When in recent years R&B has focused on asses, thongs, and jeans, 21 year old Keyshia Cole has come to rescue R&B and restore it to what is once was, music about relationships, love, emotions, and reconciliation. On her album "The Way it Is"
her strong, sultry voice powerfully glides effortlessly up and down the scales with grace. This artist has already is made impressions on music artists like John Legend and Kanye West who wrote and produced the track "I Should have Cheated", a song about a woman who is constantly accused of cheating by her boyfriend. My favorite "Love"
a song about a woman who loves a man who keeps the wrong kind of company, is a slow jam of that plays like the old-school slow jams of young R&B greats like Monica and Brandy.I have been long-awaiting to hear music of this soulful quality for what seems like ages. "The Way It is" is the way it should be.
Cole releases her debut single "I Changed My Mind" on April 3rd through A&M records
and she'll start her tour in Fort Lauderdale at the end of March and tour on through April.