R. Kelly - Chocolate Factory

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Track listing

1. Chocolate Factory
2. Step In The Name Of Love
3. Heart Of A Woman
4. I'll Never Leave
5. Been Around The World - Kelly, R. & Ja Rule
6. You Made Me Love You
7. Forever
8. Dream Girl
9. Ignition
10. Ignition (remix)
11. Forever More
12. You Knock Me Out
13. Step In The Name Of Love (remix)
14. Imagine That
15. Showdown - Kelly, R. & Ron Isley
16. Snake - Kelly, R. & Big Tigger
17. Whos' That (edited) - Kelly, R. & Fat Joe

Album notes

Personnel includes: R. Kelly (vocals); Ja Rule, Ronald Isley, Big Tigger (vocals); Donnie Lyle (guitar, bass); Rodney East, Kendall Nesbitt (keyboards); Henry Love (congas); Ian Mereness, Abel Garibaldi (programming); Kim Johnson (background vocals); Hart Hollman & The Motown Romance Orchestra.In an effort to distract himself from the myriad post-millennial legal woes dogging him, R. Kelly retreated to the studio where in true fashion, he wrote, sang, produced, and arranged his sixth album CHOCOLATE FACTORY. In trying to escape from his personal problems, Kelly succeeded in coming up with a lengthy outing infused with the kind of slow soul that brings to mind great names like Al Green and Marvin Gaye. The laid-back harmonies and testimonial fervor of "Forever" scream Gamble & Huff-produced Stylistics, light funk beats propel "You Knock Me Out," and the remix of "Step In the Name of Love" finds the Chicago native lifting Gaye's phrasing from the "What's Goin' On" era and pumping it into this mid-tempo jam. Breaking up this solo slow-jam fest are guest shots by Ja Rule (an embattled "Been Around the World"), Ronald Isley (the skit-song "Showdown"), and Fat Joe (the Latin-pop-flavored "Who's That".) Although CHOCOLATE FACTORY could stand a bit of trimming, its musical essence reflects a rich talent whose personal travails could never negate anything he might be able to bring to the creative table.