The Way It Is

Catalog attribution: Keyshia Cole

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Album link checks

Spotify: The Way It Is · Keyshia Cole. Spotify catalog album title and credited artist checked. Checked November 8, 2026.
Apple Music: The Way It Is · Keyshia Cole. Album title and credited artist checked on the official Apple Music US page. Checked November 8, 2026.

Release date context: 2005 (edition unverified)
Imported catalog-date claim with a linked reference. The exact territory, edition and date have not been independently reverified for this release record.

Album by Keyshia Cole catalogued for Ye's production credits only: the tracks listed here are those MusicBrainz credits to Ye as producer, not the full album.

Catalogued songs

1 songs · curated selectionList order not verified

An aggregate album record, not a complete or edition-specific tracklist.

I Changed My MindKeyshia Cole · 2005 (release year; edition unverified)I Changed My Mind is track 2 of Keyshia Cole's The Way It Is (2005), where MusicBrainz credits Ye as producer.

Sources & evidence

MusicBrainz: The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole, release afb88ccb)MusicBrainz

View field-level evidence (4 claims)

Title
Archive summary: MusicBrainz titles the release The Way It Is.
Claim confidence: documented
Source location: Release title
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole, release afb88ccb) →
Kind
Archive summary: Release group type album.
Claim confidence: documented
Source location: Release group
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole, release afb88ccb) →
Catalog artist attribution · field artistIds
Archive summary: The release artist credit is Keyshia Cole.
Imported catalog artist attribution. The artist identity, display name and recording credit have not been independently reverified.
Recorded claim, not reverified
Source location: Release artist credit
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole, release afb88ccb) →
Release date · field releaseDate
Archive summary: Release event US 2005.
Imported catalog-date claim with a linked reference. The exact territory, edition and date have not been independently reverified for this release record.
Scope note: Date of the release read for these credits; other editions may differ.
Recorded claim, not reverified
Source location: Release event
Extracted: 11/8/2026
MusicBrainz: The Way It Is (Keyshia Cole, release afb88ccb) →

Archive detail

Record ID: rel-the-way-it-is-2005

Evidence is assessed claim by claim. An association or a source confidence label does not establish a recording credit.

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