Kelis, Tasty Full Album Zip
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Tasty is the third studio album by American singer Kelis, released on December 5, 2003, by Star Trak Entertainment and Arista Records. As executive producer, Kelis enlisted previous collaborators the Neptunes to produce the album, as well as new collaborators such as Raphael Saadiq, Dallas Austin, André 3000, Rockwilder, and Dame Blackmon "Grease". It also features guest vocals from Saadiq, André 3000, and then-boyfriend Nas.
The album was met with positive reviews from critics, who praised its originality and viewed it as an improvement on Kelis' previous albums, Kaleidoscope (1999) and Wanderland (2001). Tasty debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 93,600 copies, earning Kelis the best sales week of her career in the United States. The album also became her highest-peaking album in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 11 on the UK Albums Chart. It spawned four singles: "Milkshake", "Trick Me", "Millionaire", and "In Public".
"Trick Me" was released on February 17, 2004, as the second single from the album.[10] The track was successful in Europe and Oceania; it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart,[7] while charting inside the top five in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway, and the top 10 in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland.[6][11]
"Millionaire", which features André 3000, was released as the album's third single on October 18, 2004.[12] The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the album's third consecutive top-three entry.[7] "Millionaire" attained modest success elsewhere, reaching number 11 in Finland, number 23 in Australia, and number 27 in New Zealand.[13]
Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian dubbed Kelis a "parallel universe Beyoncé" and wrote that she "exploits her husky croon like never before, pouring it over lascivious double entendre [...] and, well, lascivious single entrendre", concluding, "She may not be R&B's biggest star, but Kelis remains its most compelling character."[19] The Independent noted that she "certainly takes the sexual initiative in several songs", but "[m]ostly, though, Kelis keeps a watchful eye on her affections in songs such as 'Protect My Heart' and 'Trick Me', and has developed a decidedly jaundiced view of hip hop's lop-sided sexual politics, judging by 'Keep It Down'."[20] Joseph Patel of Blender commented that Kelis is "as good playing a hair-twisting, gum-popping tart on 'Sugar Honey Iced Tea' as an all-grown-up cock-blocker on the crackling funk ditty 'Trick Me'."[17] Slant Magazine reviewer Sal Cinquemani felt that few of the tracks on the album are "as immediately thirst-quenching as the insta-classic lead single 'Milkshake'",[23] and Pitchfork's Scott Plagenhoef opined that Tasty is "far from all doom-and-gloom".[22] Adam Webb of Yahoo! Music expressed that the album is "not as far out wild as Kaleidoscope but it is a consistently inventive and brilliant record."[24] Steve Jones of USA Today viewed that, "guests and idiosyncrasies aside, her honeyed voice is the most important ingredient. It's sweet enough to make you wonder, 'Did she just say that?' No one could ever accuse her of being bland."[25]
Tasty debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200 with 93,600 copies sold in its first week; it gave Kelis the best chart week of her career, and became her second highest-peaking album to date, after Kelis Was Here (2006).[26][27] The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 6, 2004,[28] and had sold 535,000 copies in the United States as of December 2009.[5]
The album debuted at number 53 on the UK Albums Chart, climbing to number 21 the following week.[29] In its third week on the chart, the album rose to its peak position of number 11,[30] becoming Kelis' highest-charting album in the UK to date.[7] Tasty was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) on October 22, 2004,[31] and by April 2014, it had sold 476,034 copies in the United Kingdom.[32]
When you are using EAC with the AccurateRip plugin you can compare the checksums of your extracted audio files to the checksums of those who have submitted them (they are also part of the log file). Even if they are not the same you can still check the audio by listening as the others have suggested (EAC can assist you as it also reports suspicious positions in the file, so you do not have to listen to the whole album to be sure).
I do have to be honest that I kinda miss the fact I used to have to jump my CD player forward on that LKJ CD. The scratch on the disc was part of the album to me. EAC has removed that scratch and now I can play the album without the manic repeat.
"Trick Me" was released on February 17, 2004, as the second single from the album. The track was successful in Europe and Oceania; it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, while charting inside the top five in Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and Norway, and the top 10 in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. A version of "Trick Me" with big editing of the lyrics was used in the soundtrack of the film The Ed, Edd n Eddy Movie.
As a charismatic 19-year-old Kelis Rogers exploded onto the international mainstream - adored by the rap community, rock set and fashion world alike - with the release of her futuristic, Neptunes-produced album debut "Kaleidoscope".
Two years later, however, it's a different story, with the zany hip-hop/funk of "Milkshake" currently providing her with her first US chart success in four years - in turn paving the way for Kelis's third album "Tasty". Which, in addition to five tracks from previously-full-time collaborators The Neptunes, this time also sees production input from the likes of Raphael Saadiq, Outkast`s Andre 3000 and Dallas Austin.
"While an album is one thing, the first single from it is supposed to represent a lot and embody a lot of things in one moment. So, because I think "Milkshake" is fun and innovative and interesting - and that`s pretty much how I feel about this album - I felt It was the right choice. It`s sorta cheeky; not to be taken too seriously; a fun, chanty kind of thing. And, to me, a milkshake itself represents the essence of a woman. It`s that thing that men are drawn to about women and what separates one sex from the other".
"Well first off, I'm an absolute lover of change. I need changes in my life for me to feel like things are happening, and I don't ever wanna be stuck in one place. Secondly, I felt like I had a lot to prove with this album. People had started fucking with me along the lines of "Is she REALLY any good without The Neptunes?" - which I knew was ridiculous. And so I was like, I'll take that challenge! I wanted to do something different, 'cause you never know what`s gonna come out until you try it".
The trio would continue to collaborate into 2003, with Williams and Hugo producing her signature track Milkshake and several songs on her masterful third album Tasty. But Kelis would choose to eventually step away from them, reportedly due to assumptions that she was more of a prop for Neptunes beats than a bonafide artist herself.
But since then, Kelis has only been found on the fringes, with a cameo here, a party there. She makes her formal return to the game December 9 with Tasty, her second album in the States. The first single, "Milkshake," is gaining a buzz on the streets and radio with its idiosyncratic funk and Kelis' sexy, euphemistic playground rap: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard/ And they're like, 'It's better than yours.' "
Tasty finds Kelis running between sexy and pensive, confident and vulnerable, but perhaps the most remarkable part about the album is that the Neptunes are no longer helming all her songs. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who discovered Kelis and produced the entirety of her debut, only recorded five songs with her this time, including the tangy, bouncy pop tune "Suga Honey Iced Tea."
Kelis enlisted a range of other songwriters and beatmakers to help shape her album. P. Diddy recorded "Guilty Girl," interpolating a bassline sample originally used in the West Coast hip-hop hit "'93 'Til Infinity" by Souls of Mischief. Dallas Austin, who has worked with TLC and Brandy, uses a saucy, old funk beat for his song, "Trick Me," which features Kelis at her most kittenish. Other producers used for Tasty include fellow Harlemite Dame Grease, hip-hop hitmaker Rockwilder, Timbaland, Wyclef Jean and Raphael Saddiq.
Despite the initial impact of her debut, Kelis never quite managed a follow-up with the same full throttle force but instead has been simmering on the sidelines producing a steady flow of music with some of the top names in hip hop and R&B such as The Neptunes, OutKast and ODB, gradually building a reputation and earning respect from her peers and audience. It has paid off. Her new and third album Tasty is a sophisticated, sassy affair and a solid demonstration that the singer has finally reached the potential she hinted at five years ago.
Kelis Rogers (/kə.ˈliːs/;[2] born August 21, 1979), better known mononymously as Kelis, is an American singer, songwriter and chef. Kelis achieved moderate international success with her 1999 debut album, Kaleidoscope, but left her label Virgin Records after its follow-up, Wanderland (2001), received little sales attention and no U.S. release. Her third album, 2003's Tasty, earned the singer commercial prominence and produced the hit single "Milkshake", her most well-known song. Kelis Was Here (2006), her fourth album, was the subject of further label disputes and she took a hiatus from music after its release, during which she trained at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school. She released the album Flesh Tone in 2010 and her sixth, Food, under Ninja Tune Records in 2014.