The Hits

by Kelis

Overview

Four of Kelis' five singles that hit Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart are included on The Hits, as well as three guest spots (one of which, Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Got Your Money," charted), leaving plenty of room for tracks that weren't exactly hits. Title semantics aside, the disc amounts to a satisfactory, but not optimal, selection of highlights from Kelis' three U.S.-released albums: 1999's Kaleidoscope, 2003's Tasty, and 2006's Kelis Was Here. (2001's Wanderland, not released in the States, is technically represented through "Young, Fresh N' New," but the song also appeared on Tasty.) Plenty of great material is left off the hourlong sequence, from Tasty's "Rolling Through the Hood" and "Glow" to Kelis Was Here's "Blindfold Me" and "Trilogy," and incorporating "Popular Thug" and/or "Little Suzie" from the Wanderland era would have been a good touch. Even so, casual listeners who have wondered whether or not Kelis has had depth beyond a hot single off each album -- "Caught Out There," "Milkshake," "Bossy" -- will get the answer here, and that answer is yes. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	03/05/2008
Label:	Emi
UPC:	5099951869922

Tracks

1. Caught Out There
2. Milkshake
3. Got Your Money
4. Trick Me
5. Lil' Star
6. Get Along With You
7. Young Fresh 'n' New
8. Truth Or Dare
9. Bossy
10. In Public
11. Millionaire
12. Finest Dreams
13. Suspended
14. Good Stuff

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kelis   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Pusha T   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ol' Dirty Bastard   Primary Artist
Terrar   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
CeeLo Green   Primary Artist
Richard X   Primary Artist
Nas   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
N.E.R.D   Primary Artist
Odds   Primary Artist
Andre 3000   Primary Artist,Drums,Keyboards,Featured Artist
Too $hort   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Kevin Kendrick   Piano,Keyboards
Tony Reyes   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Sean Garrett   Co-Producer

Technical Credits

Andrew Murabito   Design
Terrence Thornton   Composer,Lyricist
John Frye   Engineer,Mixing Engineer,Engineer,Producer
Shondrae Crawford   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Kelis Rogers   Composer,Lyricist
Lukasz Gottwald   Composer
Sally Woodall   Composer,Lyricist
Ben H. Allen III   Engineer
Kevin KD Davis   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
K. Rogers Jones   Composer
Dayna Stinson   Composer,Lyricist
Mani Nassefar   Assistant Engineer
Odds   Producer,Composer,Lyricist
Mike Koch   Engineer
Cesar Guevara   Assistant Engineer
Tim Roberts   Assistant Engineer
Todd Shaw   Composer,Lyricist
Dana Stinson   Composer,Lyricist
Philip Oakey   Composer,Lyricist
Andre 3000   Musician,Producer
Andre Benjamin   Composer,Lyricist
James Harris III   Composer
Gene Thornton   Composer
Dexter Simmons   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Phil Tan   Mixing
Richard Travali   Mixing
Rick Sheppard   Engineer
Dave Pensado   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Dallas Austin   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Andrew Dawson   Assistant Engineer
Warren Bletcher   Assistant Engineer
Regina Davenport   Coordination
Vincent Alexander   Engineer
Too $hort   Musician
Max Martin   Composer
The Neptunes   Arranger,Producer
Terrar   Musician
Alonzo Stevenson   Composer,Lyricist
Charles McCrorey   Engineer
Adrian Wright   Composer
Pauline St. Denis   Photography
Jonathan Mannion   Photography
Paul Casano   Assistant Engineer
Markus Klinko   Photography
Doug Harms   Assistant Engineer
Jasper Cameron   Composer,Lyricist
Thomas Callaway   Composer,Lyricist
Al Rodger   Engineer
Steve Royea   Assistant Engineer
Matthew Still   Engineer
Russell Jones   Composer,Lyricist
Serban Ghenea   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Susan Rogers   Mixing Engineer
Douglas Davis   Composer
Kelis   Musician
Ken "Duro" Ifill   Mixing
Sean Garrett   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Terry Lewis   Composer,Lyricist
James Majors   Engineer
CeeLo Green   Musician,Producer
Chad Hugo   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Ricky Walters   Composer
Carlton Lynn   Engineer
Doug Wilson   Engineer
John Hanes   Engineer
Rockwilder   Producer
Pharrell Williams   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Richard X   Producer
Pete Hofmann   Mixing
Jimmy Harris   Composer,Lyricist
Nas   Musician
Pusha T   Musician