R&B

WATCH and LISTEN

Last night, in a furious bout of hanging out with soon-to-be-former-Eugenean friends (this happens at the end of every August, it seems) and a touch of insomnia, I was schooled (via YouTube) in the brilliance of a little R&B soap operetta made in 2005: R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet, episodes 1-12.

And today Slate published this well-said analysis of the TINC phenomenon (and offers clues to future of R&B music ... speaking of which, whatever happened to popular R&B? Pretty much the same thing that happened to R. Kelly: It got oversexed, and not in the funny kind of way that R. Kelly mocks with TINC.)

I can't wait to watch chapters 13-23 soon. Very soon.

To get you started, here's the hilarious two minute summary clip to give you a taste of what this series is all about. Can someone gimme an "Ooooh shit!" What poetry in these simple lines...
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Continue searching YouTube for the other episodes, but find below the first few episodes to get you started.
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[UPDATE: Who knew parodies of comedic operettas could be so friggin' funny?! For your viewing pleasure, here is MAD TV's take on the saga.]
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