Track Listing
1. Superstar
2. Lucky Charm
3. What Would You Do? - (featuring The Pied Piper)
4. Body Kiss - (featuring Lil' Kim)
5. Busted - (featuring JS)
6. Showdown Vol. 1
7. Keep It Flowin'
8. Prize Possession
9. Take a Ride
10. I Want That
11. I Like - (featuring The Pied Piper/Snoop Dogg)
12. What Would You Do? - (Pt. 2, featuring The Pied Piper)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | JS, Lil' Kim, R. Kelly, Snoop Dogg, The Pied Piper | | Producer: | R. Kelly | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
The Isley Brothers: Ron Isley (vocals); Ernie Isley (guitar).
Additional personnel: R. Kelly (vocals, arranger); Lil' Kim, Snoop Dogg (rap vocals); Donnie Lyle (guitar, bass); Tim Kelley (Fender Rhodes piano, bass); Rodney East (keyboards); Ian Mereness (programming); Kandy Johnson, Kim Johnson (background vocals).
Producers: R. Kelly, Tim Kelley, Bob Robinson.
Recorded at Rock Land, Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, Illinois and The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California.
BODY KISS was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. "Busted" was nominated for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals.
Looking to recapture the same success generated by the 2001 album ETERNAL, The Isley Brothers re-team with and hand off the majority of production duties to R. Kelly for 2003's BODY KISS. Although the group's name indicates a sibling venture with Ronald and Ernie Isley, guitarist Ernie's involvement is minimal. His only appearance is a signature guitar solo on the simmering slow jam "Take a Ride." Otherwise, Ronald, (who resurrects his fictional, video-spawned alter ego Mr. Biggs), ends up being the sole full-time face of the group. Kelly also adopts the "Pied Piper" alter ego, and ends up alongside Snoop Dogg in the mack daddy anthem "I Like," as well as resurrecting an Isleys trademark--the two-part song. This time out it's "What Would You Do?, Parts 1 & 2," the first part a pleading offer for romance, and the second a more rap-flavored remix. Along with Lil' Kim's cameo on the sensual title cut, recent fans who've been following the Isleys/Kelly thread will get the biggest kick out of "Showdown Vol.1," a sequel to "Showdown," originally featured on Kelly's CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
Editorial Reviews
...Ron [Isley] pours out tender bedroom ballads and morning-after recriminations like Courvoisier: astringent and smooth... - Rating - B+
Entertainment Weekly (05/09/2003)
3 1/2 out of 5 - ...No one knows how to turn a saga into a song like Mr. Biggs....The midtempo standout 'Prize Possession' and the slow-winding ballad 'Take a Ride' capture the vintage Isley glow...
Vibe (06/01/2003)
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