Kanesha Nichole Brookes was born on 5 October 1984 in Houston, Texas, and is better known by her stage name Brooke Valentine. She started her career as a member of the female group Best Kept Secret, but after leaving them, she moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a solo career, linking up with producer and Subliminal Entertainment CEO Deja the Great, and signing to Virgin Records. Her first single was 'Girlfight', featuring Lil Jon and Big Boi, which was a surprise hit, peaking at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also succeeded internationally, breaking the Top 50 in Australia and Ireland, and Top 40 in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. She then released her debut album 'Chain Letter' in 2005, which debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard 200, and she followed this with another single, with 'Long As You Come Home'. After a collaboration with rappers Fabolous and Yo Yo on the single 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' for the soundtrack to the 2005 film 'Roll Bounce', she started work on her second studio album, 'Physical Education'. The set's lead single 'D-Girl' featuring Pimp C was released later that year, followed by 'Pimped Out' featuring Dem Franchize Boyz, but neither really caught the attention of the public. In 2008 Virgin Records merged with Capitol Records, and many albums were put on hold, including 'Physical Education'. Subliminal Entertainment CEO Deja the Great then acquired the masters and the contract rights from Virgin Records, and material from the project was released independently on the Physical Education Mixtape in 2009. Following this disappontment, Valentine took a break from music, during which time time she gave birth to her first child, a son named London. She did eventually return to the music business with her 2013 EP 'Love Letters', which was released to a positive response, but this post is about that cancelled release, and so here is what would have been her second studio album in 2009.
Track listing
01 Pimped Out (feat. Chamillionaire)
02 Make It Drop
03 Do Me Shorts
04 Cars (feat. Wifyi)
05 Gold Diggin
06 South Side (feat. The Great)
07 Dr. Do Right
08 Thug Passion
09 Ghettolicious
