Kelis 'paid producers with food'

Kelis has revealed that she offered to pay producers with homecooked meals if they agreed to work on her new album Flesh Tone.

The singer told Yahoo Music that she did not have a record deal in place or the budget to compensate the crew needed to complete the project.

"[I told them], 'I just graduated from culinary school and I'm cooking a lot and I'm pregnant'," she said.

"'You can eat. I have a studio at my house'. That's how my album got done."

She added that the eclectic sounds on Flesh Tone are the result of the spontaneous process.

"It goes from Cher to Grace Jones and then great songwriting from Coko of SWV to En Vogue. I feel like I'm a little bit of all of them."

Flesh Tone was released on July 6.