Although initially scheduled for June 2006, Kelly Rowlands ( ) second solo album was postponed until the summer of 2007. In that extra year, not only was the title changed (from My Story to Ms. Kelly) but also a large number of songs deleted or adapted . Kelly and her managers felt that the album contained too many mid-tempo songs and ballads and that had to be changed: back in the studio. We don't
… know what the album originally sounded like, of course, but Ms. In any case, Kelly is not disappointing. Although Rowland was always somewhat in the shadow of her niece in Destiny's Child , and the solo careers of the other two ladies could not match the success of Beyoncé, she proves herself again as a solo artist. Her first CD got some hits and there's no reason why that with Ms. Kelly doesn't happen like that. Rowland's vocals are of course good and the productions are also convincing; the songs are usually a lot less one-dimensional than most of her colleagues. This deluxe edition has a slightly modified track listing. (IV)more
