This Is Me

The title of Kierra KiKi Sheard’s second and latest release, This Is Me, speaks quite well for itself. While giving a reverential nod of respect to her forebears, and delivering a couple of knockout, R&B ballads (the album’s title cut, and “Hear This”), Kiki moves into a very hip, urban pocket, delivering her messages through the modern, up-to-the-minute R&B and hip-hop language of today. Under the sure, hit-making hands of several producers, including Dark Child Production’s Fred Jerkins (Brandy, Destiny’s Child, Michael Jackson, Kirk Franklin, Trin-i-tee 5:7), Warryn Campbell (Dru Hill, Queen Latifah, Mario, Sisqo, Brandy, Mary Mary), and her younger brother, J. Drew, Kiki and “This Is Me” delivers a sound that will captivate ears, minds, hearts and souls—as well as capture the airwaves—for a long time to come.