Kelis Was Here
by Kelis
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Aug 22, 2006
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. The New York Times
    60
    It's typically garish and glorious.
  2. Spin
    60
    Her... most streamlined effort yet. [Sep 2006, p.104]
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  3. Observer Music Monthly
    60
    The album occasionally misfires... but there's still sass and creativity here.
  5. Dot Music
    60
    Sliced in half, Kelis' fourth album would be twice as good. As an EP it would be perfect. But in it's current incarnation, it's one to cherry pick from your favourite download store.
  6. Mojo
    60
    A typical case of slack self-editing... Kelis was here too long, frankly. [Nov 2006, p.101]
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  7. Slant Magazine
    50
    Kelis Was Here sounds like a talented, left-field hip-hop diva in a holding pattern, concerned about her legacy but uncertain as to how to go about cementing it.
  8. cokemachineglow
    50
    Her multitudinous influences, free from the collagen that an omnipresent production team offered, have dissolved and separated out of their former matrix, the subsequent runny blotches of genre-hashing burbling up to fill Kelis Was Here with rubbish that has no discernible order.
  9. Stylus Magazine
    42
    Bloated with ideas and parsimonious with tunes.
  10. The Guardian
    40
    A bloated 77-minute collection that badly mistakes quantity for quality.

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 40
  3. Negative: 5 out of 40
  1. Felipecritic
    Oct 23, 2017
    6
    Kelis continua se aventurando no estilo urbano, agora com uma pegada mais eletrônica/dance. Lil Star é uma ótima canção, que causa umKelis continua se aventurando no estilo urbano, agora com uma pegada mais eletrônica/dance. Lil Star é uma ótima canção, que causa um relaxamento no meio do álbum com fortes batidas.… Full Review »
  2. BWETMatangi
    Aug 15, 2013
    9
    This is Kelis' best album yet! Kelis will always be the best R&B singer. The best tracks are "I Don't Think So", "Circus", "What's That RightThis is Kelis' best album yet! Kelis will always be the best R&B singer. The best tracks are "I Don't Think So", "Circus", "What's That Right There", and, of course, "Bossy".… Full Review »
  3. Lisa
    Nov 26, 2006
    10
    This is one of the best albums that I have bought in a long time. This album may not be pure genius, but her hooks are captivating and so are This is one of the best albums that I have bought in a long time. This album may not be pure genius, but her hooks are captivating and so are her beats. But what I really like is Kelis' smooth voice. It's just so smooth and easy over whatever she sings. I can't get her songs out of my head. I find myself listening to the album over and over again. My Favorites: Like You, Awww $hit, Living Proof, Till the Wheels Fall Off, Handful, Lil Star, Handful, I Don't Think So, Circus, Trilogy, Goodbyes, Blindfold Me, & What's That Right There. & no you guys I did not just name the whole album.… Full Review »
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