R&B diva Keyshia Cole has axed her manager following the poor commercial and crtical reception of her fourth studio album, ‘Calling All Hearts’.
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Despite debuting at #9 on the Billboard 200 last month, the LP has -as of last week-only managed to shift 181, 300 in total. A far cry from the Platinum success of Cole’s three earlier albums.
This, it seems, was enough for the singer to axe longtime manager Manny Halley – who many will remember from her BET reality show ‘The Way It Is’.
Confirming Halley’s departure on Twitter yesterday, Cole said:
Would like for u guys to know tht Manny Halley is no longer my management.
Someone said if the people around u won’t change, change the people around you.
Granted, there’s no doubt more to the story (beyond solely the album’s failure), I sure hope she’s not putting all her recent career woes down to one person. For, along with management, her A&R needs checking for all the wack material she’s been recording and releasing since her 3rd LP, as does her vocal coach – as her live performances show that clearly someone hasn’t been doing their job.
In any case, the whole shabang is rather unfortunate, for Cole is actually talented. Yet, if this episode highlights one thing, it’s that her ‘rough diamond’ appeal can only last so long. There comes a time where folk won’t pardon wack vocal showings, spotty material, and unrefined performances, simply because they ‘like’ or ‘identify’ with you. Put simply, Keyshia has long needed to ’step it up’ on many a front. Perhaps her latest issues will serve as motivation enough to.
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