Kelis [SEP] record label
"Trick Me", went to the top ten in many European countries during mid-2004; it did not, however, garner success in the U.S. in the absence of promotion from Jive Records, the label Kelis had been transferred to after Arista Records folded at the time of "Tasty"s release. Kelis's success grew in Australia, where "Tasty" went gold with over 35,000 copies sold, and where "Milkshake" and "Trick Me" went platinum (selling over 70,000 copies each). Kelis followed the success of
to Sitek's own record label Federal Prism and was going to release two albums. A new single, "Jerk Ribs" premiered online the same month. 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