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Situations

Keyshia Cole

Album: The Way It Is

Genre: R & B

Composer: Cole/Ri'chard/Parke


Situations		4:46

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Album, Publisher

Rating

Heaven Sent 7/15/2008

Just Like You 9/25/2007

Let It Go 8/21/2007

Silent Night 11/22/2005

The Way It Is A&M/Confidential/Imani Entertainm 6/21/2005 Recommended Tracks Love, I Thought You Had My Back I Changed My Mind How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)	52.5px;'>Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

The Way It Is Polydor 6/21/2005 Recommended Tracks Never Superstar Situations	52.5px;'>Currently 3.5/5 Stars.

I Changed My Mind A&M 10/12/2004 Recommended Tracks Situations We Could Be I Changed My Mind

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Show Track Metadata

ALBUM_ID	784918
TRACK_NAME	Situations
COMPOSER	Cole/Ri'chard/Parke
TRACK_NUMBER	9
RUN_TIME	4:46
TRACK_ID	8368358
ALBUM_TITLE	The Way It Is
ARTIST_NAME	Keyshia Cole
SEARCH_NAME	Keyshia Cole
RATED	6
GENRE_DESCRIPTION	R & B
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SPIRALFROG_AVAILABLE	Yes
OFFICAL_LENGTH	0:04:46
SITE_REVIEW	An advantage Keyshia Cole has over a lot of her young contemporaries is experience. 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. 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. 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. 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. ("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"). Cole's voice is sweet and ringing, like a wiser version of Lil' Mo who has had to weather a tremendous amount of drama. She could be around for a while. ("Never," her hit song from the Barbershop 2 soundtrack, is included.) [A clean version of the album was also made available.] ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
ARTIST_ID	649188
UPC	00602498832233
ISRC	USAM10500226
VOLUME	1
SIZE_OF_FILE	4625319
ASSOCIATEDISRC
LABEL	A&M
LABEL_GROUP	UMG
Genre	R & B
ExplicitLyrics	No

media	label
CD	A&M/Confidential/Imani Entertainm
LP	A&M

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