album would be finished "in the next few weeks". According to Kelis's management firm at the time, Three Six Zero Group, the album was to feature production from Skream, Burns, Tom Neville, Dan Black, and Caspa. She said of the album, "I've been on a real 1990s vibe with this record, it's kind of trip- hoppish ... it's more electro, it's a little deeper and darker". The Skream-produced single "Distance" received its UK radio premiere in June 2012. Kelis was featured on Skream's 2013 single "Copy Cat", which led to a dispute between the two after Kelis alleged that the producer refused to have her appear in the music video. In April 2013, following reports that Kelis had been working with producer David Andrew Sitek of TV on the Radio, it was announced that she had signed to Sitek's own record label Federal Prism and was going to release two albums. In late 2013, it was announced that Kelis had signed to British independent label Ninja Tune for the release of the album, titled Food, in April 2014. Food is produced entirely by Sitek and contains influences of soul, funk, gospel, and Afrobeat—Kelis said of the album, "You know, those records in your life that your parents played and they resonate with who you are? They make you nostalgic. I wanted to find out how to get that feeling." She has spoken about the possibility of a follow-up release containing the 90s/trip hop-influenced material from the initial recording sessions for the album. Kelis finished recording Food in late April 2013. The full details of the album were unveiled on January 28, 2014. It is entirely produced by Sitek and was recorded at his house in Los Angeles. According to the announcement on Ninja Tune's website reads, "the record mints a sound that's rootsy without ever being self-consciously retro, that pitches live horns and gospel-y organ against electronics, that for all its classic soul and funk influences, couldn't have been made any time but now." Composition The album was seen as a return to Kelis' previous music before Flesh Tone, its music was described by the New York Daily News as being one of her, "most consistent and organic sound of her career", noting influence from Fela's Afrobeat, Memphis soul and classic R&B. The album's music was described as "shapeshifting" through a variety of sounds, styles and genres; taking influence from