Just like You (Keyshia Cole album)

Just Like You
Studio album by Keyshia Cole
Released September 25, 2007
Recorded 2006–2007
Genre
Length 57:59
Label
Producer Pete Rock, Missy Elliott, Bryan-Michael Cox, Scott Storch, Ron Fair (exec.), Rodney Jerkins, The Runners, Mario Winans, Diddy, J. Wells, Gregory G. Curtis, Alex Francis, T.Rey & C. Broan, Shawn Carroll, Soulshock
Keyshia Cole chronology
The Way It Is
(2005)The Way It Is2005		 Just Like You
(2007)		 A Different Me
(2008)A Different Me2008
Singles from Just Like You
  1. "Let It Go"
    Released: June 19, 2007
  2. "Shoulda Let You Go"
    Released: October 19, 2007
  3. "I Remember"
    Released: December 5, 2007
  4. "Heaven Sent"
    Released: March 27, 2008

Just Like You is the second studio album by American R&B singer Keyshia Cole. The album was released on September 25, 2007 through Geffen Records. It was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards that was held February 2008, but lost to Ne-Yo's Because of You. As of December 2007, the album has been certified platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America and remains Cole's highest-selling album to date with 1.7 million copies sold.

Conception

Cole started work on her second album shortly after the release of her debut album, The Way It Is. About the album, Cole says, "This album is more about you, inside, and how you need to get yourself together, rather than pointing at somebody else and saying, 'You don't treat me right, you don't do this.' I'm truly lovin it, I listen to it myself. The last album, I didn't really listen to until I went on tour. [Because] when you listen to your own experience, it's like, I don't wanna hear it anymore. I do write from my personal experiences, but I think it's very important to young women."[1]

Guests include Missy Elliott, Lil' Kim, Too $hort, Amina, Anthony Hamilton, Young Dro, T.I., Chink Santana and Piper. The US version has Cole's guest appearance on the song 'Last Night' by Diddy while the UK version has that, along with Boyfriend/Girlfriend by C-Side and (When You Gonna) Give It Up To Me by Sean Paul and the International Version contains both tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
Allmusic[3]
Billboard(favorable)[4]
The Boston Globe(mixed)[5]
Entertainment Weekly(C)[6]
New York Times(favorable)[7]
Rolling Stone[8]
StylusA−[9]
Village Voice(favorable)[10]
Washington Post(favorable)[11]

The first single off the album is "Let It Go", an upbeat club track that features Missy Elliott and Lil' Kim. The video premiered on BET's Access Granted on July 11, 2007. The second single is the Darkchild-produced "Shoulda Let You Go". The album was promoted with the second season of her reality show Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is, which premiered on October 30, 2007.[12] Just Like You debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 281,419 copies in its first week, more than quadruple the first week of her first album.[13] "Give Me More" came in at No.1 on The Editor's List inside Cove Magazine October 2007 Issue for the top 5 Soul/R&B recordings for the month of September 2007. As of January 17, 2009, Just Like You has sold approximately 1.7 million copies in the United States. The album's title track was the theme for Cole's BET reality series during seasons 2 and 3.

On November 27, 2008 the album was released in Australia, titled Just Like You (International Deluxe Version). This release is a hybrid of Just Like You and The Way It Is and also features Keyshia's collaborations with P. Diddy and Sean Paul. It contains 16 songs and has a different cover to the original version of the album. On May 9, 2008 the international album had been released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well.[14]

Commercial performance

One week after its release, Just like You debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 behind Rascal Flatts's Still Feels Good (2007) and at the top of Billboard's official Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with first week sales of 281,419 copies — more than quadruple the first week of her first album The Way It Is (2005) and to Cole's best week first weeks sales as of 2018.[15][13] By December 2007, the album had shifted 1,000,000 copies in the United States and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[15] Just like You went on to finish 87th on the Billboard 200 and 19th on Billboard's 2007 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums year-end chart.[16][17] As of 2010, the album has sold 1,700,000 copies in the United States.[18]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Just like You.[19]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Let It Go" (featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim)
5:14
2."Didn't I Tell You" (featuring Too $hort)
3:51
3."Fallin' Out"
4:27
4."Give Me More"
3:53
5."I Remember"
  • Cole
  • Greg Curtis
  • Curtis
4:20
6."Shoulda Let You Go" (featuring Amina Harris)
3:40
7."Heaven Sent"
  • Cole
  • Alex Francis
  • Jason Farmer
  • Lex
  • J-Vibe
  • Fair[C]
3:52
8."Same Thing (Interlude)"
  • Brown
  • Rey
1:35
9."Got to Get My Heart Back"
  • Fair
4:17
10."Was It Worth It?"
3:36
11."Just like You"
  • Cole
  • Shawn Carroll
4:06
12."Losing You" (featuring Anthony Hamilton)
  • Toxic
  • Donald Alford
3:49
13."Last Night" (featuring Diddy)
4:15
14."Work It Out"
  • Cole
  • Chanz Parkman
  • Raquel Kirby
4:04
15."Let It Go (Remix)" (featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim)
  • Cole
  • Lamb
  • Knight
  • Mtume
  • Jones
  • Elliott
3:40
Notes and sample credits
  • ^[A] denotes co-producer
  • ^[B] denotes vocals producer
  • ^[C] denotes additional producer
  • "Let It Go" samples "Juicy Fruit" performed by Mtume.
  • "Got to Get My Heart Back" contains excerpts from "She's Only a Woman" performed by The O'Jays.
  • "Losing You" contains excerpts from "Sorry" performed by Natalie Cole.

Charts

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[23] Platinum 1,000,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date
Netherlands September 24, 2007
United Kingdom
United States September 25, 2007
Canada
Brazil October 8, 2007
Italy October 24, 2007
New Zealand November 8, 2007
Singapore
Japan
European Union
Germany May 9, 2008
Austria
Switzerland
Australia November 27, 2008

References

  1. ↑ ""The Making of Keyshia Cole's "Let It Go""". Vibe. Archived from the original on 2007-06-28. Retrieved 2007-06-25.
  2. ↑ About.com review
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ Billboard review
  5. ↑ The Boston Globe review
  6. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  7. ↑ New York Times review
  8. ↑ "Rolling Stone review". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  9. ↑ Stylus review
  10. ↑ Village Voice review
  11. ↑ Washington Post review
  12. ↑ "Keyshia Cole Readies Sophomore Album". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-06-11.
  13. 1 2 Katie Hasty, "Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.
  14. ↑ "Diskografie Keyshia Cole Alben". KeyshiaCole.de. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
  15. 1 2 "Keyshia Cole Debuts at #2 on Billboard 200". Rap-Up. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  16. 1 2 "Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  17. 1 2 "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  18. ↑ "No. 1 or not, Keyshia Cole is still growing". The Jamaica Observer. December 22, 2010. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014.
  19. ↑ Cole, Keyshia. "Just Like You" Liner Notes. Geffen, 2007.
  20. ↑ "Just Like You: Keyshia Cole: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  21. ↑ "Keyshia Cole Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Keyshia Cole Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  23. ↑ "American album certifications – Keyshia Cole – Just like You". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 7, 2018. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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