The Rundown: Keyshia Cole, Point of No Return
A track-by-track look at the "She" singer's sixth album.
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The Rundown: Keyshia Cole, Point of No Return - As the Princess of Hip Hop Soul, Keyshia Cole is not afraid to sing about the heart on her sleeve. Not long ago, the songstress revealed that while she and husband Daniel Gibson have separated, they have not divorced. From the sound of her latest LP, Point of No Return, it seems like she's been working her issues out through her music. And oh, what a journey. Check out this cut-by-cut look at Keyshia's album of powerful torch songs. (Photo: Interscope Records)
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'Heat of Passion' - Keyshia floats into this LP on the velvety swag of her unmistakable voice, singing of the passion she has for her man who she knows is cheating on her. Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)
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'N.L.U.,' Featuring 2 Chainz - Like any hip hop soulstress, Keyshia conveys a conflict. On this cut, it's the inner turmoil of loving someone despite their ill behavior. Playing the musical role of the ill-acting boo is 2 Chainz. (Photo: Rick Davis / Splash News)
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'Next Time (Won't Give My Heart Away)' - "Arguin' and fightin' and the cussin' all out," Ms. Cole melodically laments on the track. This introspective cut finds the chauntreuse reflecting on the what went wrong in her relationship. (Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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'Rick James,' Featuring Juicy J - Rolling 808s and cascading synth work color this track, which finds Keyshia getting her confidence and swag back by declaring she's like the baddest boy in R&B history, the late Rick James. Juicy J joins into back her up. (Photo: SIPA/WENN.com)
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'New Nu' - While this cut continues the LP's theme of working through love's heartaches, it does so as a club banger: booming bass and stinging snares. (Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)
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'She' - This cut had the Web abuzz with rumors that this it was about lesbian love (possibly Keyshia tryin' something new), especially with lyrics sayin' a chick is like poison on the tip of Cole's tongue. Although the singer interprets the cut as an affirmation of "self-love," there's no doubt about this song: it's hot and sexy. (Photo: Visual/WENN.com)
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'Believer' - The sexual heat flows over to this slow and steamy track as well with Keyshia reflecting on the hot times she's spent with her man.(Photo: Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)
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'Love Letter' - "Every time you wrote me a love letter, had me thinking you could do better," Keyshia sings to her wayward man. "But I'm calling all night and you ain't pickin' up this time." Needless to say, this track is her calling him out. (Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
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'On Demand,' Featuring Wale and August Alsina - Keyshia teams with Wale and August Aslina to pour her heart out about wanting her man despite his wrong-doings with other chicks. Apparently, he does it for her. (Photo: Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
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