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R. Kelly

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    The Hood Internet on their studio album, playing Memory Lanes Block Party

    Chicago's the Hood Internet is coasting into the Memory Lanes Block Party on a wave of momentum. Having just issued Mixtape Volume 6 on their website (for free) and taking part in a national tour with Star Slinger and Chrissy Murderbot, they will interrupt their trip home with a stop in Minneapolis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Prince's ex Mayte Garcia to star in VH1's Hollywood Exes

    ​VH1's endless barrage of reality programming continues to feed a hungry public with a new series that you might swear already existed, Hollywood Exes. And for those starving for tidbits from Prince's era of public and label alienation in the '90s, they may come mainlined from his ex-wife Mayte Ga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    The-Dream drops free album under Terius Nash moniker

    ​Who will heal The-Dream's funny-bone? Who will tickle his love handles and send him into fits of uncontrollable laughter?

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    R. Kelly facing foreclosure on Chicagoland mansion

    ​The jokes write virtually themselves: "Trapped In The Foreclosure (Chapter 11)," "I Believe I Can't Pay," "Step In The Name Of Debt Relief." But when the laughing's done and the tears have been wiped away, R. Kelly still stands to lose his multi-million dollar Chicagoland mansion to J.P. Morgan C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Weekend Checklist: Slightly Stoopid, Tex Pistols, Sugarland, R. Kelly

    ​"I once told this writer a story about how I met the guys in an elevator and found out we all had the same last name, so we decided to form a band."- Joey Ramone

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    R. Kelly's top 5 most ridiculous lyrics

    ​If somehow you're not familiar with R&B superstar R. Kelly, here's the basic rundown: 1) He has one of the most beautiful tenors in all of pop music, and 2) He's a sex addict. Probably. At the very least, Kelly has an unabashed fascination with erotic encounters of the freakiest variety, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    7 songs for new parents Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon

    ​So it wasn't a rumor or a delusion, after all: Mariah Carey was really pregnant with real fetuses, experiencing the real ups, downs, and all-around of being with child. And Saturday, she really did become a mom for the first time, which means Nick Cannon is a dad, and maybe The-Dream is like a cr ... More >>

  • Music

    March 16, 2011

    Critics' Picks: Stnnng, MEN, the Constellations, and more

    ​So it wasn't a rumor or a delusion, after all: Mariah Carey was really pregnant with real fetuses, experiencing the real ups, downs, and all-around of being with child. And Saturday, she really did become a mom for the first time, which means Nick Cannon is a dad, and maybe The-Dream is like a cr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2011

    Sam Amidon

    ​So it wasn't a rumor or a delusion, after all: Mariah Carey was really pregnant with real fetuses, experiencing the real ups, downs, and all-around of being with child. And Saturday, she really did become a mom for the first time, which means Nick Cannon is a dad, and maybe The-Dream is like a cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Frank Ocean smoothes out Odd Future, Fever Ray trusts wolves, and other new musics

    ​You can peep the interwebs regularly, check those flight controls with neurotic consistency (you know who you are), and still have days (days!) that yield nothing worth looking at. Good content doesn't grow on polygonal trees, you brats. Luckily, today wasn't one of those boring ones.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    R. Kelly, 'Love Letter,' and the creepy wink

    ​R. Kelly's Love Letter currently sits atop the iTunes Album Chart, and we ask: What?Kanye's dick pics did little to harm his reputation, and Miley Cyrus's salvia bongabout will likely result in little professional fallout -- but R. Kelly's paper trail is peppered with less cheeky gaffes, namely t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    The Week That Was: Wyclef v. Bieber, Talib Kweli returns, N.E.R.D.'s self-canonization

    ​Last week, you hurried to begin Christmas shopping, finish buying Thanksgiving trimmings, and scrounge enough spare change to buy yourself a copy of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. And while you weren't paying much or any attention - and who could blame you? - all of this stuff happened.

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Crooked Still

    ​Last week, you hurried to begin Christmas shopping, finish buying Thanksgiving trimmings, and scrounge enough spare change to buy yourself a copy of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. And while you weren't paying much or any attention - and who could blame you? - all of this stuff happened.

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2010

    Brent Weinbach

    ​Last week, you hurried to begin Christmas shopping, finish buying Thanksgiving trimmings, and scrounge enough spare change to buy yourself a copy of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday. And while you weren't paying much or any attention - and who could blame you? - all of this stuff happened.

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet to screen tonight

    ​It would take a telenovela at least two weeks to tell a story as epic as R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet," a 22-chapter song that weaves through lives filled with sordid affairs, bisexual husbands, and midgets hiding in cabinetry. Tonight at the Turf Club they will be screening Chapters 1-12 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010
  • Music

    February 17, 2010

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Music articles from this week's print edition.

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Top Five Unjustified Hypes of the '00s

    Propagating crap attempts at pop, rap, rock, or any other genre or sub-genre you care to name had become easier than ever.

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2009

    Trey Songz

    Propagating crap attempts at pop, rap, rock, or any other genre or sub-genre you care to name had become easier than ever.

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Top 5 downfalls of the 2000s

    In such an ignominious decade, choosing valedictorian is no easy task.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Friendly Fires, the XX tonight at the Triple Rock

    Probably should get in line at your lunch break for this one.

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    iPod Hijack! Doomtree's Top 10 Most Played

    Hall & Oates, Lazerbeak? Really?

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Gimme News Weekly Wrap-Up: June 19-25

    Trocaderos shuts its doors, Phoenix makes the Varsity sweat & next week's best new releases.

  • Music

    March 25, 2009

    The Songs We Can't Escape

    Trocaderos shuts its doors, Phoenix makes the Varsity sweat & next week's best new releases.

  • Calendar

    June 18, 2008

    Eddie Gossling

    Trocaderos shuts its doors, Phoenix makes the Varsity sweat & next week's best new releases.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    Breakfast of Champions: 12/20

    Trocaderos shuts its doors, Phoenix makes the Varsity sweat & next week's best new releases.

  • Music

    December 19, 2007

    Music A-List

    Trocaderos shuts its doors, Phoenix makes the Varsity sweat & next week's best new releases.

  • Music

    November 14, 2007

    5ingles

    The songs we can't escape

  • Music

    August 22, 2007

    5ingles

    The songs we can't escape

  • Music

    December 13, 2006

    Easy Street Cred?

    Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg try to keep their gangsta-rap bona fides

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2005

    KMOJ's Top 89 Songs of 2005

    Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg try to keep their gangsta-rap bona fides

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2005

    This week's top 10 sellers at the Electric Fetus, Minneapolis

    Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg try to keep their gangsta-rap bona fides

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    R. Kelly: TP.3 Reloaded

    Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg try to keep their gangsta-rap bona fides

  • Music

    July 13, 2005

    In Da Club: Twin Cities Steppers Association

    Steppin' in the name of love at the Zuhrah Shrine ballroom

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2005

    In Da Club: Summer Spectacular

    Steppin' in the name of love at the Zuhrah Shrine ballroom

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2005

    CDs in Briefs and Boxers

    Steppin' in the name of love at the Zuhrah Shrine ballroom

  • Music

    February 23, 2005

    Mario, Usher, Lil Jon, and John Mayer

    "Let Me Love You," "Caught Up," "Lovers and Friends," "Daughters"

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    Last Year a DJ Saved My Life

    Radio Gaga's 10 best pop singles of 2004

  • Music

    October 13, 2004

    Saved!

    Pleading for redemption, R. Kelly steps back into the light

  • Music

    June 30, 2004

    R. Kelly: "Happy People"

    Pleading for redemption, R. Kelly steps back into the light

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Top-Ten-o-Matic

    City Pages scribes chime in with their top tens

  • Music

    December 17, 2003

    Missy Elliott: This Is Not a Test!

    City Pages scribes chime in with their top tens

  • Music

    July 31, 2002

    Show Us Your Hits!

    The naked truth about this summer's radio singles

  • Music

    October 24, 2001

    Brotherly Love

    The world is hell, but relax, baby: The Isley Brothers are still here

  • Music

    January 31, 2001

    R. Kelly: TP-2.com

    The world is hell, but relax, baby: The Isley Brothers are still here

  • Music

    May 31, 2000

    The Last Unicorn

    Sean Na Na blows his own horn with dark, potent pop and not-so-ridiculous R&B

  • Music

    February 9, 2000

    Footsteps in the Dark

    A walk through D'Angelo's hotly awaited, strangely elusive masterpiece, Voodoo

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    various artists: Old School vs. New School

    A walk through D'Angelo's hotly awaited, strangely elusive masterpiece, Voodoo

  • Music

    October 28, 1998

    Kirk Franklin :The Nu Nation Project

    A walk through D'Angelo's hotly awaited, strangely elusive masterpiece, Voodoo

  • Feature

    September 18, 1996

    PRINTED MATTER

    A walk through D'Angelo's hotly awaited, strangely elusive masterpiece, Voodoo

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