CULVER CITY, California — Another round of "Milkshake" coming right up.

The first single from Kelis' new album isn't a sequel to her 2003 smash, but it's close enough.

"It's just another strong kind of girl record — it's a lot of fun," Kelis said of the tune, called "Bossy." "I don't take myself too seriously. I like to do what I do and get out there and play with people. It's one of those obnoxious things, and people love it or hate it, and that's fine with me."

Kelis is shooting the "Bossy" video later this month and releasing the track in January. Her fourth album, The Puppeteer, is due in the spring.

" 'The puppeteer' basically means I pull all the strings," Kelis said as she worked the red carpet at the VH1 Big in '05 Awards. "I like to think of myself as a trendsetter, and it sort of just means being in control."

"Bossy" features an appearance from veteran rapper Too Short ("I love him," Kelis said) while husband Nas also pops up on the album. ("It's kind of explosive — it's a good one," she said. "You'll have to wait for that one.") Otherwise, there are no other guests.

"I'm a solo artist, and I do solo albums," Kelis said. "I always have a few special people, but generally it's just a lot of me."

As for producers, Kelis worked with usual suspects Scott Storch, Damon Elliott and Raphael Saadiq, as well as Max Martin, best known for his work with Britney Spears and, more recently, Kelly Clarkson.

"I feel really good about it," Kelis said. "I worked really hard, and it took me what seems like forever, so I'm just ready to let it out."

She's full of her damn self.

lilgish said:

VoicesCarry said:

Arent we all.

dreamfactory313 said:

Nope.

At least she warns us up front that the new single will be obnoxious

Collabos were the only thing that saved her last joint.
[Edited 12/18/05 7:23am]

VoicesCarry said:

U ever seen that skit on SNL called "Debbie Downer"? U are totally that character here on the Org. Must u drop a turd on every thread that u post on?
[snip-sos]

dreamfactory313 said:

Ure doing such a good job at what u do.

no reason why

Let it go, dude. Jeesus Christ almighty.

lilgish said:

Yeah, she damn hot. I didn't like it when she had that mouth of gold, but she's gotten rid of it since.

I don't know why she switched labels, though. I thought Arista did a good job on her last one. Guess she thought otherwise. Now she's on Jive.

YES FINALLY!!
KELLY, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU??? YOU NEED TO DO ANOTHER WHOLE ALBUM WITH THE NEPTUNES!! FUCK ALL THIS "DIFFERENT PRODUCER" SHIT!! DON'T YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO MISSY? SHE KINDA SUCKS NOW!! DON'T DO IT!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Kaleidescope. That's my 1 1/2 favorite album ever.

Theres no question that Kelis has done her best work with Chad and Pharrell. Not working with the Neptunes is like Janet not working with Jam and Lewis. But who knows, shes got some heavyweights behind the boards. Something really cool may come out of this.

dreamfactory313 said:

I agree; her best work was, ironically, when everyone was sleeping on her.

VoicesCarry said:

We agree on something!

Man, i played the HELL out her first c.d. It's a shame i can't find it. I think it disintegrated in my stereo or something.

so, kelis is dropping a new record...

perhaps she'll drop it off the top of a tall building. girl is a hack.

VoicesCarry said:

Pharrell and Chad's distribution deal with Arista was up and I guess they shifted Kelis over to LaFace to keep her with Clipse

lilgish said:

YUCK !!!!!

I just wanna have nasty freaky circus sex with that woman... without the grill.

psykosoul said:

You know she's probably really wild, too.

dreamfactory313 said:

I didn't like most of the non-Neptunes work on the last CD. Wanderland is my favorite Kelis album which was all Neptunes. Having said that, maybe she needs to get away from them since all their stuff sounds the same now.

sextonseven said:

I'm the total opposite: "Glow" & "Millionaire" were my fav tracks.

VoicesCarry said:

same here I wouldn't mind if Saadiq produced her entire cd.

psykosoul said:

double co- Saadiq should be required to produce a lot of peoples entire albums.

Hopefully it's an album that people actually pick up. "Tasty" was a fun album but people just got into "Milkshake"...did they even release another single? I remember that I don't think the album was stocked very well...I got my sister a copy for Christmas when it came out and found the last copy...under her name (it was a new release and major new releases usually are not under people's name in this particular store.

VoicesCarry said:

Oh, I don't think so....As I said above, I don't think they stocked the album well. THey just pumped the first single, which was great (although it managed to get annonying) and ignored the album after that. Was there a second single? I think that they either didn't release another single or it got delayed to the point of being to late. I think the album was a Neptunes/Arista release and they were having issues with the label....thus she did as well. The fact that they aren't on this upcoming album says something.

psykosoul said:

We share the same goal, my friend.

VinnyM27 said:

There was a follow up single called Trick Me that nobody paid attention to at all....Dallas Austin wrote or produced the song I believe.

ABeautifulOne said:

She also released "Millionaire" that was a top 5 hit in the uk, the video was really cute

ABeautifulOne said:

I do remeber her performing "Trick Me" on SNL and and there was a good reaction (it's a good song) but they never did make a video, did they? Kiss of death...There was a video for "Millionaire", but I think that was only an import.