Top 100 Albums of 2014: #16 Kelis, Food Food is musically delicious, sonically nutritious. The woman known as Kelis can rightly be termed a veteran in this game, with her debut album, Kaleidoscope appearing way back in 1999. Shes typically been hard to define musically, and Food further confuses the issue with a live band-oriented edge as helmed by producer Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio fame. With titles like Jerk Ribs, Friday Fish Fry, Biscuits n Gravy and Cobbler, food themes dominate Food and reveal her passion as a recently certified chef. But Food is also about her maturing as a person and artist and the self-awareness that entails. Breakfast features young son Knight on vocals and Kelis riding an 80s style boom-bap vibe, while Jerk Ribs is a fearlessly funky and Afrobeat horn-inflected number. With lyrics like Its not that Im ungrateful/ Im just a little bored/ Sure Im self-sufficient, blah, blah, independent/ Truthfully I got some space/ I want that man to fill it on the unique sounding Floyd, one fully grasps where her head and soul are at that this point in time. The acoustic Labi Siffre cover of Bless the Telephone is charming, the sultry Runnin is perhaps the second best track on the project, while tracks like Biscuits n Gravy and Hooch push her husky voice to its range limits. As a whole, Food is a delight and represents adventurous R&B with bite. (exclaim.ca)
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:23:10 +0000
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