R Kelly

So, let's recall that Ignition (Remix) is among the best four or five things in the history of Western Civilization. And we should include Trapped in the Closet on any list that deals with weird and awesome and completely outside-the-box artistic endeavors. And then that song Real Talk is, well, I'll just say it's something else.

But now he comes out with Pregnant. And, yikes. I think we can go ahead and give him whatever it is you get when you become the most interesting R & B artist of all time.

A lot of people are going to try to say that he's crazy or stupid or completely out of touch, but know better. Kels is completely self-aware and the only people who claim otherwise are utterly unfamiliar with his work. If you've been paying attention, you know that for R. Kelly, being real and being goofy aren't mutually exclusive, and there's nothing wrong with R&B being fun and over-the-top.