It looks like Keyshia Cole is ready to expand her artist horizons. The singer spoke to MTV News about her many musical aspirations and noted her desire to work with either Beyonce, Lady GaGa or Fergie on her next studio release.
While many might scoff at this idea, I welcome it. Cole has had tremendous success on the R&B formats and if she wishes to have longevity in this industry then she needs to try new things. Taking risks and experimenting with new sounds are key to growth.
However, I hope that she finds a suitable balance and doesn’t abandon her roots completely. We have seen Beyonce gradually transform into Pop artist in an attempt to garner mainstream success and although she has become a global superstar, fans of her R&B-based ‘Dangerously In Love’ debut LP remain disappointed.
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Hope she will never sell out like Beyaki. *Prays*
Girl sit!
OH and that comment is to Trent.
Love all of Keyshias music, im glad she stuck to pure R&B for so long. But now i do see her doing more varied music! The album is great by the way
I think Keyshia needs more personality to stand next to the likes of GaGa Beyonce and Fergie creatively I don’t see but I agree Trent I welcome it shrug we’ll just have to wait and see
I think a Bey/Keyshia collabo would be great. If you ask me, Beyonce crossed over without abandoning her roots. It makes sense for Bey to release “pop” songs in order to have crossover appeal; however, her albums still have an R&B feel for the most part.
ugh trent, sit down
Oh I see my comment is under moderation. All I said was you always got Bey on your mind. You suffer from Beyonceitis like a certain other blog. Where’s the harm. Lol
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No Keyshia, just sit down!!
You are not worthy…
You know what? F*** Beyonce.
I love that Keyshia is sticking to R&B. I couldn’t imagine her doing…pop. Maybe if she can do like Beyoncé and do an album that still sounds like pure R&B w/ some pop elements on them, I’ll be all for it.
aslong as keyshia dont use auto tune she will be fine , breyonce crossed over cos she is still sanging even tho the genres are different ,she doesnt water down her music
Beyonce has NEVER been “Typically Pop” like Gaga or Britney or Rihanna.
She has always been a TREND SETTER musically & takes risk everytime. She has always done little Pop with a R&B Twist to it. She does her Thing & NEVER follows Trends, she invents her own.
Its not called Selling Out, Its called GROWING.
& I see Keyshia Cole’s GHETTO Fan Base still has not forgotten about her or her awful Voice/Music. .. 😐 oh well.
It’s kind of sad to me that when Calling All Hearts drops, she’s already talking about the next record. I mean it’s not like she’s Ciara and needs to do so.
Also, I understand the whole Beyonce comparison. Beyonce has always had an R&B influence on her music, even now, but it has transformed into more of a pop sound. I wouldn’t call her completely pop, though.
@S***
Oh my God. YOU should sit down.
Since you’re discussing Beyonce’s genre transition…what about early Mariah Carey fans displeasure at her music moving away from an adult contemporary sound and gravitating more heavily towards R&B and Hip-Hop ? DISCUSS….
I don’t she has the voice for pop music. Maybe she could stick to her R&B genre & have some Pop influences in it.
UMM.. 1. Beyonce NEVER abondened her R&B roots u may not be able to hear them all the way through now but they are STILL apparent on her albums! 2. B’day was a very urban/hip-hop/jazz driven album 3. Keyshia is NOT big enough to make that transition. AND 4. #IMDONE
“Keys to growth, my ass.” Shut the f*** up, Trent. Keyshia Cole is selling out to pop for the sake of appealing to the skinny jeans wearing, Gaga-listening, populous. Nothing else.
It’s sad to witness the slow daeth of R&B! The powers that be said they would move everyone to pop now that they own every music outlet there is. BET, MTV & VH! are all owned by the same corporation. All radio stations are now corporate owned. It’s just sad to see!
I have heard her sing two pop songs so far and she killed it. Her song “This is Us” was a great pop song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrRdKP1fLNE
I think if she sticks to her r&b roots and records some pop material without trying too hard it works well for her. On this new album I see she tried to mix a little bit of what is considered “pop” now with r&b like her single “Long Way Down” but that type of fusion creates boring bland music. That is why when she is singing the song live she starts going off-key (the song is actually too easy for her to sing and showcase her voice). If she records pop songs like This is Us she will definately do well.
Wait… didn’t she try ‘Pop’ with the last album? It REALLY did not work for her.
@ima billygoat I agree. I think she should just take the approach trey songs, expand but dont lose the roots. Its ways to do it. She just needs a stronger and more intriguing personality. Really most pop stars reach commercial success, (Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Lady gaga) even little willow, because they are willing to step out of the box and they work hard. I think she can do this without abandoning her ain fanbase, but with a new baby and a stale personality, I don’t know.
Keyshia needs to work on her vocals before she start trying any other genre, Beyonce hasn’t abandon her R&B roots and why is it always the black artist getting criticize for trying new music. Nobody tripping on Pink for abandoning her R&B roots.
*Sigh*… can’t judge until she puts the record out, but yeah, this move kind of says “I need to sell more records so I can be more popular” to me. Like RihannaForever says, how can she be already thinking about the direction of her next album when her new one JUST came out? If the process of making music is so organic, you’re not even suppose to make plans for your next album until you actually get around to making it.
@ Mr. Mister:
I was one of those people. I’m all for evolving and proving your musical versatility, but sometimes the direction an artist goes in isn’t really all that good.
@ I’m A Billy Goat:
Only channel that is dedicated to true R&B music is VH1 Soul.
*supposed.
Love keyshia!
she can do whatever…I’m all for it, but we need more tracks on albums…and please keep it breathtaking like ALWAYS!
beyonce stan here 😉
I like Keyshia Cole, but Beyonce would vocally murder her on a track.
But her and Fergie would be nice.
@Bey4Ever!
when the hell was P!nk R&B XD ???
dude I’m a a beyonce stand..and yes she’s more pop now, but she has some R&B elements to her albums!
*stan
Yeah, Keyshia needs to think again. Aint nobody checkin for her to sing no pop. I can’t.
@oso_jo_ro Pink first album is an R&B album
Beyonce still does RNB track
Last time I checked “Ego” was a pure R&B song. IASF was a mixture of different genres ranging from pop, r&b, hip-hip, country, and folk. That’s the beautiful thing about Bey, she takes all these genres and put them into her “gumbo” to create her own sound. I mean, what do you expect from a woman who listens to “MGMT”, Barbra Streisand and Coldplay? That’s why if she does go the Electro-Pop route, I know she can truly bring something new to that sound.
As for Keyshia, Idk how I feel about this. I think she should work on her live performances, first. Because, more often than not, she’s either flat or just making noise.
Ego, Hello, Single Ladies(the most downloaded song ever in R&B going #1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for 12 weeks Str8 selling 6 million worldwide & winning grammy for Song of the Year to boot.) 😆
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You Mad??
Gotta love B stans. Very delusional, very queery but funny!
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Bey DID turn POP… there are STILL some R&B elements in her music… but she is essentially POP now!
KeyCo need not go too far in the pop direction becuz frankly, I’m not sure she has the voice for it! It’s like hearing JHUD do straight pop songs, it wouldn’t even make sense!
thank god this chick got that gap fixed good album by the way
No Keyshia
Why are people questioning beyonce RNB origins when people worldwide consider the like of rihanna,cassie,christina milian RNB just because they are black?
By the way,B has 3 albums out and 2/3 are RNB so she is RNB to me.
PS:I was on the Keri Hilson post and people are talkin about BEY.same thing on the Keyshia cole post,the mariah carey’s,ciara’s ..When did it stop ???
Here we go again with the Beyonce name dropping. Beyonce’ for the most part has gone Pop, there are elements of r&b, but she has strayed long ways from r&b. Pink has really always been r&b/soul/Pop/Rock. Beyonce’ has sacrificed some of her r&b roots from her first album. Yes you have to grow, but to me she just makes good music, nothing has been groundbreaking yet.
I think that Keyshia and Fergie could do something really good, Fergie is down to earth and it seems like they would work well together. As far as Keyshia goes i don’t think she’ll go fully Pop, but i think she’ll add a few Pop songs to her repotoire. She can try new things while remaining herself.
trent has a point bey still has rnb songs but her albums are pop-based while dil was rnb based. fact
rihanna is not typically pop like gaga and kesha. please stop
bey didnt start lots of trends and yes she follows the crowd. didnt she start doing dance pop after rihanna the first black chick who did it in the 00s did it? yup yup
keyshia sit down
Um…I kinda see where she is coming from. I can totally understand her wanting to branch out and try different avenues of music. When you are in the industry it is impossible not to be exposed to and influenced by all the different types of music and artist that there are out there. It’s natural for her to want to try something different.
She has had a lot of success as a r&b/soul artist, but that doesn’t mean that she can’t have success in other genres too. I can’t see her doing bubble gum pop a la Britney and Ke$ha, and I definitely can’t see her doing that techno pop sh*t, that’s just not her, but that doesn’ t mean she can’t do more pop inspired records like what say Beyonce would do. Like ‘Sweet Dreams’, ‘Naughty Girl’ or a big pop ballad like ‘Halo’. I think if she just doesn’t go far left and still keeps some of her r&b roots, she should be fine.
She has always said that she is a fan of Beyonce so I can totally see a collab with her.
I can’t see her working with Lady Gimmick though, that’s just too weird. *shrugs*
That is fine, I do want to see her grow, and I 100% agree with Trent, THIS TIME. Beyonce’s best album still remains to be “Dangerously In Love.” The funny thing is, she did try to white wash herself a little with her last one, but her urban side still outshined that “If I Were A Boy” garbage. She even said herself that she wasn’t expecting “Single Ladies” to be the pinnacle of that whole album, “If I Were A Boy” was. And look how that turned out. But anyway, I appreciate the fact that Keyshia chose to stay with her roots for so long, many artist won’t do that anymore. I could see her doing some traditional pop collabos and stuff, but I SINCERELY hope she doesn’t sell her craft down the river for the Euro trance stuff.
@123456
Beyonce was doing dance pop back in 1997 with Destiny’s Child “No, No, No Remix” . Do you think it’s a coincidence that the man responsible for the production (Dark Child), is the same one doing a track like Telephone?
get it girl!
One Beyonce is R&B….Video Phone is not pop..Diva is not Pop…Ego is not POP..Its R&B vocals over hard driven hip hop beats…which is called…Hip Hop Soul…learn your interest people….And Second if she is pop so the f*** out…MJ is the King of Pop…Pop is a great genre….and we have R&B good music….some of yalll just dont buy it…
well…. good luck
trent #hater beyonce mix the genres shes r&b shes pop mix with other genres cross from soul/funk/blues/electro/euro/jazz hell even country take sweetdreams its an electropop song with r&b twist and even with dc they have r&b/pop and dance now #sit i won’t mind keyshia going pop if she mix it with r&b
Keyshia has dropped her latest project this week and it seems like it’s going to be successful, so why is she talking about another album? In my opinion Keyshia’s voice doesn’t fit Pop AT ALL!! No one of these artists fit her personality, nor her musical style. R&B fits KC perfectly so why should she go pop? Keyshia has a very consistent R&B fanbase, that’s why she is still having successful numbers!
lol beyonce’s Single Ego Was A f****** flopp she is a sell out her major target in listeners is white folks as lest with queen mariah she dont sell out to us peoplw of color
The song Last Night with her and Diddy was more pop and she actually nailed it. She needs to go to vocal training before she puts out anything else. I love Keyshia but she’s been disappointing the ish out of me lately
Oh and Lmfao @whoever said single ladies was r&b. Lmfao, I can’t
@THE KIDZZ
NO NO NO remix WAS RNB
Beyonce’ mixes some r&b in her music now, but not as much as she use to. If she does do r&b now it’s stuff like Diva Ego, songs that are riding a hiphop beat. It’s not the Me Myself & I, or Dangerously In Love Beyonce’. I think thats what people are talking about.
Please…Bey is the true definition of pop and r&b…still pop and still r&b…that calabo would not be the bizznezz…I like Cole (tho she needs vocal training SAT) but she would get murdered by bey…
Ps. I’m a DIL fan…and I’m by no means dissipointed with Bey. Trent sit!!!