“R. Kelly's 13th solo album Black Panties tosses aside the classic soul of his previous two albums in exchange for a deep dive into the sounds of contemporary bumping and grinding.”
“On his past two albums, R&B's most shameless lover man abandoned his shtick in favor of lovelorn, PG-rated retro soul. But the 2011 throat surgery that saved R. Kelly's voice clearly also reignited his libido, because on Black Panties, he stops lighting candles and starts dipping his wick. "Gonna go down on my knees/And ask that pussy to marry me," he sings on "Marry the Pussy," a deadly serious, ”
