Brown Sista

BET held it’s annual “Upfronts” presentation last night at the Hammerstein Ballroon in New York City and brought out all their big guns to help sell their new television shows to advertisers. Slated to debut on the BET network this fall are new shows 106 & Gospel, The Black Panther, an animated series about the first Black Panther superhero and created in conjunction with Marvel Comic, as well as Brutha, a docu-drama following the lives of five Black brothas in a singing group and working with producer Jermaine Dupri. BET also announced plans to revive their tried and true hits, including Keyshia Cole’s reality series, The Way It Is.
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Geffen Records platinum-selling songwriter and recording star/BET Reality TV icon Keyshia Cole is currently in the studio recording her third (3rd) CD which is slated for release Christmas 2008. On this untitled release, Keyshia has already started work with top producers including Polow Da Don, Nephew and Scott Storch to name a few. The third disc will follow two highly popular platinum-selling CD’s: 2005’s The Way It Is and 2007’s Just Like You.
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Geffen Records recording artist, hit-making singer/songwriter, reality TV show star, and Grammy-nominated force, Keyshia Cole, continues to deliver the numbers with “I Remember,” her third consecutive single from her platinum-plus selling sophomore CD, Just Like You. The record currently rests atop Billboard’s “Hot R&B/Hip Hop” chart, an accomplishment that Keyshia’s record has seen for four consecutive weeks. Her first two singles “Shoulda Let You Go,” featuring Missy and Lil’ Kim and “Let It Go” also share the “#1″ honor. The platinum-plus selling Just Like You (Keyshia’s 2nd consecutive platinum album) is selling an average of 30,000 copies a week making her the top-seller for Universal Music Group as a whole.
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Singer Keyshia Cole is really sitting on top of the world right now. Not only has her latest CD “Just Like You” re-entered the top 10- but her new single “I Remember” has gone to #1 on the R n’ B charts. And if that wasn’t enough, producer Rodney Jerkins, who is back in demand because of his recent work with Janet Jackson, revealed in an interview last week that he will be working with Keyshia on her new album, which is said to have a more pop sound. To top things off, Beyonce apparently will be writing/collaborating with Keyshia on her new album as well.
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Is anyone besides me watching the Grammys tonight? My gosh it is such a snooze fest. I usually skip the show and catch the highlights online, but because rumors of a Janet Jackson performance have been sweeping the net recently, I decided to tune in. Unfortunately, Janet has not taken to stage yet and wasn’t on the red carpet either. Alicia Keys however, performed a duet with Frank Sinatra and Rihanna performed alongside The Time.

Other Brown Sistas to walk the red carpet so far include Fantasia, Toccara and Keyshia Cole.
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Singer Keyshia Cole was spotted over the weekend performing at the NFL PLAYERS Party prior to Super Bowl XLII. The singer performed wearing a black chicken feathered vest (lol, I couldn’t hold that in) and a noticeably darker do. I can’t decide whether I really like this new look or not as the quality and angle of the picture is not so good. My first impression however was a thumbs down. Keyshia, like Mary and Beyonce before her, has worn her hair light brown for so long that I just cannot imagine them without it. Mary I believe can and has pulled off black hair in the past. Keyshia and Beyonce however are not having the same luck. But that’s just my opinion. What do you guys think? Does Keyshia’s new do get a thumbs up or thumbs down?

Keyshia Cole latest CD, “Just Like You”, hasn’t been out for six months and yet the singer says her record label; Geffen, is already pressuring her to have a new album ready for the Christmas season. This is bad news as far as I am concerned because in my opinion artists need time to rest and rejuvenate so they can live a little and come back with fresh and new ideas. Throwing albums together in a couple of months may work for fluffy pop acts but I believe Keyshia’s fans want more than a bunch songs thrown together for the sake of appeasing the record label. They want Keyshia herself. They want Keyshia to come back singing about her life, her pains and her experiences. In other words, they don’t want “Umbrella” from Keyshia. They want some real soul.
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