Listen now: Justin Bieber and R. Kelly team for steamy slow jam 'PYD' - Los Angeles Times
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Listen now: Justin Bieber and R. Kelly team for steamy slow jam ‘PYD’

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Big weekend for R. Kelly, right?

First the R&B star showed up for an unannounced appearance with Lady Gaga on “Saturday Night Live,†where the two singers turned in an appealingly lewd performance of their duet “Do What U Want,†from Lady Gaga’s just-released “Artpop.â€

Then, late Sunday, Kelly lit up the Internet with his guest spot on Justin Bieber’s “PYD,†the latest installment in the teen-pop phenom’s so-called Music Mondays series.

Like the other Music Mondays singles, “PYD†(short for “put you downâ€) goes for a more grown-up sound than Bieber’s earlier material, with woozy synth licks, a shower-steam beat and words about lighting candles in a bedroom. (Listen to the song below.)

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The difference, of course, is that this song has Kelly, who assures the object of his affection, “I been doing forensics on your body in this club / And I could tell the way you walk, your body ain’t been touched the right way.â€

Is he addressing the same person as Bieber? If so, our young Canadian friend appears to have been seriously out-gamed.

Another point, then, to Kelly, who took to Instagram on Sunday night to direct his followers to “PYD†before seizing the opportunity to plug his upcoming album: “And of course #BlackPanties dropping 12/10/13.â€

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We’re waiting.

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