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The album squeezed to the charts with the smashes It's No Crime, and Whip Appeal and ranked double platinum. However, as an established producer and songwriter after cooperation with several stars, he managed to draw attention to his subsequent work Tender Lover (1989). His debut solo album, Lovers, saw light in 1986 to find low interest. Both took up producing and songwriting for other performers.Īt that time, the music career of Babyface had moderate results. In 1988, Babyface and his partner Antonio Reid quit the group and launched the famous LaFace label. After the demise of the band, Babyface cofounded The Deele to produce a few popular songs spotted in R&B charts. The artist made his first big steps with Manchild, the outfit that released three albums on the breach of the seventies and eighties. It was the Bootsy Collins group where he received his Babyface nickname, the future stage name.

He began performing with the local R&B bands as a teenager. Three songs from the LP reached the Top 10 of Billboard’s Adult R&B chart.Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds) is one of the most prominent figures in R&B, producer, songwriter and performer. Melvin returned for the 2016 album Timeless.

The group continued touring in later years with Melvin’s son taking his place.

Melvin left After 7 following the group’s third album, 1995’s Reflections, which includes the Top 40 pop hit “’Til You Do Me Right.”.The album nevertheless went gold and spawned two Top 10 R&B singles, including a medley of The Originals’ “Baby, I’m Real” and Bloodstone’s “Natural High.” Reid played less of a role in creating After 7’s 1992 sophomore effort, Takin’ My Time. In 1997, After 7 scored another Top 40 hit with the Motown-esque “Nights Like This,” off the soundtrack for The Five Heartbeats.“Can’t Stop” earned the group a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group.1 on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Their self-titled 1989 debut album went platinum and yielded three Top 10 pop hits: “Heat of the Moment,” “Ready or Not,” and “Can’t Stop.” All three were written by Babyface and his creative partner L.A.

The success of Babyface led to the trio becoming a proper group and signing with Virgin Records.

They soon added Kevon’s older brother Melvin and began performing around Indianapolis.

Kevon Edmonds began singing with Keith Mitchell while both were attending Indiana University.

Featuring Melvin and Kevon Edmonds-brothers of superstar Babyface-the R&B trio After 7 notched five Top 40 pop hits from 1989 to 1995.