R Kelly: Love Letter – review

(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't talking about driving). Gone are the sexually graphic slow jams, and in their place is a more vintage-soul feel, with Just Can't Get Enough recalling Marvin Gaye, while the lyrics mix lovesick apologies with chivalrous dedications, most notably on ...

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