Here is an update on the progress of CoKo's new LP due March 2001. We previously told you that Tim & Bob were working on the LP, and we'll have a pic of the trio in the studio in the Gallery. From what we are told, Tim and Bob produced five tracks. Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot has produced one track for the LP, while the Neptunes have completed two. New producers that we weren't aware of before have been added to the line-up: Shep Crawford (He cut Tamia's "Stranger In My House", Deborah Cox's "Nobody's Supposed To Be Here", Sisqo's "Incomplete", the majority of Kelly Price's current LP, and even Boyz II Men's current single "Thank You In Advance" and he's produced two tracks for CoKo) and Eddie F (he produced five tracks, but only two of them will make it on the album). Although she hasn't done so at the time of this writing, she is still set to record with Brian Morgan. The song is tentatively titled "As You". It doesn't appear that the track that Daron of 112 cut for her will make it on the album after all. We wanted to clarify that since it had been mentioned in a previous "Exclusive News". We also let you all in on the duet with Dave Hollister. People, she feels really strongly about this one! In addition, in speaking with some employees at the RCA Records (NYC office) we find that there is equal excitement about this track--they are playing it all over the office. The first single perhaps? CoKo hopes so!

Last, but not least, Ms. Voice revealed that she is scheduled to tape a gospel special on BET January 19th, 2001. She will be "takin' us to church" with none other than Hezekiah Walker & LFC. Imagine that!!! This will be great exposure for her, as her lead single (whatever it is going to be) shooouuuld be hitting the radio around that time to make way for the new LP. As soon as we receive word, we will let you folks know when the special will air!

Until then, keep it locked to the CoKoCure!

The CoKo~Cure has received some preliminary details regarding Lady Voice's forthcoming album! Due to the consistent, overwhelming flow of e-mail from the fans requesting "behind-the-scenes" knowledge on the LP, the Cure has done a little networking with the powers-that-be at RCA. They have graciously given us some snippets of information (Please keep in mind that these details are tentative and subject to change). Check out the following!!!

CoKo's yet-to-be-titled sophomore solo album is quickly nearing completion. It is on schedule for release around March/April 2001. RCA Records is pulling all the stops production-speaking for this new LP! CoKo is working with some of the industry's hottest producers including:

• The Neptunes--the masterminds behind Jay Z's current blazing track "Just Wanna Love Ya", Mystikal's "Shake Ya Fast", ODB's "Baby I Got Your Money" and SWV's "Use Your Heart" and "When This Feeling" (from the 1996 "New Beginning" LP)
• Daron (of 112 fame)--he is responsible for many of 112's big hits like "Love You Like I Did" and "Anywhere".
• Missy Elliott--need we say more? Who HASN'T this talented supermind worked with yet? But most notably for SWV/CoKo fans, Missy produced 1997's "Can We" and 1998's "He Be Back".
• Brian Alexander Morgan--a supreme ballad writer responsible for all of SWV's masterpiece ballads i.e. "Weak", "Always On My Mind" and "Rain".
• Also, there is a huge buzz surrounding a certain ballad performed with Dave Hollister (formerly of BLACKstreet). From what we are told, this single is a hit waiting to happen!

About 2-3 months ago The CoKo Cure was nominated for an Online Music Award (People's Choice Award). The winner depends on how many votes that site receieves. Well, an incredible 2,221 websites (both official and fan sites) were nominated, and The CoKo Cure ranked an incredible #100. The CoKo Cure also ranked as the #3 R&B website voted... so we would like to thank the People's Choice Awards and most importantly, the fans and supporters who voted. Thank You!

Also, at Starpages.net, The CoKo Cure has received a whopping 1294 votes (and counting), marking us as the #1 site for CoKo, and the #2 Site for an R&B Diva. The~Cure is also one of the Top 200 websites at Starpages.net!

So again, we just want to thank all of the fans that voted and that vote regularly because we wouldn't have nearly as many votes, without your love and dedication to CoKo and this website.

The~Cure has releasing brand spanking new pics of CoKo, and due to the fans' demand, new pics of Basil and Saeed in the "Meet The Webmasters" chamber. Also, peep the new BIO section for the new updates! Also, we have just added exclusive Audio Files, so please be sure to check out the multimedia section of the site. Kick back, take a sip of Hot CoKo, and enjoy!!!

Note: Due to problems with our server, the files were unable to be uploaded... so the Bio and the News pages are uploaded. Audio files and the pics will be up by this weekend. (Sorry for the inconvenience.)

The CoKo~Cure (the internet's leading source of information regarding CoKo of SWV) has been given an OFFICIAL "heads up" on CoKo's forthcoming project!

One of the ~Cure's correspondents out of Houston, Texas revealed that Lady Voice herself has recorded a scorching duet with Dave Hollister (the voice behind BLACKstreet's 1994 hit "Before I Let You Go", and his latest solo hit "One Woman Man")! Sources say that CoKo is "really excited" about the track. Although the single's title can not be disclosed to the internet public at this time, it was stated that the track is strong enough to be the possible kick-off single for the album's debut. Keep it locked to The CoKo~Cure for more details on the forthcoming solo album from CoKo, due March 2001!

DID YOU KNOW...Duets are nothing new to CoKo. She has recorded jams with top billed stars i.e. Johnny Gill, Will Smith, and Jon B, to Tevin Campbell, Aaron Hall, BLACKstreet, and most recently Tyrese. However, the only duet officially released to radio was 1993's No.8 hit "You're Always On My Mind" which she performed with RCA's Sisters With Voices (SWV) and long-time contributor Brian Alexander Morgan."

We don't know what the name of the song on the soundtrack will be, or who she's working with... but as soon as we do know, so will you.

Their performance was considered to be a "Motown Live Moment"

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*Please view *The CoKo Cure* tomorrow (01/14/00) for a full description of what is to be done through *The CoKo Plan*. In the meantime we ask that you ALL email us at *thecokoplan@yahoo.com*.

A month ago, CoKo did a Chat session at Yahoo!. In it, she said that her next single may be either "Everytime" or "If This World Were Mine". Although these are monster BALLADS, we KNEW that "You And Me" is the only single right now that will GUARANTEE her better (PLATINUM) album sales. So we asked everyone to vote. We told you guys if enough of us showed them how we felt about the single, they would release it. And now they ARE going to release "You And Me" as the next single. Their plans lead toward a January release. The video is in it's planning stages. Remember: all of these plans are subject to change.

Now that we got our wish, we have to back it up with action. Within in the first two weeks of January *The CoKo~Cure* & *CoKo Online* will institute a A Plan, a COKO PLAN that will secure RCA's support in her solo career. We are not going to insult or down RCA, because that will change their attitude toward CoKo. We are going to merely let them no that's on our mind and at the same time lend them some assistance by giving them advice on how to make CoKo a continued success. PLEASE stay tunded to *The CoKo~Cure* because we need your help as much as COKO does.

I wonder if anybody saw Coko's performance on The Jenny Jones Show? I saw it. It didn't air on Thanksgiving here in Michigan, but it did that following Monday. She sung "Triflin'". She also had blue contacts on !! The performance was tight and she looked good!! The crowd there was just like the Apollo's. When she started dancing during Eve's rap the crowd was yellin' "Go Coko!, Go Coko!..." And gave her a big applause at the end.

*Do you know of any CoKo performances that are not listed here? Well email us at TheCoKoCure@yahoo.com and tell us about it. We will then post it here on the "News" page. If you don't have an email client, then you can leave the show's review in the Guestbook.*

On Showtime At The Apollo CoKo performed her #1 Hit Single "Sunshine". Before the performance actually started there were fans already waving CoKo posters in the audience (never seen any other fans/audience members do that). Steve Harvey introduced her as CoKo formerly of the multi-platinum group SWV who scored big with hits like "I'm So Into You" & "Right Here". When the music started people RAN to the stage and crowded it, literally. They were chanting "CoKo, CoKo, Darkchild, 99" and she switched the words around and said "And I be all up in yo spot uh!" LOL.

Her performance was very tight. She hit every note like they were playing the CD or something. She was also dancing while singing... so the girl ain't no joke. She wore this TIGHT black leather body dress with patches of Red & Brown material and a cowgirl hat that was made of the leather and material that her dress was made of. During her performance, she touched fans hands in the audience while singing to them. When she was done, she got a BIG applause. She was very much loved that night and we know that she was happy as well because she was just cheesing through out the whole show...LOL!
We Give This Show: 4/5 Stars!
(Coming Soon... "Live From L.A. Review" which gets 5/5 Stars.)

A month ago, CoKo did a Chat session at Yahoo!. In it, she said that her next single may be either "Everytime" or "If This World Were Mine". Although these are monster BALLADS, we KNEW that "You And Me" is the only single right now that will GUARANTEE her better (PLATINUM) album sales. So we asked everyone to vote. We told you guys if enough of us showed them how we felt about the single, they would release it. And now they ARE going to release "You And Me" as the next single. Their plans lead toward a January release. The video is in it's planning stages. Remember: all of these plans are subject to change.

• Motown Live on November 27th, 1999. *Thanks to Capitola*
• Apollo on November 27th (although the date says the 29th, I believe they meant to post it as the 27th.)

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What do you have to say about being the lead in SWV?
"I didn't have a problem with sharing the microphone, I just felt like we were all in this together, we were all getting a check, and we should all be happy"

What were some of the problems leading up to the break up of SWV?
"If you want to maintain what you were doing, you have to be on point. Not saying that I was perfect because I was far from perfect. I know my attitude was crazy. I could come in some days and I don't want you to talk to me. That's just how it was... Then you had others that just came [to rehearsals/shows] when they felt like it... We didn't even talk about our problems. And its just hard working like that."

Is that all?
"We did not get along anymore, bottom line. It was to the point where we would do shows and we wouldn't be speaking, and its hard to perform if you're not speaking."

Was one of the reasons behind leaving SWV due to outside influences?
"I didn't leave because anybody else told me to leave... If I would've left because somebody told me to, I would've left after the first album when they [RCA] tried to get me to go solo."

***IMPORTANT***
This question is in regards to HOW you left the group. Did Lelee & Taj know about your solo deal? Did you tell them when you were leaving?

"RCA offered me the solo deal a while ago... I didn't know when I was gonna do the solo thing, but the group was going through changes so I was like, 'alright, let me do this thing. Maybe a break [from each other] will clear things up'... Taj & Lelee knew about the solo deal, they just didn't know when. But when it was time, Taj got a call, Lelee didn't. Lelee was missing in action, sometimes I could catch her, sometimes I couldn't."

Would you have stayed with SWV if all of this confusion wouldn't have went on?
"I'll put it to you this way, two wanted it [the group (SWV)] and one didn't, I WASN'T the one who didn't."

How are you feeling now-a-days?
"I am happy...I thought a lot of people were gonna be acting weird and strange because I left, but they're not. And that shocked me that they are like 'we love you'... I've made some new fans."