Cassie - Supermodel (2012)

The final collection of unreleased tracks from Cassie is titled 'Supermodel', and is a pure pop collection of starburst synths, bubblegum beats, and cotton-candy production, with her versatile voice shining on belting ballads and chanting club anthems in this diverse mix.

Track listing

01 Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n Roll (Intro)
02 I Never Knew
03 B.F.F. (feat. Young Deion)
04 Radio (feat. Fabolous)
05 Push It
06 I Don't Love You (Interlude #1)
07 Sometimes (feat. Ryan Leslie)
08 Shakespeare
09 Sound Of Love (feat. DJ Komori)
10 Diced Pineapples (Interlude #2)
11 Breathe Again
12 Runaway Love (feat. T-Pain)
13 Baby Girl (feat. N.O.R.E.)
14 Hide (Interlude #3)
15 I'm In Love With You 
16 Fly With U (Outro)

Cassie - Dope 'n Diamonds (2012)

The second collection of unreleased tracks from Cassie is entitled 'Dope 'n Diamonds', and it's a collection of dark electro songs, with her icy-cool, detached vocals being immersed in stabbing synths, ice cream beats, heavy bass & tribal-jungle inspired production.

Track listing

01 Warning Shot (feat. M.G.K.) (Intro)
02 Leave You A Message
03 Fuck U Silly (feat. Nicki Minaj)
04 I'm A Lover

05 I Got One 2Night (Interlude #1)
06 I.V.
07 Can You Feel Me
08 I Need Love (feat. K-Young)
09 H.D.
10 Trying To Be Cool (feat. Chester French) (Interlude #2)
11 The Boys (feat. Nicki Minaj)
12 King Of Hearts
13 Gimme That
14 Swagga Like Puff (Interlude #3)
15 She Can't Love You
16 Look What U Done
17 Roc Boys (feat. Jay-Z) (Outro)

Cassie - Velvet Night (2012)

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)

Cassie - Electro Love (2009)

Casandra Elizabeth Ventura, known professionally as Cassie, was born on 26 August 1986 in New London, Connecticut, and after attending The Williams School on the Connecticut College campus, she began modelling at the age of 14, and by 16 she was modelling for local department stores, Delia's fashion catalogue and Seventeen. After appearing in R&B singer Mario's 'Just A Friend 2002' music video, she was encouraged by producer Rockwilder to take vocal lessons. After finishing high school in 2004 she moved to New York City, where she returned to modelling, and started taking classes at the Broadway Dance Center. After Ryan Leslie spotted her at a club in 2004, the two wrote a duet together called 'Kiss Me', and after recording the track, Leslie played the song for music executive Tommy Mottola, who offered Cassie a management deal, while Leslie signed her to NextSelection Lifestyle Group. Leslie wrote and produced her first single, 'Me & U', in 2005, and the song became a club hit in Germany before it was heard by P. Diddy, and Leslie convinced him to partner his Bad Boy Records with Leslie's NextSelection imprint for the release of Cassie's debut album. The self-titled record was released in August 2006, and sold 321,000 copies in the United States, while the lead single 'Me & U' peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, selling more than 1 million digital downloads. In 2007 it had to be denied that she'd been dropped from Bad Boy Records, and Diddy confirmed that she was in the studio working with producers Kanye West and Pharrell Williams on her second album, having split from Ryan Leslie, who had produced the majority of her debut album. 

The idea was that working with a mix of writers and producers, as well as her own co-write input, would make it a more personal record. In 2008 she made her film debut as Sophie Donovan in the dance film 'Step Up 2: The Streets', and she also sang the lead single 'Is It You' from the soundtrack album. In July 2009 it was announced that her second studio album's title would be 'Electro Love', and that it would demonstrate more independence and have a bit more personality. Three singles were released as tasters for the record, but neither 2008's 'Official Girl', nor 2009's 'Must Be Love' and 'Let's Get Crazy' charted in the US, and so the album was pushed back a couple of times, before she left Bad Boy Records in December and signed with Interscope Records. She was still talking about the album coming out in October 2010, saying that she'd already recorded around fifty songs for it, but still no release date was offered. Her next release was another single, with 'King Of Hearts' appearing in February 2012, but that was now three years after her second record was supposed to have appeared, and so I think we'll we have to admit that by now it was never going to happen. Luckily there have been a number of leaks of her music over the years, and they include all the tracks from 'Electro Love', and so here is that long-awaited second album from Cassie, which should have come out in 2009. 

Track listing

01 Let's Get Crazy (feat. Akon)
02 Official Girl (feat. Lil Wayne)
03 Activate (feat. Newz)
04 2 The Morning
05 My House
06 Must Be Love (feat. P. Diddy)
07 Thirsty
08 Make You A Believer (feat. Jadakiss)
09 Keep On Lovin' Me (feat. The-Dream)
10 Nobody But You (feat. The-Dream)
11 Stamina
12 Up In Here
13 In Love With The DJ
14 Turn The Lights Off
15 Is It You
16 Summer Charm
17 Not What Love Is (feat. P. Diddy)
18 Talkin' Like This