Jay-Z ft. Foxy Brown
“Ain’t No Playa”
Reasonable Doubt
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Ain’t No Playa” is the second single and music video from Jay-Z’s debut album “Reasonable Doubt”, following “Dead Presidents”. It is also on the soundtrack for the 1996 Eddie Murphy comedy film “The Nutty Professor” (because you know there ain’t no playa …

R. Kelly
“Bad Man”
“Shaft”: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Director: Hype Williams.
It looks R. Kelly has fallen from his “I Believe I Can Fly” level of success. I mean how do you go from that to “Gotham City” and then to this? I mean hey, it’s not even like “I Believe I …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 22″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Chapter 22 of “Trapped In the Closet” is the latest and final (for now, at least) episode of the series and departs from recent formulas in past episodes in exchange for something new and different. The opening scene first shows us …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 21″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Part 21 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” series opens with Sylvester and Twan paying a visit to a mobster named Joey. Sylvester tells Joey about some type of ‘job’ that can pull in a lot of money for all …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 20″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Chapter 20 of “Trapped in the Closet” brings the story back to the elderly couple as Rosie the nosy neighbor is seen reading her bible at home (this series is just full of ‘black people cliches’, now isn’t it?) when her …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 19″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
We are now trapped in the church it seems. Part 19 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” series focuses on a very stupid commotion, one that is more retarded than the one between Rosie the nosey neighbor and her husband …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 18″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Chapter 18 of “Trapped in the Closet” is here and no longer are we trapped in the godawful restaurant that we have been trapped in for the past four episodes. Sylvester and Twan are on their way driving back from the …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 17″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Oh boy oh boy, here we are at Chapter 17 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” saga, or should I say “Trapped in the Restaurant”? Because that’s where we’ve been for the past four episodes (Episode 14, Episode 15, Episode …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 16″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
It’s Chapter 16 of “Trapped in the Closet” and we seem to all of a sudden find ourselves trapped in the same freaken’ restaurant from Chapters 14 and 15. Twan is in disbelief over the news of his newfound fatherhood at …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 15″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Part 15 of “Trapped in the Closet” picks up from where Part 14 left off with Twan, Tina, Sylvester, and Roxanne in the empty restaurant. Twan wants to act out his anger on both women because they are the reason for …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 14″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
If you spent some time wondering where the heck Sylvester went and what happened to him at the end of Episode 13, you will now get your answer. Apparently, he met up with Cathy at a restaurant to discuss how he …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 13″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
The “Trapped in the Closet” saga moves on from the commotions at Rufus & Cathy’s residence and James & Bridget’s residence to a secret, mysterious errand which Sylvester and Twan are in the middle of. We then see Rosie the nosy …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 12″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Being bored out of his skull, R. Kelly decides to bring the story back to the situation at Cathy’s house, picking up with she, Chuck, and Rufus getting up off the floor after Sylvester had stormed out of there with his …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 11″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
We’ve had a somewhat successful and mostly borderline interesting ten chapters so far in this series. And so begins Chapter 11 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” series. We have a protagonist, his brother in law, a policeman, his …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 10″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
R. Kelly’s tenth episode of the “Trapped In The Closet” series takes a turn for the worst as it becomes downright silly and stupid. PIcking up after Part 9 where Officer James discovers that his wife Bridget is cheating on him …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 9″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Part 9 in the “Trapped In The Closet” series picks up right after Part 8. Officer James begins to hear a noise in the kitchen and starts searching around - behind the fridge, under the table - nothing, but he does …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 8″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
 
Part 8 of “Trapped In The Closet” picks up after the previous episode where James has left the madhouse and is now sitting in his car. He calls up his wife, a fat white woman named Bridget who can pass for …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 7″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
 
Low and behold, the mystery person who was accidentally shot at the end of Part 6 turns out to be Gwendolyn’s brother Twan (aka the black version of Arnold Schwarzenegger) who has just been released from prison. Just as predicted, Sylvester …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 6″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
 
Here we have Part 6 of the “Trapped In The Closet” music video/Hip Hop Opera series. This episode follows after Sylvester discovers that his wife Gwendolyn was cheating on him with the police officer (James) who gave him the speeding ticket …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 5″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Following the discovery of the condom in Part 4, Part 5 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped In The Closet” hip hop musical series begins as Sylvester reveals that he’s suspected her cheating all along (it seems like everyone knows that everyone is …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 4″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Picking up where Part 3 left off, we see Sylvester speeding home in front of a fake moving screen (you know the type) only to be stopped by a police officer Sgt. James (played by Michael Kenneth Williams). Sgt. James gives …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 3″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
Ok, so far, we have cheating and homosexuality in an R. Kelly song and video. Lovely. Anyway, picking up where Part 2 left off, we have all four people here (Sylvester, Rufus, his wife Cathy, and his boyfriend Chuck, played by …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 2″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
We pick up from last time with good old Rufus opening the closet where R. Kelly aka Sylvester is hiding in, he then yells at his wife Cathy and tells her how he suspected her cheating all this time but didn’t …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 1″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
“Trapped in the Closet, Part 1″ is not only the first single and music video from R. Kelly’s seventh solo album “TP-3: Reloaded”, it is an ongoing narrative of sorts, a story revolving around a one night stand that spans off …

R. Kelly
“U Saved Me”
Happy People/U Saved Me
Jive Records
R. Kelly delivers us the second and final single and music video from his double solo album “Happy People/U Saved Me” titled “U Saved Me”. I’m surprised R. Kelly cut this album’s music video lifespan short with only two of them (”Happy …

R. Kelly
“Step In The Name of Love (Remix)”
Chocolate Factory
Jive Records
“Step In The Name of Love (Remix)” follows “Ignition (Remix)”, “Snake”, and “Thoia Thoing” as the fourth and final single and music video from his solo album “Chocolate Factory”. All throughout the videos for his “Chocolate Factory” album, R. Kelly …

R. Kelly
“Thoia Thoing”
Chocolate Factory
Jive Records
“Thoia Thoing” is the third single and music video from R. Kelly’s 2003 solo album “Chocolate Factory”, it follows “Ignition (Remix)” and “Snake”. In “Ignition (Remix)”, he gave us another one of those generic Hip Hop party settings; in “Snake”, it was all about Egypt …

R. Kelly
“Snake”
Chocolate Factory
Jive Records
I guess the ghetto-ness of songs like “Ignition (Remix)” and “Feeling On Yo’ Booty” were beginning to run dry for R. Kelly so now he’s decided to depart from his ghetto ways and do something out of the ordinary, taking a page from Mystikal’s “Danger” video …

R. Kelly
“Ignition (Remix)”
Chocolate Factory
Jive Records
Director: Billie Woodruff.
The director of the utmost ghetto R. Kelly video “Feeling On Yo’ Booty” returns here for an even more ghetto video “Ignition (Remix)”, the first single and music video from R. Kelly’s album “Chocolate Factory”. I guess R. Kelly finally realized his …

R. Kelly
“The World’s Greatest”
“Ali”: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The church choirs and the swelling ballad strings once again return in this latest “I Believe I Can Fly”-ish opus from none other than the signature emotional song candidate for tear-jerking ‘message’ movies (with the exception of 1996’s “Space Jam” which …

R. Kelly
“The Storm Is Over Now”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“I Believe I Can Fly: Part 6″ has finally come and it is in the guise of “The Storm Is Over Now”, the fifth and final single and music video from his fourth solo album “TP-2.COM”. This song follows in a line-up of …

R. Kelly
“Feeling On Yo Booty”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
Director: Billie Woodruff.
We open in a R. Kelly’s bathroom inside his mansion to a close-up of him trimming his beard, then he’s sipping a drink while leaving his hair half-braided and half afro as he sits around a pool in his drawers and sings …

R. Kelly ft. Jay-Z
“Fiesta (Remix)”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“Fiesta (Remix)” follows the previous singles and music videos, “I Wish”, “To The Homies That Were Lost (I Wish - Remix)”, and “A Woman’s Threat”, all of which are from his fourth solo album entitled “TP-2.COM”. In four music videos total now (including this …

R. Kelly
“A Woman’s Threat”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“A Woman’s Threat” is the second official single and music video from his fourth solo album “TP-2.COM”, following the previous “I WIsh” and its remix. R. Kelly dons both braided and puffed-out hairdos in different scenes, all which consist of a library (which looks it’s …

R. Kelly ft. Boo & Gotti
“To The Homies That Were Lost (I Wish - Remix)”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
This is the remix to R. Kelly’s song, “I WIsh”, which is the first single and music video from his fourth solo effort titled “TP-2.COM”. Whereas the original version was filled with plenty of …

R. Kelly
“I Wish”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
“I Wish” is the first single and music video from his fourth solo album titled “TP-2.COM”. “I Wish” is a heavy string ballad about his deceased mother and other loved ones as well. This is another one of those celebrity-whining joints, complete with a children’s choir. …

Celine Dion & R. Kelly
“I’m Your Angel”
These Are Special Times
Columbia/Epic
Director: Billie Woodruff
R. Kelly teams up with Celine Dion on her album titled “These Are Special Times” for the song and music video titled “I’m Your Angel”. R. Kelly shows up in his Pimp-Mobile wearing a professional suit (I guess …

R. Kelly
“Gotham City (Remix)”
“Batman & Robin” Soundtrack
Director: Hype Williams
First there was Prince, then there was R. Kelly, the second worst thing to happen to a ‘Batman’ film soundtrack in the history of the entire ‘Batman’ franchise. Well, it looks like the “I Believe I Can Fly” trick didn’t work …

R. Kelly
“Gotham City”
“Batman & Robin” Soundtrack
Director: Hype Williams
In this song and music video for “Gotham City”, R. Kelly desperately yearns and reaches for that academy-award winning success he had with “I Believe I Can Fly” from the “Space Jam” soundtrack. This is from the “Batman & Robin” soundtrack in …

R. Kelly
“I Believe I Can Fly”
“Space Jam” Soundtrack
Jive Records
Director: Hype Williams
R. Kelly decides to put away the sex-me-up attitude and persona for a little while and does a PG gig for a change. Seriously, I would love to know who on planet Earth thought R. Kelly and “Space Jam” …

R. Kelly
“I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I)”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
“I Can’t Sleep Baby (If I)” is the fourth and final single and music video from the self-titled album, “R. Kelly”, following “You Remind Me of Something”, “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”, and “Thank God It’s Friday”. This is not …

R. Kelly
“Thank God It’s Friday”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: Hype Williams
“Thank God It’s Friday” is the third single and music video from his self-titled second solo album, “R. Kelly”; it follows “You Remind Me of Something” and “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”. Considering the previous success of “Down Low (Nobody …

R. Kelly ft. The Isley Brothers
“Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”
R. Kelly
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Director: R. Kelly
R. Kelly follows up “You Remind Me of Something” with “Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)”, the second single and music video from his self-titled album, “R. Kelly”. R. Kelly decides to expand his horizons …

R. Kelly
“You Remind Me of Something”
R.
Jive/Zomba Recordings
R. Kelly kicks off the first single and music video from his second solo effort, the self-titled “R.”. This song is called “You Remind Me of Something” and has probably one of the most memorable music videos from the R&B heartthrob. There’s hummers, …

R. Kelly ft. Aaliyah
“Summer Bunnies”
12 Play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
This is the fourth and final music video (and single) from R. Kelly’s first solo album, “12 Play”, entitled “Summer Bunnies”, and it is quite possibly the best R. Kelly music video ever made period. There’s tons and tons of delicious booty in …

R. Kelly
“Your Body’s Callin’”
12 Play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
This is R. Kelly’s third single and music video, “Your Body’s Callin’”, from the solo album titled “12 Play”. This is the laid back and sexy themed music video of the batch from the album. R. Kelly performs mostly on a beach and on …

R. Kelly
“Bump n’ Grind”
12 Play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
Cover your eyes, children, cover them tight. “Bump n’ Grind” is R. Kelly’s second single and music video from his first solo album (and second/sophmore album altogether) titled “12 Play”. This is entirely a concert music video, although it is much more clearer and …

R. Kelly
“Sex Me”
12 play
Jive/Zomba Recordings
“Sex Me” is R. Kelly’s first single and music video from his first solo effort titled “12 Play”. R. Kelly has decided to part ways from his Public Announcement group and do his own R&B thing, so this is where that started.
The video almost entirely …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“Dedicated”
Born Into The 90s
Jive/Zomba Recordings
R. Kelly & Public Announcement follow up their previous hits, “She’s Got That Vibe”, “Honey Love”, and “Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)” with “Dedicated”, the fourth and final single and music video from their album, “Born Into The 90s”. The song …

R. Kelly & Public Announcement
“Slow Dance”
Born Into The 90’s
Jive/Zomba Recording
Director: Lionel C. Martin
Talk about LL Cool J’s “Jingling Baby” but with a slow jam rhythm. “Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ)” is the third single and music video from the album, “Born Into The 90s”. R. Kelly meets a hot, …