This week’s edition of ‘The Best You Never Heard’ serves up songs by Nivea, Luke & Q, Fya and Kiley Dean. You can drop me your suggestions for future installments at sam@thatgrapejuice.netNivea – Okay (Red-Cup Remix)
It’s not often that a song’s remix is better than the original, however this was very much so the case with Nivea’s ‘Okay’. Featured on her 2005 effort ‘Complicated’ (along with the released version), the track boasts entirely new lyrics, production as well a feature by then-husband The Dream. The ‘Crunk Craze’ that swept the industry a few years ago makes it all the more understandable why the original was released instead of this standout cut.
Listen: Okay (Red-Cup Remix)
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Luke & Q – My Turn
Listen: Must Be Love
Set for stardom back in 2003 as a protegee of Timbaland, Kiley Dean found herself at the receiving end of label drama – eventually severing ties with the hit-maker’s short lived Beat Club imprint. Having recorded two shelved albums for the label, the Timbaland produced ‘Kiss Me Like That’ stands as a personal favorite. Dean recently signed with Matthew Knowles and Music World, with an album slated to drop this year.
Listen: Kiss Me Like That
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Your thoughts: Hit(s) or Miss(es)?
Kiss Me Like That was always a personal fav, so was Make Me A Song. Wish I could have heard those shelved songs.
Lookin’ forward to the 2008 release, but knowin’ Matthew Knowles it might not receive the promotion it is due.
I was CRAZY about Nivea’s “Okay” (Red Cup Remix) when it first came out.
Do y’all notice that Nivea used the melody from the chorus to Mariah Carey’s “Breakdown” for the verses? It didn’t hit me for a while but I knew I’d heard something sung that way before. She’s said MC is her biggest inspiration so it fits.
This song was produced by “The Dream”? WHAT?! How bout’ that?
I downloaded the Kiley Dean album, it was actually hot! I cant believe they didn’t release it. She had a very Aaliyah / pop / r&b type style to her which is still very nice after all this time.
Nivea’s “Okay” (Red Cup Remix) was always a hit in my eyes…
i loved it wayy more than the original.
it should have been released as a single