Kelis - C/D

eh? i know! where did i say otherwise?

This post seemed to imply that you didn't think Milkshake was her masterpiece, bearing in mind that Milkshake was already released at this stage.

Anyway, I dunno, I just found it an incredibly uneven listen... I actually sold it and I LOVE Kelis really! But this probably says more about my fussiness in general than the actual record in the end.

I do want to smack Pharrell quite early on in Kaleidoscope though - TOO. MANY. SHOUTOUTS. X(

I'm forgiving of the weaker tracks: even half-arsed material like "Ghetto Children" is kinda goofy and silly and fun. And the run from "Good Stuff" to "Mafia" is the strongest four song succession on an R&B album that I can think of offhand.

Just listened to "Caught Out There" again, I'd forgotten the spoken-word intro. "....WHO'VE BEEN LIED TO BY THEIR MEN! AND I KNOW Y'ALL BEEN LIED TO! OVER & OVER AGAIN!"

The Neptunes were never this pretty again, sadly.

Still think the beat is MASSIVELY too high & hard in the mix on "Get Along With You" (another reason for smacking! and I don't like that fake i.d. mix either..) which REALLY pisses me because that track seriously 'got' me unexpected one night when I was in a post break-up state of mind.

Also, this song is awful. Kelis has so little charisma, it makes me uncomfortable just to listen to it.[i/]

sounds like an 808 kick but the maracas are definately not 808. clap could have been originally. i was just lazy and got tricked by the lyrics. sadly the songs appeal has started to wear out but i got a couple of good weeks out of it. maybe there will be another good song on the album.

ps. i have noticed since last posting how much i love how she says: "i switched up the beat of the drum" she sounds like an ignorant, petulant 8 year old girl. great.

i just downloaded the switch and the falke and braxe remixes and they are all teh suxxor.

I was thinking of Rodney's comment probably.

i'm on the tennis court this morning and what pops into my head but BOSSY! so random, playing tennis with that video in mind.

I always thought it was cruel of her to dye her poodle green in that video. At least you weren't playing tennis with "Blindfold Me" video in mind. That would've been weird.

Know what's a great song? Help Me, the track she did with Timo Maas some years back.

"Milskahe" bridge = best bridge EVAH
Kills me every time.

"Help Me" is classic and more people should know about it. Sadly, this chick's career is kinda dead. I've been a fan (moreso of her persona) since day one and hoped that one day she would make a real masterpiece of an album front to back, but I don't see it happening. Wanderland was the closest she came, imo. I hope the future proves me rong.

kaleidoscope is so freakin good

Is Kelis still single? Kelis, call me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm4q9NCBVkY

holy donna summer! digging it.

Is this an actual Kelis single or some kind of collab-o? The production reminds me of Stephan Bodzin circa 2006/2007.

It's good.

I wonder whether if she (or whoever) came up with the lyrics to the chorus ("Before you my whole life was a cappella...") before or after hearing the breakdown.

No clue, but it's good to have her back. I quite like this. While Kelis Was Here never grew on me the way I wanted it to, Kaleidoscope and Wanderland are 00s classics.

I remember Patrick Wolf tweeting something a couple of months back about getting to write/produce a track or two with Kelis for her new album. Curious to see what came of that.

this was produced by david guetta. i'm not 100% on it.

wkiw david guetta

I read that it was a Guetta track, and it sounds like him, although I like it a GREAT deal more than most of the stuff he's put out this year. I'm not sure if that's because he's reigned himself in from the tackier side of things, of if it's due to what Kelis brings to the table. Probably both.

Kelis meets PETA.

hahahaha

(avoid the comments, obv)

(avoid the comments, obv) is good advice for 98% of blogs.

Underpaid minorities picking your vegetables, now that's fine for you right? Please, fight for their rights. How about the poverty in the communities of brown people around the world.

Kind of misses that fact that you can campaign for human rights *and* animal rights without any contradiction?

That rebuttal misses the point she's making, namely that time spent campaigning for animal rights is time you could have spent campaigning for human rights.

the one-up in the more worthy cause dept. is usually used by people who support no cause other then 'look at how cynical and world-weary I am.' still, she is hot and I like her :)

the one-up in the more worthy cause dept. is usually used by people who support no cause other then 'look at how cynical and world-weary I am.'

It's also made by people who really really really hate PETA.

the time spent writing whiney myspace blogs is time that could have been spent campaigning for women's rights

or buying fur, or appearing in music videos, etc, etc, etc.

I know, right?

there are days when BOSSY is the best song in the world

not in my world!