Libra 19th Anniversary
19 years ago today, Toni Braxton released her sixth studio album “Libra” on September 25, 2005, by Blackground Records. It marked Braxton’s debut on the label, following the long term split with longtime record company Arista Records in 2003 after the release of her fourth studio album “More Than a Woman” (2002), which was less successful than its predecessors. The albums title is a reference to Braxton’s astrological sign, Libra. Breaking away from her usual formula which saw her setting up projects with a variety of music producers, Braxton began recording her Blackground Records debut exclusively with husband Keri Lewis. Together, the pair worked on several tracks for Libra, about seven or eight songs which made the first record they turned in to Blackground and was majorly done by her and Lewis. However, Universal Records, Blackground's distributor in the United States at this time, was reportedly dissatisfied with the material and refused to consider releasing it.Similarly,
