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New R. Kelly (Feat. Keri Hilson) Video - "Number One"

SPOILER ALERT: R. Kelly likes sex. Watch at Videogum....  CONTINUE READING NEW R. KELLY (FEAT. KERI HILSON) VIDEO - "NUMBER ONE"»

Posted on August 18, 2009 in (0 comments)
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R. Kelly Acquitted

The Hannah Montana argument worked! Read more at CNN....  CONTINUE READING R. KELLY ACQUITTED»

Posted on June 13, 2008 (8 comments)
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R. Kelly Defense Gets Weirder, Jury Deliberating

To date we haven't weighed in on the R. Kelly case, but now that the jury's deliberating, it looks like a good time as any to ponder it and what sorts of ramifications it'll have for how we go about...  CONTINUE READING R. KELLY DEFENSE GETS WEIRDER, JURY DELIBERATING»

Posted on June 13, 2008 (7 comments)
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Jon Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel Still Mining R. Kelly's Closet For Laughs

Expect to see a lot of R. Kelly's this Hallow's Eve? Or maybe you think the Trapped In The Closet fun's all played out? Oh, shit. (See, that never gets old.) Lest you think the parodies have run their course,...  CONTINUE READING JON STEWART, JIMMY KIMMEL STILL MINING R. KELLY'S CLOSET FOR LAUGHS»

Posted on October 25, 2007 in (3 comments)
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New R. Party Video - "Trapped In The Men's Room"

Although Meet The Press occupies a slot in the Stereogum TiVO queue (true), it took the writers at The Daily Show to break down this Senator Larry Craig scandal in a manner that we could process: with a sweet R&B...  CONTINUE READING NEW R. PARTY VIDEO - "TRAPPED IN THE MEN'S ROOM"»

Posted on September 11, 2007 in (3 comments)
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New R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet Chapter 13 Premiere

On Friday, we catered to your need for all things R. Kelly/Trapped with a premature evaluation of the latest installment of the crooner's experiment in serialized absurdity (replete with the requisite "oh, shit"s), but now you can jump back into...  CONTINUE READING NEW R. KELLY - TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET CHAPTER 13 PREMIERE»

Posted on August 13, 2007 in (6 comments)
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Premature Evaluation: R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet: Chapter 13

Since we know how much you loved the Trapped In The Closet: Chapter 13-22 preview (oh, shit) and you just can't wait 'til Monday when ifc.com kicks off its one-new-chapter-daily Trapped-athon, we didn't think it fair for you to miss...  CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: R. KELLY - TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET: CHAPTER 13»

Posted on August 9, 2007 in (25 comments)
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R. Kelly - Trapped In The Closet: Chapter 13 Preview

In his divine providence, bless his heart, R. Kelly is treating us to another series of installments (Chapters 13-22) from the best serialized hip-hopera thine eyes have ever seen. Yes that means more from cheating Bridget and her paramour, the...  CONTINUE READING R. KELLY - TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET: CHAPTER 13 PREVIEW»

Posted on July 31, 2007 (89 comments)
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This Is A Video Response To R. Kelly (Feat. Usher) - "Same Girl" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

We're not posting Mimi & Flo's shot-for-shot parody of R. Kelly & Usher's "Same Girl", "Same Dude", just because white artists covering black artists is one of blogging's less decorative evergreens, or to start a thread about Usher's U-Turn. No,...  CONTINUE READING THIS IS A VIDEO RESPONSE TO R. KELLY (FEAT. USHER) - "SAME GIRL" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]»

Posted on July 30, 2007 in (8 comments)
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R. Kelly To Help Virginia Tech "Rise Up"

R. Kelly has set aside the Trapped In The Closet hip-hopera (Chapters 13-22 out via DVD this July!) long enough to be touched by, and offer support for, the Virginia Tech tragedy. Kelly's releasing "Rise Up" digitally on May 15th,...  CONTINUE READING R. KELLY TO HELP VIRGINIA TECH "RISE UP"»

Posted on May 1, 2007 (28 comments)
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New Santa Video - "Trapped In The CLAUSet"

R. Kelly's twelve-part hip-hopera ain't got shit on a raging Santa. All you need to know about the story is in this line: "Now all I can picture is that red nose between my lady's thighs." And Santa's got a...  CONTINUE READING NEW SANTA VIDEO - "TRAPPED IN THE CLAUSET"»

Posted on December 8, 2006 in (6 comments)
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Serialized Pop Song, The

R. Kelly love in NY Times Magazine's Year In Ideas issue:If you consider it only as a concept, "Trapped in the Closet" seems inevitable. It touches on the big entertainment megatrends: the branded franchise, the automatic spinoff to DVD, the...  CONTINUE READING SERIALIZED POP SONG, THE»

Posted on December 12, 2005 (34 comments)
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R. Kelly Sings The National Anthem

Reader Matthew writes in...Y'all need to put out the call for an mp3 of R. Kelly singing the national anthem at the fight. Word 'round the campfire is that he jacked it up somethin' awful. Or made it relevant again....  CONTINUE READING R. KELLY SINGS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM»

Posted on December 7, 2005 (12 comments)
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Cliffs Notes for "Trapped In The Closet" Chapters 6-12

Sure, you heard about the farting midget that shows up in the later chapters of R. Kelly's epic "Trapped in the Closet", but those news stories ignored the real twist: someone (finally!) gets their entire ass shot. Save yourself the...  CONTINUE READING CLIFFS NOTES FOR "TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET" CHAPTERS 6-12»

Posted on November 10, 2005 (27 comments)
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My Morning Jacket Heart R. Kelly

Entertainment Weekly gets drunk with the Louisville, Ky. quintet...CARL: That new R. Kelly video for "Trapped In The Closet" is amazing. BO: I want to see the whole thing. JIM: Did you see the DVD with all five videos? BO:...  CONTINUE READING MY MORNING JACKET HEART R. KELLY»

Posted on October 3, 2005 (15 comments)
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"Trapped In The Closet" Cliffs Notes

Those who were confused by R. Kelly's five-part urban opera are in luck. Somethingawful.com has Cliffs Notes complete with a "character sex map" and glossary of difficult words and phrases:Shuh, shuh: Cathy makes this sound to indicate to Sylvester that...  CONTINUE READING "TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET" CLIFFS NOTES»

Posted on August 3, 2005 (36 comments)
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Trapped In The Closet

Blogcritics.org has identified the Top 10 Worst Song Lyrics ... Ever. Perhaps the only time you'll see Coldplay and Warrant on the same list. There's one I'd like to add. I hope by now you've seen this "urban operetta." Not...  CONTINUE READING TRAPPED IN THE CLOSET»

Posted on July 28, 2005 (113 comments)
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