Flesh Tone is the new album from Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Kelis. Tipped as one of 2010's "Best Bets" by Billboard, the record will be her first for will.i.am Music Group/Interscope Records.

"Acapella," produced by David Guetta (producer of The Black Eyed Peas' smash single "I Gotta Feeling"), is already an international No. 1 hit, having topped both the Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs Chart.

In addition to recording with Guetta, several other influential producers helped Kelis realize her vision for Flesh Tone, her first album in nearly four years.
Recorded primarily in Kelis' home studio, the shimmering, club-ready sound is the result of collaborations with Free School, Boys Noize and Burns. Label head will.i.am, co-produced the track "Brave" with Alle and Benny Benassi, who also produced "Emancipate."

"There's a physicality behind it - it's about blood, muscle, heart," says Kelis. "I was pregnant when I recorded 75 or 80 percent of this music. That's why there's such a feeling of freedom on it—you feel such confidence and sureness when this life is growing within you. So I started thinking, how do I portray this, and get people to feel how I felt? And that became a real driving force for me."

Flesh Tone is out in the U.S. and Canada on July 6th and on May 17th in all other countries.

Download the Kelis Mixtape via Mixcrate.com





Tour Dates
7/6 - 106th and Park
7/6 - Today Show
7/13 - Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
7/23 - Music Box at the Fonda Los Angeles, CA
7/24 - Mezzanine San Francisco, CA
7/27 - House of Blues Boston, MA
7/28 - Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
8/2 - 9:30 Club Washington, DC
8/3 - Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
8/4 - Webster Hall New York, NY
8/5 - Webster Hall New York, NY
8/7 - Big Chill Lulwurth, UK
8/19 - Pukkelpop Kiewit, BEL
8/20 - Parkenfest Bodø, NOR
10/1 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire London, UK
10/2 - Warehouse Project Manchester, UK
10/4 - ABC Glasgow, UK