I always say to ladies, sometimes there is no other word but the F-word. I have always had eyebrow-raising lyrics in my songs, but you couldn’t understand them - on “Sex & Cigatettes,” you can understand them. My kids love Tupac, so imagine the conversations at home over dinner.

Drake, Lil’ Kim - she’s my favorite of all the female rappers - Biggie. I usually listen to singers when I’m working on a ballad, but when I’m doing something a little more up, I want something with energy and vibe and some swag to it, because I can be a laid-back singer, so I need a little swag to help me. I’m always listening to other artists when I’m working on an album, and for “Sex & Cigarettes,” I was listening to Beyoncé, channeling her a little bit, and of course Rihanna. I think that’s what everyone loves about Adele: She’s young, but her music is classic and make you think she’s older. When my first record came out, that’s what they said about me - the topics were a little mature, but my style and approach was younger so that made it current. is super talented she’s a real, real vocalist - I’m sorry, is it “H-E-R” or “her”? Is it a pronoun or a noun? She’s classic but still young and modern. Of all the girls, Rihanna is probably my favorite - I don’t know if I can see her singing “B-h Better Have My Money” at 70 either, although she might do it especially for me. With hip-hop it’s a little different: You don’t want to be 70 and using the F-word or singing “B-h Better Have My Money,” although maybe some of them will. R&B is ageless, like rock and country - it doesn’t matter how old you are. You can rap about it and that’s great, but there’s nothing like a fabulous R&B hook.

You want to look in the mirror and sing your heartache away. In Europe, the song reached the top five in more than ten countries while peaking at number one in Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Sweden, and Switzerland.Why is R&B back? Because it was missed. When Billboard celebrated their 40 years charting from 1958 to 1998, the song was declared as the most successful song by a solo artist in the Billboard Hot 100 history. In the United States, the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed a total of eleven weeks, while reaching the same position on the Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult Contemporary component charts.

'Un-Break My Heart' attained commercial success worldwide. It won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997. The song is a ballad about a 'blistering heartbreak' in which Braxton begs a former lover to return and undo the pain he has caused. It was released as the second single from the album in October 1996, through LaFace Records. The song was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster. 'Un-Break My Heart' is a song performed by American singer Toni Braxton, from her second studio album, Secrets (1996).

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