r kelly - love letter poll

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which song is best

Poll Results

Option	Votes
5. "Lost in Your Love" 4:34	5
10. "Love Is" (featuring K.Michelle) 3:24	3
2. "Love Letter" 4:49	3
7. "Taxi Cab" 4:00	3
3. "Number One Hit" 4:24	2
4. "Not Feelin’ the Love" 3:34	2
13. "A Love Letter Christmas" 5:44	2
1. "Love Letter (Prelude)" 0:49	1
12. "Music Must Be a Lady" 4:35	0
14. "How Do I Tell Her?" 4:20	0
11. "Just Like That" 3:19	0
9. "When a Woman Loves" 5:10	0
8. "Radio Message" 3:50	0
6. "Just Can’t Get Enough" 3:10	0
15. "You Are Not Alone" (hidden track) 4:29	0

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Monday, 23 May 2011 04:15 (fourteen years ago)

"Lost In Your Love" IMO.

― Tim F, Monday, 23 May 2011 04:19 (fourteen years ago)

^agreed, i've been playing this one the most recently - "lost in your love" just over "number one hit". "lost in your love" is such a clean song that it almost seems like it should come off as corny, but somehow it avoids being saccharine and is just a total joy to listen to. the melody on the verses is just absolutely ambrosial, and the opening few lines are perfect too. in another era this would be a huge summer hit

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Monday, 23 May 2011 04:23 (fourteen years ago)

"Not Feelin' the Love." Can't even imagine what the MJ version would have sounded like.

― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 23 May 2011 04:23 (fourteen years ago)

Though yeah, you could make a really compelling case for "Lost In Your Love" or "Love Letter." This is a really great record.

― unique housing opportunity (swanbed.gif) (govern yourself accordingly), Monday, 23 May 2011 04:27 (fourteen years ago)

Lost in Your Love for sure. The simple melody of the hook has been stuck in my head for months. My wife got annoyed with me humming it all the time, and she's pretty patient.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 23 May 2011 04:28 (fourteen years ago)

It has a very Step in the Name of Love vibe to it.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 23 May 2011 04:28 (fourteen years ago)

it does! wow i didn't notice that

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Monday, 23 May 2011 04:30 (fourteen years ago)

cosign above posts.

― Tim F, Monday, 23 May 2011 04:39 (fourteen years ago)

Love the bass on Just Like That.

I feel like this album is divided in two halfs. The first half is all easy-going summer-time vibes, the vocals flow out so effortlessly and the tracks all have a step-touch-n-snap-to-the-beat feel. Then comes Taxi Cab (which Im still not sure about) cutting the album in half stylistically. The second half goes all doo-wop, but this is where Kelly pushes his voice and lets the vocals shine. He fits both styles so naturally, there's an understated confidence on this lp that's very addicting.

I feel like he could put out two albums like this a year until hes 60.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Monday, 23 May 2011 15:52 (fourteen years ago)

this run of songs is fucking incredible:

7. "Taxi Cab" 4:00
8. "Radio Message" 3:50
9. "When a Woman Loves" 5:10
10. "Love Is" (featuring K.Michelle) 3:24

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Monday, 23 May 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)

voted "love is"

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Monday, 23 May 2011 18:38 (fourteen years ago)

"Love Is" probably my number 2.

― Tim F, Monday, 23 May 2011 18:46 (fourteen years ago)

TAXI CAB TAXI CAB TAXI CAB

― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:39 (fourteen years ago)

i should really use this poll as an excuse to revisit this album -- i checked it out when it dropped, really enjoyed it a few times, then didn't stick with it. from what i remember "Not Feelin' The Love" was my favorite, though.

― Waluigi Weingoomba (some dude), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)

The title track over "Taxi Cab." I really must buy this already.

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:44 (fourteen years ago)

My experience was the same as some dude's, didn't give it enough time although I enjoyed it right off the bat

― D-40, Monday, 23 May 2011 19:51 (fourteen years ago)

it's between "taxi cab" and "love is" for me, though it's one of those albums where i perhaps prize the ~cumulative effect~ more than any isolated track

― the smoke cloud of pure hatred (lex pretend), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)

Where would you guys rank this album in the Kelly canon?

― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 May 2011 19:59 (fourteen years ago)

TP2.com
R. Kelly
Chocolate Factory
R.
Happy People/U Saved Me
Love Letter
12 Play
Untitled
Double Up
TP-3

― The Brainwasher, Monday, 23 May 2011 20:23 (fourteen years ago)

"not feelin" the love is prob my fave off of this, but "number 1 hit," and "taxi cab" are also classic

― The Brainwasher, Monday, 23 May 2011 20:24 (fourteen years ago)

god "when a woman loves" is such an irredeemable piece of shit

― Waluigi Weingoomba (some dude), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:32 (fourteen years ago)

??? no way

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:50 (fourteen years ago)

gtfo xp

― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 01:00 (fourteen years ago)

it's at least an objetively competent vocal performance

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 02:29 (fourteen years ago)

by what standards?

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 02:48 (fourteen years ago)

lol mike miller

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 02:55 (fourteen years ago)

whoops wrong thread

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 02:56 (fourteen years ago)

hahaha

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)

vocally it's fine, but the song is bland and the production is horrid

― Waluigi Weingoomba (some dude), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 03:01 (fourteen years ago)

it's like a 'production music' knockoff of "When A Man Loves A Woman" that changes just enough notes to not be infringement

― Waluigi Weingoomba (some dude), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 03:02 (fourteen years ago)

I like it as a song, although its tune isn't why it's brilliant. As far as the production goes, I just pretty much have grown to accept cheap Casio orchestra sounds as an essential R. Kelly tic as much as raunchy lyrics or that water drop sound.

― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 03:51 (fourteen years ago)

its not close to the best song & is pretty underwhelming but imo al is def overstating how bad it is

― lebroner (D-40), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 03:52 (fourteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure I would have voted for it if I hadn't more recently become a "Taxi Cab" obsessive.

― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 03:54 (fourteen years ago)

can we get some love for "radio message" up in this thread

k thx

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 03:55 (fourteen years ago)

"Radio Message" is totally corny in the best way possible.

― smanging pumpkins (The Reverend), Tuesday, February 1, 2011 9:33 AM Bookmark

― skot gigz - moombah pimpin' (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 04:11 (fourteen years ago)

I don't get the love for Taxi Cab, feels like a complete departure from the rest of the album. Maybe that's the appeal? It's been the only track I skip on a consistent basis.

― Spottie_Ottie_Dope, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 06:44 (fourteen years ago)

yeah same here

― max tldr (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 25 May 2011 10:04 (fourteen years ago)

best part of the album is the "number one hit" to "taxi cab" suite.
voted "taxi cab"

― sisilafami, Wednesday, 25 May 2011 11:10 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

Love Is.

― semi-ironic 'faggot' (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 02:19 (fourteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 23:01 (fourteen years ago)

8. "Radio Message" 3:50 0

bullshit

― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:29 (fourteen years ago)

yeah

― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:59 (fourteen years ago)

too few votes itt

― Spo-Dee-O-Dee-Dopaliscious! (The Reverend), Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:59 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

Side-project song in the same vein:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M5_mJ6wTHBU

― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Friday, 14 December 2012 06:37 (twelve years ago)

errr

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5_mJ6wTHBU

― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Friday, 14 December 2012 06:38 (twelve years ago)

The Christmas remix of Love Letter is the greatest xmas song of the millennium.

― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Friday, 14 December 2012 10:07 (twelve years ago)

otm i'm just a snowmaaaaaaan lookin' for a snowgiiiiiirl

― The Reverend, Saturday, 15 December 2012 05:06 (twelve years ago)

lol forgot about that one, good lookin out

― some dude, Saturday, 15 December 2012 05:10 (twelve years ago)

yeah it's awesome!

― k3vin k., Saturday, 15 December 2012 05:12 (twelve years ago)

I hadn't listened to this album in too long. so gooood.

― The Reverend, Saturday, 15 December 2012 06:16 (twelve years ago)

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