Cherish - The Moment [Unreleased, 2003]

Full collection of songs taken from underrated female R&B quartet Cherish’s shelved debut album “The Moment” (2003). Following their guest appearances on the Cartoon Network “Powerpuff Girls” soundtrack “Power Pop” and Da Brat’s summer 2003 single “In Love with Chu”, Cherish readied their own single during the course of July 2003 as effort to create buzz for their pending debut album.

Freshly signed to Warner Bros. Records, Cherish enlisted the help of recurring collaborator Jermaine “J.D.” Dupri and hitmaking 2000s songwriter Kandi of Xscape to pen and produce their lead single “Miss P”, which featured returning colleague Da Brat. The song sadly peaked at number 87 on Billboard’s Hot R&B Songs chart, and even though a music video was shot and released to promote the song further, its charting position would not budge beyond its placement.

To make matters worse, rumors had swirled that there was creative clash amongst the group, and even against the label over proper single picks. It is believed the mid-tempo “I Thought I Told Ya” was due to be a follow-up release since it was previewed on the EP of the sisterly group’s album; however, it has been struck down as hearsay.

What the public got instead as an unofficial second single was the ‘Powerpuff Girls’ soundtrack number “Power of the Female” which produced a fun, animated visual that received strong airplay on the children’s TV channel Cartoon Network. The video ran from 2003 until early 2004 before migrating to YouTube for archival purposes.

The album would be stored in the vault for 20 years until former Lil’ Mo protégé Denhim shared an exclusive leak of the album to YouTube in spring 2023. Track-listing is as follows:

1.) Intro (feat. Jermaine “J.D.” Dupri)

2.) Miss P (feat. Da Brat)

3.) Stay with You

4.) I Won’t Leave You

5.) Loving You

6.) Voices Beyond

7.) Better Be Me

8.) Gimmie Some Space

9.) I Thought I Told Ya

10.) I Wanna Be Your Girl

11.) Poisonous

12.) Boyfriend

13.) Power of the Female

14.) The Club

15.) Jealous

16.) Ohh

17.) Chemical X