This past week at the Dipdive Data awards, y’know the one where everyone and their alter-egos criticized Kelis’ “unique” outfit, she performed three of her songs. The one in which people were looking forward to, her premiere performance of “4th of July” was made private so until a few hours ago viewers and listeners have just become acquainted with the song.

We’re in shock once again. With each leak from Flesh Tone it hits us like a pile of bricks that Kelis is making a full-on dance/electro album. All of these songs sound like club DJ remixes. It’s a bittersweet thing because whilst we do enjoy the genre a whole album of it is not our thing. I mean we listened to Guetta’s once, straight through, and haven’t listened to it since. With that being said, “4th of July” is more sonically attractive than “Scream and Shout.”

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Kelis – 4th of July (live)