The Lights Are Shining, I'm Already Home

Kelis, Flesh Tone, 2010
Female pop singers have a problem: it's called the "Lady Gaga Dilemma".  How do you attract interest today when the biggest drama and style queen since David Bowie circa 1972 stepped onto the world stage?  You just have to look at Rihanna's recent silly stage costumes and Cristina Aguilera's plunging popularity and bad record sales to know the game has been upped: either you step up and beat Lady Gaga at her own game (give it up Cristina, you haven't got it) or you try a different path.  That's what Kelis has done.  While Lady Gaga is entertaining the twinks in drag standing at the entrance to the club, Kelis has gone to the backroom where the muscle marys are already half-naked and dripping down the podium.  And she's dressed like Grace Jones with La Roux in toe.

The first single off this album, Acapella, came out a few months ago and has a pretty amazing remix by Acid Washed.   She'll be dumb if she doesn't release Home as a single soon - it's got summer anthem (as featured in an alternate dimension Run Lola Run) written all over it.  In fact, this whole album is a big summer party.

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