Hilson has been writing music for other artists since 2001, including Britney Spears, Ciara, Usher, and Ludacris. Despite having made a name for herself as an arranger and background vocalist, lending her vocal talents to many of the songs she wrote on, Hilson remained behind the scenes for the most part until 2004, when she was featured on Xzibit's single, "Hey Now (Mean Muggin)" and made her performing debut singing the track live at the 2004 MTV Europe Awards.
In 2006, Hilson reappeared on the music scene in the video for Nelly Furtado's single "Promiscuous". Meanwhile, she signed as an artist with Timbaland's newly formed Interscope associated label Mosley Music Group and the pair started work on her debut album '"In A Perfect World...". The same year, she was featured on "After Love" from Diddy's album Press Play which was originally written for Danity Kane. She also wrote "Right Now" for Danity Kane as well as "Help", the second single from Lloyd Banks' Rotten Apple.
In 2007, Hilson made several appearances on Timbaland's solo effort, Shock Value where she featured heavily on the singles "The Way I Are" and "Scream" and the tracks "Miscommunication" and "Hello". Furthermore, she was featured on the track "Lost Girls" on Rich Boy's debut album and its second single "Good Things" and was credited as a writer and backing vocalist on Britney Spears' album Blackout. She also worked on Spears' follow-up "Circus", but the tracks didn't appear on the album.
A promotional video for her song "Where Did He Go" was released in 2008 and she went on to further promote herself as a solo artist on "Get It Girl", a track produced by Timbaland & Danja and recorded for a Verizon ringtone promotion and available also through iTunes.
She also played the lead role in Usher's music video for "Love in This Club", (as well as co-writing its "Pt. II" remix) appeared as one of the "independent women" in Ne-Yo's music video for "Miss Independent" and appeared briefly on Nelly's "Party People" music video wearing a T-Shirt with the slogan 'Hip Hop aint dead'. She soon after featured on Nas' debut single from his controversial album Untitled, "Hero".
After many pushbacks, Hilson's debut solo album In a Perfect World... has now been set for an early 2009 release. The album's first single was "Energy" and its music video was released July 14, 2008. "Energy" has peaked at a low #78 on the Billboard Hot 100.
A second single "Return The Favor" features Timbaland was released officially as a digital download on October 7, 2008 and the video, directed by Melina, premiered on October 23, 2008. In the meantime, she also featured on Chris Brown's single "Superhuman" and Kardinal Offishall's 2008 single "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)", which was originally featured Rihanna. This single failed to chart on the Hot 100.
The track "Turnin Me On" features rapper Lil' Wayne and was released as the third official single as a digital download on November 25. The video, which was directed by Erik White after he and Hilson met on the set of the "Superhuman" video, premiered on November 20, 2008. "Turnin Me On" has so far peaked at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and recently hit #2 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Hilson's most successful single as well as her first Top 50 single in the U.S.. It also peaked as the #1 Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop track. "Turnin Me On" also stood as the #1 video on BET's 106 & Park for about a week and currently is the #5 video request on that show, flucuating between the Top 5.
Recently, Keri Hilson's track "Alienated" was played exclusively on UK radio station Kiss 100 after winning the Fresh 40 mixtape deck battle with 51% against Maino's "All The Above".
It was announced on March 10th that the video for "Knock You Down"(featuring Ne-Yo & Kayne West) was in production and would be released as the fourth single.
Hilson's music has been favorably received, appearing on list of "Top Year Singles" with the songs, "Energy" and "Turnin Me On". The first was on Blender magazine list of the "The Top 144 Songs of 2008", at #61, and the latter was on Vibe magazine's "The 80 Best Songs of '08" at #67. Vibe also praised her voice and called her "ridiculously hot".
In 2010 saw the birth of No Boys Allowed and comes out on the 21st of December 2010. The First Single was Breaking Points and received positive and negative reviews, however failed to chart well. The second single Pretty Girl Rock saw more success and went on to chart respectably well. The song got that much attention that a official remix was made featuring Kanye West, which made the album too. The Suspected third Single is The Way You Love Me and a full length video (short film) appeared on Vevo. The video got mixed reviews, one side saying the video was a side to Keri that had never saw before (a more seductive side). However, some said that this side was too out there and was a bit too much.
DISCOGRAPHY:
ALBUMS:
2009: In A Perfect World...
2010:No Boys Allowed
SINGLES:
2004: Hey Now (Mean Muggin) [Xzibit feat. Keri]
2006: Help [Lloyd Banks feat. Keri]
2007: The Way I Are [Timbaland feat. Keri & D.O.E.]
2007: Good Things [Rich Boy feat. Polow Da on & Keri]
2008: Scream [Timbaland feat. Keri & Nicole Scherzinger]
2008: Hero [Nas feat. Keri]
2008: Energy
2008: Superhuman [Chris Brown feat. Keri]
2008: Return The Favor [feat. Timbaland]
2008: Numba 1 (Tide Is High) [Kardinal Offishall feat. Keri]
2008: Turnin Me On [feat. Lil Wayne]
2009: Knock You Down [feat. Kanye West & Ne-Yo]
2009: Slow Dance
2010: I Like
2010:Got Your Back [T.I feat. Keri]
2010:Breaking Point
2010:Pretty Girl Rock
2010:The Way You Love Me
So Good
Keri Hilson Lyrics
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When I finally told you I'd be on my way, I'd be on my way, hey
You called me crazy said I'm out of my mind
I said but if I'd stay here, it'd be a waste of time
I really gotta go, gotta get out of here, I'm running
Gotta continue my journey
Cause all lying and declining you know that I'm off
I ain't trying to go to when it was all that
Now where you're going from I ain't coming back
Hey, cause I'm too good for all that I wanna give this love back if I could
My love is so good
You wish you could get this girl back
You miss me cause my love is so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
All I did was smoking mirror, making pictures, reaching temper, then it's different
Look what you did to us,
You used to find the heart to tell me you love me
Now you need me I find it so hard, so hard to believe that you want me
Well I am in no rush
Everything that you wanted was yours
Love was right in your face, face and now it ain't no more, no more
Cause all lying and declining you know that I'm off
I ain't trying to go to when it was all that
Boy when you had me you really know how to act
Now where you're going from I ain't coming back
Hey, cause I'm too good for all that I wanna give this love back if I could
My love is so good
You wish you could get this girl back
You miss me cause my love is so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
Now you're begging me to come home but I'm already over you baby
I got your old tone, assume this time alone
Boy you want me and you miss me like crazy
But you're all out of luck
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good, oh yeah.
The song "So Good" by Keri Hilson is a track about a woman who chooses to leave her relationship despite being called crazy and out of her mind for doing so. She remembers the final look on her partner's face when she told him she was leaving, but she had to continue her journey because staying would be a waste of time. The lyrics suggest that the woman had been lied to and declined, and she is now off that path. The woman is convinced that she is too good for all that and that she wants to move on and give her love back if she could.
The second verse of the song shows how the woman has moved on with her life and is in no rush to entertain any man as she was before. She recalls smoking mirrors and reaching any given temper, and now things are different. She is no longer interested in anything that he promised as love was right there, but it's not anymore. The chorus is a repetition of how good the woman's love is and that her ex-partner wishes he could get her back because of how good her love was.
Line by Line Meaning
I still remember that final look on your face, face
I recall the expression on your face as I told you I was leaving
When I finally told you I'd be on my way, I'd be on my way, hey
When I finally told you I was leaving this relationship
You called me crazy said I'm out of my mind
You accused me of being insane and irrational
I said but if I'd stay here, it'd be a waste of time
I explained that staying in the relationship would be pointless
Gotta continue my journey
I need to move forward in my life
Cause all lying and declining you know that I'm off
I'm done with your deceit and rejection
I ain't trying to go to when it was all that
I don't want to go back to when we were together
Boy when you had me you really know how to act
You treated me well when we were together
Now where you're going from I ain't coming back
I don't want to reconcile because I've moved on
Hey, cause I'm too good for all that I wanna give this love back if I could
I'm worth more than the way you treated me, and I would give my love to someone who deserves it
My love is so good
I have a great capacity for love
You wish you could get this girl back
You want me back, but it's too late for that
You miss me cause my love is so good
You long for me because I have so much love to give
All I did was smoking mirror, making pictures, reaching temper, then it's different
All I did was try to make our relationship work, but it never measured up
Look what you did to us,
Your actions led to the failure of our relationship
You used to find the heart to tell me you love me
You used to have the ability to express your feelings for me
Now you need me I find it so hard, so hard to believe that you want me
Now that you want me back, I can't trust if you really mean it
Well I am in no rush
I'm not in a hurry to reconcile with you
Everything that you wanted was yours
You had everything you wanted in our relationship
Love was right in your face, face and now it ain't no more, no more
I loved you so much, but now that love is gone
Now you're begging me to come home but I'm already over you baby
You want me back, but I have moved on from you
I got your old tone, assume this time alone
I have your message from when I left and I assume you want this time alone to think
But you're all out of luck
You're not going to get what you want from me
My love is so good, so good, so good, so good, so good
My capacity for love is significant and powerful
Oh yeah.
A resounding affirmation of the previous statement
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: FLOYD HILLS, KEVIN COSSOM, MARCELLA ARACIA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Best Gyrl
love this song. she is talented. what happened??? her albums shoulda went platinum.
Ína Chanel
Apparently she hated on Beyonce and thats why her career ended 🤣
Spencer Oziogu
This song is HOT! I always had/ still do have a thing for Keri Hilson. She is so talented and gifted with an amazing voice.
Jeffrey Free
This song should have been a single! So good!
Krystal Herrera
Wish it was on Apple Music my favorite song. She was amazing in concert.
SONGBEAR
Right! I hate I have to come to YouTube when I’m feeling nostalgic just to listen to this!
TrinMozé Studios
It is on Apple Music. On the deluxe version👌
SONGBEAR
@TrinMozé Studios just checked again it’s definitely not on the deluxe maybe it’s not available in the US or something you gone have to post the link cause it’s definitely not on there and doesn’t come up when you search it…
TrinMozé Studios
@SONGBEAR oh, I'm in South Africa. Makes sense. Sucks then 🤦🤦
Ill NaNa
@TrinMozé Studios yeah in the US it was a Target exclusive