Album in stores December 21st
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Originally posted by Keyshia Cole facebook
U WILL NOT BE DISPLEASED WITH THIS ALBUM, I PROMISE.. For those who has grown with me, for those with respect for the hustle.
This album will be your medicine. PERIOD.
never taken you all for granted and i never will. This is my 4th album. and I remember not having a pot to piss in. But Ive arrived.
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Confirmed Tracklist:
I Ain't Thru
Long Way Down
Tired of Doing Me
If I Fall in Love Again
So Impossible
Hangover
Confused in Love
Take Me Away
Sometimes
What You Do to Me
Better Me
Friends Turn Their Back
Where Would We
Thank You
YBF EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Keyshia Cole Dishes On Becoming A Mother, Loving Her Fans & Fiance', & New Album DetailsYBF: What was the inspiration behind the video “I Ain’t Thru?”
Keyshia Cole (KC): The inspiration behind “I Ain’t Thru,” I think Benny’s direction was just getting me and Nicki together of course because she’s on the song. And more street elements, back to the basics of the first album.
Why did you choose this particular track as one as the first off this album?
KC: I love this record. I just like the song. It was an idea that I came up with a long time ago and me and Nicki decided to do a feature together and I just played it for her to see what she would think about it. It just came and it was hot to me.
Speaking of Nicki, we've been hearing some rumors about a rift between you two in the studio. So, do you and Nicki go way back?
KC: No, no, no, that’s the second time somebody asked me that. We actually just met, but she’s a dope MC. I think that she brings a lot of excitement to the game. She’s not afraid to be different and I think that that’s dope.
And you all have a good connection?
KC: Yeah, yeah. It was all good, it was dope.
How does it feel for people to say you’ve been gone for a little bit, but you look great though like you never left?
KC: That’s funny though because people say that because I had a child but you know, I’ve released albums pretty much every two years since I’ve been out. I mean I just think that people see oh she’s engaged, she’s getting married, she’s having a child, I think it’s a little bit different for them to accept the time frame that I’ve been gone. But it’s always been the same, I tour for a year and then the only thing that was different is that I usually tour for an entire year and then start recording, I had a baby in that year and still recorded the entire time.
How has motherhood been? Boobie Jr. is so cute!
KC: Motherhood is wonderful, it’s great. You know, it brings a whole new inspiration in life and how you can love and never wanting that love to go away. I don’t even know what I would do without being a mother.
You just became a mom a few months ago. How do you think being a mother and that BIG change in your life has that inspired you as an artist and in your music?
KC: Um, you know what, I wrote one song about it, it's called "Sometimes." But I mean, I’ve prepared my whole career and tried to prepare my whole "growing up stage" making sure that no matter what, I’d be able to take care of my children when I have them. So, I think the stress is kind of off me, in terms of financially. So that’s all I was really concerned with--making sure that I had enough dividends to make sure he goes to school and college. And when he turns 18, if anything were to happen to me, he’d be taken care of. I’ve already reached that point in my career where that allows for him to be financially taken care of, so I’m still going because I love it.
You’ve always had really great love songs. With your current relationship [with Cleveland Cavalier basketball player Daniel "Boobie" Gibson], has that inspired your new music as well?
KC: I mean, most definitely. I think that any time you have someone that totally supports you no matter what, and shows you that love when no one else is going to be there, and to know that you have that, it’s totally outstanding.
How did you know you found the one?
KC: Because he knows.
Sweet. What would you say is your creative process in terms of writing music?
KC: I’m really funny about it. The first entire album I wrote at a 7-11 on Ventura Blvd. It’s kinda dope. I want to try that on the next album. I want to get in my car and go to 7-11 and write there. Lol
You’re from the Bay, do you have any words of encouragement for people out there that are upset with the way the Oscar Grant situation is going?
KC: It’s so unfortunate and a lot of things are still going on and were going on when I was there. I mean, that’s just an emotion I can say I’ve experienced and I just tried so hard to not have to face that. I’ve been trying hard and constantly try hard to make sure that my child doesn’t have to face that. But I still deal with that kind of thing in my lifestyle as well. So, I can understand how that can make somebody feel. But I don’t know what to really say about the situation because I haven’t really tried to dig deep into it. I don’t know what happened. The [police officer] said [Oscar] drew his gun and he thought it was a stun gun. I don’t know if the guy was a rookie or what was going on. But I think it is very sad that somebody lost their life, for sure.
In a couple of words, express what this new album is and what it stands for.
KC: Emotional, definitely emotional. Reflective. That might be the name of the album actually, reflecting, because it has a lot to do with that. And just personal...very personal. It’s everything that has been happening in the last three years of my life.
You retweet a lot of your fans' tweets, and you get a lot of strength from them. How has joining twitter changed you?
KC: I definitely do. It gives me life that my fans are there. It’s a couple of them that call themselves Diamonds and they’re just dope, they’re dope. But I mean it has its ups and downs.
And what do your fans mean to you?
KC: Everything, they are everything and why I am. I mean besides God. I just told them the other day that I appreciate you guys. It’s like, if I had one fan or if I had a million fans, it’s still the same to me. I would give the same show to one fan that I would give to a million. And I’ve been like that since day one and I’m going to try and hold on to that.
Looking back over your life, would you have ever imagined you’d be here?
KC: Yes, most definitely. Lol
Are there any features on the album?
KC: Timbaland, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Tank, Faith Evans and Nicki Minaj. DOPE.
And you don’t have an official title yet? There have been some rumors that you titled it "Keyshia" or something else already.
KC: No, But maybe Reflective, In My Thoughts, something like that.
Thank you so much Keyshia!
KC: No, thank you!
"I Ain't Thru" is a mess.