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After a lengthy musical break, which saw Norwood establishing a flourishing acting career with her sitcom Moesha, she eventually entered recording studios in 1997 to intensify work on her second studio album. Barely satisfied with the material that was presented to her however, the recording of the album was postponed several times as Norwood felt that many songs wouldn't express what she wanted to tell at this point of her career. "Many of the songs I heard were not 'me'," the singer stated during a promotional interview with Jet in 1999, "And If I can't feel it, then I won't sing it. I'm not the little girl I was when I made my first record. My voice is a strong instrument now; my vocals come from both my heart and my diaphragm. My heart because I matured in the four years since the last album; I'm more emotionally there." While Atlantic Records refused the approach to have Norwood work with Timbaland and his team on the album, the label consulted David Foster and then-newcomer Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins to contribute to the project, the latter of who went on to craft the majority of the album and would evolve as the its executive producer. Norwood credited the chemistry with both producers with her musical growth: "They brought out the best in me, the vocals I didn't know I had," she said.
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