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Track List
01) Intro
02) Good Stuff (feat. Terrar)
03) Caught Out There
04) Get Along With You
05) Mafia (feat. Markita)
06) Game Show
07) Suspended
08) Mars
09) Ghetto Children (feat. Marc Dorsey & N.E.R.D
10) I Want Your Love
11) No Turning Back
12) Roller Rink
13) In the Morning
14) Wouldn't You Agree (feat. Justin Vince)
01) Intro
02) Good Stuff (feat. Terrar)
03) Caught Out There
04) Get Along With You
05) Mafia (feat. Markita)
06) Game Show
07) Suspended
08) Mars
09) Ghetto Children (feat. Marc Dorsey & N.E.R.D
10) I Want Your Love
11) No Turning Back
12) Roller Rink
13) In the Morning
14) Wouldn't You Agree (feat. Justin Vince)
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4:18
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First Released
1999
R&B
Confrontational
Rock/Pop
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Kaleidoscope is the debut album by American recording artist Kelis. Produced by The Neptunes, it was released in the United States on December 7, 1999 by Virgin Records. Despite underperforming in Kelis' home country, the album saw mild success in certain international markets, including the United Kingdom, where it charted at number forty-three and was certified gold. The album's lead single, "Caught out There", was a modest urban radio success and a video hit on MTV and BET in the US. The album debuted at number 149 on the Billboard 200 and number twenty-three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 12,423 copies in its opening week. The album sold just over 281,000 units in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Kaleidoscope fared better in Europe, where all three singles, "Caught out There", "Good Stuff", and "Get Along with You" were sizable hits. The British Phonographic Industry certified Kaleidoscope gold for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
After "Caught out There" reached number fifty-two on the UK Singles Chart on imports alone, the single was given a proper release in the UK, eventually peaking at number four. "Good Stuff" also proved a modest hit, securing a number-nineteen position on the UK chart. The third and final single from the album, "Get Along with You", was her first solo release to miss the top forty, reaching number fifty-one.
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Kaleidoscope was not simply the first time many heard the smoky, rich voice of 20-year-old Harlem-born Kelis Rogers; it was also their first encounter with the wizardry of young production team Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, aka The Neptunes. This marriage of the two creative forces forged an album that rewrote the RnB rulebook.
With Kaleidoscope, Kelis appeared as if from outer space with her shock of brightly coloured hair and sang with experience seemingly beyond her years. The Intro sends up the autobiographical skits of the era: we hear a minute or so of nostalgic mumbo jumbo, when she cuts in with, “Yeah, yeah, and now I’m grown up”. Kelis retains this sassy forthright attitude throughout the album.
There is no formula here – considering its time, Kaleidoscope offers little sultry swing beat or neo-soul, instead featuring The Neptunes’ acoustic hip hop beats with their touches of otherworldly, Middle Eastern and Arabic influences. Caught Out There broke Kelis in the UK, with its “I hate you so much right now” refrain – it still steals the show today, and was one of those songs that was heard everywhere at the time. Ghetto Children, which features Williams’ and Hugo’s band N*E*R*D, is swooning, urban RnB that owes something to the Fugees. Although it dabbles in a lot of genres, Kaleidoscope sidesteps cliché – the doo-wop heavy soul of Suspended, the AOR of Mars, and the sing-song strangeness of Mafia all possess sufficient individuality.
Williams and Hugo would soon be ubiquitous, writing and overseeing a run of era-defining records for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé; but for a while it looked like Kelis would forever be the “I hate you so much right now” singer. In 2003 she broke free from any such typecasting with the release of her Milkshake single, and in doing so confirmed her reputation as one of the premier vocalists of the 00s.
Kaleidoscope is a perfect combination of a young, ambitious singer and a production team unafraid to experiment. To that end it is one of the most exciting albums of its time, and although subsequently emulated it still sounds fresh and surprising.
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Kaleidoscope is the debut album by American recording artist Kelis. Produced by The Neptunes, it was released in the United States on December 7, 1999 by Virgin Records. Despite underperforming in Kelis' home country, the album saw mild success in certain international markets, including the United Kingdom, where it charted at number forty-three and was certified gold. The album's lead single, "Caught out There", was a modest urban radio success and a video hit on MTV and BET in the US. The album debuted at number 149 on the Billboard 200 and number twenty-three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling 12,423 copies in its opening week. The album sold just over 281,000 units in the US according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Kaleidoscope fared better in Europe, where all three singles, "Caught out There", "Good Stuff", and "Get Along with You" were sizable hits. The British Phonographic Industry certified Kaleidoscope gold for shipments in excess of 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom.
After "Caught out There" reached number fifty-two on the UK Singles Chart on imports alone, the single was given a proper release in the UK, eventually peaking at number four. "Good Stuff" also proved a modest hit, securing a number-nineteen position on the UK chart. The third and final single from the album, "Get Along with You", was her first solo release to miss the top forty, reaching number fifty-one.
User Album Review
Kaleidoscope was not simply the first time many heard the smoky, rich voice of 20-year-old Harlem-born Kelis Rogers; it was also their first encounter with the wizardry of young production team Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, aka The Neptunes. This marriage of the two creative forces forged an album that rewrote the RnB rulebook.
With Kaleidoscope, Kelis appeared as if from outer space with her shock of brightly coloured hair and sang with experience seemingly beyond her years. The Intro sends up the autobiographical skits of the era: we hear a minute or so of nostalgic mumbo jumbo, when she cuts in with, “Yeah, yeah, and now I’m grown up”. Kelis retains this sassy forthright attitude throughout the album.
There is no formula here – considering its time, Kaleidoscope offers little sultry swing beat or neo-soul, instead featuring The Neptunes’ acoustic hip hop beats with their touches of otherworldly, Middle Eastern and Arabic influences. Caught Out There broke Kelis in the UK, with its “I hate you so much right now” refrain – it still steals the show today, and was one of those songs that was heard everywhere at the time. Ghetto Children, which features Williams’ and Hugo’s band N*E*R*D, is swooning, urban RnB that owes something to the Fugees. Although it dabbles in a lot of genres, Kaleidoscope sidesteps cliché – the doo-wop heavy soul of Suspended, the AOR of Mars, and the sing-song strangeness of Mafia all possess sufficient individuality.
Williams and Hugo would soon be ubiquitous, writing and overseeing a run of era-defining records for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Justin Timberlake and Beyoncé; but for a while it looked like Kelis would forever be the “I hate you so much right now” singer. In 2003 she broke free from any such typecasting with the release of her Milkshake single, and in doing so confirmed her reputation as one of the premier vocalists of the 00s.
Kaleidoscope is a perfect combination of a young, ambitious singer and a production team unafraid to experiment. To that end it is one of the most exciting albums of its time, and although subsequently emulated it still sounds fresh and surprising.
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