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Four of Kelis' five singles that hit Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart are included on The Hits, as well as three guest spots (one of which, Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Got Your Money," charted), leaving plenty of room for tracks that weren't exactly hits. Title semantics aside, the disc amounts to a satisfactory, but not optimal, selection of highlights from Kelis' three U.S.-released albums: 1999's Kaleidoscope, 2003's Tasty, and 2006's Kelis Was Here. (2001's Wanderland, not released in the States, is technically represented through "Young, Fresh N' New," but the song also appeared on Tasty.) Plenty of great material is left off the hourlong sequence, from Tasty's "Rolling Through the Hood" and "Glow" to Kelis Was Here's "Blindfold Me" and "Trilogy," and incorporating "Popular Thug" and/or "Little Suzie" from the Wanderland era would have been a good touch. Even so, casual listeners who have wondered whether or not Kelis has had depth beyond a hot single off each album -- "Caught Out There," "Milkshake," "Bossy" -- will get the answer here, and that answer is yes.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Chad Hugo, Composer - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell, Composer - Kelis, MainArtist
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Chad Hugo, Composer - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Composer - PHIL TAN, MixingEngineer - Kelis, MainArtist
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Ol' Dirty Bastard, MainArtist, LeadVocals - Chad Hugo, Producer - P. Williams, Composer - R. Jones, Composer - C. Hugo, Composer - Pharrell Williams, Producer - Kelis, FeaturedArtist, LeadVocals
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Dallas Austin, Composer, Producer - Kelis, MainArtist - Kevin 'KD' Davis, MixingEngineer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Cee-Lo Green, Producer, MainArtist - T Callaway, Composer - Kelis, MainArtist - K Rogers Jones, Composer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Chad Hugo, Composer, Producer - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Composer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - Pharrell, Producer - Andrew Coleman, SoundEngineer - Kelis, MainArtist - Dave Hummel, SoundEngineer - Dave Humel, SoundEngineer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Chad Hugo, Composer, Producer - Kelis Rogers, Composer - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Producer - Pharrell, Composer - Andrew Coleman, SoundEngineer - Kelis, MainArtist - Ken 'Duro' Ifill, MixingEngineer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Chad Hugo, Composer - Terrence Thornton, Composer - The Neptunes, Producer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - Pharrell, Composer - Andrew Coleman, SoundEngineer - Brent Paschke, Guitar - Kelis, MainArtist - Pusha T, MainArtist - N.E.R.D., MainArtist - Eric Fawcett, Drums - Christian Twigg, BassVocals
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
T. Shaw, Composer - Shondrae Crawford, Composer - Kelis Rogers, Composer - Too $hort, FeaturedArtist - Kelis, MainArtist - Sean Garrett, Composer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Dana Stinson, Composer - Kelis Rogers, Composer - Rockwilder, Producer - Dave Pensado, MixingEngineer - Kelis, MainArtist, LeadVocals - Nas, FeaturedArtist, LeadVocals - Mike Koch, SoundEngineer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
André Benjamin, Composer - Douglas Davis, Composer - Kelis Rogers, Composer - DEXTER SIMMONS, MixingEngineer - Kelis, MainArtist - Andre 3000, Producer, MainArtist - Ricky M.L. Walters, Composer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Lewis, Composer - Wright, Composer - Richard x, MainArtist - Oakey, Composer - Kelis, FeaturedArtist - Harris Iii, Composer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Chad Hugo, Composer, Producer - Kelis Rogers, Composer - The Neptunes, Producer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - Pharrell, Composer, Producer - Andrew Coleman, SoundEngineer - Kelis, MainArtist - Dave Hummel, SoundEngineer - Dave Humel, SoundEngineer
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Chad Hugo, Composer - The Neptunes, Producer - Pharrell Williams, Composer - Kelis, MainArtist - Terrar, FeaturedArtist
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
Album review
Four of Kelis' five singles that hit Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart are included on The Hits, as well as three guest spots (one of which, Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Got Your Money," charted), leaving plenty of room for tracks that weren't exactly hits. Title semantics aside, the disc amounts to a satisfactory, but not optimal, selection of highlights from Kelis' three U.S.-released albums: 1999's Kaleidoscope, 2003's Tasty, and 2006's Kelis Was Here. (2001's Wanderland, not released in the States, is technically represented through "Young, Fresh N' New," but the song also appeared on Tasty.) Plenty of great material is left off the hourlong sequence, from Tasty's "Rolling Through the Hood" and "Glow" to Kelis Was Here's "Blindfold Me" and "Trilogy," and incorporating "Popular Thug" and/or "Little Suzie" from the Wanderland era would have been a good touch. Even so, casual listeners who have wondered whether or not Kelis has had depth beyond a hot single off each album -- "Caught Out There," "Milkshake," "Bossy" -- will get the answer here, and that answer is yes.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:09
- Main artists: Kelis
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: [PIAS] Recordings Catalogue
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
2008 Laface Records Inc 2008 Laface Records Inc
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