Keyshia has had several high-profile features. She just feels like she’s going through the motions on this one.

“Next Time (Won’t Give My Heart Away)” is Keyshia’s typical heartbreak track but this one is lacking the passion and emotion of her previous hits. Hey now, I liked “Rick James!” It was the second single from her divisive “Point of No Return,” but it was the lead single I had bigger issue with. I don’t know, maybe it would had been cute when the Rick James jokes were fresh?Įdd: “Next Time (Won’t Give My Heart Away)” There’s nothing wrong with switching your style up but this song does nothing for me. If that’s not a ringing endorsement I don’t know what is. But I’m going with “I Remember” – a stirring, well-written ballad that was so moving that the great Aretha Franklin started covering it at her shows. My personal favorites are probably “I Changed My Mind” or “Heaven Sent,” and I know “Love” gets all the, well, love, since it was her breakout and first platinum seller. I could easily say “Heaven Sent ” or “Let It Go,” as well. But more recently I would say “Enough of No Love.” The beat, the video, the lyrics, Lil Wayne’s verses were on point and made sense. I want to say “Love” being it put her on the map. Eventually, she dropped a video, rekindling my love for the mysterious song I only heard one time previously and making me fan for good. I loved it instantly but it would be months before I heard it again – this was before the days you could just pull up anything on Spotify. Instead, the first Keyshia song I heard was “I Changed My Mind” while visiting family in Va. Keyshia rode that beat!įunny story, I never knew “Never” was Keyshia’s debut single until years later when I too heard it on Music Choice. I said, “Who is this sampling Luther Vandross’ ‘Never Too Much’ with a rap feature from the original pit bull in a skirt, Eve?” It was that day I became a fan. This song was on the Barbershop 2 soundtrack as well. “Never” came on, which is her first single.

I remember having the Music Choice channel on one day. What’s the first song that made you a Keyshia Cole fan? It’s not at all the disaster some painted it as in 2014 but she’s done much better before and since. But this one is crippled by inconsistency and uneven sequencing. “Believer” is still in rotation, as a matter of fact. I’ll give Point of No Return some credit – there are some really good songs here.

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