Guardian Music — (Sony/Jive)Love Letter – 43-year-old R Kelly's 10th album – seems to signify a more mature and restrained version of the man who sang "I'm about to take my key and stick it in the ignition" on his No 1 hit Ignition (Remix), back in 2002 (he wasn'... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offThe Smiths Reel Around the Fountain A collection of Smiths demos that circulated on the web this week offered a reminder of what a phenomenon they were: a band who emerged... more info

411 Mania — MJ's new album debuts at #3 plus Diddy-Dirty Money and R. Kelly break into the Top 10... more info

Dlisted — You're on a date with some dude you really like and it's going better than well. He tells you that he loves the way your hair curls like Mariah Carey's before she discovered a flat iron, and you giggle as he opens up the door for you ... more info

Mjsbigblog — The fine folks at HDD wanted to give us an early Christmas present, so they released their final chart on Monday (or maybe they just drag it out the rest of the year for double the daily hits…whatever, we love them). There is alre... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... V.A. - The 7th Christmas Collection (a BoBW jazz funk compilation) 01. Last Christmas - The Puppini Sisters / 4:58 02. Blue Christmas - Miles Davis / 2:41 03. Jingle Bells - Oscar Peterson / 3:14 04. Here Comes Santa Claus - Ramsey ... more info

Mercury News, California — Is that you, R. Kelly? That may be a fair question to ask after listening to "Love Letter," the brilliant new album from the self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&B. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In all the tumult surrounding R. Kelly -- his sex scandals, his court debacles, his way with a vegetable-as-romantic-stand-in metaphor -- one thing often gets lost. The man can sing. On recent albums, that fact got lost behind his daffy... more info

ContactMusic — R. KELLY gave nightclub revellers in New York City a treat last week (07Dec10), when he performed an impromptu set of songs from his upcoming album, LOVE LETTER.The... more info

Guardian Music — (RCA)Might R Kelly be growing gentlemanly in middle age? That's the suggestion of Love Letter, which repositions the priapic R&B eccentric as an old-fashioned soul man intent on bringing "love songs back to the radio": cue liberally applied horns, as... more info