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During the Barenaked Ladies concert in Cleveland. Ed Robertson talked about R. Kelly’s “Trapped In The Closet”. He told the crowd if they haven’t watched it, do yourself a favor and watch it with a group of friends or a support network. He warned without that group, you might think it’s reality, slip into it and never come back out. Steven Page & Ed called it “shart”. You can figure out what that means for yourself.
Ed also shared a story about a rapper taxi driver from Lake Charles, Louisiana. He told the cabbie if he ever made a video like “Trapped In The Closet”, he’d come back for him. The cabbie rapper told him, “Nah, man with R. Kells, man, you gotta wrap a string around your mind, so when that stuff’s done, you can pull yourself back together”.
I took their advice and watch chapters 1 – 5 and they weren’t off the mark. It was one of the most surreal things I’ve ever seen. I didn’t know if the “hip-hopera” was humorous, serious, genius, artistic, “shart” or (i’ve run out of other adjectives). It’ll take you twenty-some minutes to watch. (It’s available on youtube.com) Please heed the BNL warning however. It’ll change or at least alter your life.
Since debuting the first five chapters, R. Kells has released seven others. Here’s the best? news, Wikipedia says “Trapped In The Closet 13-22” is set to release July 24th. There’s more room for new insight into the mind of R. Kells.
