Kelis - C/D

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!

I really like Acapella. Despite it being a DG produced track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8D9xCBcfzw&feature=PlayList&p=D03C39B2A5A03236&playnext_from=PL&index=3

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song/video are so incredible

i like the video but not the song v much - it's nearly v affecting but misses the mark a bit. part of this is david guetta being a fucking dreadful producer. i don't really think the vocal really fits the beat tbh.

I have a kinda begrudging respect for DG. You can do way worse for bald-faced mersh-house.

and this beat is grrrrreat

the harmonies on this are v Amerie

Dope tune! The vocals have a nice, airy and timeless dance pop quality, it's nothing like the Kelis stuff I've heard previously. And the beat is like something that could've come out on Harthouse in 1995... That's not a bad thing, though, but I was kinda surprised how retro it sounds. If 90s are becoming trendy again, then this surely a sign of that? You could've played that tune to me blind and claimed it was from 1996, and I would've had no problem believing that.

amazing video

man, cool video. (though maybe the costumes work less well toward the end.)

have been loving that track for months - happy it will be a single! way better than the other new shit that's leaked.

song = david guetta can eat a dick

video = kelis stunting on minaj

beat is dope imo

Waiting for a decent remix over here. Glad this exists though.

her new stuff isn't all produced by guetta is it?

can't believe people on here swoon over this cliche pop-occult pagan costume gemstone wolves nature soil shit every single fucking time any bint chances her arm. SO OVER. it was bad enough on the lolguilera mystery thread!

Eh? I thought the video was nice enough, but the song would be good regardless of what's in the video.

I mean, I don't think people in this thread are giving props to "Acappella" just because of the video.

The twitchy dead baby feet costume is too crepey. (And even when she does turn around and you see live babby, it then becomes a case of gal has big hips, that must hurt the kid to have his legs spread like that.)

song was enjoyable but i've already forgotten it. huskies <3 :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

pop-occult pagan costume gemstone wolves nature soil shit

haha. but i really think this video is a particularly good example of this aesthetic. great colours man...

welcome back to the land of sexy, Kelis

Also why do people hate David Guetta so much? Is he too obvious or something, aka "the William Orbit Effect"?

This song is really nice. Video looks like something Björk would have made in her heyday... a very good thing.

huskies <3 :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

this. I stan for huskies like ENBB does for pugs

Also why do people hate David Guetta so much? Is he too obvious or something, aka "the William Orbit Effect"?

― STAY ALIVE USING EQUIPMENT (HI DERE), Friday, April 2, 2010 6:10 AM Bookmark

I think this is the beef some here have with him, but sometimes obviousness works, you know?

Song and video seem inspired by Goldfrapp to me. Much better than their new single too.

"Rocket" is so fucking awful. I don't really like Goldfrapp other than "Ooh La La"

can't believe people on here swoon over this cliche pop-occult pagan costume gemstone wolves nature soil shit every single fucking time any bint chances her arm. SO OVER. it was bad enough on the lolguilera mystery thread!

― r|t|c, Friday, April 2, 2010 6:36 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark

haha :-)

it's a magic video and r|t|c is probably ruining that magic

this cheap looking clip is the final nail. see you at the county fair, Kelis.

cheap-looking?

who shows up at the county fair dressed like that

There's something about it (editing?) that screams "directorial debut". It's clunky and ham-fisted to me in it's attempt to be eccentric....much like the artist herself at this point. I used to be a fan :(

Er, didn't Kelis start her career more eccentric than she is now? I remember seeing a rainbow-haired hippie girl shouting "I hate you so much right now!" on stage in 1999, that was certainly more eccentric than the relatively straightforward dance pop of "Acappella". I can't believe people are making such harsh judgements based on one video. And whether or not you like the video, the song is still dope and not particularly freaky at all.

Well, that's my point. Kelis was an innovator at the earlier part of the 00's and now she's following a trend in pop music she sorta help pioneer. I think she's let a lot of other acts catch up with her stylistically (Rihanna stealing her haircut and owning it, is just one example)and it's pretty weird/funny to watch as she tries to assert herself amongst this group. I mean, dying her stolen weave silver and dressing like a centaur is pretty effin hilarious. I go back and forth between liking this song and feeling like it's years too late to be released as a Kelis single in 2010. She needs to have a chat with Robyn to rediscover who she was.

if you follow a trend you sorta pioneered, you aren't following a trend

also this song is the bomb and u mad

i know, i know.

I'm not too familiar with Kelis's output beyond the singles, but "Acappella" doesn't sound like any other Kelis song I've heard, so can you tell me what exactly is the trend in pop music she pioneered and is now following? Personally, I'm too old to bother following pop music trends, to me "Acappella" just sounds like a nice, timeless piece of housey dance pop, and I like it.

Also, while I do get that image is important in pop, it's kinda sad if people still write about someone like Kelis as if her hairstyle and visual look was all she ever contributed to music. I'm pretty sure no male artist would get the same kind of comments.

this. I stan for huskies like ENBB does for pugs

I saw this like 10-year-old fat kid w/a shaved head & rattail riding his bike while holding a big husky on a leash, husky all like "you fuck w/the kid in the husky sized pants, you get HUSKIED by this husky." It was adorable.

The new album is good!

Really liking it. Definitely gonna buy a physical copy when it becomes available in the US on 7/6 (I have all the others).

i was really not expecting it to be this good, considering how much of a mess "acapella" is, but i can't get enough of this - "scream" and "brave" are so amazing

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h62/freshcrunkjuice/kelis-dog1.png

so edgy, so now