Her first album, “The Way It Is,” featured ballads like “Love” and “I Should’ve Cheated.” In 2007 she released “Just Like You,” a Grammy-nominated album that had No. Blige, helping make Cole one of the field’s brightest stars. Since 2005, Cole, now 29, has secured her spot in the R&B world, releasing hit songs about heartache and love lapses that were reminiscent of Mary J. “What will be the ultimate judgment is where this record is in a year.” “The record business is so perilous right now that it’s always, for me, a case of the tortoise, not the hare,” Fair said. “It’s something that Keyshia really wanted to say.”Ĭole is following up the song with “Long Way Down,” which she says “people are gravitating more toward” because of its mid-tempo groove and focus on love the song was released to radio last week.įair, who executive produced all of Cole’s albums, says though the pre-album buzz isn’t as strong as it has been in the past, he’s not worried about the new album’s first-week sales. “There’s no way to predict how people will respond to things,” said Ron Fair, chairman of Geffen Records. I don’t have no regrets for nothing that I’m doing.’ ” It’s like saying, ‘I’m doing me, you know. “But I wanted that to be a statement record. that people wanted a more intense, soulful record from me about love and I really should have followed (their) direction,” she said. “The label didn’t really want to drop the record because they knew. 58 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop songs chart.Ĭole says she made the decision to release the song - though her record label disagreed. “I Ain’t Thru,” which features Nicki Minaj, has only peaked at No.
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It’s the follow-up to her first three albums, all platinum-sellers that had multiple R&B hits.īut this time around, Cole’s lead single has not created a buzz for the singer like it has done in the past. Keyshia Cole’s new album, “Calling All Hearts,” is out this week.