TP.3 sure to put you in the mood

Warning to all: R. Kelly's TP.3 Reloaded should make you want to have or at least think about sex, there is no graceful or delicate way to put it. Who else, but maybe Prince or Madonna, has the unbridled freedom of the tongue, content and power to control and inspire deep memorable emotions in listeners, while talking about fruits and vegetables, sex, being a player, sex, white t-shirts and something else ... oh yeah sex. \nHis conversational, visual and unapologetic delivery is consistent throughout the CD as he doesn't concern himself with varying his subject matter. Rather, sex is his canvas, his expertise, and, on this album, his inspiration.\nSomehow Kelly can say whatever he wants, about whatever he wants, and we will love it. Who else can tell their mate, as Kelly does in one song, how much he loves it when she "imitates that dog" and make it sound so sweet. \nWith so many songs about reproductive activities, one would think the songs would become repetitious, however this is never the case on TP.3 as Kelly has more analogies, metaphors, alliteration and other literary devices to delight the pickiest English major. Remember, this is the same man who has successfully compared the female body to a sports utility vehicle. Subtlety is certainly not his aim, as he delights in telling listeners how it is. \nTomatoes have never been as sexy as they are in Kelly's "Sex in the Kitchen," a gripping tale about ... well, sex all over the kitchen, even "by the stove," and the best place: by "the butter rolls."\nA ballad with Nivea is a call-and-response ballad, about ... well sex, and nothing else, by describing the vivacious act with painstaking detail and precision. \nIn "Love is What We Are Making," he advocates for sex on "in the morning," in the "evening," on "holidays" and by some miracle even while he "is sleeping."\nHe even has a song telling his current girlfriend that he has been messing around with her best friend, apologizing by telling her he doesn't even regret it and somehow it seems like his warped logic would work it real life.\nThe operetta "Trapped in the Closet" offers listeners with cinematic material worthy of the big screen. \nThe Game, Snoop Dogg, Elephant Man and several others make appearances to spice up the CD's content, but the star is always Kelly, and that is how it should be. With a track listing of 19 songs, the disc is well worth the money, and the time.\nAt the end of the day, if you listen to TP.3 and you are not enjoying your mind being completely in the gutter, then you weren't listening.