![]() Two decades later and without a single wrinkle, this is a welcome gift that features a handful of remixes (like the excellent extended Caught Out Here by The Neptunes) and gives us the pleasure of revisiting this sensual classic. Rather minimalist beats and arrangement-wise, Kelis was a veritable trailblazer. Kaleidoscope is an R&B record with just the right amounts of pop and hip-hop, like Mary J. GD RE-ENTRY SUSAN TEDESCHI TONE-COOL/ROUNDER 471164/IDJMG (10.98/16.98) JUST. With confidence and charisma aplenty - she’s only 20 years old on this record - she takes full ownership of this first record entirely directed by the Neptunes duo Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. Play MIDDLE ATLANTIC Kelis, Kaleidoscope r SOUTH ATLANTIC Vertical. First heard trying to calm Ol' Dirty Bastard on 'Got Your Money' from his Nigga Please, 20-year-old Kelis now appears with her own album.Multi-threat production team the Neptunes turn the aptly named Kaleidoscope into the same kind of playground they provided for ODB, and even singing the masterminds' songs, Kelis quickly establishes it as her own hip-hop-wise R&B turf. During the summer of that same year, the Harlem fly girl first imposed her urban verve on the crazy single Got Your Money by former Wu-Tang member Ol’ Dirty Bastard. But Kaleidoscope (which celebrates its twentieth birthday with this Expanded Edition) was on a whole different playing field. When Kelis released her first album in December 1999, soul music was already enjoying a revamp thanks to purist innovators like Erykah Badu and D’Angelo. See more Your browser does not support the audio element. ![]() ![]() With confidence and charisma aplenty - she’s only 20 years old on this record - she takes full ownership of this first record entirely directed by the Neptunes duo Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo. Way ahead of its time, Kaleidoscope will still be thrillingly modern in another 20 years.Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. The expanded edition adds six remixes (four on the vinyl), The Neptunes’ Extended Mix of Caught Out There and David Morales’ Club Mix of Get Along With You still incandescent. Only the hyperactive Game Show and Roller Rink sound less than stellar now. Then there’s the inchoate howl of Caught Out There, wild and unique decades later. This release showcases the development of a great talent. Mars is a sci-fi tease more convincingly alien than even Beck. I Want Your Love and No Turning Back are frantic, unpredictable futurepop. When she and her then-friends got adventurous, Kaleidoscope ventures into territory that Janelle Monae and Lizzo are only reaping full benefits from 20 years later. The ballad Suspended made full use of Kelis’ soul swagger. Sure, Kelis could do traditional R&B, as witnessed on Mafia and Get Along With You. ![]() Whatever their financial conduct, Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo peaked in the early ‘00s, building relationships with artists rather than hawking individual songs out to the highest bidders.Ĭoupled with Kelis’ remarkable voice and refusal to pigeonhole herself, it made for an explosive arrival. Musically, its 20 th anniversary is cause for celebration. ![]() Kelis’ debut is compromised after her recent claims (not commented on) that writer/producers The Neptunes ripped her off financially. ![]()
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