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Double Up

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UPC Code: 886970853224

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Number of Discs: 1

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Like most of its predecessors, R. Kelly's eleventh album is stuffed to the gills, with 18-plus songs clocking in at 76 minutes (or longer, depending on which bonus track[s] your edition includes.) And if Double Up is, inevitably, far from flawless, ... more Like most of its predecessors, R. Kelly's eleventh album is stuffed to the gills, with 18-plus songs clocking in at 76 minutes (or longer, depending on which bonus track[s] your edition includes.) And if Double Up is, inevitably, far from flawless, the level of novelty and listenability Kelly manages to sustain for that duration is quite a feat. It makes this his best full-length in years -- arguably his best of the decade -- especially when you consider that its high points -- most notably the singles "I'm a Flirt [Remix]" and "Same Girl" -- rank among the licentious Chicagoan's very finest. Yes, Kelly's familiar, almost cartoonishly overstated brand of sex-obsessed misogyny is as rampant here as his increasingly eccentric humor -- more so than ever, on both counts. So if you're not of a disposition to stomach the 40-year-old (whose still-pending child pornography trial was set to commence several months after the album's release, before being delayed yet again) boasting about his plot to seduce a pair of "freaky" first cousins for a m

Tracks

Track	Duration
1	The Champ	1:52
2	Double Up	4:52
3	Iceberg	0:00
4	Tryin' To Get A Number	3:47
5	Get Dirty	3:57
6	Leave Your Name	3:28
7	Freaky In The Club	4:37
8	The Zoo	3:42
9	I'm A Flirt Remix	5:21
10	Same Girl	4:12
11	Real Talk	3:00
12	Hook It Up	4:17
13	Rock Star	4:51
14	Best Friend	4:43
15	Rollin'	4:49
16	Sweet Tooth	2:52
17	Havin' A Baby	3:34
18	Sex Planet	5:35
19	Rise Up	3:30
20	Ringtone	3:40