Kelis - C/D

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

uh

I can't believe some of the things that have made the "worst album covers" thread when compared to that

overleaf is dog's upper body on kelis lower body

lol what

Can we get a photo?

Yeah, I like the album. I think the best beat might come on the closer, "Song for the Baby."

it would be great if the next two pages were a spread of nas' head grafted onto the body of an antelope

wow, this album is embarrassing. was that sarcasm upthread? it just sounds so...dated. Not even retro, just stale.

The Acid Washed remix for Acapella is much better than the original

she's going on a u.s. tour with robyn apparently. yay. i guess anti-yay for some of you.

loving this album so much

always a good sign when i am singing along on the first play

and dancing too

SONG FOR BABBY SONG FOR BABBY SONG FOR BABBY

i am playing this again

this album is really classy. and dainty.

O_O at the "i'm a braveHEEEAAAAARRRRRRT" chant. like...eat THAT, nas.

i'm going to hyperbolically declare this album of the year and regret it in the morning, but I don't care. i'm on my 4th play today.

"Emancipate" is such an anthem

HE MASTURBATES YOUR SOUL
HE MASTURBATES YOUR SOUL

or whatever she's saying. dope song

wait....I missed that line! which song?

lol dude now that i've seen the tracklist i realize i was mishearing "emancipate yourself"

hahahahahahahaha

haaah

O_O at the "i'm a braveHEEEAAAAARRRRRRT" chant.

then she starts going on about purple hearts!

This is better than most other commercial Eurohouse departures in this vein but it still feels very hacky. I wish she'd picked better producers.

It feels like a wasted opportunity because there's so much potential in that hinterland between rnb and diva house and Kelis would be the perfect vehicle for that, but the tracks need to be more Robin S and less Confessions on a Dancefloor for that to work.

^^^ Largely agree with that on first listen.

I sorta feel like the sound doesn't frame her vocals awfully well. shrug, maybe it'll grow on me.

but Kelis doesn't really have a big enough voice for that diva house approach does she?

I sorta feel like the sound doesn't frame her vocals awfully well

Yeah most of these feel like mashups. With a couple of exceptions (Scream, Emancipate) it doesn't feel like she's really interacting with the beat properly, or aware of how it suits her vocals, or the producers just aren't really interested in that.

but Kelis doesn't really have a big enough voice for that diva house approach does she?

You don't really need to be a big belting Robin S/Lisa Kekula type to do diva house well though.

This is better than most other commercial Eurohouse departures in this vein but it still feels very hacky. I wish she'd picked better producers.

This is how I feel. It's a B+ or B effort.

Yeah the difference with Confessions... is the Stuart Price is so strong even when he's not trying - at first blush there's no groove here as captivating as "Get Together", say, and Kelis is too understated a vocalist to carry it without tunes that match her (which is why she and the neptunes worked so well together, or one reason at least).

Confessions is a stronger record. Whatever else Stuart Price brought, Madonna's been around a while too; she knows not to sound hack-y.