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'He really gets into his songs,' added Harr's partner, Jermaine 'Mayne' Jackson. 'It was definitely an honor to work with the R, especially since he doesn't work with too many producers on his albums,' said half of the Runners, Andrew 'Dru Brett' Harr. The Runners, known for their production on Rick Ross' Port of Miami as well as Young Jeezy's Kelly-assisted 'Go Getta,' have also supplied some tracks. Newcomer Lil Ronnie (who has also worked with Ruben Studdard) produced the 'Flirt' remix, while award-winning songwriter Sean Garrett (Usher, Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé) also loaned his pen to a couple of songs.

Unlike most of the R's albums, on this one he has opened up some of the production and songwriting duties to outsiders. Young Jeezy, Akon, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell have all collaborated with the singer already, and Kelly's camp says he is still recording and just might pull in another major player from the Midwest for the project. Tip and Pain are just a sample of the star power that Kells has rounded up for his LP. However, that hasn't stopped it from getting airplay: In an unusual twist, Billboard is counting the two versions as one song on its singles charts, credited, a little confusingly, to 'Bow Wow or R. and T-Pain, and as the Pied Piper's camp tells it, the King of R&B (he actually wears a crown in the new video) had single rights to the song all along it's an unlisted bonus track on Bow Wow's LP, and his label was barred from promoting the song to radio. Kelly's new album, Double Up, now due May 29. And that Bow Wow-less remix is now the official first single from R. Kelly-featured song 'I'm a Flirt' - even though the song appears on Bow's latest album, Price of Fame - well, it's because the video version is a remix. If you're wondering why Bow Wow doesn't appear in the video for his R. There are also talks of Kelly concert DVD coming out this year as well. The Pied Piper also has a song of his own called 'Don't Let Go,' from the recently released soundtrack to the upcoming film 'Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls.' He also appears on the remix to Ciara's 'Promise' Young Jeezy's 'Go Getta' (a video for that single was filmed last week in Atlanta) and Bow Wow's 'I'm a Flirt.' And that's not to mention 'That's That Sh-,' a Snoop Dogg track featuring Kelly that is still in rotation at many media outlets. Kelly Help Fat Joe Fatten Up 'Make It Rain' Remix'). Kelly recently shot a video for Fat Joe's 'Make It Rain' remix in Miami with T.I., Lil Wayne, Baby, Rick Ross and newcomer Ace Mack (see 'T.I., Lil Wayne, R. Kelly Saga To A New Level').Īlthough Kelly and his record company are still deciding on the first single, the singer is holding fans over with a handful of new guest appearances and a fresh cut of his own.

R KELLY DOUBLE UP ALBUM COVER SERIES

No other details about the project - including its name - have been released, except that there are plans to put out more chapters of his 'Trapped in the Closet' series in the summer after the album is released (see 'Trapped In The Cabinet: Flatulent Little Person Takes R. Kelly is trying to flood the airwaves in advance of his new album.Īccording to his representative, Kells has a tentative release date for his LP: the end

After helping his friend Fat Joe 'Make It Rain' on the rapper's recent remix track, R.

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