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8.5
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8.5 |
The Quietus
Musically, Kelly has never been much of a slouch, and Black Panties is one of his finest works
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8.5
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8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Feathers excluded, art abstracted from the man, Black Panties is one of the finest albums of the year
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6.8
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6.8 |
Pitchfork
What we get is a pretty good modern R&B album, but it’s also one that feels just a bit fossilized
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6.7
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6.7 |
A.V. Club
Black Panties is almost too much to handle in one sitting. It’s not for the faint of heart, or for radio or grandparents
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6.0
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Rolling Stone
Kells' voice remains one of the most flexible and inventive instruments in pop, but, even for him, Panties veers too frustratingly between horny and corny
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
The skeletal beats and slow-grind synth arrangements ooze sexuality, while Kelly remains the most skilled vocal inheritor of Marvin Gaye’s crown
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Black Panties is a one-night stand of an album, leaving little to the imagination, but much to be desired from a man who could be giving us forever
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
Creatively there are signs he is struggling to keep it up. Print edition only
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5.0
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5.0 |
All Music
After Love Letter and Write Me Back, classy and relatively polite throwback albums, R. Kelly reverts to sexually exaggerated and wholly contemporary content for Black Panties
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5.0
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5.0 |
Slant Magazine
The onslaught of bawdy imagery eventually grows tedious, but there's something compelling about witnessing one man's psyche laid so completely bare
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5.0
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5.0 |
Spin
A serious musical step backwards from the melodious Write Me Back
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4.0
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4.0 |
Evening Standard
Once you’ve played it, you may wish to wash your hands
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Fly
A non-stop smut-fest, all smirk-inducing innuendo and graphic single entendre
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4.0
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The Irish Times
The production slopes along with synths, vocoders and improbable lyrics
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2.0
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2.0 |
The Arts Desk
It’s all such an unromantic vision of human relations, it’s actually depressing
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