The mastermind of the best of 90s R&B is back with some new tender fond – just as the likes of Frank Ocean and Miguel are aping his quiet storm’ sound
I’ll perform cherish To You by Boyz II Men. You’re Makin’ Me High by Toni Braxton. We’re Not Making cherish No More by Dru Hill. You know when you’re listening to a Babyface song. He has been R&B’s starriest lover since his moment solo album,Tender Lover, in 1989. As the producer or artist behind some of pop’s biggest (and schmaltziest) songs you’ve almost certainly late danced to him. The list of artists he has written for reads like a dream Grammys guestlist: Madonna, or Whitney,Mariah, Beyoncé, and TLC and En Vogue among them. On the subject of Grammys,he won three consecutive producer of the year awards, from 1996 to 1998 – and he’s won 10 Grammys in total.“His songwriting is incredible, or it’s probably the most romantic music written in R&B,” says Rob Pursey of the hip-hop DJ crew Southern Hospitality. “He made R&B seem luxurious. R Kelly, Joe – everyone else followed on from that. There were tons of people that came in Babyface’s wake.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com