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| Released | May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29) | |||
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| Length | 76:19 | |||
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| Metacritic | 63/100[2] |
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| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[4] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.7/10)[5] |
| PopMatters | (7/10)[6] |
| Robert Christgau |  [7] |
| Rolling Stone | [8] |
| Slant Magazine | [9] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | (4/10)[10] |
Double Up is the eighth studio album by American singer-songwriter R. Kelly. It was released by Jive Records on May 29, 2007 in the United States, with distribution handled by Zomba Label Group. The album features the contributions with guest appearances and also the productions, which was handled by R. Kelly, along with Swizz Beatz, The Runners, Snoop Dogg, Khao, Nelly, Chamillionaire and Polow da Don.
Its lead single, his remix to "I'm a Flirt", which features guest vocals from American rapper T.I. and American recording artist T-Pain; attaining the prominence of the success on the Billboard's Top 40 charts, while it peaked at number one on the US Top Hot Rap Tracks chart. Double Up is Kelly's final studio album to top the Billboard 200.
OnYouTube, R. Kelly has a video of him speaking out about his state on his success and his thoughts of collaborating with artists, such Young Jeezy and Ludacris, he thought, "why not put some of that magic on my album?" He stated that 70 percent of the record will be uptempo but he assured fans that "there will be some slow jams on there."
Prior to the album's release, three songs were leaked onto the Internet: second single "Same Girl", which features Usher; "Rise Up", a song which only appeared on some releases, a tribute to the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre in April 2007; also making an early appearance was a song titled "Blow It Up", at first supposed to be featured on the album but absent from the final track listing, mainly due to the inappropriate mood it would have created because of the presence of the Virginia Tech shooting tribute song "Rise Up". "Rock Star", which features Ludacris and Kid Rock, was released as the album's third single on September 4. A video for the song "Real Talk" was also made directly on YouTube. On May 25, 2007, four days before the album's release, the explicit version of the album became available for purchase on iTunes. The edited version became available on May 29, 2007, with a bonus track version available a day later.
The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 386,000 copies, making this his sixth and final album in his career to debut at number-one.[11] To date, the album has sold 1,200,000 copies in the United States.[12] On June 3, 2007 it entered the UK Albums Chart at #10.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Champ" (featuring Swizz Beatz) | Robert Kelly, Kasseem Dean | Kelly, The Runners (co.) | 1:50 |
| 2. | "Double Up" (featuring Snoop Dogg) | Kelly, Calvin Broadus, Jr., C. Bereal, K. Bereal, C. Brockman, C. Keyes, N. Stewart | Kelly, Khao (co.) | 4:48 |
| 3. | "Tryin to Get a Number" (featuring Nelly) | Kelly, C. Haynes | Corey "Keyz" Martin | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Get Dirty" (featuring Chamillionaire) | R. Kelly, H. Seriki | R. Kelly, Mysto & Pizzi (co.) | 3:56 |
| 5. | "Leave Your Name" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3:27 |
| 6. | "Freaky in the Club" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 4:35 |
| 7. | "The Zoo" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3:39 |
| 8. | "I'm a Flirt (Remix)" (featuring T.I. & T-Pain) | R. Kelly, S. Moss, R. Jackson, C. Harris, F. Najm | Lil' Ronnie | 5:32 |
| 9. | "Same Girl" (duet with Usher) | R. Kelly | R. Kelly, Lil' Ronnie (co.) | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Real Talk" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3:00 |
| 11. | "Hook It Up" (featuring Huey) | R. Kelly, L. Franks Jr. | R. Kelly, Lil' Ronnie (co.) | 4:15 |
| 12. | "Rock Star" (featuring Ludacris & Kid Rock) | R. Kelly, C. Bridges | R. Kelly | 4:47 |
| 13. | "Best Friend" (featuring Keyshia Cole & Polow da Don) | R. Kelly | R. Kelly, Polow da Don (co.) | 4:41 |
| 14. | "Rollin'" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 4:47 |
| 15. | "Sweet Tooth" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 2:50 |
| 16. | "Havin a Baby" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3:34 |
| 17. | "Sex Planet" | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 5:35 |
| 18. | "Rise Up" (Virginia Tech Memorial tribute track) (not included on releases outside of North America) | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3:31 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 19. | "Ringtone" (iTunes bonus track / physical hidden track) | R. Kelly, J. Jones, W. Hodge | R. Kelly, Polow da Don | 3:41 |
| 20. | "I Like Love" (Japan / United Kingdom bonus track) | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3:20 |
| 21. | "Ooh Baby" (iTunes bonus track) | R. Kelly | R. Kelly | 3:38 |
| 22. | "Good Sex" (featuring Twista) (iTunes bonus track) | R. Kelly, A. Harr, J. Jackson, C. Mitchell | R. Kelly, The Runners | 3:40 |
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| United States (RIAA)[27] | Platinum | 1,200,000[12] |
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