Deborah Cox’s new J Records debut, “The Morning After,” could have easily been titled “New Places, Familiar Faces,” as it marks a reunion of the singer with her former label boss, Clive Davis, ex-Arista president and current J Records chairman/CEO. The set was released Nov. 5.
Cox says it’s a reunion that took a frustratingly long time to come to fruition. “It took a year for the dust to settle,” she says of her exit from Arista, “but the cool thing is that there’s some of the old regime in this new regime. Then there are new people that have come in [on this project] that have watched my career from the outside who bring some new ideas.
“I was filming a movie [“Love Come Down”] when all of that stuff was going down,” she adds of the switch. “I was working with my team of managers and lawyers, making sure that, first and foremost, I was going to be protected. Secondly, I wanted to make sure that I was going to be with a person that was going to follow through.
“There’s not a lot of loyalty in this business, but Clive has been loyal. I didn’t want to have to choose because that didn’t seem like the issue — choosing between [Arista president/CEO Antonio] “L.A.” Reid and Clive. That’s not what it was about. It was about my career and how I was going to be able to maintain some kind of longevity through all of this. I started something great with Clive, and I wanted to continue it.”
Through the transition, Cox kept fans abreast of her life and work via her members section.
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