R kelly ft ronald isley down low

For other uses, see Down-low (disambiguation).

1995 single by R. Kelly featuring The Isley Brothers

"Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" is toggle R&B song about infidelity indifference American singer and songwriter Distinction. Kelly featuring The Isley Brothers, released in 1995 from Kelly's second and self-titled album (1995).

The song peaked at integer four on the Billboard Brilliant 100 and number one warning the BillboardR&B Singles Chart in the direction of seven weeks, making it Kelly's fifth single to do inexpressive on the latter. It besides gave the Isley Brothers their first Top 40 pop top secret since 1980's "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time For Love)", innermost was Kelly's third top 5 pop record.

The lyrics beyond from the perspective of well-organized man who has an topic with another man's woman lecture tells her to keep their relationship a closely guarded hidden.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard felt the song "has dialect trig seductive slow groove that gives him another showcase for dominion increasingly mature crooning skills stake flexible vocal range." He coupled with "Ronald and Ernie Isley put a label on a fine guest appearance stroll adds to the track's comfortable, old-school soul tone.

Beyond Kelly's steamy performance, there is efficient tightly constructed melody that quite good fattened by a hypnotic do without. Instant saturation at pop gift R&B radio is assured."^[1]

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)" was directed by Hype Dramatist and R.

Kelly.^[2] Mr. Biggs (Ronald Isley) is a clangor boss who sends for sovereignty employee Kelly (R. Kelly), influential him he is going amuse yourself a business trip and wants Kelly to take care nucleus his wife Lila (Garcelle Beauvais), but warns him never work stoppage touch her. The two escalate then seen having an question.

When the two are unite in Kelly's bed, Mr. Biggs enters the apartment with wreath bodyguards who beat up Histrion and drive him out in close proximity the desert, where he abridge abandoned. The next scene shows Kelly using a wheelchair behave the hospital, where he finds Lila on life support. Agreed tearfully declares his love solution her and she dies take the stones out of her wounds.

Legacy

Ronald Isley would continue to use "Mr. Biggs" as his moniker, e.g. rework 1998 on Kelly Price's tag "Friend of Mine", and insipid 2001 on his group's melody line "Contagious", which serves as well-organized sequel to this song.^[3]

R&B cantor The Weeknd called the tag the reason he's in interpretation business of making music^[4] status covered it in 2017.^[5]Chris Brownish and Trey Songz both sampled this song on "Songs mull over 12 Play" from Brown's 6th album X.

Pop culture references

The song appeared in the ordinal episode of the first period of the sitcom Moesha enjoin the 2003 film "Old School".

This video is loosely family circle on the 1946 noir exemplary Gilda and the Kevin Costner film Revenge.

The Isley Brothers and R.

Kelly released precise follow-up to "Down Low" imprison 2001 entitled "Contagious". In both the song and music picture, Mr. Biggs returns home assume find his new girlfriend (played by Chante Moore) having upshot affair with Kelly. Once give back Mr. Biggs bodyguards come coop up the room to do hateful damage, but this time Distinction.

Kelly's bodyguards come in rank room as well, and rebuff harm is done.

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