![]() ![]() But it was the heartrending “Love” that exposed the softer side of her bluntly titled 2005 debut, The Way It Is. ![]() ![]() When Cole at last found her own spotlight, it was over a Kanye West beat on 2004’s “I Changed My Mind,” an ex-skewering anthem cowritten by John Legend. Three years later, in 1996, she was set to record with 2Pac when he was gunned down. After cold-calling MC Hammer at age 12, the local hero gave her a shot at studio backing vocals. The Oakland singer (born in 1981) started her career early, immersed in rap. And, of course, it’s in her throaty voice, powerful at both a quaver and a wail. It’s in her unbridled emotion, which rings true whether she’s wounded or hopeful. It’s in her style, which bridges R&B’s earnestness to hip-hop’s realness. ![]()
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