I’m not going to say everything is peaches and cream because everyday we grow with each other and learn each other, like any other relationship. But I have met my fiancé, we are engaged to be married and I have a child. Actually like I said, I wrote half of it before I met Gib so I wasn’t that optimistic about love. They haven’t even understood the perspective of the album. Keyshia Cole: Have they even listened to the album yet? They need to give it a shot. Singersroom: What would you say to the people that are confused and saying bad things like they don’t understand the “happy Keyshia” and they’re use to the drama songs? The more personal it is, the better the album. The better the music, the more personal it is. I think that is the reason why there are singers and people out there that express themselves artistically through their music it’s because it allows you to be a voice. Keyshia Cole: Oh no, I think that’s what music is all about. Do you ever question how vulnerable you are making yourself to the public.
Singersroom: This album is very honest, you don’t shy away from any topics. Whatever is better for the kids and their future. Instead of giving your child away or doing something wrong to your baby, you can actually drop your child off at the hospital and you can’t be punished for that. I called Stephen Hill from BET and I called Kenny Babyface Edmonds and I said please what can we do about this? We have to let people know that if they don’t want their children there is somewhere they can go. The woman sold her to the guy and they were going into the hotel and I just cried. I kind of wrote that because at the time the baby Chantelle had gotten raped and sodomized. And when children get hurt out there it made me kind of emotional even when I was writing a song called “Sometimes” on my album. Like seriously, now I can understand how parents feel about their children. But also, my child has made a great impact on me as far as how much I care about other people’s children. Keyshia Cole: My perspective on love and life changes and I think my writing reflects that as I grow. So looking back over your career, how has your songwriting changed? Singersroom: We know that you write a majority of your songs. Its two sides of the story with the album.
So at the end album that’s kind of when we met and then a couple different songs and ideas and emotions came out with that. So yea I always said I wasn’t that optimistic about finding love and I had just given up on it for a second and I decided to just work and do my thing. I guess I recorded half the album before Gib and I both met. I just go in and sing what’s on my heart at the moment. Keyshia Cole: I really don’t go in with inspiration. Singersroom: What is the inspiration behind this album if any? Singersroom was able to get an exclusive sit down with the R&B powerhouse about motherhood, finding love, and her evolution. The upcoming release of her fourth album ‘Calling All Hearts’, allows the world to view this hit maker in a light she is rarely seen in. ("Never," her hit song from the Barbershop 2 soundtrack, is included.With a thunderously powerful voice packed into a 5’2 frame, singer-songwriter Keyshia Cole never ceases to amaze fans. Cole's voice is sweet and ringing, like a wiser version of Lil' Mo who has had to weather a tremendous amount of drama. ("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"). 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. 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. 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. 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. An advantage Keyshia Cole has over a lot of her young contemporaries is experience.
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