R Kelly--Son of A Bitch

[anthonyeaston.livejournal.com]

He has gotten rid of the baroque strangeness, and the convoluted plot lines, for the most part, which would be disappointing, if it wasn't for this track. An almost cocktail piano, and a talk that turns into an on-note, Sinatra era croon, it is one of the most beautiful songs he has recorded. His voice has always shown potential, the deadpan, the highly ironic and subtly devoted layered over a smooth tenor, but this time, its just the voice, and a list of why sex is good--not good as in pleasurable but good as in a moral imperative.