And my songwriting has definitely made me a lot less inhibited as a singer and opened up the creative boundaries I thought I had. I learned a lot about the business from my behind-the-scenes view. Listen to Slow Dance by Keri Hilson, 76,677 Shazams, featuring on Hip-Hop/R&B Throwback. “But in all actuality, I now know a little more than the average new artist. 'Knock You Down' music video by Keri Hilson. “I thought I was ready back then,” she says. Not again Oh, this aint supposed to happen to me Keep rockin and keep knockin Whether you Louboutin it up or. Looking back on her songwriter-to-artist evolution, she says taking the alternate route was worth it. Hilson recently returned to the studio to begin writing for forthcoming albums by Timbaland and Chris Brown, as well as her own next project. A new single, “Slow Dance,” is scaling the charts, as is R. On Knock You Down, featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo. Selling 411,000 copies after 19 weeks, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the album has spun off two hits: “Knock You Down” featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo and “Turnin’ Me On” featuring Lil Wayne. You see when love knocks you down Yeah Writer/s: FLOYD HILLS, KANYE WEST, MARCELLA ARAICA, KEVIN COSSUM, KERI HILSON, SHAFFER SMITH Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. like the guitar-laden Slow Dance, co-written by Justin Timberlake, and the ballad Make Love. Hilson’s “In a Perfect World” debuted at No. The long gestation from songwriter to artist paid off.
She also wrote and was featured on Timbaland’s top five Billboard Hot 100 hit “The Way I Are.” Then two years ago she began to focus on her dream. Through her connection with Timbaland and Polow, Hilson got placements for songs recorded by the Pussycat Dolls (“Wait a Minute”) and Ludacris (“Runaway Love”).