Kelly sing colorfully about sex almost as much as R. Let there be no doubt that there’s canonical material here for those of us who delight in hearing R. It meets the public’s expectations to a fault: a coitus-crazed romp in which Kellz takes his passion for making love every which way to X-rated cartoonish heights. Kelly album these days, even as he continues to prove he can pull off just about any of the many endeavors he attempts. A significant portion of his audience expects and even demands that sort of thing from an R. Basically, it involves Kellz singing about sex in every possible scenario (at the club, in the kitchen, in space, etc.), using every possible metaphor (a key in the ignition, animals in the zoo, yodeling, etc.) or dispensing with metaphors altogether in favor of something blunt like “Girl, you make me want to get you pregnant.” It’s nonstop sensuality bordering on hilarity, and it’s become his signature move to the point that in recent interviews like this one he’s taken to writing bedroom goofs about subjects such as dolphins and Italian hero sandwiches on the spot. Yet there’s a very specific and narrow public conception of what an R. Kellz was born with a voice that can conjure the elemental life forces that hold this universe together, and he’s used it to do just about everything an R&B singer can do. His influence on urban music is widespread and unmistakable, from the radio dominance of Trey Songz to the underground sexcapades of Ty Dolla $ign. He’s a pioneer of explicitness, continuously pushing the boundaries of how openly freaky pop music can be. Kelly has stayed in step with the times, the times have stayed in step with R. Kelly song on most days, although “I’m A Flirt ” is stiff competition). His discography includes both the all-time classic inspirational ballad “I Believe I Can Fly” and “Real Talk,” a maniacally funny, progressively agitated one-sided phone call as R&B slow jam (and still my favorite R. He’s done duets with everyone from Celine Dion to Jay-Z.
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Kellz once released a double album with one disc full of steppin’ music and another dedicated to gospel songs. Conceptually, too, the guy has covered a lot of ground in recent years he’s delivered two straightforward traditionalist soul albums and dozens of bonkers Trapped In The Closet chapters. Stylistically, over the course of a 20-year solo career he’s evolved with the times from New Jack Swing all the way to the Auto-Tune era and beyond, to the point that his latest album features a Future collaboration that could pass for Drake. Ludacris has a daughter named Karma Bridges from a previous relationship.Although his nearly singleminded fixation on sex has been a constant plumb line, R. In Ludacris' early music career he collaborated with Dallas Austin and Jermaine Dupri. It was later included on Ludacris's debut LP album Back for the First Time. Ludacris collaborated with Timbaland on the track "Phat Rabbit" from his album Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment. He was also known for DJ'ing during Freaknik at one point. Ludacris served as an intern and then as a disc jockey at Atlanta's Hot 97.5 (now Hot 107.9) under the name "Chris Lova Lova". From 1998 to 1999, he studied music management at Georgia State University. He attended Banneker High School in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated in 1996. Bridges wrote his first rap song at age nine when moving to Atlanta, and joined an amateur rap group three years later. He is of African American and Native American descent. He is the only child of Roberta Shields and Wayne Brian Bridges. Ludacris was born Christopher Brian Bridges in Champaign, Illinois. As an actor, he has appeared in films including 2 Fast 2 Furious(2003), Crash (2004), Gamer (2009), Fast Five (2011), and Fast & Furious 6 (2013). His latest record, Battle of the Sexes, was released in 2010. He took a more serious approach with his next three albums, The Red Light District (2004), Release Therapy (2006), and Theater of the Mind (2008).
In 2001, he released Word of Mouf, followed by Chicken-n-Beer in 2003.
After a brief stint as a disc jockey, he released his debut album Back for the First Time in 2000, which contained the singles "Southern Hospitality" and "What's Your Fantasy". Along with fellow Atlantans Big Boi and Andre 3000 of OutKast, Ludacris was one of the first and most influential Dirty South artists to achieve mainstream success.īorn in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia at age nine, where he began rapping. Ludacris has won a Screen Actors Guild, Critic's Choice, MTV, and three Grammy Awards during his career. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings. Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper, entrepreneur and actor.