparently he wrote it for MJ to record, you can kinda hear it too

you can def hear it, he adopts a ton of MJ cadences and vocal ticks throughout

alright last one before a meeting and lunch...

43 — Bump 'n' Grind (Old School Mix)

too loww

assembling the spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/unbornwhiskey/playlist/2T2TzuY1tfo5qygMfKfWbc

none of my votes have showed up, but i voted for mostly canon stuff

voted for "remote control" and "get up on a room" and i'm so glad they're both here

"remote control" is nice but i don't really want r kelly singing like john mayer

ouch

MEETING CANCELLED!

42 — Isley Brothers - Contagious (ft. R. Kelly)

holy shit i can't believe i left that song off my ballot, easy top 10

smh @ me

skipped right over it on wiki

"remote control" is nice but i don't really want r kelly singing like john mayer

D:

"contagious" was my no 26... decided to go with "down low (nobody has to know)"

down low is better for sure

voted "contagious" high, can't remember where but what a fuckin jam

R.'s Ronald Isley revival was truly one of the best things he did with his success

41 — Like I Do

40 — Snake

ty for the spotify list, brad

i was never a huge "snake" fan

"fiesta" and "thoia thoing" kinda fill that category for me

throwing big tigger on a single is immortal tho

^^^^^^^^^^^

i'd never heard this "bump n grind" mix, very nice

part of that weird era when BET was apparently so powerful that Beyonce and the Ying Yang Twins had to do tracks with Free from 106 & Park xp

lol word

whoa the "rodeo" sample is from this "bump n grind" mix, i had no idea!!!!

amazing

oooohhhh child / things are gonna get a little freakierrrrrrrr

ah this is so good

the Remix City Volume 1 comp is jampacked with semi-obscurities like that -- Jive really needs to get it together and do Volume 2

yeah remix city volume 1 was my fav discovery through this whole process

man "like i do" is kinda the drake bit lil wayne bit drake of r&b where the-dream is drake huh

not a snake fan myself.

'Untitled' on a whole is v The Dream

the "slow wind" remix on this comp is way better than the original

yeah Like I Do has Los Da Mystro on the knobs

ha that makes sense

ahhh

39 — Chocolate Factory

that version of Bump 'n Grind is maybe my favorite of his reworks, way better than the original imo

"chocolate factory" is p good... my one album track vote off that album prob won't make this

CF beat is too plodding for me.

lyrically it's pretty amazing but yeah i'm with you

i love title tracks like "Chocolate Factory" and "Best of Both Worlds" that are less songs than really long intros but are just so deliriously fun they never wear out their welcome

38 — The Greatest Sex

hell yeah

inside of your walls there will dwell a capricorn

some of my fav understated kellz vox on that

and then I turned the TV down
because I thought I heard a squeaky sound
something's going on upstairs
because I know nobody else lives here

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ahhhaha

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

"greatest sex" is awesome but i think i had 2 or 3 other tp-2 album cuts on my ballot

37 — It Seems Like You’re Ready

fuck why didn't i put "it seems like you're ready" on my ballot

"the greatest sex" is awesome, voted for that one

alright last one for the day, v happy about placement

36 — Fat Joe - We Thuggin’ (ft. R. Kelly)

yesssssssss

that hook is just insane. i can't believe he wrote that for someone else's track. no one deserves that.

it almost has a bridge in it! the hook!

really, it's an entire song in another song

yeah just a relentless hook

Love how Kellz blue mink is the same size as Fat Joes.

the "we thuggin" hook is just a great nate dogg homage

"it seems like you're ready" -- ugh another oversight, really wish i actually put some thought into my ballot

"It Seems Like You're Ready" was in my top 3, it's up there with Prince's "Adore" as one of those amazing songs never officially released as a single that gets consistent spins on any R&B station's late night slow jam block

"We Thuggin'" remix very essential for how R.'s "ooh ooh" harmonies are chopped up in the verses and the Busta Rhymes couplet "in two thousand and one we move fast/ I had to fuck a couple fat bitches all in they ass"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcF-2vf8m98

important link: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-r-kelly-sing-ridiculous-sex-songs-20131119

This is great – I'd no idea Kels was on "We Thuggin'."

lol @ that RS vid

This is great – I'd no idea Kels was on "We Thuggin'."

― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, November 19, 2013 3:27 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark

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lol

We Thuggin is sensational, all of you otm

Alas, Sex Dolphin arrived too late to poll.

2001 probably my nadir as a pop music listener

great story from Fat Joe about how "We Thuggin'" happened: http://www.complex.com/music/2011/12/interview-fat-joe-25-best-songs/fat-joe-f-r-kelly-we-thuggin-2001

“I started getting way different kinds of looks. They actually had girls at my shows. Before that song, I would have two thousand niggas with razors in their mouths at my show."

lolllll

THAT ROLLING STONE LINK

GOAT

Thx for the complex link too!

We Thuggin is sensational, all of you otm

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:35 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Jordan got me his ballot at last night and bumped We Thuggin into the top 50. He may be sad about the one that dropped to 51 because of it tho ;)

Alright, 15 more coming up...

35 — You Remind Me Of Something

yes

god this song

he's got three jeeps inside a boxing ring in this video

undeniable

Such a 90s video

34 — Etcetera

This is his most 112 sounding track.

Love it and surprised it made it and did so well.

Leeet's go to the IHOP baaaaby, noooooOOOOOO nnnnooooooooOOOO naaaaaaaaaw

great song

i get the conceit in You Remind Me Of Something, not saying it doesn't work or whatever, but "girl you look just like my carrr" is one of those kells lines that makes me lol

ask sissymanwhore (NSFW)

haha

xxxl But the "I wanna wax it" line is what pull it home. It's def lolworthy tho. I now imagine someone challenging him to make a slow jam around "waxing your car" and him just making that whole song up in a couple minutes a la sex dolphin.

33 — Sweet Tooth

8 Mile-type freestyle scenes where R.'s boys point to random objects and he sings about fucking them

almost voted for "sweet tooth", so good

would watch xp

Sweet Tooth had a couple really high votes that got it in.

"ooh it tastes like Skittles" is more awkward than "you look just like my car" imo

He makes awkward lines endearing more often than not.

32 — I Wish

Very surprised at how low this placed.

it occurs to me that i voted for the remix by accident, ha

tho that is also a classic so i don't feel that bad

yeah...pretty huge great song that seemed to fall between eras for him and get a little lost in the shuffle

So many first semester of college memories tied to I Wish.

all about the "whichuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

damn yeah i figured I Wish was a lock for top 20 xp

the "braid my hair" coda is such a fantastic intersection of unexpected/affecting

tbf if i hadn't accidentally voted for the remix it would be way higher, my bad :-(

Mario got a whole hit of his own just riffing on the "braid my hair" thing too

I thought it was a lock for top 5 tbf

it occurs to me that i voted for the remix by accident, ha

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:50 AM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that's because the remix is superior and will show up later in the countdown

i wonder what remixes and original versions are going to both place in this thing

bump n grind might be the only one?

i dunno how people feel about "ignition"

it's a great track but i didn't really consider voting for it... the best part of that song is when it transitions into the remix anyway

i will never stop beating people over the head w/ how much i prefer the original "Ignition" but i dunno how alone i am in that still

i assumed because Spottie didn't link the Jay-Z version on the "Fiesta" poll entry that that was the album version and the remix is still to come?

R.'s more recent run of appearances on posse cut remixes was also legendary, if i had room on my ballot i woulda voted for the "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" or "Make It Rain" remixes

I cannot confirm or deny xp

31 — Sex Weed

that's because the remix is superior and will show up later in the countdown

true

"sex weed" is a great tune but "girl you've got that sex weed / i just wanna hit it" is a bit of a bridge too far for me even in the context of kells' career

not one of my favorites

yeah – ick

wondering if Kels keeps a spreadsheet with variations on "Love is like ____" and over several months he accumulates seventy songs and the scraps are something like "a sofa," "microwaved popcorn – hot, buttery, and ready," and "I wanna be your holepuncher, baby"

we shd poll R. Kelly's ham-fisted sex metaphors

^^^

I voted for "Sex Planet" for this reason

well "sex planet" rules. not really a fan of "sex weed" still

its hamfistedness feels forced, like there's almost audible effort in fitting weed into the chorus, whereas all the the similes in "you remind me of something" seem the natural associations of kells' brain

yeah

30 — Be My #2

plus the vocals on "You Remind Me..." fill the intentional lyrical blank.

what a strange diffused disco song that i wouldn't have known about w/o ship's playlist

i voted for both "ignitions" btw, i think both will show up

"be my #2" is fun, sounds like a bit like a mash up to me tho

who voted for all these untitled tracks?

29 — Step In The Name Of Love

so happy that my championing of "Be My #2" paid off. that song was like a ray of sunshine in the middle of that album for me.

i guess both versions of "Step" will place then!

nice

this song is cool but man idk the remix is so superior to me

obv

was sad not enough people went as apeshit over "Step..." at Pitchfork last July as I expected.

28 — Sex In The Kitchen

my favorite thing about that song is how he sang the first verse/chorus a cappella on 106 & Park and in concert a bunch of times before the studio version was released, similar to how he sang "R&B Thug" as an acceptance speech at the American Music Awards.

both Steps are awesome, but this one just barely edges out the other for me on account of the insistent pulse of the beat and that classy slap bass on every other measure

Water drop in full effect. I like the 'Kitchen Sink' realism, Kells!

voted for the remix here also

Such a great hook

yeah i guess this isn't a metaphor track but the imagery is so effortless, such brilliance

Sweet Tooth ended up in my top three; awkwardness notwithstanding his singing's got a great rhythm to it.

I voted for Be My #2 as well, tbh disco stompers go down a treat with me with any artist. It's another one (like Three-Way Conversation) where I see the title and shudder where he might be going with it; well done Kells taking the lyric in this direction instead.

27 — I Believe I Can Fly

TOO LOW

best song ever, my #1

i hope "world's greatest" beat it, as it should

"Gotham City" is my pick of the soundtrack ballads but i didn't vote for any

"world's greatest" is great, no doubt (also top 10 for me) but the quavering vocals throughout sell the "if I can see it, I can do it" story

not gonna front about how much I use this song to get me going when shit is low

talking of "I believe I can fly" of course

I'm going to listen to it again; I can't get with it, never have.

it's pretty overkilled but also still an all-time belter. one of the first songs I got my kids to learn.

yeah i think in middle school (elementary school?) choir we were taught "i believe i can fly"

it's a really beautiful song

26 — Heaven, I Need A Hug

oh huh i guess i've never heard any of the loveland disc

absolutely love that song

iirc "Heaven" was the first thing he put out after the big controversy broke before he shelved Loveland and took kind of a different approach to moving forward w/ new music

i love "heaven, i need a hug" because i often think "r. kelly, i need a hug"

i guess it's comforting to know that r kelly also sometimes feels helpless

cross ref 'the hug a thug' jersey from the Snake video
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especially after he sends the latest Central High School jailbait home in a cab

xpost

oof

cross ref 'the hug a thug' jersey from the Snake video
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A_GaYpJCEAAwSoV.png:large

― Spottie, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:18 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

need an entire thread of kells wearing jerseys

he's had so many different looks/styles

25 — Nivea - Laundromat (ft. R. Kelly)

yeah the origins of "hug" are gross, and I totally get anyone who finds it repugnant but the song is so baffling and earnest it takes on a Durstian absurd/cathartic quality for me.

aw yes

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i mean to write a song where the hook is

soap, powder, bleach, towels, fabric softner, dollars, change, pants, socks, dirty drawers

i didn't vote for any features but holy shit this song

TOO LOW

if i'd have ranked this would have been top 3

"touchin" off tp-3 is also awesome but i decided not to not vote for it so i could get some other stuff in there

love this song so much, despite "laundymat"

NO MORE CRYIN
NONE OF YOUR LYIN

i'd love to hear an entire playlist of acoustic (or almost acoustic) r&b tracks like "touchin" or tweet's "smokin cigarettes" etc

doing this list made me listen to the first nivea album, that is prob due for some sort of LOST CLASSIC renaissance at some point

is this the only kells/wayne before rich gang this year?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEGRy_tC2Cs

i loooove "touchin'" and nearly voted for it.

not letting the context of Heaven I Need A Hug in RK's career make weird eyes at "so shower down on me, wet me with your love"--it's a great line, so much unabashed sincerity in that track

is this the only kells/wayne before rich gang this year?

"Make It Rain" remix and amazingly classic "It's Me, Bitches" remix!

in retrospect I really should've voted for "Bitches" remix

one thing i do like about "Sex Weed" that i forgot is the talkbox "tee pee three reloooooaded" backing vox on the outro

"Make It Rain" remix and amazingly classic "It's Me, Bitches" remix!

― some dude, Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:26 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark

word

i never fucked w "make it rain" tho

i don't particularly like "Make It Rain" as a song but R. is just great on the remix. also just being on a song called "Make It Rain" is expert trolling on his part.

step step side to side
round and round dip it down
separate bring it back
now let me see you do the love slide

my brain always wants this section to resolve with a word that rhymes with "back," so i never fail to hear it as "now let me see you do the love slap"

one thing i will say in favor of "I Believe I Can Fly" is that i kinda wish R. still had the budget/ambition to go all in on lavish live instrumentation now and then, a lot of the Love Letter/Write Me Back stuff could've been better with some real strings and horns on a Love Unlimited Orchestra tip instead of the chintzy synths.

same but for live show

otm xp

24 — Strip For You

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

yep

three knocks at the door, my baby
trench coat hits the floor, my baby

such a good couplet

oh fuck yeah

"Laundromat" is such an amazing song. it came out in the winter and i listened to it so much that it kind of evokes cold weather just listening to it.

first time I'm hearing both "Laundromat" and "Strip For You"; the latter is awesome.

i love how he uses this song in his live sets to make his costume changes part of the show

wait alfred you haven't heard tp-2.com

i think I counted like 8 tracks in his catalog where the water drop noise was used

Nope. Like I said last week, early 2000s Kels is a blind spot. The nineties hits aside, I wouldn't have heard R. Kelly during that part of my life. I didn't start listening hard until 2003 tbh (Nivea I only knew cuz Mystikal).

alfred you said upthread kells has no perfect albums and i thought you were directly referring to me calling tp-2.com perfect

which yeah it's not (i don't like "don't you say no") but it's v v close

the bass pulse on strip for you is what gets me going

haha on the other hand I haven't heard the entire catalog so he might have perfect albums

23 — Thoia Thoing

that one...is kind of disconcertingly high. obviously fun though.

yeah, didn't even consider voting for it

Sorry guys I screwed up bad like! I just realized I numbered wrongly on the excel doc (went off the column # instead of where the tracks start) so everything is actually off by 2 spots and 49 and 50 weren't revealed. soooo I will post 49 and 50 separately and then a full recap of the 50-21 sorted out the right way. Excuse my oversight.

haha that's ok. bonus songs!

i think most or all of the ilx polls i've done have had some kind of small tabulation error like that that i've discovered halfway through the rollout and had to correct, it's pretty common and understandable in these things.

Thoing is one of the singles that never really bit me for whatever reason

i voted for thoia thoing!! such slander

also ban alfred obviously

r kelly tp-2.com poll

it's all good spottie, thanks for doing this thing man

i also voted for thoia thoing based on how i put it on a playlist the other week and started dancing almost involuntarily when it came on, okay

k3v, I've got pics.

thanks guys, I'm Feeling The Love

50 —The Zoo

Best animal cries since Marvin Gaye's "Third World Girl."

49 —Happy People

Hurrah, Happy People! Would've been a scandal if it had missed out.

not shiny enough imo

21 Thoia Thoing
22 Strip For You
23 Laundromat
24 Heaven, I Need A Hug
25 I Believe I Can Fly
26 Sex In The Kitchen
27 Step In The Name Of Love
28 Be My #2
29 Sex Weed
30 I Wish
31 Sweet Tooth
32 Etcetera
33 You Remind Me Of Something
34 We Thuggin’
35 It Seems Like You’re Ready
36 The Greatest Sex
37 Chocolate Factory
38 Snake
39 Like I Do
40 Contagious
41 Bump 'n' Grind (Old School Mix)
42 Not Feelin' the Love
43 Sex In The Kitchen (Remix)
44 Get Up On A Room
45 Down Low Double Life
46 Echo
47 Remote Control
48 Fiesta
49 Happy People
50 The Zoo

My wife's gym class closes with this, it turns out - she turns her nose up throughout my Kellz playlist, then starts boogieing away when this one comes on.

closes with Happy People, that is

she sounds like a happy person

in fact now that i think of it not being a huge fan of the song is probably my problem :(

sorry cuz

strip for you rules. the "suddenly" in "suddenly i feel like i wanna break loose" is such a perfect choice. suddenly!

https://soundcloud.com/angomusic/r-kelly-sex-dolphin-ango-remix

#predictable

20 — She's Got That Vibe

http://i39.tinypic.com/awusyp.jpg

nice

VIIIIBE
VIIIIBE
VIIIIIIBE

haw yeah this is a bit too new jack-y for me

Still love this. But I do love that New Jack sound.

great video too

yeah man this video is something else

19 — Love Letter

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wow. very soothing track but his recent stuff in this vein feels pretty minor to me up against his entire discog

Lost In Your Love is my soothing jam of choice off Love Letter but this is still a nice track.

i don't remember what "love letter" sounds like at all

haw yeah this is a bit too new jack-y for me

insanity, no such thing

This water tastes to watery.

too

hahaha

average of 33 points a vote

18 — Kickin' It With Your Girlfriend

http://i44.tinypic.com/16h3qdy.jpg

oh yeah, "love letter"

it's nice

HELL YEAH

I voted for it too.

pretty curious to find out how many votes stuff in the top 5 gets, cuz right now we're in the "5 people like these songs a hell of a lot" zone.

or even "2 people like it ok, 3 people think it's the greatest sex"

well there were only 15 ballots

ahhh

I really fell in love w Kickin It over the last month or so.

thats why I've stayed away from posting stats so far xp

so much love for this song

the falsetto on "i did not ask for this"

audible shrug in "the truth is that we don't even regret it "

This is the cousin of Usher 'Burn'

did not vote for this but amazing track

This is the cousin of Usher 'Burn'

― Spottie, Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:03 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

yes !!

17 — Fiesta (Remix) ft. Jay Z

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my my my my

ah jay's verse on this is too good

ugh this song, so good

His choked-up quivering voice on "IF YOU SMOKIN ON THIS DRO, YOU GOT TO FEEL THIS SHEEIT"

ha yeah i love that touch. not a fan of Boo or Gotti's contrib here, but doesn't mar the track for me.

16 — Ignition

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word

does this mean the remix will chart later

yesssss so happy the OG "Ignition" made it. i loved the FUCK out of this song for those 6 weeks or whatever before the remix dropped. it even had the 'preview of the remix' in the outro from the jump! xp

a song i most often hear at a karaoke bar where someone forgot to select the remix (not that it's bad, just sayin)

haha

haha that exact situation happened the last time i was at karaoke, i was the only person who know how to sing the original :-(

hapless souls waiting in vain for a toot toot

i really think it all works best as one 6-minute epic. it's like "Bohemian Rhapsody," you get a nice slow groove before it turns into a party full of quotables.

agreed

lol

but yeah it's all about that transition

honestly i feel like the remix is "ignition" and this is "ignition (intro)"

yeah cosign

Alright I've got one more before lunch and meetings so might get back to it later but there's a chance I have to roll the rest out tomorrow.

15 — I Wish - Remix (To The Homies That We Lost)

http://i39.tinypic.com/20acsap.jpg

yesssss

^^^ yes

The one song I knew from this period.

this video is just devastating

probably my number 1 if i ranked em, such an affecting song/video

my number one. i looked at a list of songs i was considering for the ballot and couldn't deny it

I can't say I like it more than the OG but it's probably on the same level for me.

yeah i like the OG better... picking siblings tho

the best WITCHOOS in popular music

WITCH HOOS

asking the lord why why why
they're tearing down these projects

i forgot about "Kickin It With Your Girlfriend." definitely a missed opportunity for a hit single when he was releasing nonsense like that Game/Scott Storch song to the radio.

aw, I like "Playas Only" and I don't think anyone got fired for releasing Scott Storch nonsense as a first single in 2005 rather than a less dramatic "Confessions, Part 2"

i just feel like that signaled the downward slide in the quality of his rap collaborations -- since then it's been mostly, like, OJ Da Juiceman features or that terrible new single with 2 Chainz

I only voted for Girlfriend so far today, but these are all killer afaiac.

Vibe I like, but there were other early cuts I prefer. My listening for the disco poll took me to classic Chicago House, and I think you can trace a line through them to his New Jack Swing sound. Mostly in the production and sounds, to some extent the rhythms but especially the vocals are from a different place entirely.

yeah R.'s voice has changed so much since the Public Announcement days, especially his awkward 'rap voice.' i got so annoyed when Trey Songz was hating on Kells and calling him an Aaron Hall copycat, like dude he hasn't really sung like that in 20 years!

i've never heard "remote control" before, loooove this

"remote control" is nice but i don't really want r kelly singing like john mayer

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Tuesday, November 19, 2013 11:10 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, which is it?

man my brain is fried

guess it grew on me

it's so goddamn good

ha, its cool, just bustin chops

you owe us 4 more songs mister

ha, workin on the graphics now!

14 — The World's Greatest

http://i44.tinypic.com/9u3pco.jpg

whoops output at the wrong size, oh well

god i love this song

one of my favorite moments of any song from 2013 is in "acid rain" when chance the rapper starts singing to this melody

i love the first chorus of this song, that he doesn't go full bombast right at the jump

13 — Number One Hit

http://i41.tinypic.com/inqtev.jpg

yessss

12 — R&B Thug

http://i41.tinypic.com/2hpkll1.jpg

never a bad excuse to post this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQLKWKxGOA0

"Number One Hit" never struck me as a standout from the recent albums. if anything I prefer the other "Number One" song with Keri Hilson.

yeah "number one hit" bizarrely high but hey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiymnvEMIkg

that weird period where kells was biting the-dream and autotuning his voice

it's funny that he's probably the most talented singer to go all in on AutoTune the last few years and the one that made the least amount of memorable music with it

"never a bad excuse to post this:"

Did you see the screen cap?

wow i had no idea there were so many love letter stans

he did the "r&b thug" a capella at pitchfork btw, so fucking epic

"number one hit" is a really beautiful song tho

love letter's highs are pretty undeniable

My favorite track from those two albums is "Feelin' Single" but I doubt it'll chart.

same here

Did you see the screen cap?

― Spottie, Thursday, November 21, 2013 10:24 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha nice, i have images off so i've been clicking on the images sporadically

"the world's greatest" was my #2 - i have such a soft spot for sappy inspirational kells, and jordan's comment about the first chorus is otm. love the build, LOVE that last coda where he switches the vocal melody up. just great.

11 — Your Body's Callin'

http://i44.tinypic.com/2ykdh1v.jpg

love kells' voice on this

super smooth

nice

this song was my introduction to Kellz, 8th grade.

for me it was "Sex Me Pt. 1" being played every 20 minutes on The Box

nice

not a Love Letter stan but Number One Hit is def gorgeous

that ama 2000 acceptance speech is all time xp

Headed to a meeting for about an hour then I'll be back to kick off the top 10.

a sex meeting

in the meeting now and, yes, I can confirm that it is indeed a sex meeting

sex in the conference room
over by the water pitcher

water *cooler

"now, i don't normally do this but go ahead and break 'em off a little preview of the remix."

She said 'Any other business?' / and I said 'Girl...'

feelin on yo boardroom

wait, that's Flight Of The Conchords isn't it

10 — When A Woman's Fed Up

http://i40.tinypic.com/1zmkspw.jpg

*nods*

mmmhmm

word

def a great song, but does feel a little minor when stacked up against some of these

hoping this isn't the last track off R. that places

outro is the best part

I found space on my ballot for a lot of songs like "Fed Up" and "A Woman's Threat" and "Be Careful." he's really underrated for relationship songs either from the woman's perspective or that show empathy for the woman, show the man experiencing consequences for his transgressions, etc.

ya i voted for "a woman's threat"

9 — Half On A Baby

http://i40.tinypic.com/1z2occ4.jpg

oh hey what's up

sick

oh man i'd forgotten abt this video

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/7040965499_fdd3291d10_z.jpg

actual baby supply store in hartford ct that i used to drive by all the time

whoa what part of hartford is that in?

ha thats great

that three track run on R. of Half On Baby - When A Womans Fed Up - Get Up On A Room can't be topped

whoa what part of hartford is that in?

it's on albany ave somewhere iirc - my commute used to be downtown to bloomfield when i was on business trips up there

(ie i barely know the names of most of the neighborhoods there)

He has so many videos where its just him singing with his arms spread out in different locations.

yeah i just rotated at hartford hospital for a few months but i lived in middletown, i'm not all that familiar with it either. that neighborhood doesn't look familiar to me tho

love him just chillin on this huge ass couch
http://ru-crazy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rkelly.jpg

outro is the best part

― le goon (J0rdan S.), Friday, November 22, 2013 10:26 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup, song just builds and builds

SHE WAS RAISED IN ILLINOIS, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO
SOME OF THE BEST COOKIN YOU EVER HAD, YES IT WAS...
AND I MISS HEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR, HEY WOMAN IF YOU'RE LISTENIN, SAID I MISS YOUU BABY

I can totally imagine Robert Plant singing that

8 — Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)

http://i39.tinypic.com/111o27r.jpg

quick question: is the gay association with the phrase "down low" distinctly post "down low (nobody has to know)"

I did not hear the gay association of "down low" until several years after this song.

yeah, that sounds right

same here

tbh I learned it from Oprah lol

i didn't know "down low" had a specifically, context-free gay connotation?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down-low_%28sexual_slang%29

the folks who crafted this article say it was popularized in the late '90s, but also share that The first known person to use "down-low" in a homosexual context was George Hanna, who used the term in the 1930 song Boy in the Boat about lesbian women.

my #2. crushing low end sub bass line. isley floating around in the background, teasing your ears. well, well, well. no, no, no-no-no, yaaa-aa.

production of that song perfectly interlacing "voyage to atlantis" and "between the sheets" isleys too, damn, etc.

also first kells song i ever heard

that video was on ALL THE TIME

exactly

though i was way happier about that than when the video of kelly having a lonely meltdown at a ski lodge was on all the time

"don't ---- me, kelly"

best video ever

also got me into the isley bros

7 — Same Girl (ft. Usher)

http://i43.tinypic.com/280i0oy.jpg

another great video

easily the song i was most surprised how high i put on my ballot, never released until ranking how much i dug it

lyrically speaking feel like this might be kelly's opus

oh man I love this song – maybe my favorite Usher guest appearance.

his last top 40 hit (not counting features)

it is so weird to be going back and forth between listening to Lou Reed and R. Kelly all week

yeah was about to say this seems a bit high, but no this rules

v gay run we're in the midst of atm

piano line in "same girl" otm

6 — A Woman's Threat

http://i41.tinypic.com/211jxtx.jpg

xps I love the big reveal at the end of the video, where Ush is all laid-back and charismatic while Kells is acting his ass off

this video makes no sense but the clear piano is so fly

this song is so good

my favorite of his cautionary tales

yeah i love how it's just this unending list of shit

"a woman's threat" was my #1

incredible dramatic tension/subtle little narrative shifts throughout. i still can't get over how much is left unspoken/unspecific (a woman's threat to him, you have to assume?). love how he keeps raising and lowering the stakes as it builds ("My all, my faith, my powers/my kitchen, my sink, my towels"). three little pigs detour at the end somehow makes it even more ominous.

i think its a woman's threat to ANY MAN out there

So great. Somehow I overlooked it on my fly-by, it's amazing.

good post gya

he had come to find.. that all of his.. PORRIDGE WAS GONE

9th Wonder did the sample justice for Jay's 'Threat'

5 — Feelin' On Yo Booty

http://i43.tinypic.com/152pa0x.jpg

bluesugar584 days ago

RIP to Lil Kim's old face.

whoa what part of hartford is that in?

it's on albany ave somewhere iirc - my commute used to be downtown to bloomfield when i was on business trips up there

― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, November 22, 2013 12:37 PM (53 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(ie i barely know the names of most of the neighborhoods there)

― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, November 22, 2013 12:39 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i just rotated at hartford hospital for a few months but i lived in middletown, i'm not all that familiar with it either. that neighborhood doesn't look familiar to me tho

― twist boat veterans for stability (k3vin k.), Friday, November 22, 2013 12:41 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i live like 5 mins from hartford hosp. (south end). albany ave is north hartford, p rough neighb in certain areas, univ of hartford purposely provides directions to its campus that avoid it as much as they can

awesome screencap for feelin on yo booty

this was my #1

love how he starts cracking up at the end while trying to sing extra syllables into "booty"

my #2. great karaoke song too

my #1 coming up next...

4 — Bump n' Grind

http://i40.tinypic.com/2psfukn.jpg

mostly because of the very inclusive bridge

xp

didn't link the video cos the video doesnt have the intro. and we all know that's the best intro OF ALL TIME

Dhould I push out the final three or wait til I get back from lunch?

think we all know what they are at this point so i'm mostly excited to see the order

... or at least i think i know

booga booga booga boooty

Alright coming up.

I think 12 Play is his best sounding album. Good drum sound throughout.

3 — Ignition (Remix)

http://i43.tinypic.com/2iglyex.jpg

tough but fair

I thought it was gonna clean house

hey whoa i figure this'd win in a walk honestly

no way "step in the name of love (remix)" is gonna lose an ilm r kelly poll

drumroooollll

hahahahaha

2 — I'm A Flirt (Remix) ft. T Pain & T.I.

http://i40.tinypic.com/vzd6qp.jpg

1 — Step In The Name Of Love (Remix)

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perfect finish

i love "i'm a flirt" but aside from the "kelly/tommy" lyric i always like t-pain's verse the best

getting t.i. and t-pain on that song was so inspired

ayo since it's probably buried upthread here's the complete spotify playlist http://open.spotify.com/user/unbornwhiskey/playlist/2T2TzuY1tfo5qygMfKfWbc

only missing "heaven i need a hug"

i've never heard the bow wow version, about to listen to it

man

bow wow did not deserve this song at all. how did this ever happen?

this is a terrific top two. Thanks, Spottie!

yeah thanks spot

should we post ballots?

man i've been holding onto this delusion that somehow there's an extra number between 3 and 2 that I didn't know abt and Touched A Dream had 15 votes and top 10 placement on everyone's ballot

good finish tho, this polls been fun

t pain singing in spanish on an r kelly song... i could've died

man i've been holding onto this delusion that somehow there's an extra number between 3 and 2 that I didn't know abt and Touched A Dream had 15 votes and top 10 placement on everyone's ballot

same but for the tp-2.com "just like that"

You could post ballots if you want but we had so few you could just mention those tracks that missed out that you feel should be in instead idk

hard to argue with that top 3

top 5 is pretty solid

my ballot

1. feelin on yo booty
2. step in the name of love (remix)
3. ignition (remix)
4. bump n grind
5. r&b thug
6. i wish (remix)
7. the world's greatest
8. a woman's threat
9. i'm a flirt (remix)
10. in the kitchen (remix)
11. same girl
12. i believe i can fly
13. half on a baby
14. fat joe - we thuggin
15. strip for you
16. happy people
17. freaky in the club
18. your body's callin
19. fiesta (remix)
20. nivea - laundromat
21. down low (nobody has to know)
22. i decided
23. forever
24. hit til the mornin
25. red carpet (pause, flash)

So perfect that 3 remixes topped the poll, even with the originals being counted seperately

lol after a number of songs i never would have thought to vote for, my top 3 was the top 3

my ballot

1. Step In The Name Of Love (Remix)
2. Ignition (Remix)
3. I’m A Flirt (Remix)
4. Same Girl
5. Don’t Let Me Die
6. Feelin On Yo Booty
7. Thoia Thoing
8. In The Kitchen
9. Heaven, I Need A Hug
10. Sex Weed
11. Red Carpet (Pause, Flash)
12. The Zoo
13. Dancing With A Rich Man
14. Snake
15. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)
16. Playa’s Only
17. Sex Planet
18. I Wish
19. What I Feel/Issues
20. Real Talk
21. Home Alone
22. You Remind Me Of Something
23. Et Cetera
24. In The Kitchen (Remix)
25. Feeling You In Stereo

1. A Woman's Threat
2. The World's Greatest
3. Not Feelin' the Love
4. Bump N' Grind
5. When a Woman's Fed Up
6. Step in the Name of Love (Remix)
7. U Saved Me
8. I Believe I Can Fly
9. Been Around the World
10. Your Body's Callin'
11. Feelin' Single
12. Ignition (Remix)
13. Love Letter
14. I Wish - Remix (To The Homies That We Lost)
15. Strip For You
16. Fiesta
17. Feelin' on Yo Booty
18. Down Low
19. Be My #2
20. Love Signals
21. The Greatest Sex
22. Thoia Thoing
23. I'm a Flirt (Remix)
24. When I Think About You
25. Half on a Baby

Surprised at the winner, why is it so loved? Not that I don't love his wholesome steppin' numbers, but idk why that one should stand out so.

oh aiiight i guess i'll post the whole thing

1. I Wish (To All The Homies We Lost)
2. Feelin On Yo Booty
3. Just Like That (TP-2.com)
4. She's Got That Vibe
5. Step In The Name Of Love (Remix)
6. The World's Greatest
7. The Greatest Sex
8. Fiesta (Remix)
9. Thoia Thoing
10. R&B Thug
11. Get Up On A Room
12. Remote Control
13. I'm a Flirt (Remix)
14. Like A Real Freak
15. Etcetera
16. Sex Planet
17. Strip For You
18. Sex Me (Part 1)
19. Kickin' It With Your Girlfriend
20. We Ride
21. Same Girl
22. U Saved Me
23. The Zoo
24. Imagine That
25. Hit It Til The Mornin'

i would have liked to see some stuff from "u saved me" i guess but i can't argue with the majority of the choices. good poll.

purposefully omitted "down low" "ignition (remix)" and "bump n grind" bc they clearly didn't need my help

wish "sex planet" had come in ahead of "sex weed" honestly

"u saved me" was my #26

but i guess i'm more glad both "in the kitchen"s placed

everybody's sleeping on unfinished business

did ANYONE vote for "gotham city" or "i'll be your angel"

they were big hits

1. I'm A Flirt
2. Ignition Remix
3. Sweet Tooth
4. Go Low
5. I Know What You Need
6. If I'm Wit You
7. Happy People
8. Down Low Double Life
9. Fiesta
10. Kickin' It With Your Girlfriend

11. Steppin' Into Heaven
12. 3-Way Phone Call
13. Same Girl
14. Suicide
15. When A Woman's Fed Up
16. Home Alone
17. Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)
18. You Made Me Love You
19. All I Really Want
20. When I Think About You
21. Be My #2
22. Heart Of A Woman
23. The Greatest Sex
24. I Like The Crotch On You
25. You Knock Me Out

1. R
2. Double Up
3. Happy People
4. Love Letter
5. TP-2.com

hah glad to see "i like the crotch on you" got a vote - def would have made my top 40

Had some mad debates with my friends about this poll but we all agreed that Half on a Baby deserves the top spot. Also, the Old School mix of Bump and Grind is way too low. But none of that shit matters. THIS POLL RULED. Thanks Spottie. Of the few polls I've participated in, this has been my favorite. Would you mind posting the complete stats?

my ballot
01- Half on a Baby
02- Like I Do
03- Bump and Grind (Old School Mix)
04- Your Body's Callin
05- Kicking it with Your Girlfriend
06- A Woman's Threat
07- Echo
08- Feelin on Your Booty
09- Strip For You
10- Number One Hit
11- When A Woman's Fed Up
12- I'm a Flirt
13- In the Kitchen
14- I Love The Dj
15- Skin
16- Green Light
17- Sex Weed
18- Number One
19- Contagious
20- Hotel
21- Fiesta
22- Etcetera
23- I Wish
24- Down Low Double Life
25- Leave Your Name

01- Untitled
02- 12 Play
03- R.
04- TP.3 Reloaded
05- TP-2.com

Untitled at no.1°

1 510 Step In The Name Of Love (Remix)
2 466 I'm A Flirt (Remix)
3 446 Ignition (Remix)
4 376 Bump n' Grind
5 316 Feelin' On Yo Booty
6 250 A Woman's Threat
7 234 Same Girl
8 230 Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)
9 206 Half On A Baby
10 202 When A Woman's Fed Up
11 200 Your Body's Callin'
12 196 R&B Thug
13 190 Number One Hit
14 186 The World's Greatest
15 178 I Wish - Remix (To The Homies That We Lost)
16 176 Ignition
17 174 Fiesta (Remix)
18 172 Kickin' It With Your Girlfriend
19 166 Love Letter
20 157 She's Got That Vibe
21 156 Thoia Thoing
22 144 Strip For You
23 130 Laundromat
24 122 Heaven, I Need A Hug
25 114 I Believe I Can Fly
26 110 Sex In The Kitchen
27 110 Step In The Name Of Love
28 106 Be My #2
29 106 Sex Weed
30 104 I Wish
31 102 Sweet Tooth
32 100 Etcetera
33 98 You Remind Me Of Something
34 94 We Thuggin’
35 92 It Seems Like You’re Ready
36 92 The Greatest Sex
37 90 Chocolate Factory
38 90 Snake
39 88 Like I Do
40 86 Contagious
41 82 Bump 'n' Grind (Old School Mix)
42 82 Not Feelin' the Love
43 76 Sex In The Kitchen (Remix)
44 74 Get Up On A Room
45 72 Down Low Double Life
46 72 Echo
47 70 Remote Control
48 68 Fiesta
49 66 Happy People
50 66 The Zoo

51 60 Feelin' Single
52 60 Hotel (Cassidy feat. R. Kelly)
53 60 If I Could Turn Back The Hands of Time
54 52 Hit It Til The Mornin'
55 50 Hook It Up
56 46 I Like The Crotch On You
57 46 Just Like That
58 46 Sex Me Pts. 1-2
59 46 Sex Planet
60 46 So Sexy Chapter II
61 46 Touched A Dream
62 46 U Saved Me
63 44 Go Low
64 44 Real Talk
65 44 Weatherman
66 44 You Knock Me Out
67 42 Don't Let Me Die
68 42 I Know What You Need
69 42 So Sexy
70 42 Taxi Cab
71 40 If I'm Wit You
72 40 One Me
73 40 Religious Love
74 38 Slow Wind
75 36 Leave Your Name
76 34 all rounds on me
77 34 Been Around the World
78 32 all i
79 32 Be Happy
80 32 It's Your Birthday
81 32 Red Carpet (Pause, Flash)
82 30 Home Alone
83 30 Radio Message
84 30 Steppin' Into Heaven
85 30 trapped in the closet, chapter 1
86 28 3-Way Phone Call
87 28 loveland
88 28 Thank God It's Friday
89 26 Dancing With A Rich Man
90 26 Dream Girl
91 26 Just Can't Get Enough
92 26 lost in your love
93 26 when a man lies
94 24 Can We Get Up On A Room
95 24 Hair Braider
96 24 I Love The Dj
97 24 Like A Real Freak
98 24 Suicide
99 22 Hump Bounce
100 22 Skin

"Feelin' Single" just missed it eh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyQMEmecTO4

in retrospect i kinda wish i'd thrown a vote toward "ringtone"

did ANYONE vote for "gotham city" or "i'll be your angel"

― da croupier, Friday, November 22, 2013 12:21 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't think so

glad "Step (In The Name Of Love)" won, it has the consistent jam of every recent family wedding I've attended (along with "Electric Slide" and "Cupid Shuffle")

1) I Believe I Can Fly
2) If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time
3) Ignition (Remix)
4) Step in the Name of Love (Remix)
5) I'm a Flirt (Remix)
6) Religious Love
7) Chocolate Factory
8) Down Low
9) The World's Greatest
10) Be Happy
11) Bump N' Grind
12) Contagious [Isley Brothers]
13) Fiesta (Remix)
14) Thoia Thoing
15) Hump Bounce
16) Fuck You Tonight [Biggie]
17) Same Girl [Usher]
18) Ignition
19) As I Look Into My Life
20) Hotel [Cassidy]
21) I Wish
22) Sex Planet
23) Not Feelin' The Love
24) You Made Me Love You
25) Trade In My Life

can't believe "If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time" didn't place, it's like I have a totally different Kells in mind

only room for so many sweeping ballads and most would lean to Worlds Greatest and/or I Believe I can Fly

love both of those too of course

sweeping ballads forever

"Step" was on my wedding playlist, and it was the last song playing when we left the reception, such a magical moment

awww

Does anyone like Slow Wind?

I like the Manu Chao vibes I get from it if that counts?

"remote control" -- my reservations about his voice on this song were so offtm, obsessed with this song now

songs:
R&B Thug
Step in The Name of Love (Remix)
It Seems Like You’re Ready
I’m A Flirt (Remix)
Bump ‘N Grind
Nivea - Laundromat
You Remind Me Of Something
Ignition
Hook It Up
Same Girl
Chocolate Factory
Fat Joe – We Thuggin’
Not Feelin’ The Love
Feelin’ On Yo Booty
Etcetera
I Wish
Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)
Isley Bros. – Contagious
Be My #2
In The Kitchen (Remix)
Hit It Til The Mornin’ f/ Twista and Do Or Die
Sparkle – Be Careful
When A Woman’s Fed Up
A Woman’s Threat

albums:
TP-2.com
Chocolate Factory
R.
Twelve Play
Best of Both Worlds

i realize looking now at my e-mail that i accidentally put "Feelin' On Yo Booty" on my ballot twice, so i only voted for 24 songs. feel bad, coulda fit another favorite in there.

new kells and bieber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQ_mjqsZ-k

this thread is for good r kelly songs

though i didn't vote for any featurings, was surprised sparkle didn't make the list

1. heaven i need a hug
2. step in the name of love
3. step in the name of love (remix)
4. bump n' grind
5. i like the crotch on you
6. ignition (remix)
7. ignition
8. i wish (remix)
9. all rounds on me
10. all i
11. trapped in the closet, chapter 1
12. loveland
13. fiesta (remix)
14. down low
15. somethings never change
16. feelin' on yo booty
17. feelin' on yo booty (remix)
18. i wish
19. contagious
20. the greatest sex
21. snake
22. happy people
23. sex in the kitchen
24. fiesta
25. love is

tracks i had but missing from the results tend to be loveland and Write Me Back. also surprised people seemed to obey the no "trapped" injunction!

i love trapped, love how creative the later chapters get, but it doesn't function in a song poll, it's this other thing

i voted for it in the poll b/c i still remember when it was just chapter 1 and this weird single and we had no idea it would go beyond that but it was still great.

yeah i coulda voted for the first one, was a pretty cool moment on its own, just didn't make room for it.

I'd've been fine with giving a vote to part I too, but he's got way more than 25 better songs so I didn't.