kelis singles poll

is incredibly hard imo

not representative but 'trick me'

lala lala la

young, fresh n new
milkshake
bossy
good stuff
millionare

i always think of this w/r/t bossy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvZPQypaECk&feature=related

ooh forgot bossy. should have voted that

"young, fresh n' new"

^ yes

i remember happening upon the "Get Alone With You" video on late night MTV a few times and just being bowled over by it, not having really heard "Caught Out There" or knowing anything about her or the Neptunes, and i think i still just like it way more than almost anything she's done since.

trick me
bossy
brave
milkshake
young, fresh n new
blindfold me
4th of july
caught out there
scream
good stuff
acapella

'in public' is tmi

you should listen to "get along with you" and rank it in there too imo

maybe above accapella, im not much of a fan

get along with you
caught out there
young, fresh n new
bossy
good stuff
trick me
milkshake

w/e w/r/t the rest.

yeah that's pretty much what it'd look like if i'd tried to rank them

One more for "Young, Fresh 'n' New"

sad no1 else feels 'millionare'

"caught out there" is such a genuinely bizarre song & almost anti-pop -- i admire it & think it's great

i like the falsetto-y part of "young fresh n new" but still think it's more of an amazing beat than an amazing song

i like "trick me" a lot as well -- sorta straightforward by her standards but that makes it stand out a bit

"bossy" has tons of swag, that said i'd vote for the braxe/falke remix ahead of it (and maybe altogether)

"milkshake" is milkshake

1 caught out there
2 milkshake
3 bossy
4 trick me
5 young fresh n new

I love "Millionaire"! It gets stuck in my head all the time, especially the bitches/riches/glitches verse and "If you got glitches in your life, computer turn it off and then reboot, now you back on."

I've always been bummed it didn't get a U.S. single release. I think it could have been a big hit for her here, especially considering how huge "Milkshake" and "Hey Ya!" were. It's a shame Arista folded, and Jive decided not to make her a priority.

"Trick Me" is probably my personal favorite Kelis single, but agh, what a difficult choice.

somewhat easily "caught out there" 4 me

it is "caught out there" but that Tiefschwarz remix of "Trick Me" beats all

"get along with you" vs "trick me" is reeeeeeeally hard for the #1 spot. think i'd go

1. get along with you
2. trick me
3. good stuff
4. caught out there
5. milkshake
6. brave
7. 4th of july (fireworks)
------------------dividing line between "great" and "merely ok"
8. young, fresh n new
9. blindfold me
10. scream
11. millionaire
12. bossy
13. lil star
------------------dividing line between "merely ok" and "do not want"
14. in public
15. acapella

"blindfold me" would have been higher cuz it's pretty crunk, but i found that nicole scherzinger's almost identical "whatever u like" trumped it somewhat

wanderland and tasty both so misrepresented by their singles!

don't really care about the original "bossy" but the switch remix is AMAZING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81WLcAtLVdk

the bassline on "good stuff" pushes it ahead of "caught out there" for me - and her amazing interjection of "yeah right!" is such an all-time pop moment

sometimes i think that kelis's pinnacle might be the three-track closing sequence of tasty - "rolling through the hood"/"stick up"/"marathon" - she basically nails this perfect balance between abstract and earthy and rides it through to a completely sensual conclusion. "okay - now, swallow.'

always thought this was a great lost kelis track too - inexplicable bonus track shoved at the end of the shonky kelis was here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbmC3mqyRVs

aw shit i forgot that "brave" is the amazing song off the last album

shonky?

shonky, patchy, incoherent, not very good but has its moments

Good Stuff

i'd forgotten "like you" off kelis was here! so sweet. magic flute sample + "or is it his...cock?" then that snigger + the line "you can fluff my feathers"

yea i like 'fuck them bitches' a lot; i like 'weekend' a lot also -- i almost did a kelis was here poll instead of this but i thought itd be less interesting

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timo maas remix of 'young fresh n' new' is a+

no Finest Dreams?

she was only the featured artist on that right?

"Get Along With You" blew my mind as a teenager because shattered my purist perspective between mainstream & neo-soul/"authentic" r&b. This song straddle between those two sub-genres as it was "different" but not so "different" that it couldn't be played on the radio. However, my city's dumbass r&b station never played it or any Kelis songs for that matter. Also something about that lyric:

As a matter of fact this damn life
Cause I just wanna get along with you

I always wonder if that referenced lifestyle or her wanting to commit suicide. Anyway, great song.

The first album is my favourite by far but the singles split my vote and Young Fresh N New is so berserk.

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kinda love anything besides "Milkshake" winning

whoa surprising showing for "young, fresh n new" - though "trick me" would be the winner tbh

Some dude otm.

if i'd known it would get no love at all i woulda given lil star a sympathy vote.

No "Help Me"?