I first heard of Kiley Dean back when she was signed to mega producer Timbaland's Beat Club label. I was shocked and pleasently surprised that this young girl had such a pair of pipes on her, it was after I heard her sang (and let me say that like they do in church, the gal can Sang) "Who Will I Run Too" (look it up, you will thank me later) that I became a bona-fide fan.
I started researching and looking for all the music she made. The end results of my search is a hidden gem by the name of 'Simple Girl' album (not to be confused with the actually Simple Girl song). The whole sorrid story of what happened after she created 'Simple Girl' is a story I wouldn't bother you with but needless to say, this whole album, not a demo, not an EP, a bonafide album with intro, outro and everything was shelved. To make matters worse, a couple months or years later, her label, Beat Club collapsed.
Since that happened, Kiley still makes music and is still looking for that one person to give her the one thing she deserves the most, a proper album release. To no avail. Simple Girl is almost 6 years old, maybe more and there was talk of an album called 'Changes' but it can not be brought in stores.
Timbaland continues to produce and awhile later he created Mosley Music Group and co-released his first bonafide success, Nelly Furtado's 'Loose'. Whilst Timbaland had success tho, producing and making major hits for people like Madonna, OneRepublic and Justin Timberlake, poor Kiley's invite to the party seemed to got lost in the mail. Now I'm not bitter but where was Kiley on his 'Shock Value' Lp? He had Keri Hilson (not hating, I got love for Keri) at least three times. Last time I heard Kiley and Tim are still cool, lol he threw her a bone and he let her ad-lib and sing back ground on Flo-Rida's 'Elevator' but his big album and Kiley was nowhere to be seen and worse, heard.
The main point of this blog is, I want you to give Kiley a shot. It won't hurt you to listen to one of her songs and you never know, you might like it. If you are already a Kiley fan, then kudos to you and please join me in promoting and making sure this hard working, well deserved artist gets her shot to live her dream. The song I have included below is called 'Convince Me' for a reason. I could have used "Who Will I Run To" or "As These Days Go By" or "Busy" but I decided this song sums up how Kiley feels been stuck in this limbo. When I realized it was no longer on Youtube for me to link to, I actually created a slideshow so I could use it. I want you to listen to her. Listen to the lyrics
"I'm a fighter, a leader, I'm a believer, I'll do it over again". It sums her up so well, she believes and I believe in her. Now open your ears and you'll believe too.
PP
