Kelis Was Here

Kelis Was Here
Studio album by Kelis
Released	August 22, 2006 (2006-08-22)
Recorded	October 2004 – June 2006
Studio	Various Ändersson Studios (, Sweden) Bangladesh Studios, Blue Basement Recordings, Doppler Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) Battery Studios, Right Track Recording, Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York) Blakeslee Recording Company (North Hollywood, California) Chalice Recording Studios, Record Plant (Hollywood, California) Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California) The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida) Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California) Westlake Audio (West Hollywood, California)
Genre	R&B
Length	72:42
Label	Jive Zomba
Producer	Bangladesh Bloodshy & Avant Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd Cool & Dre Dr. Luke Damon Elliott Sean Garrett Cee-Lo Green Jake and the Phatman Knobody Max Martin Polow da Don Raphael Saadiq Scott Storch Teddy "Bear" will.i.am
Kelis chronology
Tasty (2003) Kelis Was Here (2006) The Hits (2008)
Singles from Kelis Was Here
"Bossy" Released: January 31, 2006 "Blindfold Me" Released: October 3, 2006 "Lil Star" Released: February 19, 2007

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
NME	7/10
Pitchfork Media	7.5/10
Q
Slant Magazine
Spin
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Kelis Was Here is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Kelis, released August 22, 2006 by Jive Records. It features production by Bangladesh, Raphael Saadiq, Max Martin, Sean Garrett, and Scott Storch, among others, and also features collaborations with will.i.am, Nas, Cee-Lo, Too Short, and Spragga Benz. The album received a nomination for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards and is notable for being the first Kelis record to feature no production from longtime collaborators The Neptunes.

The album's lead single, "Bossy", features rapper Too Short. The song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 11, 2006. The second single from the album, "Blindfold Me", featuring Nas, was released solely in the United States. It failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100, while peaking at number 91 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. "Lil Star", which features Cee-Lo of the duo Gnarls Barkley, was released internationally as the album's third and final single. The track reached number three on the UK Singles Chart, earning Kelis her fifth UK top-five hit as a lead artist.

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