The man behind the album, Untitled, is officially down as of right now.  R Kelly has been told to place his tour on hold because of nodules that have developed in his throat.  Bummer.  R Kelly was looking to kick off his tour, however, the length of time this situation has caused him to sit out is one full month.  The tour was originally supposed to start on March 22nd.  Therefore, there will be absolutely no lyrics coming from those chords for a while.  R Kelly did issue a short statement:

“I owe it to my fans to give them the best shows possible, and right now my voice isn’t up to the job.”

The fall 2010 is when R Kelly is expected to resume his schedule.

Alicia Keys "Put It In A Love Song" Cover Art

Meanwhile there has been another push back, and this push back has to do with the release of Alicia Keys’ Put It In a Love Song video. A few weeks back, all that was talked about was the release of this video that Alicia and Beyonce shot while in Brazil, however, instead of the release coming on March 15th, it is scheduled to hit on the 17th or even  later than that - going into April.  Whenever it does hit, people will be glued as Alicia and Beyonce are right now two of the most talked about females in music at this point in time.

When I first read this, I nearly choked off of my corn, but then swallowed and said yeah, I read it right.  Birdman from Cash Money Records dissed R Kelly without a stutter or a take back, think again.  According to an Ozone magazine interview, Birdman calls R Kelly the “worst investment” that he ever made, and also says that he “was a waste of my time. I could’ve made money if I wasn’t f*ckin’ with that clown-a** n*gga.”

Now, R Kelly is pretty much known for his unique sound and ability to make great music, however, sometimes there is a fall off, and apparently this is where him and Baby fell…way off.  Anyway, it looks as if Baby(Birdman) is looking to go country music so…get with that.  It’s coming.

So as a part of the Michael Jackson Private Home Movies, the late Michael Jackson was jammin to R Kelly’s Ignition- ya know - singing it while he was in the car for the television show.  The bad thing is that R Kelly didn’t get paid for Michael singing the song so guess who has a claim against MJ’s estate?  R to the Kells.  Isn’t that some stuff?  All this word is coming from TMZ, and for a man who has worked with and claims mad respect for Michael Jackson, well, we all guess that R Kelly is more like…don’t take this the wrong way nor take it personally but uh…I wants my 3 thousand dollars.

3 dag on thousand dollars??  R Kelly.  Nuff said.  Somebody gotta help the cause, man.  Help the cause.  The ignition is down on this one.  Officially down.  Somebody done lost they dag on mind - bad grammar intended.

R Kelly has dropped another one and this time Rick Ross is on the track as well with Put Your Money On It.  Go ahead and listen but watch out for the kids around - language is bad from the first words.

Really, R Kelly is a great entertainer and writes excellent music, however, some joints like this one up top don’t bring out the true talent of R Kelly.  This artist has given much to the artform known as R&B, however, this one goes more “jitterbug”, and with R Kelly’s status, voice and sound, it could be a bit more mature along with his original fan base who is also maturing.  Just saying.  Again, the sound is hot, however, the lyrics and mindset are a bit young.

This type of thing is exactly what Monica was talking about which makes her next album important to her (Still Standing).  Monica doesn’t want to lose her original fan base by coming across too jitterbuggish, not knocking the younger crowd, but she still wants to connect with them(original base) with a great album.  Just getting in the clubs isn’t going to cut it.

Heard someone say that R Kelly was going backwards…something to think about.

In conjunction with Tavis Smiley’s SmileyBooks, R&B singer R Kelly will tell his life story in a memoir that will be out in the year 2011.  The memoir is yet untitled - it will be titled unlike his album - and the memoir will be a detailed run through about everything, the good, bad and sad throughout his life.  This will include the death of his mom, charges of child porn in which R Kelly was found innocent, including the master thoughts behind his music, in particular the songs, I Believe I Can Fly and You Are Not Alone.  Of course, these were major chart toppers.

R Kelly speaks of the future memoir:

“I’m writing this book as Robert, not R. Kelly,” the singer says. “I’m tired of being misunderstood. I will show you the tears, fears, and sweat. I will open my heart and reveal the good in my life as well as all the drama. I want to tell it like it is.”

R Kelly will be writing his story along with David Ritz.

R Kelly didn’t hold his tongue when it comes to the tongue lashing he give Trey Songz after the diss Trey gave R Kelly in more than one or two words.  Check out how R Kelly, a man who has already said he has major difficulty reading, doesn’t have difficulty at all verbally expressing his superior stats and diss on Trey Songz.  R Kelly even goes safari on Trey Songz by stating “Elephants Don’t Swat Flies”.  That would make a wonderful record, huh?

Listen To The R Kelly School On Trey Songz courtesy of DJ Skee:

Here is some stuff Trey tossed R Kelly’s way in case it missed you.