His retro-R&B flourishes on “Floyd” and his kitschy exotica trappings on “Change” just sound cutesy, undermining the gravity of Kelis’ vocals.A post shared by Kelis addition to being the mother of her 8-month-old daughter, Kelis is the mother of two boys, 5-year-old Shepherd and 11-year-old Knight, according to PEOPLE.
“Cobbler” jumbles its chockablock layer of percussion, horns and vocals, strangling the groove of any immediacy. He tries to craft a light and airy sound, but it too often sounds flat, awkward and fussily self-impressed. If it seems like an intriguing partnership, it quickly curdles. Perhaps that’s the reason she brought in TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek to produce. Instead of distracting, that odd grain only intensifies the desperation of “Runnin’” and the easy contentment of the gorgeous “Bless the Telephone,” originally by British folk singer Labi Siffre.Īlways an adventurous and unpredictable artist whose ranges extends well beyond R&B, Kelis has always been a critics’ favorite, yet she’s never really had a commercial breakthrough, unless you count the one-off novelty hit “Milkshake” back in 2003. You can almost hear the frustration in her voice, which has grown raspier and hoarser in the last few years.
In the four years since her previous album, the excellent and adventurous Flesh Tone, Kelis has recorded a full-album with a handful of British DJs producing, yet that album was eventually shelved following a few disputes among them. “Give me what I want, give me what I need,” she sings on “Friday Fish Fry.” “I’m begging you please, I’m down on my knees.” Must be one incredible recipe. To promote Food, her first album in four years and her first for Ninja Tune Records, she served gourmet meals from her food truck at SXSW.įood is only a loose theme on Food, which features songs called “Breakfast,” “Biscuits n Gravy” and “Backyard Barbecue.” Cuisine is a useful metaphor for pretty much any topic Kelis wants to sing about, whether it’s sexual desire, romantic reassurance or professional concerns. Over the past decade, she has trained as a saucier, written her own cookbook, graduated from Le Cordon Bleu, and landed a cooking show called Saucy & Sweet on the Cooking Channel. But Kelis means “cook” very literally, too.
As advertised, the song really does cook, placing her throaty vocals on a bed of Philly soul strings and horns. “I know I don’t look it, but I can really cook,” Kelis Rogers sings on “Floyd,” a breathy old-school slow jam on her new album.
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