With the single 'King Of Hearts' appearing in February 2012, it seemed that Cassie's sophomore album had been consigned to the vaults, and following a highly praised performance of the song at BET's 106 & Park music video show, her next single, 'Balcony, was sent out to U.S. urban radio stations in September. Also in September she featured on Nicki Minaj's single from her re-released album 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up', titled 'The Boys', which was also sent out to urban radio stations. In July 2012 she'd announced that she had been working simultaneously on her album and a new mixtape titled 'RockaByeBaby', and this was released on 11 April 2013, being named the best mixtape of the year by Dazed & Confused. In March 2015 her boyfriend, rapper-producer Sean Combs, (a.k.a. P. Diddy), announced that he would be returning to producing, and this would include writing and recording songs for Cassie's second studio album. However, in 2016 she announced that she would be returning to acting, playing the lead role in the romantic comedy 'The Perfect Match', which was released in March 2016, although the following year she did release two singles, 'Love A Loser' and 'Don't Play It Safe'.
In January 2019, after ending her relationship with Combs and leaving Bad Boy Records, she worked with producers Chris' n' Teeb and singer-songwriter Ro James, and released several singles via her own Ventura Music label, including 'Moments', 'Excuses', 'Hungover', 'Don't Let Go', 'Speaking Of', 'Rollercoaster', 'Teach Me' and 'Simple Things'. The series of releases was dubbed "Free Fridays", and was to serve as a teaser ahead of the release of her second album, but as we by now know, this was not to be, and here in 2024 there is still no sign of that elusive second record. The good news is that the songs have not gone to waste, and a huge number of them have leaked over the years, and enterprising fans have been compiking them into themed albums for some time, and so following the recent post of her proposed 'Electro Love' from 2009, I'll be posting the remainder of the songs in revised versions of the three themed fan-made albums, having first extracted the 'Electro Love' tracks from them. We start with 'Velvet Night', which is a collection of dark, seductive songs, and the minimalist R&B showcases Cassie's sultry, sexy vocals gliding over the music, creating a spellbinding effect.
Track listing
01 I'm Not Drunk (Intro)
02 Don't Go Too Slow
03 When Your Body Is Talking
05 All The Way Down
05 Addiction (Interlude #1)
06 Whatcha Gonna Do
07 What She Don't Know
08 Stray (feat. Brandon Hines)
09 Can't Do It Without You
10 Shades (feat. Diddy) (Interlude #2)
11 Right Time
12 Skydiver
13 Not Love (Interlude #3)
14 Balcony (feat. Young Jeezy)
15 Let Me Go
16 Venus vs. Mars (feat. Jay-Z) (Outro)
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