Wednesday, May 28, 2008

R. Kelly's Lack of Superego

Going through some old New Yorkers last night, I came across this Sasha Frere-Jones review of R. Kelly's 2007 album "Double Up":

Kelly seems to have no superego; he is willing to say anything that occurs to him, no matter how strange he sounds or how self-incriminating it might seem. Many people facing serious criminal charges related to sexual conduct would not include a song called "Sex Planet" on their CD, or, if they did, would probably omit the line about a "trip to planet Uranus."