The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole album)

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The Way It Is
Keyshia Cole - The Way It Is.jpg

Studio album by
Keyshia Cole

ReleasedJune 21, 2005
Recorded2004–2005
Genre

  • R&B

  • hip hop soul

Length48:51
LabelA&M
Producer

  • Keyshia Cole (exec.)


  • Ron Fair (exec.)

  • Kerry Brothers

  • Gregory G. Curtis

  • Deisel

  • E-Poppi

  • Damon Elliott

  • Sean Garrett

  • Tal Herzberg

  • Loren Hill

  • Mix

  • Polow da Don

  • Chink Santana

  • Rich Shelton

  • Toxic

  • Kevin Veney

  • Kanye West


Keyshia Cole chronology





Team Invasion Presents: Keyshia Cole
(2005)

The Way It Is
(2005)

Just like You
(2007)

Singles from The Way It Is

  1. "Never"
    Released: March 23, 2004

  2. "I Changed My Mind"
    Released: November 9, 2004

  3. "(I Just Want It) To Be Over"
    Released: April 5, 2005

  4. "I Should Have Cheated"
    Released: August 3, 2005

  5. "Love"
    Released: January 6, 2006

  6. "You've Changed"
    Released: March 18, 2006


The Way It Is is the debut studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole; it was released on June 21, 2005, by A&M Records. The album debuted at number six on the US Billboard 200 and was supported by five singles, including "Never", "I Changed My Mind", "(I Just Want It) To Be Over", "I Should Have Cheated", and "Love". The album sold 89,000 units in its first week.[1]


The album was certified gold within 17 weeks, and then platinum only eight weeks later. The album stayed on the charts for over a year, eventually selling over 1.6 million copies and is Cole's second highest-selling album to date.




Contents





  • 1 Reception

    • 1.1 Critical response



  • 2 Track listing


  • 3 Personnel


  • 4 Production


  • 5 Charts

    • 5.1 Weekly charts


    • 5.2 Year-end charts



  • 6 Release history


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links




Reception



Critical response




























Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
4/5 stars[3]
Robert Christgau
(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention) 2005
Entertainment Weekly(B)[4]
Los Angeles Times
2.5/4 stars 2005
New York Times(favorable) 2005
Rhapsody(favorable) 2005
Rolling Stone
3.5/5 stars 2005
Stylus(B) 2005
Vibe
4/5 stars 2005
Village Voice(favorable) 2005

Upon its release, The Way It is garnered generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a rated mean out of 100 from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 77.[2] Andy Kellman of Allmusic rated the album four out of five stars. He felt that "from the opener, 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. None of it's all that profound, but Cole sells it all extremely well. [Her] 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."[3] Janet Tzou, writing for Entertainment Weekly found that "Cole certainly nails all the basics on The Way It Is: big-name guest talent and husky ballads lamenting those tricky matters of the heart. But Cole's native Oakland, California upbringing gives her vocals depth and her songs a genuine, lived-in feel."[4]



Track listing



































































No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."(I Just Want It) To Be Over"

  • Keyshia Cole

  • Brothers

  • Taneisha Greenidge

  • Lady L


  • Kerry "Krucial" Brothers


  • Ron Fair[a]

4:03
2."I Changed My Mind"

  • Cole

  • John Legend


  • Kanye West

  • Fair[b]

  • Tal Herzberg[b]

3:19
3."Love, I Thought You Had My Back"

  • Cole

  • Randolph Murph

  • Ralph Eskridge

  • Clarence Johnson Jr

  • Frederick Taylor


  • Fair

  • Toxic

4:10
4."I Should Have Cheated"

  • Daron Jones

  • Quinnes "Q" Parker


  • Jones

  • Fair

5:31
5."Guess What?" (featuring Jadakiss)

  • Cole

  • Sean Garrett

  • Jason Phillips

  • Alexandre Da Veiga


  • Deisel

  • Sean Garrett

  • Fair[a]

3:45
6."Love"

  • Cole

  • Gregory G. Curtis


  • Curtis


  • Damon Elliott[b]

  • Fair[b]

  • Tal Herzberg[b]

4:15
7."You've Changed"

  • Cole

  • Fair

  • Leonard Huggins

  • Rich Shelton


  • Shelton

  • Kevin Veney

  • Loren Hill

  • Fair

4:17
8."We Could Be"

  • Cole

  • Errol McCalla Jr.


  • E-Poppi

  • Fair

3:11
9."Situations" (featuring Chink Santana)

  • Cole

  • Francesca Richards

  • Andre Parker


  • Santana

  • Fair[a]

4:46
10."Down and Dirty"

  • Cole

  • Curtis

  • Elliott

Curtis3:52
11."Superstar" (featuring Metro City)

  • Cole

  • G. Cole


  • Mix

  • Polow da Don

  • Fair

3:48
12."Never" (featuring Eve)

  • Cole

  • Eve Jeffers

  • Luther Vandross


  • E-Poppi

  • Fair

4:03
















Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a vocal producer


  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Sampling credits
  • "I Changed My Mind" contains an sample from "Get Out of My Life", written by Allen Toussaint and performed by Solomon Burke.

  • "Love, I Thought You Had My Back" contains elements from "Love Jones", written by Randolph Murph, Ralph Eskridge, and Clarence Johnson from Brighter Side of Darkness.

  • "You've Changed" contains elements from "Sounds Like a Love Song", performed by Bobby Glenn.

  • "Never" contains sampled portions from "Never Too Much", written and performed by Luther Vandross.


Personnel




  • Charlie Bisharat – violin

  • Jacqueline Brand – violin

  • Roberto Cani – violin

  • Nico Carmine Abondolo – bass guitar

  • Mario de Leon – violin

  • Brian Dembow – viola

  • Joel Derouin – violin

  • Bruce Dukov – violin

  • Stephen Erdody – cello

  • Steve Erody – cello

  • Marlo Fisher – viola

  • Matt Funes – viola

  • Armen Garabedian – violin

  • Berj Garabedian – violin

  • Julie Gigante – violin


  • Endre Granat – violin

  • Alan Grunfield – violin

  • Clayton Haslop – violin

  • Dan Higgins – flute, horn

  • Josephina Vergara – violin

  • David F. Walther – viola

  • Jerry Hey – horn

  • Suzie Katayama – cello

  • Songa Lee – violin

  • Natalie Leggett – violin

  • Gayle Levant – harp

  • Phillipe Levy – violin

  • David Low – cello

  • Rene Mandel – violin

  • Darrin McCann – viola

  • Vicki Miskolczy – viola

  • Robin Olson – violin

  • Simon Oswell – viola

  • Sid Page – violin

  • Sara Parkins – violin

  • Joel Peskin – horn

  • Katia Popov – violin

  • Steve Rodriguez – bass guitar

  • Anatoly Rosinsky – violin

  • Sarah Thornblade – violin

  • Kenneth Yerks – violin

  • Raj Ertui – clarinet


  • Miri Ben-Ari – Israel violin



Production


  • Executive producers: Keyshia Cole, Ron Fair

  • Producer: Tal Herzberg, Loren Hill, Sean Garrett, Diesel, Daron Jones, Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, John Legend, Chink Santana, Rich Shelton, Kevin Veney, Kanye West

  • Vocal producer: Keyshia Cole, Ron Fair, Sean Garrett, Alicia Keys

  • Engineers: Shannon Braxton, Tal Herzberg, Jun Ishizeki, Anthony Kilhoffer, Ann Mincieli

  • Assistant engineers: J.D. Andrew, Jun Ishizeki

  • Mixing: Ron Fair, Dave Pensado

  • Mixing assistance: Ariel Chobaz

  • A&R: Justin Siegel destiny

  • Design: Jason Clark, Michelle Thomas

  • Photography: Chapman Baehler

  • Co-Songwriter: Tim "Timbaland" Mosley


Charts









Release history












Region
Date
Japan
June 21, 2005
United States
June 26, 2005
Canada
United Kingdom
July 3, 2005
Spain
March 6, 2006


References




  1. ^ Whitmir, Margo (2005-06-29). "Coldplay Logs A Third Week A No. 1". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014. Retrieved 2009-05-27..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ ab "The Way It Is Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-10-17.


  3. ^ ab Kellman, Andy. "The Way It Is". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Review. Retrieved 2012-10-14.


  4. ^ ab Tzou, Janet (2012-10-03). "Music Review — The Way It Is (2005)". Entertainment Weekly / CNN. Retrieved 2012-10-04.


  5. ^ "Joe Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2014.


  6. ^ "Joe Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2014.




External links



  • The Way It Is at Metacritic






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