Keyshia Cole Admits Iconic Riff In Hit Song ‘Love’ Was A Mistake That She ‘Hated’

<p>When it comes to <strong>Keyshia Cole<&sol;strong>&comma; her <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;exclusive-keyshia-cole-shares-she-brought-the-gap-back-for-her-role-in-upcoming-biopic&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">early ballads<&sol;a> kept &lpar;and still hold&rpar; folks in a headlock&&num;8211&semi;from the homies on the street corner to ladies at the R&amp&semi;B club night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Well&comma; it turns out that Keyshia was hating on one of her biggest hits&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Love&comma;&&num;8221&semi; way before fans memorized every lyric&period; Not only did she <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vibe&period;com&sol;music&sol;music-news&sol;keyshia-cole-hated-ballad-love-riff-accident-1234766793&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">dislike the song<&sol;a>&comma; but Cole also admitted to <em>VIBE&&num;8217&semi;s <&sol;em>Mya Abraham that she &&num;8220&semi;hated&&num;8221&semi; the iconic riff in the track&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I didn&&num;8217&semi;t really tink that I was good at writing slow records&comma; but I took my lil CD player and sat in the corner&&num;8230&semi;and I just wrote the record&comma;&&num;8221&semi; she said&period; &&num;8220&semi;Everybody loved it&comma; but I just didn&&num;8217&semi;t like it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;keyshia-cole-explains-shes-retiring-from-music-for-her-children-says-shes-proud-of-her-accomplishments-exclusive-details&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Keyshia Cole Explains She&&num;8217&semi;s Retiring From Music For Her Children &amp&semi; Says She&&num;8217&semi;s Proud Of Her Accomplishments &lpar;Exclusive Details&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>As for the riff&comma; Keyshia Cole admits it was an error that her music executives at the time loved&period; Despite her objections&comma; the riff made the track&&num;8217&semi;s final cut&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I messed up&comma; and they said do it again&period; They kept it&comma; but I hated it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the singer said&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The decision to release the track with the error ultimately added to Keyshia&&num;8217&semi;s career&period; Released in 2006&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Love&&num;8221&semi; was track four on Keyshia&&num;8217&semi;s album &&num;8220&semi;The Way It Is&&num;8221&semi; and later the most popular single from the project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the US Billboard Hot100&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;billboard&period;elpee&period;jp&sol;single&sol;Love&sol;Keyshia&percnt;20Cole&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">track debuted<&sol;a> at number 82 and peaked at number 19&comma; spending four weeks in the Top 20&period; Meanwhile&comma; on the Hot R&amp&semi;B&sol;Hip-Hop Songs chart&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Love&&num;8221&semi; peaked at number three&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"9PBZy9j3H3I" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fans will see more behind-the-scene moments of Keyshia&&num;8217&semi;s rise to fame when her biopic&comma; <strong>&&num;8220&semi;Keyshia Cole&colon; This Is My Story&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> premieres on Lifetime tomorrow &lpar;June 24&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;