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Kelis has shown how deviating from the norm can get you pegged falsely -- in her case, as an extraterrestrial being {|the Neptunes|} had beamed down from another planet. Maybe the orange-hair-and-body-paint photo on the cover of Kaleidoscope didn't help. And it's safe to say that none of her contemporaries would've ever thought of screaming something like I hate you so much right now -- uuuugh! for the chorus of a debut single. Otherwise, {|Kelis|} is as down-to-earth as they come; she just doesn't fit the mold of what has been expected in a female R&B artist the past few years (or ever). From a commercial standpoint, this has worked to a disadvantage: Wanderland, her second album, wasn't even released in the U.S. by Virgin, even though it was every bit as fresh and rainbow-dappled as her debut. Just before slipping completely out of view, the Neptunes set her up with Star Trak and dusted off Wanderland's Popular Thug -- with {|Pusha T|} wiped off in favor of new verses from new fiancé