Why did people sleep on Kelis Kaleidoscope album when it came out in 1999 ?

[live it to the limit]

People weren't ready. She seemed to alternative

 

[spliz]

Get Along With You is my fav joint from Kelis.

 

[Mr. Negative]

Black alternative wasn't the wave yet. Plus she's wack as fukk.


the real question is why people still sleep on this album

I came in here to say the same reason they slept on this album.

This is one of my GOAT albums right here.

And nah, Nas wasn't on the album version of Ice King.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Cuz she can't sang

 

[frush11]

Nas was on Ice King? That album has cuts.

Yeah the remix, it was a waste, they just slapped his vocals on it.

 

[010101]

the early highschool recipe was
pick shorty up spark the spliff play some shyt she never heard before

kelis like the archetypical alt. black girl loves a eclectic range of music movies art always flipping through fashion mags and shopping for off the wall wardrobe pieces


she was my phone background for a minute back then too

nostalgic*

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Kelis was definitely ahead of the curve, but her albums were never any good. Add that to her not being a great singer (though she's imaginative and brash which goes a long way with the right beat).

the question is: how many 'right' beats did she get? Not a ton.

Her first 2 albums are on point

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Res is dope too

RES was way too ahead of her time

 

[Screwtape]

Just smoked some loud and got this blaring out my speakers , shyt got me feeling like I'm ascending to heaven

great track and loved this album, shyt takes me back to a really specific point, had this on tape lol. i think her wild image did affect her popularity as was just mentioned. I think a lot of people thought she was an older artist due to that 'i hate you...' video


in saying all this though, shes not a great singer, but that first album and the neptunes beats had such a new style to it..she fitted it well. defninitely before its time

 

[PhonZhi]

RES was way to ahead of her time

Res is the type of artist that black girls today need. The opposite of a nicki manaj & Rihanna. Somebody who's music uplifts and builds self-esteem

 

[DMGAINGREEN]

Kelis and The Neptunes were in a different realm back then man

 

[Mowgli]

Because she cant sing and talks like a cac

 

[Mowgli]

Res is dope too

And Res had A GANG OF ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Unknown Poster]

"Caught Out There" was actually my proper introduction to the Neptunes sound...still one of my favorite beats for all of it's simplicity.

IMO, The Neptunes are basically the spawn of Timbaland.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

People weren't ready. She seemed to alternative

pretty much this. there was actually lot black music in the mid to late 90s that didn't seem to bubble to the surface for whatever reason.

Get along with you is still my shyt though.