![]() Unfortunately, that one track was about all the mileage that Kelis would be able to wrangle out of Kaleidoscope. ![]() “Caught Out There” became such a small-scale sensation that even nowadays you can hear that song’s influence in places like Beyoncé’s “Ring the Alarm” and other likeminded singles. With its megaphone-blasted chorus of “I hate you so much right now!”, people weren’t sure if this was just an edgy R&B diva or some deranged pop mistress. The Hits opens with her first single, the stunning, vengeful “Caught Out There”. Though “Milkshake” shook radios all throughout 20, Kelis’ career actually started many years earlier, way back in 1999 when she dropped Kaleidoscope, a frenzied album of angry, biting R&B-pop, produced by the Neptunes, as many of her tracks were. It’s a career almost as fascinating as Daniel Day-Lewis’. ![]() What a lot of people don’t know, however, is that Kelis has one that actually warrants a greatest hits package, along with a fascinating backstory involving backwards record label politics and massive media in-fighting. He has a strong career that stretches over several decades. A career, several peaks spread out over a healthy amount of time, is much harder to obtain. For those who’ve seen the movie and know the song, it’s obvious how ridiculous the combination is, but wonderfully surreal moments like this are fleeting. I think Kelis and the Neptunes worked so well with each other just with the whole musical chemistry.Yes indeed: Daniel Day-Lewis’ immortal catchphrase from There Will Be Blood has been mixed with Kelis’ most well-known song. I guess why this song ingrained into people’s memory is due to Kelis’s feisty attitude throughout the lyrics and that is what gives the song its signature vibe and I am pretty glad the backing music didn’t end up belonging to Busta Rhymes as I think it fits the whole vibe of the song. I guess it must be cathartic to scream those seven words from the top of your lungs when annoyed about something, haven’t tried it myself but… if you want me to get laryngitis, I might… I say this in jest. The production itself feels fitting with the time it was released, and maybe that’s another reason why it is still revered by most people nowadays. Now, the story of the lyrics tell a story of a woman who has been screwed over by her soon-to-be ex partner due to his infidelity, indifference and just generally not giving a damn about her and it is understandable that she would be angry as she has given this man all her love, understanding, and patience only for him to make her look like a fool the verses are almost a palliative to the sheer seething of the chorus where the famous words of “I hate you so much right now” are screamed from the rooftops regarding her feelings towards him, seething with rage due to his lies. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, as they all say. Only for Busta to reject it and for it to be turned into the backing music to one of Kelis’s signature songs, and that is thanks to the slick production of the Neptunes and Kelis’s delivery of those iconic seven words with exasperation and rage. The history behind his song is a rather interesting story to tell, from its backing music almost ending up being used by rapper Busta Rhymes, the same one who featured on the song Don’t Cha by the Pussycat Dolls. Now, does anyone remember Kelis? Does her song “Milkshake” or “Trick Me” ring any bells or maybe even “Bossy,” still no… how’s about her many appearances on British television in recent years… okay probably now you remember her! In collaboration with the legendary production duo The Neptunes who produced a handful of classics including Justin Timberlake’s “Rock Your Body” and the aforementioned Kelis’s “Caught Out There” with the famous cry of “I hate you so much right now.” So, here we are… welcome to 1999 and one of the deep cuts from her debut album “Kaleidoscope.”
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