News: Kelis Disappointed With Handling Of Album
Kelis released her first single, "Bossy" (featuring Too $hort) from her 2006 comeback album due in August 2006. It is achieving frequent airplay on urban radio and is the lead single from her upcoming album Kelis Was Here (originally due to be called The Puppeteer).
The album includes production credits by Scott Storch, Cee-Lo Green, Raphael Saadiq, Linda Perry, will.i.am, Swizz Beatz and Bangladesh. Shakira, Sean Paul and husband Nas have also recently claimed to have collaborated with Kelis for her fourth album. Unlike all of Kelis' previous albums, the producers The Neptunes are not featured at all. Kelis also collaborated with Busta Rhymes on the track "I Love My Bitch", the second single from his latest album The Big Bang. This will be the second time Kelis has teamed up with Busta, with the first time being on his song "What It Is". Kelis is also featured on the soundtrack for the upcoming dance film "Step Up" with a song called "80s Joint".
The second single from Kelis Was Here has been confirmed as Blindfold Me feat. Nas.
Eclectic R&B artist Kelis is upset with her record label Jive for including the track "F*** them B*tches" on her upcoming album against her wishes.
"I just did [the song] to get it out of my system," the singer explains to the New York Daily News. "I did not want it on the album. It's just not a statement I want to make right now."
The 26-year-old Harlem chanteuse and wife of rapper Nas feels Jive is treating her like a naïve newcomer by going against her creative decisions.
"My label is constantly trying to take control of me," she says. "I'm not a new artist. I've been working hard to create my persona and have longevity and they went against my wishes."
A born again Christian, Kelis says many folks are misunderstanding the message behind "Bossy," the first single from the new album "Kelis Was Here," due Aug. 29.
"A lot of people think being bossy means bossing somebody around," she says. "But it's about being in control in your life. I'm fighting to be my own woman."
The statement is underscored by Kelis' decision to sever ties with former producers The Neptunes, which produced her biggest hit "Milkshake." In her decision to avoid them for her new album in favor of such beatmakers as Scott Storch, will.i.am, Raphael Saadiq and Linda Perry, Kelis said she no longer wanted to be perceived as the Neptunes' puppet.
The singer, born Kelis Rogers, says her album title is "about leaving a mark; it's about letting people know someone was here before you."
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