R. Kelly album, “I Admit It‘ was a surprised to his many fans. While initially believed to be a new project, both R. Kelly and Sony Music have denied having anything to do with the album, which Sony has labeled a bootleg. It has already been scrubbed from all digital streaming platforms, but we’ve been able to pull ten things Kelly admitted to on “I Admit It,” before the project was pulled.
Variety revealed that the “new album” is actually a compilation of leaked songs and demos from Robert, most of which have existed online for years. The title track is actually a song that R. Kelly released in 2018, trying to defend himself against allegations. Originally released as an 18-minute track, R. Kelly admits he likes younger ladies. “I admit I [messed] with all the ladies. Both older and young ladies. But tell me how they call it [expletive] because of that ? That’s crazy.” This particular line had the internet both surprised and shaking their heads at the same.
R. Kelly later confirms that he was touched as a child by a family member. Kelly says he was 14 years old and that the person took his innocence. Kelly “admits” to blaming himself for the occurrence and never speaking about it. Unfortunately, Kelly is not the first person to experience this type of situation and pass it along to others. The singer has spoken about this situation in the past. His brother, Carey Kelly and attorney have both accused his sister of being the culprit.
Robert Kelly says that he only settled cases in the past to protect his career, but always maintained his innocence. He feels like he was being “set up” and called it all “BS.” Kelly admits to also being estranged from his children, apologizing to them for all the craziness he put their family through and promising better days are ahead. Again, this song was recorded before 2018, so he had not been taken into custody yet or charged with anything and probably believed he would continue to walk free. One video of the song on Youtube is over 4 years old with 2.2 million views.
One of the biggest rumors following Kelly outside of stories about him and young women has been the rumor that he cannot read or write. Kelly admits to this as well, singing about dropping out of school and not being able to read a teleprompter at the Grammy Awards. He calls himself a “broke legend,” and sings about having to borrow money from the label and owing the IRS $20 million. Kelly claims the IRS threatened to take his home and he was living out of Homewood Suites for a while.
Later in the 18 minute song, R. Kelly blasts the parents of the young ladies. The singer somewhat admits parents have brought their daughters in his face in attempt to get paid. “Don’t put your daughter in my face and tell me that it’s ok ’cause your agenda is to get paid, and get mad when it don’t go your way, ” he sings. The disgraced singer seems to understand what was going on but does not see his fault in it all, denying that he ever brainwashed or kidnapped anyone. He also sings about signing his publishing away and being owned by the label. Kelly also brought up Aaliyah’s name, while recalling an in-depth talk with Wendy Williams. The former talk show host asked him about accusations surrounding Aaliyah and ‘the tape.’ However he claims he was set up.
The full song is still up on youtube.