Album Cover: R. Kelly - "Black Panties"

R. Kelly has revealed the eye catching album art for his upcoming studio album Black Panties. The artwork features Kelly sporting all back, wearing a Phantom of the Opera-esque masquerade mask and holding a violin bow as his female model sits on his lap wearing nothing but black panties and heels.

“I’m on a Benjamin Button-type of mission right now,” he told Fuse. “I’m going back to the old school R. Kelly days where he did the 12 Play, the sexual songs mixed with the hip-hop songs.”

The cover art for the deluxe edition of the album adds more ladies to the mix, all wearing nothing but, as the title suggests, black panties. Black Panties will drop on December 10th (see what I did there?).

(Rap-Up)