Food
Kelis offers a soulful collection of horn-accompanied retro R&B that’s conceptually united by her gastronomic passion. At a glance, the conceit might seem a bit tongue-in-cheek (particularly since her breakthrough came with 2003’s ultra-sassy “Milkshake”), but neither the music nor the inspiration for *Food* can be taken lightly: as a sideline to her singing career, the vocalist became a Le Cordon Bleu-trained saucier. When she digs in to smoldering downtempo tracks like “Floyd” or “Runnin’”—delivering coy lines like “I know that I don’t look it but I can cook” in her husky alto—*Food*’s insinuations and double entendres are at once playful and deeply satisfying. The success of the concept is also due in part to TV on the Radio\'s Dave Sitek, who’s production flourishes nod to Stax icons on heavy-hitting tunes like “Hooch” and “Rumble.”
Kelis' new Food—produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek and released on indie Ninja Tune—shows the singer in unusual form: ragged, raspy, somewhere between exhausted from effort and deep in reflection.
Kelis' new Food—produced by TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek and released on indie Ninja Tune—shows the singer in unusual form: ragged, raspy, somewhere between exhausted from effort and deep in reflection.
Kelis turns her back on big-beats for big-bowls of brass-flavoured soul and funk, with tasty results.
Kelis turns her back on big-beats for big-bowls of brass-flavoured soul and funk, with tasty results.
“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…
“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 review: Kelis - 'Food'. Out on her new label Ninja Tune, 'Food' is "the warmest, most relaxed and purely enjoyable thing Kelis has ever done…"
Album review: Kelis - 'Food'. Out on her new label Ninja Tune, 'Food' is "the warmest, most relaxed and purely enjoyable thing Kelis has ever done…"
<p>The American R&B star has been bouncing between careers as musician and chef. Now she's back with a fine album… about food, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
<p>The American R&B star has been bouncing between careers as musician and chef. Now she's back with a fine album… about food, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong></p>
This is some of Kelis’s subtlest, most organic-sounding work. If only there was more of her in it.
This is some of Kelis’s subtlest, most organic-sounding work. If only there was more of her in it.
Kelis continues to ignore megastar status with a leftfield spread that is sure to leave her listeners sated, writes <strong>Harriet Gibsone</strong>
Kelis continues to ignore megastar status with a leftfield spread that is sure to leave her listeners sated, writes <strong>Harriet Gibsone</strong>
Full-flavoured sixth album from one of pop's most intriguing women. By Thomas H Green
Full-flavoured sixth album from one of pop's most intriguing women. By Thomas H Green