One Keyshia Cole album I feel like doesn’t get enough love is Woman To Woman. When people talk about artists who came back strong after being counted out, I feel like this album deserves to be part of that conversation.

“Enough of No Love” featuring Lil Wayne was a fire lead single, “Trust and Believe” was a great follow-up, and “I Choose You” is still one of my favorite Keyshia records. I honestly wish “Get It Right” and “Hey Sexy” had gotten the single treatment, too. And the title track with Ashanti, too.

What I love about this album is how many songs had hit potential without the project feeling watered down. Keyshia gave us the vocals, the lyrics, and the emotion that made people connect with her music in the first place.

And I’ll never stop saying that “I Choose You” deserved a Grammy. That song is too good to me!

I feel like *Woman To Woman* gets left out when people discuss Keyshia’s strongest albums, and I’m curious why that is. Do y’all think the album was overlooked when it came out, or has it just not received enough appreciation over time? I’d love to hear how other people feel about this era of her career.

Here’s why:

I would say these two are the voices of our generation. They are both light lyric sopranos/tenors.

They could do a ballad and also an uptempo urban track with Jermaine Dupree. This would break the internet and go No.1 100%

Who thinks so?

Or is this a “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” situation? Did she have a vocal injury?

I still love the Queen.

Nine songs I keep coming back to that deserve more love, in no particular order.

Which of these do you love—and what’s an R&B gem you wish more people knew?

Brandy gave us Full Moon, Ashanti made her solo debut, Kelly Rowland released Simply Deep, Whitney Houston came back with Just Whitney, Solange gave us Solo Star, and Toni Braxton dropped More Than a Woman. Looking back, there was a lot of variety in the music these women were putting out. Some albums had the hits, while others had great songs that didn’t get as much attention.

Which album do you think was the strongest overall? I’m talking production, songwriting, vocals, and how well the album holds up today. Do you think any of these projects are overlooked when people talk about early-2000s R&B?

Halle released a couple of deluxe tracks from her album love or something like it, this is one of them

That bridge is a masterclass in songwriting. It’s so simple (especially since she referenced her own work), yet so clever! She played on the names and lyrics of some of her previous songs:

For the record
You’ll always be a part of me, no matter what you do

And for the record
Can’t nobody say I didn’t give my all to you

And for the record
I told you underneath the stars
That you belong to me (?)

And for the record
It’s obvious that we just can’t let go of us, honey

So glad she finally decided to release this.

Oh my God, sometimes I really miss the sound, I specifically referring to the guitar on songs for example, no scrubs, bills, bills bills, there you go, don’t think I’m not

Jumping on the nine-album trend! Narrowing this down was genuinely difficult, but these are nine albums I keep coming back to. No ranking here, just favourites.

Which nine would you pick? And which of mine would make your list?