However, she is sadly mistaken when he starts toying with her heart.

On this retro track, Keyshia thinks she found someone special. вЂњGive Me MoreвЂќ from the album Just Like You (2007)Д¬redits: Keyshia Cole and Scott Storch (Writers) Scott Storch (Producer)Д¬ome through, drums! With producer Scott Storch still blazing, Keyshia called on him to bring the bass and co-pen this mid-tempo banger. KeyshiaвЂ™s song, however, takes a far deeper lyrical approach than BligeвЂ™s bluesy rendition.Д¤. This opinion holds some weight as вЂњFallinвЂ™ OutвЂќ slightly mirrors Rose RoyceвЂ™s вЂњ IвЂ™m GoinвЂ™ Down,вЂќ which Blige made popular in the вЂ90s. Many critics have deeded Keyshia ColeвЂ™s Just Like You album a daughter to Mary J BligeвЂ™s personal My Life album. вЂњI remember when IвЂ™d be with my friends / You checked on me and made time to call / But how things have changed? - now I donвЂ™t hear from you at all,вЂќ she sings. Starting with dramatic strings and a sizzling sound effect, the R&B veteran dwindles out of love with a man who isnвЂ™t who she first fell in love with. Harris (Writers) Soulshock and Karlin (Producers)ДЄfter sharing the spotlight with some of hip-hopвЂ™s OGвЂ™s (Missy Elliott, LilвЂ™ Kim, and Too $hort) on the first two tracks of Just Like You, Keyshia takes on вЂњFallinвЂ™ OutвЂќ by herself and unleashes a bottle of emotions on the way things used to be with her lover. вЂњFallin OutвЂќ from the album Just Like You (2007)Д¬redits: Keyshia Cole, Soulshock, K. вЂњIf youвЂ™d be cool with me / YouвЂ™ll see, that IвЂ™m all you need and all that you dream / And never would leave, youвЂ™ll be by my side forever / Swear to God weвЂ™ll grow old together, then reality would be you and me,вЂќ she sings.ДЈ. Over a slow-burning instrumental, and singing with unfledged vocals, Keyshia pictures a perfect life with a friend she wants to pursue a deeper connection with. Have you ever wanted to take a friendship to the next level with someone? Keyshia shared those same feelings on this silky track off her debut album. (Writers) Errol вЂњPoppiвЂќ McCalla Jr., Ron Flair (Producers) вЂњWe Could BeвЂќ from the album The Way It Is (2005)Д¬redits: Keyshia Cole, Errol вЂњPoppiвЂќ McCalla Jr. вЂњYou gotta know your focus in life / And if love is your focus /Then man pay attention,вЂќ she says.Дў. Now that the relationship has ended, Keyshia offers a word of advice to listeners who still believe in a happily-ever-afters. Sampling вЂњ Love JonesвЂќ by Brighter Side of Darkness, Keyshia finds herself interrogating love for not holding up its end of the bargain after her latest love affair blew up in flames. Keyshia Cole proved this on fan-favorite and one of her best post-breakup anthems, вЂњLove, Thought You Had My Back.вЂќ вЂњLove, I Thought You Had My BackвЂќ from the album The Way It Is (2005)Д¬redits: Keyshia Cole, Randolph Murph, Ralph Eskridge, Clarence Johnson Jr, Frederick Taylor (Writers) Ron Fair and Toxic (Producers)ДЇor an artist who sings directly from their soul, being pitch-perfect doesnвЂ™t normally matter.

(Side note: This list of songs does not include material from her Point of No Return album or her latest album 11:11 Reset, which she plans to repackage with three new songs.)ДЎ. We even share a love lesson or two about some of these records. Yes, Cole has range, but the strength she projects from every end of the spectrum is as unmistakable and unwavering as her voice.Take a look at our list of ColeвЂ™s ten most slept-on records. She has blazed that trail ever since, commissioning verses from heavy hitters like Lil Wayne, Future and Young Thug while singing on behalf of women whoвЂ™ve been treated wrong or cheated on while seeking true love. Also on the latter album: a posthumous verse from 2Pac himself, underlining the fact that Cole frequently reversed the typical R&B singer and rapper relationship by featuring MCs on her tracks.

Cole explored that duality across her albums while also bringing more women into her circle: 2007вЂ™s Just Like You featured a club-ready slice of boisterous female empowerment co-starring both Missy Elliott and LilвЂ™ Kim (вЂњLet It GoвЂќ), and 2008вЂ™s A Different Me included a duetted ode to devotion with Monica (вЂњTrustвЂќ). But it was the heartrending вЂњLoveвЂќ that exposed the softer side of her bluntly titled 2005 debut, The Way It Is. When Cole at last found her own spotlight, it was over a Kanye West beat on 2004вЂ™s вЂњI Changed My MindвЂќ, an ex-skewering anthem cowritten by John Legend. Three years later, in 1996, she was set to record with 2Pac when he was gunned down. After she cold-called MC Hammer at age 12, the local hero gave her a shot at studio backing vocals. The Oakland singer (born in 1981) started her career early, immersed in rap. And, of course, itвЂ™s in her throaty voice, powerful at both a quaver and a wail. ItвЂ™s in her unbridled emotion, which rings true whether sheвЂ™s wounded or hopeful. ItвЂ™s in her style, which bridges R&BвЂ™s earnestness to hip-hopвЂ™s realness.

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