R & B Sensation: Deborah Cox

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Hey, what's up Young Hollywood? This is Deborah Cox. Thanks for support.

I am here with R&B sensation Deborah Cox and we are talking about your album today. Very exciting.

The the promise exemplifies a bit of positivity. There are songs in there that I think will describe almost every situation, whether you're in love, out of love, falling in love or haven't found love yet. I love R&B. I didn't want this record to be too trendy. But at the same time, I I wanted it to still have that classic Deborah sound.

I know that you collaborated with a few really great producers, John Legend, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis. How do you think they all came together?

I'm now a veteran. So I, you know, I put my time in and a lot of, you know, the producers wanted to be down. John Legend, Big Jim, Shep Crawford, you know, Jam and Lewis, D'Angelo, Springstein, the Avila Brothers, they were like, next record, let me know.

It's a beautiful, you are a great video. You have the whole eclectic look with the black and white.

Really the concept of it is just about being simple, being, um, comfortable in your skin, stripping down. No matter what you're going through, you gotta have self-integrity, by revealing, you know, my pregnancy as well, people will say, you know, you have that glow. I just wanted to show people that you know, you can be so vulnerable.

You still hold the record for, you know, number one singles on the R&B charts for Billboard. It's crazy.

Yeah, it was 14 weeks. Nobody's supposed to be here. Complete shock. Stations that played hip hop played the song. It just sort of resonated across the board. You have a song like that that relates to people, and you got yourself a big hit.

Well, Young Hollywood, we say that it's all about attitude, not age. What has been your attitude getting to where you are now?

Always focus on the positive. You know, even in a bad situation, try to find something positive to come out of it. Leave that bitterness aside and try to move on. Don't sweat the small stuff. Don't sweat it. I got that book right by my bed.

The album, The Promise is in stores right now, so you can check it out or you can go online, Deborah Cox. com.

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