The Buffet 2015 Album

R. Kelly

It hurts me to say this being the big fan I am, but this is fairly comfortably his worst album. Few redeeming qualities with few memorable songs. Robert said that he recorded 462 songs for this album. I'd say some of those probably came from the sessions for his previous albums, as songs like 'All My Fault', 'Wake Up Everybody' and 'Keep Searchin'' would sound right at home on 'Love Letter' or 'Write Me Back'. The first half of the album is its weakest with many songs feeling boring. It's more hip hop influenced and lacks high moments. Why do artists keep getting Lil Wayne for verses? That's for 'Switch Up'. From 'All My Fault', that I mentioned earlier, it gets better. 'Backyard Party' is one of the album's best, particularly for the "I feel like yeaah/I feel like wooah/I feel like yeaah/I feel like wooah" section that shows off R. Kelly's vocals. The bluesy 'Sufferin' is the album's highest moment in my opinion-it's worth getting the deluxe edition for it. Again it feels like somewhat of a throwback tune but from a different genre than what he created on the aforementioned albums. There's hip hop, blues, dancehall ('I Just Want to Thank You'), country ('Barely Breathin''), throwback R&B and contemporary R&B, hence the name 'The Buffet', but there just aren't enough great moments and too many forgettable ones. Best Songs: All My Fault, Backyard Party, Sextime, Sufferin