Keyshia Cole Is "Just Like You"
Keyshia Cole Is "Just Like You"
Hear Keyshia’s new single “Let It Go Remix” featuring T.I. and Young Dro here! http://geffen.edgeboss.net/real/geffen/keyshiacole/audio/let_it_go_remix/00_hi.ram?siteid=tt Just off the heels of Common, we have another highly anticipated album rolling off the presses. Keyshia Cole jumped out on Diddy’s “Last Night” and had us all feeling her that much more. This Honey can blow and she makes you want to sing right along with her (you know how you do). She has the kind of voice we love to dream about. The emotion, the strength and the drama . . . bring it! Cole has finished working on her second album, “Just Like You” (in stores and online September 25th). Producers on the album include Kanye West, Scott Storch, Bryan Michael Cox & Greg Curtis. The first single "Let It Go " features Lil Kim & Missy Elliott. The single has become a huge success for Cole, becoming her first #1 on Billboard's R&B chart, and her biggest hit on the Hot 100, peaking at #12. The remix has even ‘(Bigger) Things Poppin’ thanks to T.I. and Young Dro. In preparation for the release of the album, BET will air a second season of Cole's reality show "Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is" prior to the album's release for promotion. It will focus on Cole recording her second album, her mother's recent release from jail and her sister Neffe. She will be making an appearance in an MTV film this year titled "How She Moves" as herself. Keyshia Cole grew up in Oakland, California and was a foster child adopted by Yvonne Cole at the age of 5. Keyshia's first recordings were with MC Hammer at the age of twelve. We’d love to find a You Tube video of that! IF YOU CAN FIND ANY PLEASE LET US KNOW! In the early 2000’s, she appeared on tracks by San Francisco Bay Area artists including Tony! Toni! Toné!'s D'Wayne Wiggins and San Francisco rapper Messy Marv. Cole was inspired by her grandmother to further pursue her career, so she left the Bay Area at age 16, with a rented car and two hundred dollars after catching her boyfriend cheating. She moved to Los Angeles and within a few months of her arrival, had attracted the attention of A&M Records president Ron Fair, who in turn recommended her to chairman Jimmy Iovine, for whom she performed an early version of "Love" in Cole released her debut album, “The Way It Is”, on June 21, 2005 under Interscope/A&M Records. The album received a positive reception from music critics and debuted at number-six on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums charts, eventually receiving a platinum certification. Cole released the mixtape "Team Invasion Presents Keyshia Cole", mixed by DJ Green Lantern, before the album's release. At the outset of her album's release (with lead single "I Changed My Mind"), Cole found little success, except at radio in New York City and her native Bay Area. With the failure of her debut single, the label decided to push back the album and release a second single “I Just Want It To Be Over”, produced by Krucial Keys. The track also failed to affect major radio stations but Cole's label continued to see promising album sales after it was released, so they pushed forward a third single “I Should Have Cheated”. It was with this 3rd release that Cole experienced the most success. The song peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart and became one of the biggest female R&B hits of the year. The single pushed the album to gold. In 2006, the fourth single, "Love" was a bigger success, reaching #3 on the R&B chart and #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. This single pushed the album to Platinum. “The Way It Is” has sold 1.4 million in the U.S. Keyshia Cole’s reality show, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is premiered on BET on July 12, 2006 and brought a new light to the woman behind the voice. We can’t wait to hear more than the re-mix! |
June/July 2002. She was signed by then A & R rep Fair in December 2002. Cole started recording her debut album soon after. In 2004, Cole made her first solo appearance on the track "Never", taken from the Barbershop 2: Back in Business soundtrack with rapper Eve. 
