ARTIST: R. Kelly
TITLE: “I’m A Beast”
WEB DEBUT: March 3, 2008
ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: Have you ever wondered what would happen if R. Kelly redid “Real Talk” as a song that rhymed a little bit more, made him sound like he was saying each word through his teeth and a Vocoder, and had Ne-Yo as the target of its ire? Then you’ll be very happy to hear “I’m A Beast,” during which R. takes down people who are jacking his style. R. doesn’t name names throughout the song, though it’s pretty obvious that one of the people he’s really unhappy with is his ex-opener Ne-Yo, who’s currently suing R. in part because he doesn’t think the Pied Piper of R & B is as awesome as he is. And the song even has a happy ending: It closes out with R. promising that there will be a remix where he’ll finally call out specific targets–although I’m hoping that it will be less rage-y and more appropriate for spins during late nights at the club.
WHERE TO FIND IT: SOHH’s Ya Heard? Blog, which astutely points out that “dude seems mad angry.” Gee, you think?
You almost can’t decipher some of the words to Kelly’s snarl-acity.
To all R&B singers (or anyone really): LEAVE…THE…VOCODER…ALONE!!! Quoting the great Joe Budden “it’s like spinning rims, that shit got played out real quick.”
WHOA!
Try not to put “R. Kelly” and “pissed” in the same headline.
this song is fucking terrible. everyone involved should be ashamed.
@Chris N.: Ja