“The first two albums were more … painful.” “It’s a different me this time: a young woman who’s still growing and finding myself, exploring life through different routes musically and in other areas. I wrote more about other people’s situations than my own. I’m moving forward.”

“A Different Me” features contributors such as Polow Da Don, the Runners, Neffu, Kwame, Orthodox and Ransom,the Trackmasters, and a duet with Monica and a reprise of R. Kelly’s “Honey Love.” Keyshia Cole added:

“When I hear something, I hear it — it doesn’t take me three, four, five times to hear a song and say, ‘OK, let’s write,’” “If I don’t write to it right off the bat, it’s not working.”