{"id":9383,"date":"2012-07-16T21:49:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T01:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/?p=9383"},"modified":"2012-07-16T21:49:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T01:49:31","slug":"multi-platinum-recording-artist-brooke-valentine-releases-dont-wanna-be-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/2012\/07\/16\/multi-platinum-recording-artist-brooke-valentine-releases-dont-wanna-be-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Brooke Valentine Releases &#8220;Don&#8217;t Wanna Be in Love&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jpeg.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9384\" title=\"cdsleeve_basic\" src=\"http:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jpeg.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jpeg.jpeg 371w, https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jpeg-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/jpeg-140x140.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><\/center><center>Stream The Track Here:<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"50%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51317219&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=true&amp;color=00a3ff\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Los Angeles, California<\/strong> &#8211; Fans and critics alike have been enthralled by music sensation Brooke Valentine since her dynamic and explosive single, &#8220;Girlfight.&#8221; The song featuring ATL rap stars Lil Jon and Big Boi was taken from her debut full-length project, Chain Letter (Virgin Records), and helped propel album sales to 2.5 million copies worldwide while remaining steady on the top of Billboard charts.<\/p>\n<p>Now the feisty vocalist and Houston native is back after a brief hiatus with her sophomore effort, Forever (Subliminal Entertainment), an album layered with hypnotic and harmonic overdubs. Forever is a composite of dazzling club anthems, powerful R&amp;B joints, emotive ballads and mid-tempo tracks &#8211; a comprehensive expression of Brooke Valentine&#8217;s life experiences. The title track and first single was released in spring and highlighted a &#8220;family is forever&#8221; theme, featuring the vocalist&#8217;s 2 year old son, London. Valentine says the writing of &#8220;Forever&#8221; was extremely organic, almost accidental but was taken to the studio and later mixed by DJ Quik who was responsible for engineering 11 other songs off the new album.<\/p>\n<p>The second single &#8220;Don&#8217;t Wanna Be in Love,&#8221; written and produced by Deja the Great is a sensual mid-tempo ballad layered with harmonies over a backdrop of driving strings; underscored further by the usage of Isaac Hayes&#8217; ominous classic, &#8220;Walk On By.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you know I tend to be extremely random, rare and or weird however I have no plans of changing that so lets just get the party started shall we?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And get the party started she does. Stand-out tracks on the album include, &#8220;In the Air,&#8221; an ultra dance-driven tune laced with a spiritual theme. On the darker melody, &#8220;Down for the Count&#8221; Valentine sings about losing her step, following in love and allowing herself to surrender. For fans desiring a full-on R&amp;B effort, the beat thumper &#8220;Gotcha&#8221; contains that and a whole lot of swag. &#8220;Selfish Lover&#8221; exemplifies the singer&#8217;s vocal range, showing off her chops while expressing anger at a self-centered man. The Toni Braxton inspired &#8220;In My Bed&#8221; proves to be a melodic masterpiece showcasing Valentine&#8217;s vulnerable and passionate side, centered around letting someone back in your bed who you know you shouldn&#8217;t. &#8220;I Love You&#8221; is dedicated to Valentine&#8217;s cousin who was tragically murdered in March 2008 &#8211; inspiration for this song also manifested from Hurricane Rita which hit Houston and devastated her family&#8217;s communities. &#8220;Insanity&#8221; is one of the more eclectic songs, with a classical music flavor and theatrical underpinnings &#8211; it&#8217;s a serious track where Valentine sheds light on domestic abuse she experienced in her youth.<\/p>\n<p>After listening to Forever fans will be greeted with a refreshing, realistic and expressive musical palate &#8211; Brooke Valentine has managed to thread a spiritual and emotional symmetry into her sound, while still keeping it bangin&#8217; for the club goers. Her music is an organic experience- a hybrid collection of up-tempo jams and fluid slow grooves that artistically join her sleek voice with intoxicating melodies. With such audible pleasantries and a ravishing sensual appeal, Brooke Valentine is sure to expand her fan base to include a broader more discriminating audience of tastemakers and music lovers around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stream The Track Here: Los Angeles, California &#8211; Fans and critics alike have been enthralled by music sensation Brooke Valentine since her dynamic and explosive single, &#8220;Girlfight.&#8221; The song featuring ATL rap stars Lil Jon and Big Boi was taken from her debut full-length project, Chain Letter (Virgin Records), and helped propel album sales to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/2012\/07\/16\/multi-platinum-recording-artist-brooke-valentine-releases-dont-wanna-be-in-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Multi-Platinum Recording Artist Brooke Valentine Releases &#8220;Don&#8217;t Wanna Be in Love&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,1],"tags":[2284],"class_list":["post-9383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hiphoprnb","category-news","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9385,"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9383\/revisions\/9385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corillomagazine.com\/home.html\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}