Rap-Up.com || R. Kelly ‘Honored’ to Work with Kanye West on ‘Cruel Summer’

It may be a G.O.O.D. Music album, but it’s R. Kelly who kicks off Cruel Summer on the defiant anthem “To the World.” The R&B veteran is relishing over the opportunity to connect with fellow Chicagoan Kanye West.

He explained how the collaboration came together. “Kanye sent me a track he was working on. I sent it back. He sent it back to me, I sent it back to him… until we had something,” Kellz told Billboard.com. “It felt good to both of us. He trusts my talent and I trust his talent.”

While this is their first time working together, they go way back. “I knew Kanye way before he was known. We’ve always had fun in the clubs or wherever we were, just kickin’ it, but we never had a chance to get in the studio before and hook up like this, and I’m just glad we finally got that chance,” he said. “I’m just very honored to be on this track working with him.”

The Pied Piper promises to cater to his female fans when he embarks on his “Single Ladies” tour on October 13 in Columbia, South Carolina.

“I know there’s going to be couples in the audience, which is great,” said Kelly, who named the tour after his Write Me Back single “Feelin’ Single.” “At the same time, I feel like wherever there’s a single ladies party, there’s gonna be a whole bunch of single guys, so we’ll just call it one big dating game.”

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16 Comments

coolio
September 22nd, 2012 at 9:56 am
Both are legends

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Sizzurp Sky
September 22nd, 2012 at 11:39 am
their song is a bomb !

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Jay-Me
September 22nd, 2012 at 11:49 am
Love this track!

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D. Kellz
September 22nd, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Kells & Yeezy I love this song and especially since its my fav artist Kells on here an Ye is a beast they made a hit. I hope they work together in the future and make a Chi-Town Anthem that would be sweet. But this song is a good hit, so big ups Ye & Kells.

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Sheila Reply:
September 22nd, 2012 at 2:37 pm
@D. Kellz,

Yep, I totally agree. Very glad they finally got to work together. Long overdue. Hopefully this isn’t the last.

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RealShit102188
September 22nd, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Chitoooooowwwwn !!!!! :D

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Dee
September 22nd, 2012 at 1:03 pm
Mitt Romney don’t pay no tax, Mitt Romney don’t pay no tax!!! Lol, Yeezy is silly.

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Anon
September 22nd, 2012 at 2:27 pm
I love you r.kelly!!

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roll on
September 22nd, 2012 at 2:43 pm
“Mitt romney dont pay no tax”

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Adrienne
September 22nd, 2012 at 4:12 pm
That sextape is about to go “To The World.”

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yooooooooo
September 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 pm
gotta love R kelly! :D

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Jaymalls
September 23rd, 2012 at 11:11 am
Mitt Romney Don’t pay no tax!!! Haaaaaaaaa

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ms. tomi x
September 24th, 2012 at 9:29 am
Although I haven’t heard Cruel Summer I’m sure that this first time collaboration between these great Chi Town artist is no less than GENIUS AT IT’S BEST…afterall it is RKELLY and KANYE WEST!!!
lovingly and with great respect, poet Ms. Tomi X

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ms. tomi x
September 24th, 2012 at 10:02 am
Ok y’all I got my middle finger up pointed at all the negative BS this world can put you through. Thanks for the inspiration fellas trust and believe I love it and I love you…especially you R”.
respectfully, poet Ms. Tomi X

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k down to the C up town breezy boyieee
September 24th, 2012 at 12:45 pm
I’d Like to hear that song OF Kw feat Rk. Nice of R.kelly working with Kanye west Their oth Chi-town Men

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MmmHmm
September 24th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
THE SONG IS A HIT!

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