"Green Light" recalls the sensual, feather-light touch of '70s Isley Brothers ballads like "Voyage to Atlantis." "Fool for You" is pure, sly Smokey Robinson. "Love Is" and "Share My Love," the bookends of the album's standard edition, bleed the elegant, gentlemanly soul-disco of the Philadelphia International label - Teddy Pendergrass' '70s work with and without Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in particular. Kelly's inspirations are occasionally obvious. Write Me Back is a sequel to Love Letter, and while it does not beam as much excellence, it quickly deflects any preconceived idea that it might consist of scraps from the earlier album's sessions. Instead, Kelly opted to prolong the nostalgia for older rhythm & blues. Kelly was due for another abrupt turn with Black Panties, an album promised to continue in the vein of the classic 1993 album 12 Play. ![]() Following the release of the retro-fitted Love Letter and evidently successful emergency throat surgery, R.
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