New York – New York (AP) – The last time Keri Hilson took out an albumBarack Obama was in the second year of his first term as president of the United States, the iPad was released and Instagram was new.
“In a few days, I am as if I was blinking. But for the most part, yes, it feels like a long time because I have been waiting. I felt stuck, I felt trapped for a time and conflict,” said Grammy’s nominated artist twice. “I am approaching this as if I were starting again because this is how it feels for me. I have lived nine lives since the last time I released … I am a completely different person.”
Hilson, 42 years oldANDB Star known for the successes of the late 2000s as “Knock You Down”, with Kanye West and Ne-Yo. And “Pretty Girl Rock” released “We Need to Talk: Love” on Friday. It is his third album, after “No Boys Pertned of 2010”, and is the first of a trilogy for its launch this year. Directed by the sensual single “BAE”, the nine track album deepens romance and introspection.
“I feel resolved, both with art and inside to return to light. So, I think the resolution had to meet before feeling safe enough to free the work body and also unleash the world again,” said Hilson, who said he never stopped recording. “There were songs in my past that I felt that they were political movements, songs that I really didn’t love to sing … I didn’t want to feel like this this time.”
One of those songs was a filtered remix for its popular 2009 single “Turnin Me On” with Lil Wayne, which reached number 15 in Billboard Hot 100. Lyrics included A DISS fan perceived that they are aimed at Beyoncé.
Hilson, who had not yet dropped his introductory album, “In a Perfect World”, which debuted at number 4 at Billboard Top 200 and No. 1 in Top RANDB albums, they said that she was forced to sing the lines, “she can sing / but she needs to move it to the left, to the left”, he was supposed to refer to Beyoncé’s “irplusible”. She says she was threatened that her album may not be released if she refused.
Last week, Hilson had a trend in social networks after an interview with “The Breakfast Club” by Iheartmedia after remembering the incident. While he has talked about that several times in the past, during that interview, the singer publicly appointed those involved, including producer Polow da Don with whom he was signed. She did not appoint the singer and composer Ester Dean. However, after social media users labeled Dean in publications, then identified herself.
The end of a decadienda relationship, the lack of control over his career and the intense endless reaction of depression triggered and led her to withdraw from music.
During his time outside, Georgia’s native embarked on a healing trip that included therapy, newspaper and spiritual retreats.
“There were some perspectives that needed to discover … falsehoods, beliefs that I picked up or inherited on me,” said Hilson, who changed to act.
Her return has included a very selective press, avoiding what she describes as means of “new media”, as platforms driven by social networks, saying that monetization can reward the promotion of gossip or encourage the creation of lies. The culture of the salary blog of the 2010 was a driving force to advance in the flames of its perceived flesh with Beyoncé, who has never publicly commented on the situation.
Hilson “can definitely operate and navigate within the kingdom of RANDB. She has a fan base, “said Keithan Samuels, founder of the popular website redrnb.com.” Its main fans base has matured … can navigate within this new era of RANDB where there is a lot of diversity and sound. “
Made with unbalanced camps and writing records created over the years, “We Need to Talk: Love” find Hilson delivering vulnerable letters and flirtatious in a wide range of RANDB sounds. Writing in all the songs except one, he avoided the current R currentANDB The trends that were developed during their absence, citing individuality as a key to its early success. She also believes that algorithms have created a culture of musical homogeny, instead of creativity.
There are songs par excellence “Mrs. Keri Baby” like fun, popANDB Styled “Somethin (Bout U)”, but there is also the introspective “Naked (Love)” and “Say It”, in which she expresses: “I will not say that I love you / until you tell me you love me.”
“I am a very ‘girl boss’ in my life, right? When it comes to relationships, I prefer to be a lady. I prefer to get closer … I prefer that man say ‘I love you’ first. I just prefer that a man leads,” said Hilson. “I am really a damsel, without anguish.”
The mood of the bedroom is located in the sexy “shout” of slow jam, while the bright “whatever” floats with beautiful stacked harmonies.
“I feel it is something I would have written for Whitney. And I really wrote a song for Whitney that he could never record,” said Hilson, who began her career as a demand writer whose credits include songs for Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer López and Britney Spears. “This reminds me of a Whitney Houston album, where I think I would be now.”
Samuels de Ratedrnb.com says that this project is evident to the new control that Hilson has during his career.
“It is definitely not, for me, an attempt to have this commercial return … it feels more personal,” said Samuels. “The other two albums, I feel they were more attended to what was current.”
Hilson says he is still open to writing for other artists and giving songs that may not fit in his current musical era. He also has a new film for life, “Fame: A Temptations Story”, co -starring Keshia Chanté, premiering on April 26 at 8 pm edt. Hilson says that acting now is an equal part of his career.
Although Hilson can be cautiously resurfaced musically, fans are welcoming their return. After the breakfast club interview, fans flooded her with sympathy and positivity, possibly due to a combination of it finally telling her side of the story in detail, as well as the passage of time. Some fans said they forgot about the incident or that they were too young to know.
“I simply control what I can control … I control what I allow to raise or download. These are realizations that I have had since I have been,” said Hilson. “I feel without Aurio … I’m not projecting too much from the past now, and all that is liberating.”
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