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(I Just Want It) To Be Over View on Youtube
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I Changed My Mind View on Youtube
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Love, I Thought You Had My Back View on Youtube
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I Should Have Cheated View on Youtube
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Love View on Youtube
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You've Changed View on Youtube
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We Could Be View on Youtube
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Down and Dirty View on Youtube
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Superstar View on Youtube
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An advantage Keyshia Cole has over a lot of her young contemporaries is experience. As a foster child growing up in Oakland, she went through a lot of downs, and from the sounds of The Way It Is, her first album, she's had her share of complex relationships. Cole had a hand in the writing of just about every track, and she has a number of major players -- Kanye West, John Legend, Alicia Keys, Ron Fair (Christina Aguilera, Mya), E-Poppi (Missy Elliott, Destiny's Child) -- in her corner. With only a couple exceptions, The Way It Is is about the ugly parts of a romantic relationship, so there's little room left for upbeat material. From the opener, "(I Just Want It) To Be Over," the album seems to be set up like a linear narrative about a crumbling relationship, but it doesn't quite play out that way, with the scenes shuffled out of order. ("Love," one of the positive songs, comes after the song where the punk gets dumped and before the song where he's called out for changing.) None of it's all that profound, but Cole sells it all extremely well, especially on "I Should Have Cheated," where she tires of an accusing and hypocritical lover ("I should go have my fun and do all the things you say I do"). Cole's voice is sweet and ringing, like a wiser version of Lil' Mo who has had to weather a tremendous amount of drama. She could be around for a while. ("Never," her hit song from the Barbershop 2 soundtrack, is included.) ~ Andy Kellman
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1. (I Just Want It) To Be Over
by Keyshia Cole
- Bass (vocal)
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Nico Abondolo
Mike Valerio - Bass Guitar
- Steve Rodriguez
- Cello
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Cecilia Tsan
Steve Erdody
David Low
Suzie Katayama - Lyricist
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Keyshia Cole
Lady L
Kerry "krucial" Brothers
Taneisha Greenidge Smith - Drum
- Jason Stallworth
- Harp
- Gayle Levant
- Performer
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Sarah Thornblade
Sid Page
Steve Rodriguez
Jason Stallworth
Joel Derouin
Endre Granat
Katia Popov
Ron Fair
Tammy Hatwan
Songa Lee
Sara Perkins
Robin Olson
Roberto Cani
Natalie Leggett
Kerry "krucial" Brothers
Julie Gigante
Josefina Vergara
Jackie Brand
"chops"
Cecilia Tsan
Alan Grunfeld
Mario De Leon
Phillip Levy
Mike Valerio
Nico Abondolo
David Low
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
Lady L
Steve Erdody
Gayle Levant
Suzie Katayama - Engineer
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J.d. Andrew
Ann Mincieli
Tal Herzberg - Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Mixing Assistant
- Ariel Chobaz
- Producer
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Lady L
Kerry "krucial" Brothers
Krucial Keys
Ron Fair - Bass ( Vocal)
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Nico Abondolo
Mike Valerio - Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Bass Guitar
- Steve Rodriguez
- Composer
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Keyshia Cole
Taneisha Greenidge Smith
Kerry "krucial" Brothers
Lady L - Additional Producer
- Krucial Keys
- Harmonica
- Ron Fair
- Horn
- "chops"
- Violin
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Alan Grunfeld
Sarah Thornblade
Sid Page
Joel Derouin
Endre Granat
Katia Popov
Mario De Leon
Phillip Levy
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
Tammy Hatwan
Songa Lee
Sara Perkins
Robin Olson
Roberto Cani
Natalie Leggett
Julie Gigante
Josefina Vergara
Jackie Brand - Strings Arrangement
- Ron Fair
- Vocal Arrangement
- Lady L
- Programming
- Kerry "krucial" Brothers
- Recording Assistant
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Anthony Killhoffer
Jun Ishizeki - Studio Personnel
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J.d. Andrew
Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
Ariel Chobaz
Ann Mincieli
Anthony Killhoffer
Tal Herzberg
Jun Ishizeki - Composer Lyricist
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Kerry "krucial" Brothers
Keyshia Cole
Lady L
Taneisha Greenidge Smith
2. I Changed My Mind
by Keyshia Cole
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Composer
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Allen Toussaint
John Stephens
Keyshia Cole
Kanye West - Lyricist
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Kanye West
Keyshia Cole
John Stephens
Allen Toussaint - Engineer
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Jun Ishizeki
Anthony Kilhoffer
Tal Herzberg - Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Producer
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Kanye West
Ron Fair
Tal Herzberg - Studio Personnel
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Jun Ishizeki
Tal Herzberg
Anthony Kilhoffer
Dave "hard Drive" Pensado - Additional Producer
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Tal Herzberg
Ron Fair - Composer Lyricist
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Kanye West
John Stephens
Allen Toussaint
Keyshia Cole
3. Love, I Thought You Had My Back
by Keyshia Cole
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Cello
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Cecilia Tsan
David Low
Suzie Katayama
Steve Erody - Performer
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Cecilia Tsan
Alan Grunfeld
Sarah Thornblade
Sid Page
Brian Dembow
Joel Derouin
Matt Funes
Endre Granat
Vicki Miskolezy
Jackie Brand
Simon Oswell
David Low
Phillip Levy
Tammy Hatwan
Steve Erody
Songa Lee
Roberto Cani
Rene Mandel
Natalie Leggett
Julie Gigante
Josefina Vergara
Bruce Dukov
Katia Popov
Mario De Leon
Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair
Suzie Katayama
Charlie Bisharat - Viola
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Simon Oswell
Matt Funes
Brian Dembow
Vicki Miskolezy - Violin
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Charlie Bisharat
Phillip Levy
Bruce Dukov
Tammy Hatwan
Songa Lee
Roberto Cani
Rene Mandel
Natalie Leggett
Julie Gigante
Josefina Vergara
Jackie Brand
Alan Grunfeld
Sarah Thornblade
Sid Page
Joel Derouin
Endre Granat
Katia Popov
Mario De Leon - Composer
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Keyshia Cole
R. Murph
R. Eskridge
F. Taylor
C. Johnson - Lyricist
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Keyshia Cole
C. Johnson
R. Murph
R. Eskridge
F. Taylor - Strings Arrangement
- Ron Fair
- Vocal Arrangement
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Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair - Engineer
- Tal Herzberg
- Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Mixing Assistant
- Ariel Chobaz
- Producer
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Ron Fair
Toxic - Recording
- J.d. Andrew
- Studio Personnel
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Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
Tal Herzberg
Ariel Chobaz
J.d. Andrew - Composer Lyricist
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R. Murph
R. Eskridge
C. Johnson
F. Taylor
Keyshia Cole
4. I Should Have Cheated
by Keyshia Cole
- Composer
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Q. Parker
Derrick Jones - Lyricist
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Q. Parker
Derrick Jones - Bass Guitar
- Tal Herzberg
- Bass Guitar
- Tal Herzberg
- Cello
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Cecilia Tsan
Suzie Katayama
Steve Erdody
David Low - Harmonica
- Ron Fair
- Performer
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Robin Olson
Natalie Leggett
Marlow Fisher
Kenneth Yerke
Darrin Mccann
Cecilia Tsan
Berg Garabedian
Becky Bushnell
Anatoly Rosinsky
Alan Grunfeld
Endre Granat
Armen Garabedian
Mario De Leon
Clayton Haslop
Tal Herzberg
Phillip Levy
David Low
Simon Oswell
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
David Walther
Steve Erdody
Suzie Katayama
Ron Fair
Keyshia Cole
Songa Lee
Sara Perkins - Viola
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Marlow Fisher
Darrin Mccann
Simon Oswell
David Walther - Violin
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Robin Olson
Songa Lee
Sara Perkins
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
Natalie Leggett
Kenneth Yerke
Berg Garabedian
Becky Bushnell
Anatoly Rosinsky
Alan Grunfeld
Endre Granat
Armen Garabedian
Mario De Leon
Clayton Haslop
Phillip Levy - Strings Arrangement
- Ron Fair
- Vocal Arrangement
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Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair - Engineer
- Tal Herzberg
- Mixing
- Ron Fair
- Studio Personnel
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Tal Herzberg
Ron Fair - Composer Lyricist
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Q. Parker
Derrick Jones - Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Producer
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Daron Jones
Ron Fair
5. Guess What
by Keyshia Cole, Jadakiss
- Harmonica
- Ron Fair
- Horn
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Joel Peskin
Jerry Hey
Gary Grant - Performer
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Jerry Hey
Ron Fair
Joel Peskin
Gary Grant - Featured Artist
- Jadakiss
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Composer
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A. Da Veiga
Keyshia Cole
S. Garrret
J. Philliphs - Lyricist
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J. Philliphs
S. Garrret
Keyshia Cole
A. Da Veiga - Engineer
- Tal Herzberg
- Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Mixing Assistant
- Ariel Chobaz
- Producer
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Deisel
Ron Fair
Sean Garrett - Recording
- J.d. Andrew
- Studio Personnel
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Tal Herzberg
Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
J.d. Andrew
Ariel Chobaz - Composer Lyricist
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Keyshia Cole
S. Garrret
A. Da Veiga
J. Philliphs
6. Love
by Keyshia Cole
- Lyricist
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Keyshia Cole
Greg Curtis - Cello
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Cevillie Tsan
Suzie Katayama
David Low
Steve Erody - Performer
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J.d. Andrew
Jackie Brand
Gregory G. Curtis
Cevillie Tsan
Alan Grunfeld
Sarah Thornblade
Sid Page
Brian Dembow
Joel Derouin
David Low
Mario De Leon
Katia Popov
Endre Granat
Vicki Miskolczy
Tammy Hatwan
Steve Erody
Songa Lee
Roberto Cani
Rene Mandel
Natalie Leggett
Julie Gigante
Josefina Vergara
Matt Funes
Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair
Suzie Katayama
Charlie Bisharat
Bruce Dukov
Simon Oswell
Phillip Levy - Engineer
- Tal Herzberg
- Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Mixing Assistant
- Ariel Chobaz
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Producer
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Ron Fair
Tal Herzberg
Gregory G. Curtis
D. Elliott - Violin
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Charlie Bisharat
Tammy Hatwan
Songa Lee
Roberto Cani
Rene Mandel
Natalie Leggett
Julie Gigante
Josefina Vergara
Jackie Brand
Alan Grunfeld
Sarah Thornblade
Sid Page
Joel Derouin
Endre Granat
Katia Popov
Mario De Leon
Phillip Levy
Bruce Dukov - Composer
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Greg Curtis
Keyshia Cole - Viola
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Brian Dembow
Simon Oswell
Matt Funes
Vicki Miskolczy - Strings Arrangement
- Ron Fair
- Vocal Arrangement
- Keyshia Cole
- Recording
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D. Elliott
Geoffrey Curtis - Recording Arrangement
- Gregory G. Curtis
- Studio Personnel
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Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
D. Elliott
Geoffrey Curtis
Tal Herzberg
Ariel Chobaz - Additional Producer
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Tal Herzberg
D. Elliott
Ron Fair - Additional Vocals
- J.d. Andrew
- Composer Lyricist
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Greg Curtis
Keyshia Cole
7. You've Changed
by Keyshia Cole
- Performer
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Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair - Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Composer
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Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair
Leonard Huggins
Rich Shelton - Lyricist
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Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair
Leonard Huggins
Rich Shelton - Vocal Arrangement
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Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair - Producer
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Ron Fair
Loren Hill
Kevin Veney
Rich Shelton - Composer Lyricist
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Leonard Huggins
Rich Shelton
Keyshia Cole
Ron Fair
8. We Could Be
by Keyshia Cole
- Cello
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Cecilia Tsan
Steve Erdody
David Low
Suzie Katavama - Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Harmonica
- Ron Fair
- Performer
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Robin Olson
Natalie Leggett
Marlow Fisher
Kenneth Yerke
Darrin Low
Cecilia Tsan
Berg Garabedian
Becky Bushnell
Anatoly Rosinsky
Alan Grunfeld
Endre Granat
Armen Garabedian
Mario De Leon
Clayton Haslop
Ron Fair
Steve Erdody
Phillip Levy
Suzie Katavama
David Low
Simon Oswell
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
Songa Lee
Keyshia Cole
Sara Perkins - Viola
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Marlow Fisher
Darrin Low
Cecilia Tsan
Simon Oswell - Violin
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Kenneth Yerke
Songa Lee
Sara Perkins
Robin Olson
Natalie Leggett
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
Berg Garabedian
Becky Bushnell
Anatoly Rosinsky
Alan Grunfeld
Endre Granat
Armen Garabedian
Mario De Leon
Clayton Haslop
Phillip Levy - Composer
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Errol "poppi" Mccalla
Keyshia Cole - Lyricist
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Errol "poppi" Mccalla
Keyshia Cole - Strings Arrangement
- Ron Fair
- Vocal Arrangement
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Ron Fair
Keyshia Cole - Engineer
- Tal Herzberg
- Mixing
- Ron Fair
- Producer
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Ron Fair
Errol "e-poppi" Mccalla, Jr.
Errol "e-poppi" Mccalla - Studio Personnel
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Tal Herzberg
Ron Fair - Composer Lyricist
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Errol "poppi" Mccalla
Keyshia Cole - Jr.
- Errol "e-poppi" Mccalla
9. Situations
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Flute
- Dan Higgins
- Horn
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Bill Reichenbach
Dan Higgins
Gary Grant
Jerry Hey - Performer
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Endre Granat
Mario De Leon
Jerry Hey
Bill Reichenbach
Gary Grant
Ron Fair
Keyshia Cole
Songa Lee
Robin Olson
Roberto Cani
Natalie Leggett
Josefina Vergara
Anatoly Rosinsky
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
Dan Higgins - Featured Artist
- Chink Santana
- Violin
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Charlie Bisharat
Mario De Leon
Bruce Dukov
Songa Lee
Robin Olson
Roberto Cani
Natalie Leggett
Josefina Vergara
Anatoly Rosinsky
Endre Granat - Composer
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Andre S. Parker
Keyshia Cole
F. Richard - Lyricist
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F. Richard
Keyshia Cole
Andre S. Parker - Strings Arrangement
- Ron Fair
- Vocal Arrangement
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Ron Fair
Keyshia Cole - Engineer
- Tal Herzberg
- Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Mixing Assistant
- Ariel Chobaz
- Producer
-
Ron Fair
Chink Santana - Studio Personnel
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Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
Ariel Chobaz
Tal Herzberg - Composer Lyricist
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F. Richard
Keyshia Cole
Andre S. Parker
10. Down and Dirty
by Keyshia Cole
- Performer
- Keyshia Cole
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Composer
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Gregory G. Curtis
Keyshia Cole
D. Elliott - Lyricist
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Keyshia Cole
D. Elliott
Gregory G. Curtis - Vocal Arrangement
- Keyshia Cole
- Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Mixing Assistant
- Ethan Willoughby
- Producer
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D. Elliott
Gregory G. Curtis - Recording
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D. Elliott
Gregory G. Curtis - Studio Personnel
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Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
Ethan Willoughby
D. Elliott
Gregory G. Curtis - Additional Producer
- D. Elliott
- Composer Lyricist
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D. Elliott
Gregory G. Curtis
Keyshia Cole
11. Superstar
by Keyshia Cole
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Cello
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David Low
Cecilia Tsan
Suzie Katayama
Steve Erdody - Harmonica
- Ron Fair
- Performer
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Cecilia Tsan
Berg Garabedian
Becky Bushnell
Anatoly Rosinsky
Alan Grunfeld
Endre Granat
Armen Garabedian
Mario De Leon
Clayton Haslop
Suzie Katayama
Songa Lee
Sara Perkins
Robin Olson
Natalie Leggett
Marlow Fisher
Kenneth Yerke
Darrin Mccann
Phillip Levy
David Low
Simon Oswell
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat
David Walther
Steve Erdody
Ron Fair - Viola
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Marlow Fisher
Darrin Mccann
Simon Oswell
David Walther - Violin
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Songa Lee
Sara Perkins
Robin Olson
Natalie Leggett
Kenneth Yerke
Berg Garabedian
Becky Bushnell
Anatoly Rosinsky
Alan Grunfeld
Endre Granat
Armen Garabedian
Mario De Leon
Clayton Haslop
Phillip Levy
Bruce Dukov
Charlie Bisharat - Composer
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Keyshia Cole
G. Cole - Lyricist
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G. Cole
Keyshia Cole - Strings Arrangement
- Ron Fair
- Engineer
- Tal Herzberg
- Mixing
- Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
- Mixing Assistant
- Ariel Chobaz
- Producer
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Mix
Ron Fair
Polow Da Don - Recording
- J.d. Andrew
- Studio Personnel
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Tal Herzberg
J.d. Andrew
Dave "hard Drive" Pensado
Ariel Chobaz - Composer Lyricist
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G. Cole
Keyshia Cole
12. Never
by Keyshia Cole, Eve
- Featured Artist
- Eve
- Primary Artist
- Keyshia Cole
- Lyricist
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Keyshia Cole
Eve Jeffers
Luther Vandross - Mixing
- Dave Pensado
- Recording Assistant
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Ethan Willoughby
Anthony Kilhoffer - Bass ( Vocal)
- Tal Hertzberg
- Producer
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Errol "e-poppi" Mccalla, Jr.
Ron Fair
Errol "e-poppi" Mccalla - Bass Guitar
- Tal Herzberg
- Composer
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Keyshia Cole
Luther Vandross
Eve Jeffers - Bass (vocal)
- Tal Hertzberg
- Bass Guitar
- Tal Herzberg
- Drum Programming
- E. Poppi
- Drums
- Ron Fair
- Horn
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Bill Reichenbach
Jerry Hey
Gary Grant - Percussion
- Ron Fair
- Performer
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Ron Fair
Tal Herzberg
Tal Hertzberg
E. Poppi
Jerry Hey
Bill Reichenbach
Gary Grant
Keyshia Cole - Vocal Arrangement
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Ron Fair
Keyshia Cole - Recording
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Shannon Braxton
Tal Hertzberg - Studio Personnel
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Tal Hertzberg
Shannon Braxton
Ethan Willoughby
Dave Pensado
Anthony Kilhoffer - Composer Lyricist
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Luther Vandross
Keyshia Cole
Eve Jeffers - Jr.
- Errol "e-poppi" Mccalla
- Unknown Contributor Role
- Errol "e-poppi" Mccalla
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 12 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 49 minutes and 0 seconds
- Explicit
Containing curse words, language, or art that is sexually, violently, or offensively oriented.- Coverart
- Available and up to 1446x1446 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
CD Quality (Lossless)
16bit / 44.1 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- All tracks have lyrics
- Synchronized Lyrics
- 9/12 tracks have synced lyrics
- Genres
- Pop/Rock, R&B, Soul, Contemporary R&B
- Label
- A&M (UC)
- Music Distribution Service
- UMG Global
- Country
United States- Language
- English (United States)
- Popularity
- Popularity 7/10
- Release Date
- Jun 20, 2005
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 602498641194
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