Kelis

Kelis is an American RnB singer and songwriter from Harlem, New York, born on August 21, 1979. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 1997, being a violin player for 14 years, and signed a production deal with the then-under-the-radar production team The Neptunes. They produced her debut album "Kaleidoscope" (1999), released on Virgin. Her sophomore release, "Wanderland" (2001), wasn't as fortunate and did not get released in the US, which led to tensions with Virgin; Kelis was later dropped because of lack of record sales. She found solace in a romance with rapper Nas whom she married in 2005 and divorced from in 2010. Her career started going full throttle with the buzz surrounding her third album, "Tasty" (2003), which features hit single "Milkshake" that was nominated for a Grammy for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2004 and peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Club Play Songs chart in December 2003 with remixes by X-Press 2 and DJ Zinc. "Kelis Was Here" (2006) was certified Silver in the UK for sales of over 60,000 copies. Things went quiet for a while, until Kelis returned to the scene with her first electronic album titled "Flesh Tone" (2010), which features production by the likes of David Guetta, Benny Benassi and Boys Noize, amongst others.

Links To Peel
Peel was impressed with Kelis' voice and her debut album Kaleidoscope, despite being a commercial hit. So impressed, he invited her to do a session for his show and wanted Kelis to do a selection of soul standards. However due to lack of time to rehearse, she ended up doing a session of her songs from her debut album. Peel was somehow disappointed with her decision and also was not impressed with her later material.

Sessions
1. Recorded: 2000-08-16. Broadcast: 04 October 2000. Repeated: None
 * Good Stuff / Get Along With You / Mafia / Caught Out There

Other Shows Played
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)

2000
 * 29 February 2000: 'Get Along With You' (LP 'Kaleidoscope') Virgin
 * 08 March 2000: I Want Your Love (CD: Kaleidoscope) Virgin
 * 14 March 2000: 'Get Along With You' (LP 'Kaleidoscope') Virgin
 * 15 March 2000: Ghetto Children (LP -Kaleidoscope) Virgin