Kelly sees no reason that an R&B hero can’t also be an eccentric visionary no reason that a sex symbol can’t also be, in some (or every) sense, a freak. Like Michael Jackson, Prince and Marvin Gaye before him, Mr. Having torn through 18 songs and snippets in about half an hour, he seemed to be fully warmed up. “What happens in the building stays in the building,” he sang, softly and prettily. Back!’” For a moment he fought back laughter, then switched moods for an afterthought: Way!” Then he got specific: “Hair done! Nails done! Toes done! Car washed!” He paused, steeling himself, then roared: “Six! Hun! Dred! Dollar! Weave!” Then he issued a warning, using his own first name to amplify the threat: “Somebody say: ‘Robert. This inspired a memorable digression, a fanfare for the common ticketholder. During an extended version of “Bump ’n’ Grind,” an old slow jam, he sang one of his most famous lines - “Seems like you’re ready to go all the way” - and then paused, claiming that people backstage were asking him to keep things tame. Kelly knew that his loyal but picky fans expected to get their money’s worth. In any case, the tickets weren’t free ($42.50 to $60.50), and Mr. (The tour’s big-city debut was set for Thursday night in Atlanta, arguably the hip-hop and R&B capital of America.) But despite a few problems with sound and momentum, this felt more like a celebration than a dress rehearsal. Kelly’s “Double Up” tour, scheduled to last two months, and maybe it was organized as an out-of-town tryout. “They were louder in the last city,” he said, baiting the crowd, even though everyone knew that there had been no last city. And for more than two hours he was thrilling, hilarious and downright mystifying, often all at once. Kelly concert consists of almost nothing but climax, one way and another. Some concerts might seem anticlimactic after a buildup like that, but an R. Kelly came to the Columbus Civic Center, here on the western edge of Georgia, across the Chattahoochee River from Alabama. Cars were crawling down Veterans Parkway, trunk speakers abuzz. 15 - Radio D.J.’s were shouting themselves hoarse in the parking lot, crowing about one of the biggest concerts this town has ever seen.
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