A Different Me

Rating

Album: A Different Me
#	Song Title		Time
1)	A Different Me "Intro" Album Version	More Info...	1:47
2)	Make Me Over Album Version	More Info...	3:06
3)	Please Don't Stop Album Version	More Info...	4:04
4)	Erotic Album Version	More Info...	4:11
5)	You Complete Me Album Version	More Info...	3:51
6)	No Other Album Version	More Info...	3:35
7)	Oh-Oh, Yeah -Yea Album Version	More Info...	3:58
8)	Playa Cardz Right Album Version	More Info...	4:51
9)	Brand New Album Version	More Info...	4:16
10)	Trust Album Version	More Info...	4:13
11)	Thought You Should Know Album Version	More Info...	4:18
12)	This Is Us Album Version	More Info...	3:16
13)	Where This Love Could End Up Album Version	More Info...	2:55
14)	Beautiful Music Album Version	More Info...	3:59
15)	A Different Me "Outro" Album Version	More Info...	1:31

Album: A Different Me
#	Song Title		Time
1)	A Different Me "Intro" Album Version	More Info...	1:47
2)	Make Me Over Album Version	More Info...	3:06
3)	Please Don't Stop Album Version	More Info...	4:04
4)	Erotic Album Version	More Info...	4:11
5)	You Complete Me Album Version	More Info...	3:51
6)	No Other Album Version	More Info...	3:35
7)	Oh-Oh, Yeah -Yea Album Version	More Info...	3:58
8)	Playa Cardz Right Album Version	More Info...	4:51
9)	Brand New Album Version	More Info...	4:16
10)	Trust Album Version	More Info...	4:13
11)	Thought You Should Know Album Version	More Info...	4:18
12)	This Is Us Album Version	More Info...	3:16
13)	Where This Love Could End Up Album Version	More Info...	2:55
14)	Beautiful Music Album Version	More Info...	3:59
15)	A Different Me "Outro" Album Version	More Info...	1:31

Performer Notes

Personnel: Josh "Guido" Rivera (guitar); Dan Higgins (flute); Ron Fair (harmonica, organ, vibraphone); Theron 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.

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'..."