{"id":1288,"date":"2014-04-24T10:06:26","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T14:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2014-05-09T08:27:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T12:27:43","slug":"kelis-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/kelis-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelis <br>Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kelis-food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1289\" alt=\"Kelis, Food\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kelis-food.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kelis-food.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/kelis-food-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Kelis has always been a tricky one to pin down. After debuting on \u2018Ol Dirty Bastard\u2019s \u201cGot Your Money,\u201d she was the Janet Jackson to the Neptunes\u2019 Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, a collaborator and vestal for a production team at the height of their powers. In 1999, during the rise of the Neptunes\u2019 commercial dominance, Kelis\u2019 debut album, <i>Kaleidoscope<\/i>, was the first to be wholly produced by the duo. While it didn\u2019t gain mainstream success\u2014curious because at the time the Neptunes\u2019 sound had a stranglehold on radio\u2014it did prove that Kelis had no problem with sonically adventurous tracks. However, <i>Kaleidoscope <\/i>was successful in Europe and initiated the two nations path in which Kelis began to exist, further evidenced by her second album, <i>Wanderland<\/i>, also solely helmed by the Neptunes, not being released in America after its first single, \u201cYoung Fresh &amp; New,\u201d failed to make an impact on the US charts. The track did have modest success in the UK and put her in the position to be able to collaborate with Bjork on the Icelandic singer\u2019s \u201cOceanic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Yet, if anyone in America knows Kelis for anything, it\u2019s for \u201cMilkshake,\u201d the first single from her third album, <i>Tasty<\/i>. Smart money would have suggested that this record would also slip under the radar, but in the weird way that the world works, \u201cMilkshake\u201d was a monster hit. As one of five songs on the record produced by the Neptunes, it\u2019s in line with their earlier collaborations. But this one struck a chord, and even now, it\u2019s quoted in pop culture and internet memes, which is especially odd for such a peculiar song. While the chorus is undeniably catchy, the verses are weird, and flattened, sparse snares and almost atonal talk singing don&#8217;t scream pop hit. And yet it catapulted Kelis into the seemly unattainable sphere of pop stardom,\u00a0 from which she was promptly excused with the release of her next record, <i>Kelis Was Here<\/i>. While \u201cBossy\u201d was a minor hit in the US, her moment seemed to be gone, and the follow-up, the dancefloor-minded <i>Flesh Tone<\/i>, didn\u2019t seem to change her fortunes much.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">This sets up an interesting dynamic for her latest album, <i>Food.<\/i> Having had commercial success with the producers of the moment, but now signed to the experimentally minded UK label Ninja Tune, which Kelis would be showing up to the party is the question. Hunkering down with TV on the Radio\u2019s Dave Sitek, it seems like Kelis might be trying to invoke the spirit of her first two albums. Sitek proves to be a perfect foil, cooking up (forgive the pun) a mix of Afrobeat, Memphis soul, and electronic beats blended with live instrumentation. There\u2019s nothing as off-kilter as some of the tracks the Neptunes gave her in the past, but the eclectic pop sensibility Sitek brings has just that right twist.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The only ding against Sitek\u2019s production style is that sometime when the arrangement is too straight ahead, Kelis\u2019 voice sits oddly. Since she\u2019s not a \u201csanger\u201d her idiosyncratic voice sometimes needs a little more support. Make no mistake she can deliver the goods, as the song \u201cFloyd\u201d proves, but when she has to belt, it\u2019s not as successful. However, when Sitek puts the right sounds around her, you can see why Kelis is someone people always seem to pull for. The closest sonic parallel would be Neneh Cherry\u2019s current record, <i>Blank Project<\/i>. In a weird way, Kelis seems like she\u2019s the spiritual daughter to Cherry. The unconventional vocals, the multiple career paths\u2014they\u2019re almost like bizarro versions of each other<i>.<\/i> In so many ways, <i>Food<\/i> is an extremely well constructed re-introduction to an artist who may have gotten a little lost in the wilderness. Here\u2019s hoping people are finally ready to come to the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelis has always been a tricky one to pin down. 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