R Kelly has released a 19-minute song called I Admit in which he addresses claims he sexually abused women.
The new track starts with the lyrics: "I admit I have made some mistakes… And I have some imperfect ways."
He goes on to address and deny accusations that he has been holding a group of women in a “cult”.
He had previously denied the claims as well as allegations surrounding sex crimes with underage girls.
On the track, posted on Soundcloud on Monday, he sings that he likes “all the ladies, that's both older and young ladies.
"But tell me how they call it paedophile because that s*** is crazy."
R Kelly also sings that he is “not convicted, not arrested, dragged my name in the dirt.
“All this work to be successful, when you abandon me `cause of what you heard.”
He was accused of child pornography after a widely circulated videotape appeared to show him having sex with, and urinating on, a teenage girl.
R Kelly was acquitted of all charges in 2008 and continued to rack up hits and sell out stadiums around the US.
He is one of pop music's best-selling artists and his hits include "Ignition," “I Believe I Can Fly," “Step in the Name of Love" and "Bump N' Grind."
He has also written hits for artists ranging from Celine Dion to Michael Jackson to Lady Gaga.
While he has written classic love songs and even gospel music, he is in the eyes of some defined by sexually explicit songs such as "Feelin' on Yo Booty," `'Your Body's Calling Me," “Sex Me”.
In 2002, R. Kelly released a song about his troubles in similar fashion with "Heaven I Need a Hug" - a response to his critics at the time.
"Media, do your job… But please just don't make my job so hard," he sang on the track.
On the new song, he said he was sexually abused as a child, singing "a family member touched me" and revealing he was "so scared to say something, so I just put the blame on me."
Agencies contributed to this report.
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