“I’d like to introduce a sexier side of me,” Keyshia Cole coos on the slinky intro to her third album. True to her word, the Atlanta singer sheds her street sass for some softer tunes. “Make Me Over” is a shimmying, string-pierced vamp — break out your jazz hands! — and “No Other” pumps Spanish guitar into a Mary J.-style monogamy ode. Not everything feels fresh: The lyrics are gooey (“Touch my soul, make me lose control”), and Tupac makes a posthumous cameo. Cole does better when she keeps an eye toward the future.
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