Talk:12 Play

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Chicago Tribune review
Transcription using Google News Advanced News Archive Search. Chicago Tribune (Kot, Greg. 8. January 20, 1994) review of 12 Play (1993):

"12 Play (Jive) (STAR)(STAR) 1/2. This Chicagoan is one suave, hot-selling lothario, but he's not doing anything new. "12 Play" is yet another in a long line of new-jack lover-man records that surrounds a pleading singer with plush R&B bedroom grooves and hip-hop rhythms. In the same way, Kelly slides from tender seductions to sexist aggression-he wants to have it both ways, and the potent production makes him mighty persuasive in either context. But there's a wide gulf between the heart-felt pleas of "Sadie," the old Spinners song that Kelly turns into a tribute to his mother, and the nasty rhymes of "Intermission," with its smug assertions about sex as a purely economic proposition. Dazzling as "12 Play" is, Kelly sounds more like an opportunist than a modern soul man."

- Greg Kot

Dan56 (talk) 01:04, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

The Baltimore Sun review
Transcription using Google News Advanced News Archive Search. The Baltimore Sun (Considine, J.D. 9. December 24, 1993) review of 12 Play (1993):

"12 PLAY. R. Kelly (Jive 41527). Let's give R. Kelly his due: The guy really can sing. Hearing him resurrect the Spinners' oldie "Sadie" ought to be enough to convince any old-time soul fan that this new jack has the goods. What he does with those goods, though, is something else again. Because for all Kelly's vocal promise, "12 Play" comes across as little more than well-harmonized dirty talk, as our hero spins witless variations on such themes as "Your Body's Callin'," "Freak Dat Body" and "I Like the Crotch on You." Even "Sex Me," one of the few naughty numbers that makes good use of his talents, is eventually undone by a largely pointless remix. Next time, maybe Kelly should just play by himself."

- J.D. Considine

Dan56 (talk) 01:18, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

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