Hard at work on her 4th studio album, Kelly Rowland ensures she remains present in the Urban arena by appearing on the soundtrack to one of Black Hollywood’s biggest movies – ‘Think Like A Man’.
The ‘Motivation’ singer teams up with RCA’s Bei Major and Future for ’Need A Reason’.
Take a listen after the jump…
Via Essence:
From the breezy production, to Rowland’s effortless glide across it, this is a solid slow jam. We like. Do you?
Tidbit: Click here to check out the official trailer for ‘Think Like A Man’ (which stars Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union, and Rowland herself) over at our sister site That Grape Juice TV.
58 COMMENTS
B4REAL02
April 3, 2012 at 10:34 am
Alright Ms. Kelly!!! Me likey
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zhinga
December 11, 2012 at 10:39 am
i love thiz song cause we dont no reason 4 love
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Lebo(CaribbeanBOi)
April 3, 2012 at 10:41 am
LUV LUV LUV ITTTT !!!!!!
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MsThing485
April 3, 2012 at 10:44 am
I like it a lot. It’s very listenable. At first I was iffy about the cliche rap guest, but as the song went on it didn’t matter. Very good effort. I’m glad Kelly is doing R&B and gave up that ridiculous pursuit of corny dance and electro-pop. That type of music is for lesser talents and people with lesser tastes. Too bad Toni didn’t get that.
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TONATHUI_
April 3, 2012 at 10:45 am
LOVE IT MS. KELLY
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kingphoenix9
April 3, 2012 at 10:45 am
Girl i hope nothing on your album sounds like this.
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Hot!
April 3, 2012 at 10:48 am
WHy dont she sing songs about more than just sex and doin it, I mean the song is is good but if our artist esp Black wont real support they need to sing about things affectting the human condition. Again this song good um not knocking it um just sayin
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Bones
April 3, 2012 at 10:51 am
Snooze fest….
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AOL
April 3, 2012 at 10:53 am
This is absolutely BREATHTAKING!!!!
Wow totally in love with it!!!
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luv music
April 3, 2012 at 11:00 am
LOVE IT..MISS KELLY SOUNDS SEXY
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jhonfajardo
April 3, 2012 at 11:06 am
te ves adorable
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Citygal718
April 3, 2012 at 11:11 am
Alright now, this is what I’m talking about. Seems to me that Kelly is chasing the audience that liked “Motivation” and I think that is the wisest move for her! I am relieved that she left the David Guetta/When Love Takes Over/Commander sound behind.
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GLYNNJE
April 3, 2012 at 11:15 am
NICE TRACK. I AM LOVING IT!!!!!!!!!!1
#TEAMKELLY
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Chillin
April 3, 2012 at 11:20 am
in LOVING it!! This makes R&B relevant again..good job Ms Kelly!!
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BEYRIHSTAN
April 3, 2012 at 11:20 am
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kijano
April 3, 2012 at 11:30 am
Don’t understand what you guys like in this
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Erik Aston Washington
April 3, 2012 at 11:40 am
I love this sound as well. The lady is a talented artist and I am glad she follows and listens to her own heart and soul. THIS IS AN ARTIST!! Stand back people the lady is coming thru!
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BJ
April 3, 2012 at 11:42 am
THIS IS A CUTE ALBUM FILLER
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j millz
April 3, 2012 at 11:48 am
yessssssssssssssss,pound button,semi colon, exclamation point kelly this song is hot and so are you fucking love her.
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ThatBoyLuke
April 3, 2012 at 11:49 am
Kelly you better keep dropping these sex songs lol
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richnblack11(just like bey)
April 3, 2012 at 11:50 am
cute song for when you cleaning the house or runing errands
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BCinKS
April 3, 2012 at 11:50 am
Yea, as an album track, it’s cool. I like it better than Motivation. Only a handful of R&B acts can pull off getting hits that aren’t about sex. Kelly is not one of them. If she’s not grinding and being oversexed, she does not sell in the US.
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jesse mr hello
April 3, 2012 at 11:57 am
its a good song but check out the up and coming ” jesse mr hello”http://www.reverbnation.com/jessemrhello
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Sleazy
April 3, 2012 at 12:04 pm
Why do people act like kelly rowland just sing bout sex have people Forgotten Stole? So much meaning to that song. Train on a track? Like this? Keep it between us? Etc
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grammy dammy sammy
April 3, 2012 at 12:05 pm
she tried to sell sex in the UK and they saw right thru her lol. she did an interview where she talked about loving adult stores and the comments were like …bull ..u tryna sound interesting to sell your cd. selling sex doesnt work for everybody (see ciara too) so i guess we should start givin rihanna props lol
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Diva
April 3, 2012 at 12:16 pm
OMG!!! Love the track
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xoxo
April 3, 2012 at 12:42 pm
love it! the more artists not jumping on david guettas ballsack, the better!
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Stevie
April 3, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Wont be listening to it. You only have to read the comments to see she has regressed back to songs about sex.
She’s been marked for greatness for so long only for her to go for instant fame & glory rather than grace & depth. Stole, Heaven & Earth, Dilemma, WLTO, Daylight & Forever & A Day remain her best body of work and not one was about sex.
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Jessica
April 3, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Kelly songs are not all sex songs, she makes one track about love, then everyone gets pissed off, you people are the same people complain she’s boring, then she does one love making song, then everyone complains, like this girl can’t win!!! Everyone was dissing Motivation when it dropped but when it blew, every who was dissing it were jumping on that song, smh!!! I actually like the song- it’s R&B and not that Euro-pop bullshit that everyone else is doing, Kelly doesn’t need that and alot of artists don’t need that who are well established- Usher and Toni doing the Euro-pop crap. I’m glad Kelly is doing R&B again.
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cray
April 3, 2012 at 1:34 pm
I love it!
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Gr3g
April 3, 2012 at 2:18 pm
I like the chill and summer vibe of the song. At first I wasn’t going to listen to it given the odd choice of artists featured but surprisingly it works. Yes, it’s another sex song but that is what’s working for her so *shrug* why not.
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EdwardPonton
April 3, 2012 at 2:46 pm
I like this shit.
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n**** PLEASE
April 3, 2012 at 2:50 pm
YEESSS !! bring back the real r&b , loving it , sounds so sultry and sexy !!
cant wait for the movie to come out here in New Zealand
xo
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Sean Stone
April 3, 2012 at 2:51 pm
This is very Summer Time
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PamB
April 3, 2012 at 2:55 pm
I really like this song. I’ve played it about 4 times in 3 hours. It’s super sexy and melodic! Go Kelly!!!
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SBC19
April 3, 2012 at 3:22 pm
I’m glad Kelly is remembering that she’s a BLACK woman and not doing that white pop dance shit no more.
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X,Y,"and Z"
April 3, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Sam,
Here’s the latest from the OFFICIAL X-Factor U.K. site regarding Kelly Rowland’s return for the 2012 season: NOT-A-THING..!! Here, “Rowdogs”, have a sniff: http://xfactor.itv.com/2011/news/story/read_kelly-rowland-to-miss-halloween-week_item_100158.htm
Sam, the almost-40-year-old-Kelly Rowland is, I must admit, a unique artist. In these past 3-years being “Team-Breezy”, I’ve learned alot about how the industry works. It is a cruel, foreboding, and unforgiving place..!!
..That said, it amazes me how an artist who has failed as many times as the almost-40-something-year-old Kelly Rowland, can so ably…”fail upwards” in such a graceful, if not mechanized manner. Her solo debut, 2002′s “Simply Deep” was, given the funds lavished upon it, a failure. 2007′s “Ms. Kelly” was a much more pronounced fail and it was the exclamation mark that ended her relationship with Colombia. You see, Sam, labels do not drop an artist only after one “bad” album – especially one with the name recognition that Kelly Rowland has. NO! “Ms. Kelly” exposed the failure that was 2002′s “Simply Deep”.
But what leaves my interest “peaked” is how she managed to worm her way into the better graces of Universal/Motown. Did that X-Factor U.K. gig have something to do with it? Did they see dollar signs after “Commander”?
Sam, I can think of only one artist who has recent failed as badly: Rihanna/ “Rated R”. How can you be the matron saint of the abused, disenfranchised, and abandoned and return such poor numbers is well-beyond me. On strictly a ROI basis, “Rated R” has failed like none other in recent history.
In any case, Sam, someone had post this link to prove that she’s again signed to appear come 2012 X-Factor U.K. uk.omg.yahoo(dotcom)/news/kelly-rowland-return-x-factor-second-year-064324707.html It’s a Yahoo link, but since it’s NOT the “official” X-Factor U.K. site, and since said site mentions nothing on the matter, I think it’s only then prudent to default to the “last word” on the matter: the afore-mentioned OFFICIAL X-Factor U.K. site which has no such information!
Long story short: Kelly Rowland had weekly-access to 12-Million will-and-able U.K./European discretionary-spending consumers and she only moved less-than 150-K “Here I am” units: FAILURE beyond measure..!!
X,Y,”and Z”
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SidneyAubreyBeyince
April 3, 2012 at 4:59 pm
You know XYZ shut the fuck up like really you must be a miserable person or a hateful person smh it amazes me everytime you bring up old shit you always have something negative to say it makes no sense and very childish of you with the whole age comment almost 40 well if she was then she look hella good at some almost 40 why do you care about her career you know I don’t get why I’m replying to you because its not going to make a difference what you say she still making money still making music and their really is nothing you can do about it but hide behind a computer and say stuff that you feel like its hurting someones feeling smh its whatever anyways Love the track she is doing big things with the acting and can’t wait for the next album “Here I Am” loved it
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r
April 3, 2012 at 5:30 pm
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LAX
April 3, 2012 at 5:57 pm
YA MAD She sounds better than RIHANNA
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X,Y,"and Z"
April 3, 2012 at 5:57 pm
@SIDNEYAUBREYBEYINCE re: April 3, 2012 at 4:59 pm –
*Meh…* “..Miserable/Hateful/Negative”..?! <–O~o
..That's absurd…!! What an absolutely horrible person you are..!!
"I don’t get why I’m replying to you"
I do; because you know what I'm saying is based totally in truth and love for/of the almost-40-something-year-old Kelly Rowland…!! Truth told, I only want what's best for Kelly, don't you?
Kelly having weekly-access to "12-Million willing-and-able U.K./European discretionary-spending consumers", and then only moving that pathetic 150-K "Here I am" units = Kelly making a complete fool of herself, and NO ONE seems to care…!! I'm only helping her to see what's RALLY happening, while the rest of you continually deceive and lie to her. Kelly deserves better and I'm doing my best FOR HER..!!
That picture above of Kelly is yet ANOTHER prime example of "lying" to Kelly. If TGJ were "real Rowdogs", they'd have used a picture that's based completely in reality, one such as this: http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/168795/2012/03/stars-reveal-their-cellulite-bikinis-part-two <–What Kelly really looks like. It's an honest, real, and not-photoshopped based-in-actuality representation of…"OUR" Kelly.
X,Y,"and Z" — "I'm your commander! I command you to dance…!!"
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Lola
April 3, 2012 at 6:34 pm
I Like It. Would Have Been Better Without The Rapping Though. Other Then That I Liked It. Go Kelly! Woooot!
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truth tela
April 3, 2012 at 8:36 pm
I loooove it! Please Kelly release it as a single and give us a video for it as good as the ‘Keep it between us’ video. The only problem is that Kelly is slow with her video release and does not promote her music. She is definitely very talented, forget the hatred on some of the comments on this site. Go Kelly. The song is very catchy. Next time ditch the raping though because we need a comlpete hit without anyone else featuring!
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williNalli
April 3, 2012 at 8:40 pm
Yo, this ish cray *Head Bobbing to the Beat”
MIND GAMES Part 2
#TeamKelly allday errday
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MuzikPro
April 3, 2012 at 8:49 pm
not my favorite way of hearing Kelly, but more power to the woman. Gotta luv her.
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Tee
April 3, 2012 at 8:58 pm
I lovesss it!
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jjenn
April 3, 2012 at 9:25 pm
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Beyonce performs with the icky CELLULITE Showing!
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Mitch
April 3, 2012 at 10:12 pm
I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!! Kelly is amazing.
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Hush
April 3, 2012 at 10:19 pm
JJENN is a lonely, friendless, dateless internet troll with no life, who has to post dumb shit anonymously on a blog in order to get 5 fleeting seconds of pleasure.
Honestly, I’d rather have cellulite than to be you.
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Big Ro
April 3, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Love it Kelly Rowland! Nice, cool, mid-tempo R&B track!
Appreciate the vibe on this track! Nice beat that makes me dance and move.
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ILOVEKELLY
April 3, 2012 at 11:38 pm
Fuck the haterz kelly..most rnb songs are about sex..do your thang you a grown ass woman..this song is hot!! and motivation was a monster hit coming from a fan since no no no no ..i aint mind a you going in the direction do you .. I cant wait for album #4 i will be buying
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Entoxicator
April 4, 2012 at 3:40 am
Wow Kelly killed it, can’t stop listening 2 the song!!!
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antertain
April 4, 2012 at 4:39 pm
It’s cool fitting for a soundtrack.
Not overhyped but its ok
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Peekaboo
April 7, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Its a refreshing & laid back song. Single worthy & in my opinion should be released as a single. & ppl act like sexual Kelly is new. Shes been “hot in the ass” Kelly from jump. Listen to some of her verses in DC even from the very beginnin. This ain’t new. & if it ain’t broke…..
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sha sha
April 24, 2012 at 2:15 pm
all yall need to stop and i hate founy people like some of yall
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