GraceRandolph Posted September 18 Posted September 18 https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/john-early-in-conversation-with-sky-ferreira On Kelis: EARLY: I completely relate. I've listened to four songs for 200 years. I've listened to one Kelis album for 62 years. FERREIRA: Which one? EARLY: If I'm being honest, it's Tasty. But I am completely, deeply madly in love with Kaleidoscope, the first one, and Wanderland. It was from 2001, but they didn't release it in the US. FERREIRA: Kelis has been ******. I'd just like to put that on record. Kelis has been sabotaged and she's so wildly underrated. EARLY: Kelis is so important to me. FERREIRA: She's an important artist. A trailblazer, actually. EARLY: She's the first girl to scream on the track. FERREIRA: Kelis should be looked at the way the OutKast is looked at. EARLY: Totally, and she was right there with them. She did "Dracula's Wedding" and then Andre 3000 did "Millionaire" on Tasty. I was evangelical about Kelis in high school, because the OutKast album was huge and people always minimized her to the "Milkshake Girl." FERREIRA: Yeah, she's also on so many of other people's hits. It's weird that she's not talked about. EARLY: It's actually bizarre that I haven't covered Kelis. I've always wanted to do "Caught Out There." FERREIRA: That was my favorite song growing up. It had a video too, right? EARLY: Yeah, by Hype Williams. She has the rainbow afro and there's like, old women protesting. It's so cool. FERREIRA: She was always so cool. EARLY: You are very Kelis. You've been wronged by the music industry in a similar way. FERREIRA: Well when I saw that video, I already knew. Once it's happened to you, you know when it's happened to anyone else. It's like a sixth sense. She also praises the Celebration Tour. Stream Squidward Nose:
ChooseyLover Posted September 18 Posted September 18 (edited) Shame on you for cutting the Britney bit. She said Janet is Britney's biggest influence. She's really a real Britney Army. Edited September 18 by ChooseyLover
mons†er Posted September 18 Posted September 18 Kelis was NOT the first black woman ti be angry on a song and scream. That would be Janet Jackson on 'What About?' from 'The Velvet Rope'. I'm not surprised by Sky's taste 'Wondaland' and 'Kaleidoscope' are amazing but 'Kelis Was Here' is the REAL gem that doesn't get its praise.
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