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Have Had a Much Harder Time Catching on Repeated in the Non Sequitur MUSIC Reviews ALBUM Kelis, Food A tamer Keliswould've been hardtoimagine in1999At the time, the singer's Virgin Records debut, Kaleidoscope-acarnival of offbeat LABEL: Ninja Tune sounds carved by The Neptunes, and the home of her introductory, PRODUCERS: Dave Sitek, scorned-exanthem "Caught Out There"-wasfinding its base with Kelis the irregulars of R&B. In thespanof five albums, Kelis has hungon RELEASE DATE: April 22 those hip -girl outskirts, openly averting fame and, with it,com- mercialsuccessfor themost part,aside from 2003'ssassy come-on "Milkshake," which hitNo.3onthe Billboard Hot100.Along theway, she becameamother, married and divorcedrapperNas, and ditched the hitmaking producers largely responsible for herpastalbums' mostadventuroustones.After all that, hernewalbum, Food, her first in fouryears,feels like the aftermath ofa supernova.Despite her boundary -pushing backers -TVonthe Radio's Dave Sitek produces and British tastemaker label Ninja Tunes is releasing the album-it's not asexplosiveorforward -thinkingasits predecessors. Kelis,34, Kelis' album ha oftenseems toembodya young,sonic future without boundaries. plenty of soul, But insome waysthis is her oldest -sounding projectyet,both for but little ofhe expected sosf. better and forworse. Kelis has always drifted easily from robotic rhythmstococksure popand hip -hop, and Food is stilla scatter-shot ofgenres-funk, folk, angryblow -off like "Caught Out There." But unlike Nas'2012album Life George Michael -inspiredpop.But the foundation here is clearly throw- Is Good, thecoverof which featuresaglum Nas holding Kelis' wedding back soul, which Sitek interprets with soothing keyboard pads and dress, the split isn'tablatant narrative threadonFood. Still, it'seasy to Afrobeat brass melodies. Thearrangements arebig andopenbut also put an ex-factor filterontracks like "Rumble," abouta once-familiar calm andserene,likeavinyl record playing in the forest. friend whonowfeels foreign. "It's thestrangestthingtohaveyouback Such stillness from the wild-at-heart godmotherto R&Bmavericks inmyface/IguessI just got used tomyspace," she sings, before hitting like Janelle Monae and Solange is unexpected. The cool -down sticksoutthe hook: "I'msogladyou gavebackmykeys." "Change" seemingly even morefollowing 2010's Flesh Tone,aEuro-inspired house projectdescribes thetears,lies and confusion thatcomewith infidelity: "Should that, if you've since shuffledover tothe dance -music dark side, sounds I forgive him/Oh,no,don'twannalet itgrowlike poison." betternowthan it did when first released. And Kelis' divorce from Nas, But mostly, the newfound optimism of Kelis focusesonwhat the whichwasfinalized thatsame year, seemslike obvious fuel for another goodpartfeels like. Loneliness issweptaside by acoustic guitarson ALBUM Duck Sauce "TheFox (What Does the FoxSay?)" might blends house DuckSauce, have hadamuch harder time catchingon with° golden agehip -hop with audiences had Duck Saucenotprimed sensibility. them for absurdist dancepopwith "Barbra Quack Streisand." Coastingon aBoney M sample, withnolyricsexceptthe titular diva'sname repeated in thenonsequitur style of The Until Quack, its debut album, DJ -producer duo Duck Sauce Champs' 1958 "Tequila," thesonghit No.1 had only released five singles in fiveyears.Butasthesum onBillboard'sDance Club Songs chart in2010 oftwoalready successfulparts,the pair's influenceacross and garneredaGrammy nomination. It'sa thepop spectrum wasevident: Veteran house -musicpro- gleaming example of the kind of music Duck vocateurArmand Van Heiden had landed chart-toppersin Sauce excels at making -global party jamsso the United Kingdom and remixed Tori Amos, Katy Perry goofy and universally likableyoucould play and others; turntable prodigy A-Trak (realnameAlain themat yourweddingor at a 7-11 store open- Macklovitch) had scratchedonKanye West albums and ing. Even Glee covered it. tours,and histaste-making Fool's Gold label has helped But with Daft Punk raising the stakes for introduce the worldtoKid Cudi, Danny Brown and other album -length disco, Duck Sauce wisely- cool -kid favorites. When the duo joined forces in2009, and successfully-aims higher. Quack has its impact deepened, in subtle and less subtleways.Bruno concept-album pretensions: A-Trak and Van Mars' obsessivelyretrovideo for 2013's "Treasure" looks Heiden bookend theirsongswith hilariously anawful lot like Duck Sauce's obsessivelyretrovideo strangespoken interludes, comedy skits and for 2009's "aNYthing";evenYlvis' comic2013anti -hit recorded prank phone calls that recall199os BILLBOARD I APRIL 26, 2014.
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