{"id":8499,"date":"2013-01-02T13:53:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=8499"},"modified":"2013-01-02T13:54:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:54:30","slug":"keyshia-cole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2013\/01\/keyshia-cole\/","title":{"rendered":"KEYSHIA COLE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KEYSHIA COLE<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The R&B singer-songwriter learns the value of collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Keyshia Cole is in her Manhattan hotel room, high above the city\u2019s frenzied activity, talking about her fifth studio album, Woman to Woman<\/em>. Myriad demands compete for her time\u2014phones ring, her dog barks\u2014but for now she\u2019s in a different head space, back in the studios in New York, Los Angeles and Cleveland where she wrote and recorded most of the album\u2019s 15 tracks about love, trust and betrayal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe drank a lot of alcohol,\u201d the songstress remembers of the sessions, fueled by Louis XIII cognac and Don Julio tequila. \u201cIt\u2019s easier because I\u2019m a thinker, and when I think too much, I could be feeling something and not want to say it because of what people are going to think. When I drink, my emotions flow. So almost every night was a wild night\u2014a debate night.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Cole has a solid, loving family life with her husband, NBA star Daniel Gibson, and their toddler son, she knows the album\u2019s content may place her in the crosshairs of tabloid gossips that ache to connect the songs to her personal life. She considers the scrutiny a small price to pay for reaching out to fans with such songs as \u201cEnough of No Love\u201d and \u201cCan\u2019t Make U Love Me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole had to change her writing and recording style to fully immerse herself in others\u2019 pain, and admits the process was emotionally taxing. For starters, she\u2019s not one to embrace collaboration with other songwriters or producers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI usually think, \u2018Just let me work. I don\u2019t need other writers or producers,\u2019\u201d she says. \u201cThis is the first time I sat down with writers in the studio, and it was a learning process. We\u2019d sit there and say \u2018I feel this,\u2019 or \u2018I heard that.\u2019 If they were sharing something I\u2019d never experienced, I was able to relate, to feel the pain.\u201d One song, \u201cTrust and Believe,\u201d is about a woman who discovers her boyfriend and best friend are having an affair, something she\u2019s never experienced. \u201cStill, I definitely feel if you\u2019ve been hurt you can feel pain from others\u2019 relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole hopes her fans can relate to her songs in the same way. \u201cMy husband and I have plenty of late-night talks, and I tell him how much my fans mean to me and how far I have come because of them. I want to return the favor, to be there for them, to let them know I understand their pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Nancy Dunham<\/p>\n

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