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Baby, that's what an echo is.

hot soup girl — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:02:24 -0800

Singing the Hits

codacorolla — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:22:29 -0800

Yonkers, as sung by Tyler the Creator; Call Me Maybe, as sung by Carly Rae Jepsen; Rack city, as sung by Tyga; Pony, as sung by Ginuwine; U Can't Touch This, as sung by M.C. Hammer; Ignition (Remix), as sung by R. Kelly. HelenRuth31 sings it all.

Now usually I don't do this but uh....

2bucksplus — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 10:38:56 -0800

The Jehovah's Witnesses produced an anti-masturbation video for the hard of hearing. And here it is mashed up with R. Kelly's "Ignition (Remix)". (SLYT)

"YOU FEEL ME!"

Fizz — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:30:02 -0800

Gary Oldman Reads from R. Kelly's Autobiography Soulacoaster [SLYT]

It's the freakin' weekend, baby, I'm about to have me some fun

Kattullus — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:08:31 -0800

Young the Giant's excellent cover of R. Kelly's Ignition (Remix) kicks off this season of A. V. Club's Undercover series in some style. The song has been covered extensively since it came out, in styles ranging from bedroom ukulele to ivy a capella to basement indie. It was also covered by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and inspired Dave Chapelle's pisstake. John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats has been a long-time fan, usually adding a minute of the song as a coda to his cover of The Boys Are Back in Town. Darnielle, and some friends, gave us 100 Reasons Why "Ignition - Remix" Is So Damned Great.

2012 just got R.Kelly-fied

0bvious — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:50:37 -0800

32 all new episodes of: Trapped. In. The. Closet. (The Alien is back and It has brought friends along.)

A Soundtrack of Love and Heartbreak, curated by 50+ artists

filthy light thief — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:09:06 -0800

eMusic has a collection of more than 50 artists reflecting on love songs, from Andreya Triana (Coldplay's "Yellow" reminds of her first love and heartbreak), to Yuki Chikudate (from Asobi Seksu) (Debbie Gibson's "Lost in Your Eyes" brings back the innocent early-elementary school crushes), and Dan Deacon (who heard Yo La Tengo's "Shadows" after a sucky breakup). All songs mentioned are linked below the break. The lead-in includes some lines from Rubber Ring by The Smiths. Yuki Chikudate (from Asobi Seksu) -- Debbie Gibson - "Lost in Your Eyes" Dan Deacon -- Yo La Tengo - "Shadows" Charles Bradley -- The Eagles - "Take it to the Limit" Lenka -- Donovan = "Catch the Wind" Joshua Epstein (from Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.) -- Prince - "Nothing Compares 2 U" Alynda Lee Segarra (from Hurray for the Riff Raff) -- The Falcons - "I Found a Love" Andreya Triana -- Coldplay - "Yellow" Sarah Kirkland Snider -- OMD - "If You Leave" Jarrett Dougherty (from Screaming Females) -- R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly" Jason Isbell -- Bryan Adams - "Heaven" Emily Barker -- Aretha Franklin - "Respect" Nicole Atkins -- Paul Westerberg - "Dyslexic Heart" Tim Showalter (from Strand of Oaks) -- Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - "The Way" Delicate Steve -- Bon Jovi - "It's My Life" Frank Lyon (from Keepaway) -- Dungen - "Panda" Mattie Derham (from Does It Offend You, Yeah?) -- Berlin - "Take My Breath Away" Samuel Cooper (aka Sunglasses) -- K-Ci and JoJo - "All My Life" Sonny & the Sunsets -- a song he made for his girlfriend / he doesn't like Valentine's Day Benjamin Shaw -- Flying Burrito Brothers - "Sin City" Katy Goodman (aka La Sera) - The Cardigans - "Lovefool" Ian Axel -- self-penned "Monster Song" Dominant Legs -- Pinhead Gunpowder - "Song of My Returning" William Brittelle - Warrant - "Heaven" Dustin O'Halloran -- Leonard Cohen - "Suzanne" Lou Rogai (of Lewis & Clarke) -- Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" Jack Hayter -- Mark Mulcahy - "From This Moment On" (cover of Shania Twain) James Jackson Toth (aka Wooden Wand) -- The Pogues - "Once Upon A Time" Tom Currier (from The Jigsaw Seen) -- "The Avengers" theme, by John Dankworth Laura Donnelly (Laki Mera) -- Telefon Tel Aviv - "What It Is Without the Hand That Wields It" Adam Malec (from Procedure Club) -- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - "Ghost of a Dog" Houses -- Girls - "Hellhole Ratrace" John Thornley (U.S. Royalty) -- Red House Painters - "Have You Forgotten" Ralph Van Raat -- something off of some album by Coldplay (really, he was that vague) Daniel Lannon (from The Frail) -- a second memory of K-Ci and JoJo - "All My Life" Olivier Alary (aka Ensemble) -- Ivan - "Fotonovela" Linwood Regensburg (from Those Darlins) -- Bob Dylan - "All I Really Wanna Do" Brandon Stewart (from The After Party) forgot what the question was Sharron Kraus -- Violent Femmes - "Add It Up" (NSFW) Chris Coco -- Beck's cover of "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" Pete Molinari -- Lead Belly - "Big Fat Woman" Curry & Coco -- Rah Band - "Clouds Across The Moon" The Seconds -- Kiss - "Rock and Roll All Nite"

The Pied Pi(ss)er of R&B

whahappen?! — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:29:04 -0800

Despite ongoing legal issues, Robert Sylvester Kelly continues to reign as an icon of commercial rap/r&b. His 'direct' approach to lyrics - that behind the bizarre metaphors and often hilariously tasteless statements that have been the key to his longevity - also shines through in some of his biggest hits. Kelly's piece de resistance, Trapped In the Closet, which recently released 10 new 'chapters,' takes his penchant for crude storytelling to new heights. Featuring love-triangles, -pentagons, and -octagons, not to mention a well-endowed 'midget', the soap-like series is being credited with the creation of a new genre of music video. Not one to let the strange allure of his work speak for itself, Kelly describes TITC as "my alien."

Finding and Feeling the Neal Medlyn Way

jayder — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:50:03 -0800

"Sloppiness is my palette." Neal Medlyn is the self-proclaimed "Paris Hilton of Performance Art" who looked for "bits and pieces of coolness in normal things or in anything" when he was growing up in small-town Texas. Now performing regularly in New York City, Medlyn played a nude Dubya shacking up with Karen Finley's nude Martha Stewart in George and Martha (here's a review and another review; photos NSFW). According to the 2000 Austin Chronicle profile (written by his future wife) Medlyn came off as a lunatic in his early performances, many of which were sparsely attended, and involved "music, little routines, and group activities, like having everyone sit in the dark and listen very closely to a song he likes." Medlyn has performed, with Kenny Mellmann, a show of R. Kelly songs (watch him performing one; Google Video); he loves (NSFW) Lionel Richie (whose songs he finds strange and beautiful; watch mpg here); and he wrote a book inspired by his own buttocks (NSFW). Medlyn is currently doing, with Carmine Covelli, a somewhat Peewee Herman-ish video series for Nerve called Neal Medlyn's Land of Make-Believe (NSFW; videos depict group sex, performed by various animal puppets). Here is a 2004 interview with Medlyn. And Medlyn has a Myspace profile.