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Cole Williams
12+ albums
Neo Souljazzsoulalternativefemale vocalists
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Had it not been for that psychology course she took her first semester in college, Cole Antoinette Williams could easily have been filling her days as a therapist instead of working on her new project, Out Of The Basement , Part 1. After hearing said project, chances are you will be sending Professor Whatshisname a thank you note. Clearly, Williams has found her calling. Having been immersed in music since the wizened old age of 4 – when she learned to play the piano (she was 6 when she began singing) – Williams tried going the traditional route by enrolling in college and contemplating a career in social services. On that fateful day, however, as she sat, staring out the window and letting the words of her professor wash over her in ignorant bliss, she realized that she was paying to learn about something that she just simply didn’t find interesting. Music. Singing. Creating. Now, those she found interesting. Logic won out and she dropped those psych classes after that semester. Working on her own material, she drew inspiration from some of her favorite artists, such as Donny Hathaway (“I have an affection for the space he was in while creating and making music. You listen to him and feel everything he was going through [while making a particular song] and you believe it!”), Lauryn Hill (“She has a great dynamic of raw emotion and polished vocals.”), Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, Sam Cooke, Bob Marley and The Beatles. “I think I find the positive pieces of each artist I loo
