Looking back at A Different Me ten years later, despite its moderate success, it is still one of Cole’s most underrated and underappreciated works to date. Cole also added to her streak of top 10 singles, scoring three on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 322,000 copies sold the first week, which was about 40,000 more than Just Like You sold in its opening week. Lastly, she gave us hope that a broken heart could be mended (“You Complete Me” and “Where This Love Could End Up”).Ĭole’s new direction would soon pay off, too. She even made soundtracks for the bedroom (“Erotic” and “Brand New”). She made us dance with uptempo cuts like “Make Me Over“ and “Please Don’t Stop.” She demonstrated her matured vocal skills on her Monica-assisted duet “Trust.” She incorporated other genres like country (“This Is Us”) and disco (“Beautiful Music”), which proved she had crossover appeal. I’m moving forward.”īy changing her mindset, Cole proved that she wasn’t a one-dimensional artist and that there was more to her music than what we were aware of. “I wrote more about other people’s situations than my own. “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,” she told Billboard a little over a month before releasing A Different Me. Instead of focusing on heartbreak and pain, she takes an open-minded approach. “Make me over / I wanna look nice now / I wanna look real pretty / I wanna look jazzy,” she sings on the Polow Da Don and Ron Fair-produced track.Ĭontinuing on throughout the album, Cole shines a light on the good side of love. After setting the tone with the “A Different Me (Intro),” Cole keeps the theme going with “Make Me Over,” which interpolates Tina Turner’s “Tina’s Wish” from the What’s Love Got to Do with It soundtrack. The intro is certainly much different than what fans were used on the opening track for The Way It Is and Just Like You, which were both kiss-off records.
“I would like to introduce a sexier side of me,” she whispers in an alluring voice.
On the album’s intro track, she clearly states her intentions. Cole’s sexy new look would also translate through the music on A Different Me.
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