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Post by Caviar on Feb 6, 2020 0:53:47 GMT -5
Back with Ron Fair.
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Post by George on Feb 6, 2020 1:19:53 GMT -5
Ooh yeah, she mentioned she was back working with him during her interview with Deborah Cox.
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 7, 2020 3:33:26 GMT -5
Her talk show is rough. I’d much rather have a new album.
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Post by Ty on Feb 8, 2020 11:52:46 GMT -5
Yeah, she's a nice person but not built for hosting a show. It's always very dry and awkward.
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Post by Caviar on Feb 14, 2020 0:20:44 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 29, 2020 0:17:40 GMT -5
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Post by Caviar on Feb 29, 2020 10:27:10 GMT -5
I’m hoping this partnership becomes fruitful.
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Post by Caviar on May 18, 2020 23:00:33 GMT -5
It begins!
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Post by Caviar on Jun 17, 2020 14:56:28 GMT -5
Signed with BMG and Ron Fair is back to executive produce.
Keyshia Cole has signed with Primary Wave Music for management. The announcement comes in the wake of the Grammy-nominated R&B singer signing with BMG and reuniting with A&R executive and producer Ron Fair for her next album.
In a statement announcing her signing news, Cole said, "I am truly blessed to continue my journey with a whole new team of believers: partner BMG with Tim Reid leading the charge; new management with Primary Wave under the direction of Steven Greener. And I’m beyond happy to be reunited with my musical father Ron Fair, who believed in me from the very beginning. [We’re] moving beyond our own footsteps, humble and aware of the shoes we need to fill."
Greener, Primary Wave Music’s head of talent management, noted, "We are thrilled to have Keyshia join the Primary Wave family. She is an extraordinary artist who has pushed the envelope throughout her career in music and on television. We are looking forward to a lengthy future together."
Cole was signed to her first major label contract by Fair. During his tenure as president of A&M Records and chairman of Geffen Records, Fair and the singer-songwriter collaborated on four albums. The first was her 2005 platinum debut The Way It Is, featuring the hits "I Should Have Cheated" and "Love."
"One hundred percent of my heart and soul, and everything I have learned in my 40-year career is dedicated to helping Keyshia Cole continue to sing her life story into the hearts of her fans,” Fair said. “The two of us have a magic combination in the studio. I’m thrilled about our reunion."
To date, Cole has charted 29 hits on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, including 3 No. 1s ("Let It Go," featuring Missy Elliott and Lil Kim, "I Remember" and "Heaven Sent”). She also counts seven albums on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, including three No. 1s (Just Like You, A Different Me and Point of No Return).
Cole’s last charting album on that tally, 11:11 Reset, debuted and peaked at No. 20 in 2017. All told, Cole has earned 6.7 million equivalent album units in total in the U.S., according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Of that sum, 5.4 million are in album sales. Cole starred as well in the popular BET reality show The Way It Is for two seasons.
Primary Wave Music, which houses a publishing division as well, also represents Melissa Etheridge, Fantasia, the Isley Brothers, Cypress Hill and CeeLo Green, among other artists.
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Post by think pink. on Jun 17, 2020 16:42:38 GMT -5
Great news!
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 17, 2020 21:41:51 GMT -5
Good for her!
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Jun 17, 2020 22:07:14 GMT -5
She love her some Ron!🙏
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 18, 2020 2:48:33 GMT -5
Long as she don’t stay drunk and record a whole album again, we good! 🙏🏽
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Post by Caviar on Jun 18, 2020 19:04:11 GMT -5
She wasn’t drunk on “Reset”. Y’all just didn’t bother listening!
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 19, 2020 3:15:31 GMT -5
She wasn’t drunk on “Reset”. Y’all just didn’t bother listening! Wrong album.
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Post by Zinc. on Jun 19, 2020 9:50:56 GMT -5
Good for her.
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Post by George on Jun 19, 2020 10:23:45 GMT -5
For some reason, it doesn’t feel like she’s built up a strong legacy?
Like, she had a run of hits and platinum-selling albums in the beginning of her career, and she was hailed as like the next Mary J. Blige. And I’m sure if she goes out on tour, she could fall into the “catalog artist” mode of just have a set with all her hits peppered with some new tracks.
But in terms of radio, I think the only song I still hear of hers is just “Let It Go” and that’s it. Maybe “Love” too, if it gets played for a midnight slow jam request hour pick.
With all these new solo female R&B acts, I wonder if you were to ask the average teenager (18 would be someone born in 2012) who Keyshia is, would they know?
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Post by think pink. on Jun 19, 2020 12:59:07 GMT -5
A versuz battle would remind folks of just how many hits Keesh had whilst also introducing her to the younger audience that doesn’t know.
Keyshia vs Ashanti. Book it!
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Post by Ty on Jun 19, 2020 20:31:55 GMT -5
I will keep my expectation low for her new album. Still, relieved to know she and Ron are teaming up again, plus she's no longer with that "Imma go indie" mindset.
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Post by #LisaRinna on Jun 21, 2020 8:26:46 GMT -5
Come on Keysh! Give us quality boo
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Post by vithor on Jun 21, 2020 19:10:26 GMT -5
Although I didn't quite enjoy her last 2 albums I'm always excited for new Keyshia. This is good news, I just hope this time we'll see some kind of promo rollout for her and stronger material (I really enjoyed 'You' though)
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 21, 2020 22:16:58 GMT -5
Revisiting Keyshia Cole’s ‘The Way It Is’ 15 Years Later
The first time I heard of Keyshia Cole, the street soul belter from Oakland, Calif., it was a scorching June afternoon in 2005 and I was visiting my mother in North Carolina for summer break.
In between eating everything from Totino’s Pizza Rolls and countless bowls of Smacks cereal, I was flipping back and forth between MTV and BET to watch music videos. Yes, those channels actually played music videos regularly back then before they were phased out for reruns of Black sitcoms and reckless reality shows.
As I settled comfortably on the living room sofa with my snacks of choice, the warm sound of snarky horns bounced off the eggshell-colored walls. The song was “(I Just Want It) To Be Over,” the music video credits read. I got a close look at the burgeoning singer, clad in a white tanking and sporting a funky orangish-red and blonde hairstyle, behind a green antique-style wall.
The video quickly panned to Cole in another casual look, capturing the singer exposing her emotions on her bare sleeves and eventually breaking through her frustrations and a wall mirror to yet another wardrobe change.
Beyond everything costume and set related, there was a powerful voice at the helm. It was unlike any other female singers at the time. While there was hurt and pain in her vocal performance, that came with its share of flaws, there also was a comfortable range to make those emotions come off seamlessly believable and not contrived.
Calling on the spirit of dial-up internet, I searched online to see if Cole had an album out. It had shown a release date of June 21, and said the album, The Way It Is, was released through A&M Records. Needless to say, I begged my mother when she got home from work to please purchase the album for me. I offered to pay her back with the often unavailable teenage funds that I didn’t have then or now.
An evening or two later, my mother surprised me with a copy of the album. I was only familiar with the one single I heard, so it only made sense to wear it out a few times before I went through the entire 12-track LP. It didn’t take long for me to have new album favorites, though.
Most of Cole’s debut album The Way It Is is made up of bittersweet songs and resilient anthems after having her heart beat up far too many times by a half-committed lover. She co-wrote 11 out of the 12 well-crafted songs, a rarity in the debut album arena.
She relied on the songwriting of 112 members Daron Jones and Q. Parker for “I Should’ve Cheated,” an accusatory soul jam that was originally meant for Nivea. Cole carries the harmonica-driven hood staple like she wrote it, belting it in a neck-rolling manner that translates well in this confrontational moment between her and her finger-pointing man.
The magic of this fault-finding quagmire goes beyond the studio version. Her ghetto-fabulous performance at the 2005 VIBE Awards sold the record, even gaining head nods from her hip-hop soul mother and legend honoree of the night Mary J. Blige.
Cole extracted samples from apparent soul influences for productions like “Love, I Thought You Had My Back,” which weaves the soulful stylings of “Love Jones” by Brighter Side of Darkness into the post-breakup anthem backdrop. Here, she is calling out love after a pinky promise surrounding a recent relationship became broken.
Though another chapter of heartbreak has closed for her, Cole doesn’t allow her agony to ruin it for others who still believe in happily forever. “You gotta know your focus in life / And if love is your focus / Then man pay attention,” she says towards the ending.
Songs like the fierce “Guess What” featuring Jadakiss and the swaggering “I Changed My Mind” clearly pictured a frustrated Cole with her hand on her hips, demanding emotional respect. In contrast, “We Could,” a silky composition, Cole examines the possibility of taking a friendship into the relationship zone.
Fifteen years after its release, The Way It Is is a masterpiece that stands on the strength of hard work and dedication. For a new artist like Cole, with a legacy A&R and producer like Ron Fair backing the project, it couldn’t have been easy to hear that one song after another hasn’t performed well on the charts. Given two singles were issued ahead of the album and neither garnered a major hit for Cole, she and Fair worked the album until something stuck, which was the power ballad “Love.”
While some may call Cole’s sensitivity about a certain rapper remixing her song in an unflattering way a bit much, one can argue that her extremity wasn’t just because she wrote the song. It went much deeper. “Love” is the song that essentially made the world stop and pay attention to a legend in the making. Vocally, Cole wrings out passion and emotion on a throaty-ballad such as this became a signature for Cole and future hits to come like “Heaven Sent” and “I Remember.”
Put simply, Cole’s The Way It Is is an album that does exactly what the title suggests. She doesn’t sugarcoat her feelings about love and relationships. In fact, her rawness and thoughtful executions on the oftentimes draining topics blazed a path for the 15-year veteran to connect with listeners on an identifiable level rather than unrelatable one.
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Post by Ty on Jun 21, 2020 22:38:34 GMT -5
The Way It Is will always be my favorite Keyshia album, Just Like You has come really close but I don't think it will ever top it.
"Love" and "Love, Thought You Had My Back" are my favorite cuts. Nobody can sing songs like them like the way 24-year-old Keyshia did.
"I Just Want It To Be Over" and "I Changed My Mind" are also pure R&B golds. Krucial Keys and Kanye West gave Keyshia two of their best productions.
"You've Changed" and "Superstar" are the hidden gems here.
Also remember when I used to pray that "I Should've Cheated" would become her breakout hit.
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 21, 2020 23:10:56 GMT -5
The Way It Is will always be my favorite Keyshia album, Just Like You has come really close but I don't think it will ever top it. "Love" and "Love, Thought You Had My Back" are my favorite cuts. Nobody can sing songs like them like the way 24-year-old Keyshia did. "I Just Want It To Be Over" and "I Changed My Mind" are also pure R&B golds. Krucial Keys and Kanye West gave Keyshia two of their best productions. "You've Changed" and "Superstar" are the hidden gems here. Also remember when I used to pray that "I Should've Cheated" would become her breakout hit. Same...boo..same..
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 22, 2020 3:39:58 GMT -5
We Could Be still rides!!
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Post by 🇯🇲 lucy88 🇯🇲 on Jun 22, 2020 10:41:54 GMT -5
We Could Be still rides!! Love that one too!
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Post by Caviar on Jun 24, 2020 11:11:41 GMT -5
She wasn’t drunk on “Reset”. Y’all just didn’t bother listening! Wrong album. You were referring to Point of No Return and yes she was a drunk mess on that album. But Reset was a return to form. :'( Anyway 15 years later and people and still singing this legendary song!
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Post by Ty on Jun 24, 2020 18:22:18 GMT -5
I know Pulse heauxes ain't feeling her vocal in "Love" but that song is a certified Black anthem PERIOD! :kii:
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