A Different Me CD

MUSIC

R&B / SOUL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Different Me " Intro", A ~ Keyshia Cole

2. Make Me Over ~ Keyshia Cole

3. Please Don't Stop ~ Keyshia Cole

4. Erotic ~ Keyshia Cole

5. You Complete Me ~ Keyshia Cole

6. No Other ~ Keyshia Cole

7. Oh-oh, Yeah-Yea ~ Keyshia Cole

8. Playa Cardz Right - (featuring 2Pac) ~ Keyshia Cole

9. Brand New ~ Keyshia Cole

10. Trust ~ Keyshia Cole

11. Thought You Should Know ~ Keyshia Cole

12. This Is Us ~ Keyshia Cole

13. Where This Love Could End Up ~ Keyshia Cole

14. Beautiful Music ~ Keyshia Cole

15. Different Me " Outro", A ~ Keyshia Cole

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Josh "Guido" Rivera (guitar); Dan Higgins (flute); Ron Fair (harmonica, organ, vibraphone); Ron Feemster (keyboards, drums); Johnnie "Smurf" Smith (keyboards); Jason Perry (drums).
	Audio Mixers: Jaycen Joshua; Dave Pensado; Peter Mokran; Phil Tan.
	Audio Remasterer: Bernie Grundman.
	Recording information: Boiler Room; Glenwood Recording Studios; K1 Laboratories; Legacy Recording Studios; The Archive.
	Illustrator: Vek Neal.
	Photographer: Mike Ruiz.
	Oakland-born R&B songstress Keyshia Cole has been crafting top-shelf R&B that straddles the stylistic divide between the stridently modern, club-oriented R&B of contemporaries like Ne-Yo and the more backward-looking, classicist soul of Mary J. Blige. A DIFFERENT ME unquestionably favors the latter style. Even on tracks like "Oh-Oh, Yeah-Yea," which features dance-floor ready production from the Outsyderz and a guest appearance from Nas, Cole adopts a self-consciously dramatic, melismatic style of delivery that evokes the vocal virtuosity of divas like Blige and Whitney Houston. This is not to say that A DIFFERENT ME is a wholly conservative affair however. Though much of the album features a more lyrically introspective and musically ambitious side of Cole's artistic personality, tracks like the propulsive, Polow Da Don-produced "Make Me Over" ought to satisfy fans looking for more energetic material.
Producer: The Runners; Outsyders; Ron Feemster; Ivan Barias; James Poyser; James "Polow Da Don" Jones; Poke & Tone; Rev. Donald Alford; Ron Fair; Tank; Johnny J.; Carvin Haggins; Manny Halley; Keyshia Cole; Ron Fair
Engineer: Chris James; The Runners; Claudio Cueni; "Angry" Mike Eleopoulos; Josh Gudwin; Outsyders; David "DQ" Quinones; Kid Named Gus; James Murray; Bojan Dugich; Tal Herzberg
Musical Guests
	Amina Harris
	Nas
	2Pac
	Monica

Compilation Appearances

	Roll Bounce
	Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102 (Cln)
	Pac's Life(Explicit Version)
	Double Up
	Double Up(Explicit Version)
	Never Say Never
	Definition Of Real(Explicit Version)
	LAX
	LAX (Clean)
	In A Perfect World
	LAX
	We The Best Forever
	We The Best Forever(Explicit Version)
	Total Club Hits
	The Inspiration(Explicit Version)
	Step Up
	The State Vs Radric Davis (Explicit Version)
	The State Vs Radric Davis (Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

Paul, Sean (Reggae)

Technical Info

	Release Date : 12/16/2008
	Original Release Date : 2008
	Catalog ID : B-0012395-02
	Label : Geffen
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00602517910188

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.76)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Make Me Over' is a shimmying, string-pierce vamp...and 'No Other' pumps Spanish guitar into a Mary J.-style monogamy ode."

Spin (p.78)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Accentuating joy over pain to reflect her ascent from troubled beginnings, this is the rare upbeat R&B disc that still feels real."

Entertainment Weekly (p.63)
- "On A DIFFERENT ME, this Oakland-born belter turns her focus from heartbreak to happiness."

Billboard (p.39)
- "[O]n the noteworthy ballads 'You Complete Me' and 'Brand New,' Cole exhibits a growing confidence and command of her vocal talent."

XXL (Magazine)
(p.110)
- "Opposites attract on the acoustic gem 'This Is Us'....Promising an exclusive love, Keyshia lyrically seduces her man on 'Brand New'..."

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