Black Panties

Black Panties is the twelfth studio album by American R&B singer R. Kelly. The album was released in the United States on December 10, 2013, through RCA Records. It was originally scheduled to be released on November 11, 2013. Jive Records released all of R. Kelly's previous albums, except Write Me Back, but after Sony Music Entertainment dissolved Jive along with Arista and J, all displaced artists will release their albums from RCA Records. Black Panties, says Kelly, "is the new 12 Play", and that it is different from his previous albums Love Letter and Write Me Back.
The album features guest appearances from Ludacris, 2 Chainz, Kelly Rowland, Young Jeezy, Future, Migos and Juicy J. In an October 2013, interview with Rolling Stone, R. Kelly spoke about why he wanted to make the album sound similar to his 1993 debut album, 12 Play, saying: "I love that I can play around with all types of music. I did Love Letter and Write Me Back and those were fun albums for me to do, because they took me back to music I love. But I wanted to change lanes with this new album and remind people of the TP-2.com and 12 Play style of music I can do — 'Kellz music!' I like that I can change lanes and do all different kinds of music. Fans can never accuse R. Kelly of doing the same thing, I keep mixing it up." In a December 2013, interview with Billboard, R. Kelly spoke about why he decided to name the album Black Panties, saying: "I’m on stage doing the Love Letter tour and I was singing “Seem Like You Ready”. Every time I'm singing panties start flying out of everywhere. Seriously. But this particular night, a pair of mediums came out of the sky and they were black and they landed on my wrist. Immediately I looked at that and looked up like “that’s a sign”. Yeah, the idea hit me right away."