Back On Keri Hilson

I mean, who hasn't been? I don't know if y'all have seen the pictures that surfaced a couple months ago of Keri performing at a concert in some, compromising positions for lack of a better term, but yeah, that's what my opening sentence was referring to.

Speaking of Keri Hilson's fearlessness of showing her sexuality in public, the singer-songwriter, who already received some flack from myself when she took shots at Beyonce for reasons unknown, apparently wrote a song for R. Kelly entitled, "Number 1 Sex" a few months back, sparking rumors of lesbianism. The reason behind these rumors probably comes from the first line, in which Keri sings, "girl I know you've been waiting for me, yeah yeah yeah".

There has been some confusion, even on my behalf, on whether or not the song was actually written for R. Kelly, or if Keri Hilson secretly wanted to come out of the closet; and this is largely due to the fact that Keri Hilson sings the entire song, save for the hook, which is sung by R. Kelly. If the track is really a blueprint for how she'd want R. Kelly to sing it, then how'd she get him to sing the hook, but not the verses?

Then there's the fact that the track was actually released. I'm sure everyone realizes that with the internet these days, it's relatively easy for artists' tracks to get leaked; I mean, Lil' Wayne released an official mixtape of leaked tracks that were supposed to make the Carter III once. But artists are figuring out a way to put an end to that; see Eminem's "Relapse" album which, to my knowledge, made it safely to its release date without so much as 3 leaked tracks. And with that being said, the popularity of "Number 1 Sex" raises the question of whether or not Keri even remotely tried to halt the leak of the song.

At the end of the day however, Keri does dispel any lesbian questions in the second verse, where she sings, "'cause when I got up in them draws you be like, 'Kelly he the boss'", indicating that the song was in fact written for R. Kelly. I'm just amazed at the fact that given the length that this track has been in circulation, nobody has taken this lyric into consideration. I mean, do people just not listen to lyrics that drastically as to not notice such an important line?

So, to the relief of millions of men worldwide, Keri Hilson's fine ass (what? I said she's in no position to feud with Beyonce, I never said she was ugly) is not a lesbian; at least to my knowledge she isn't. But, going back to the debacle with Beyonce where I challenged Keri's song-writing ability, a newer version of "Number 1 Sex" has just been released with R. Kelly covering his own vocals. Keri has a verse in the song (in which she sings to a man), and keep in mind that the lyrics Keri wrote and sang for R. Kelly were NOT used. That is all.

-Trufe