Kelis / Kaleidoscope (1999)

Took this album out after not playing it for quite a while and it still sounds fresh and bugged out.

I still remember the first time I heard this album back in '99. NEVER heard anything like it. Back when the Neptunes were still unknown. People in my high school @ the time were like "The Neptunes? Kelis?" lol

I used to lock myself in my room and BLAST THIS ALBUM after school on a AIWA stereo. HAHA!

This is one of my favorite CDs to drive to while I'm on the highway by myself.

At times I have to turn it up to the red!

I also bought this as soon as it came out, just on the strength that it was a Neptunes project.

CinisterCee said:

I can imagine this being transporting on a nighttime drive.

Even though, I have it on Compact Disc, my brother still bought a copy for himself on Vinyl. He BLASTS "Suspended."

CinisterCee said:

I remember buying this album after liking the song the Neptunes did with NORE called "Superthug (What What)." I used to wild out to that video! Had that same AIWA stereo connected to the TV in my room BUGGIN'!!! LOLLL.

And later I saw "Caught Out There" on MTV as a Buzzworthy Video.

I'm gettin' old, when I remember all this stuff like it was YESTERDAY

Yeah NORE "Superthug" was crazy. I knew The Neptunes from SWV's 1996 album.

CinisterCee said:

Weren't they calling themselves something like "The Characters" back then? I think they hadn't established their final name yet...

Speaking of time flashing, this is an old remnant from my fan webmastering days when I used to run a Kelis fan site (2000-2002):




Ahhh, the days of webring drama! *DEAD*

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CinisterCee said:

Or back to 1992 on Wrecx-N-Effects "Rump Shaker"

Mara said:

The Characters = Troy Taylor + Charles Farrar and they did tracks on SWV's 1997 album Release Some Tension ("Love Like This", "Lose Myself", "Here For You").

I'm referring to SWV's New Beginning album with "Use Your Heart" and "When This Feeling" credited to "Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo for Neptune Productions".

CinisterCee said:

Ah, gotcha!

I had no idea The 'Tunes produced "Use Your Heart." Thanks for that info.

SWV, made a lot of good albums!

CinisterCee said:

wow. thats quiet a different sound than they ended up having later on.

Christopher said:

Release Some Tension was their last cool album. IMO.

Mara said:

Don't tell me you're hating on SWV Christmas!

haha, actually I thought Release Some Tension WAS the last album.

CinisterCee said:

I didn't even know they had a Xmas album (...guess that's how much my interest was retained :-/ *DEATH* )

I still think RST is the last album. Nothing else was promoted properly after that.

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I've been blasting "Ghetto Children" non stop

Great stuff right here. "Get Along With You" and "Mafia" are divine.

I can't remember if "Suspended" was a single, but I loved that one and "Get Along With You" the most.

Damn Nas for taking my woman away

bboy87 said:

NO MATTER WHAT TEACHERS SAY TO YOU
GHETTO CHILDREN ARE BEAUTIFUL.

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This is still her best album imo.
It sounded so fresh and new,I didn't even know who The Neptunes were at the time
But that was gonna change after hearing this