Hey everyone, what’s bouncing?  I’ve spent the past few days under the trance of Kelis‘ latest CD Flesh Tone, so I obviously had to breakaway from it and tell ya’ll about it!  The CD is fresh from start-to-end, let me tell you, and each track bleeds into the next to create what I like to call a Dance Floor Opera.  Sure there are one or two songs my thumb tempts to hit the next button on the Pod, but I stick with it, because it all audibly makes sense.

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So let’s begin…

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Kelis throughout the entire album proves that she clearly has found her sound, and shows artistic maturity and moxie throughout the just-under-forty-minute-disc.  Her voice may sound whiny when she sings, especially in the opening track (conveniently titled “Intro”), but it’s always sounded like that and what the CD shows is that she found the right beat and ambiance that complements such a voice-tone.  She sings “You draw me in,” in this opening song, yet it’s the other way around, which is when she propels us into her world of “22nd Century Dance,” in “22nd Century.”  Notable tracks are her debut single “Acapella,” “4th of July (Fireworks),” and “Scream.”  Now, let me tell you about “Scream,” this track is one of the best dance/electronic songs I have heard in a long while.  Here, Kelis mixes her singing voice to a commanding speak-sing (pay attention, Ke$ha, this is what real talent is).  Piano mixing with Dubstep?  YES PLEASE.  Yeah, you heard me… piano mixed with dubstep, don’t believe me?  Listen here.  Tracks like “Home,” and “Brave,” are throwaway songs to me, but still are more creative than what most artists are pumping out today.  All in all, kudos to Kelis, she did it and is now back in the game.  Her Milkshake doesn’t bring all the boys to the yard anymore, now it’s her music, which is really what counts.

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-xoxo-

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