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Your Body's Calling Me: The Life and Times of "Robert" R. Kelly - Music, Love, Sex and Money (An Unauthorized Biography)

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I refused to watch the R. Kelly tape because I figured it would probably make me look differently at this man. I'm not supposed to judge him on his personality. I'm supposed to judge his music. But doing the dumb, I read this book. I was relieved to find out that Aaliyah wasn't treated the same way as these other girls, but I still stick by my point--you cannot RAPE the willing, so R. Kelly being accused of rape is ridiculous to me. On the other hand, damn...this dude really has some issues. I didn't know his fetish was this heavy. Whew. But again, he didn't come to superstardom to make us love his personality. He came to make us love his music. And I still do (love his music). The author of this book has a strange way of repeating things like he forgot he already said them, but otherwise, it was a quick, informational read and I learned a lot from the book. I found out some information I didn't know already: like the situation with his brother, the Aaliyah turmoil, and I guess I was the only person in the world who didn't know he was married.

This book is garbage. I don't understand how this book could ever recieve 4 and 5 stars. This book deserves no higher than a 2 (at best, and that's being generous). The author basically took everything he could find printed about R. Kelly in the media and the tabloids (mtv, Vibe magazine, the Chicago Sun Times, etc), threw it together and called it a biography. I guess that explains why it was unauthorized. Not only that, but much of his information was either inaccurate or due to lack of editing, there was a problem with typos and misspellings (ex. his name is Robert S. Kelly, not Robert L. Kelly; his manager's name was Barry Hankerson, not Hankerton, etc). The only reason why I haven't thrown the book in the garbage where it belongs is because there are some nice pictures of R. Kelly from early in his career that I'd never seen before. As a loyal R. Kelly fan, I am disappointed to see that so many people are so obsessed with trying to tear down a successful man, his career, his image, and everything he has worked so hard for. And even worse is they want to profit from it in the process. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if that loser Jim derowhat'shisface decided to write a book (another unauthorized biography, perhaps) about R. Kelly and the trial since he's directly involved. Anyway, if you're looking for a legitimate biography about R. Kelly, you won't find it here. Keep your money. If you want the tabloid version with all the media hype, this would be right up your alley. I see this book appealing more to haters than to fans. Personally, I'll wait for R. Kelly to write his own autobiography and tell his side and the real story of his life.

I wanted more, this book is just a series of interviews; first and second hand interviews collected and documented in one book. If you're trying to catch up on R. Kelly's career, then maybe you might enjoy it. But if you're someone who has already experienced The R. in real time, it may seem a bit redundant. I wanted to read first hand information from R. Kelly himself, not accounts from others who may or may not have been in his camp. I wondered about the abuse that Robert experienced in his life, the books description lead me to believe this book would cover that. It didn't.

This book is amazing and incredible and mostly a good fantastic read dealing w/ the life and times, good and bad situations, trials and tribulations between himself Mr. R. Kelly (whose real name is Robert L. Kelly based off the book). He is a Chicago (or Chi-Town) native which ppl subscribe 'cuz he has the talents and abilities 2 be a successful superstar 2 a great inspiring Genius in the making of a variety of music genres i.e. R&B, gospel, jazz, pop, rock, hip-hop, rap---you name it.

Truly 2 me R. Kelly's the man and greatly the baddest producer, singer, musician, writer, songwriter, hardest workin' man and artist in the music biz since Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder did they thing. I truly cited the R. as the post-Marvin Gaye of our time like others like Barry White, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, just to name a few.

No matter whether he did right or wrong, he still 'gon remain the same like 2Pac, the world's best-selling rapper of all-time This is such good research in this bk. and I haven't even put it down yet. Read it in 2 consecutive days. Received it by mail yesterday and was impressed. It tells all the details which u heard and haven't heard...YET.

R. Kelly (named the Pied Piper of R&B), is truly my hero, my role model, on my top list, a great bigger influence, and truly my all-time favorite artist. I recommend books like Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye and Brother Ray all by David Ritz, Smokey, Inside my Life among other bks. by the same author, Miles Davis' memoir, Mase's (aka Pastor Betha of S.A.N.E. Church in Atlanta) memoir Revelations, Man in the Mirror by Patrick Morley (my favorite author), Emerging Church and Emerging Worship all by Dan Kimball, Moonwalk by Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones' memoir Q, Al Green's memoir, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Mercy Mercy Me: The Art, Loves and Demons of Marvin Gaye by Mike E. Dyson, most books by Napoleon Hill, Stephen Covey, Brian Tracy, among others. it's a still a Long List.

Deeply a must if u're interested.

I ordered the book Your body's calling me: The life and times of "Robert" R.Kelly- Music, Love, Sex and Money. It was a very good book and I read it in one day. Even though it is an unauthorized biography of the artist, I do know that some of it is true from the quotes from other articles. Great book!!!

this Book would have been even better if it didn't talk about R.kelly's Personal life so much in spots.but you take the good with the Bad with Every thing.still considering His Impact on Popular Music hard to believe this is only the first Main Book on Him.the Book takes parts from various sources&ties them together.nevertheless it has it's moments especially when you consider all the Brother has overcome.no Matter what I'll always champion the Musical Genius of this Cat because He is the real deal.hopefully there will be a Book that speaks on his Work solely in the Future.but this is pretty good when it focuse's on the most Important element of R.kelly:the Musician.

Knock, knock! Walk right in to the life and times, and under the cover scenes of R. Kelly without retakes, censorship or cover ups. R. Kelly is exposed in this bare-it-all unauthorized documentary by Jake Brown that is so explicit, raw and accurate, not even R. Kelly has stepped up to his own home plate to challenge the issues he's been battling from music, love, sex and money. It seems as if the song balladeer crooner/ hip hop R& B sensation has a musical overtone on the Black community with hits like " I Wish", " I Believe I Can Fly," "The World's Greatest" from the Muhammad Ali Soundtrack and" You Saved Me,"that have washed away his crimes of passion and won over the Black African community and even mainstream worldwide media, but not so fast...there are unbelievable up front and close pictures that depict four sides of the singer from explicit and controversial to scandalous and possibly the most revered R& B singers of the millennium. Take your pick. Finally, the real story is revealed to put the rumors to rest. Your Body's Calling Me: the Life and Times of Robert R. Kelly by Jake Brown is better than your front news headlines and a must read. Don''t wait for the movie, read the book.