Babyface

This article is about the R&B record producer/musician. For other uses, see Babyface (disambiguation).

Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an R&B and pop singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entreprenuer. Having performed as both a member of R&B group The Deele and as a solo artist, Edmonds is also known as a prominent producer in the music industry and as the co-founder of successful R&B/hip hop label LaFace Records with Antonio "L.A." Reid. Edmonds has produced and written music for many artists, including Boyz II Men, TLC, Céline Dion, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Toni Braxton and Aretha Franklin, among others, and has received an amazing three consecutive Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year, in 1995-1997.

In the mid-1990s, Edmonds and his wife, Tracy Edmonds, expanded into the business of motion pictures, setting up Edmonds Production Company and producing films such as Soul Food (1997) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001).

In 1999, a 25-mile stretch of Interstate Route 65 that runs through Indianapolis was renamed Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Highway.


Discography

  • 1989: Tender Lover
  • 1989: Lovers'
  • 1991: A Closer Look
  • 1993: For the Cool in You
  • 1996: The Day
  • 1997: Babyface MTV Unplugged NYC (live)
  • 1998: Christmas with Babyface
  • 2001: Face2Face
  • 2003: Cool in Love
  • 2004: A Love Story

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. He is most often praised for his complex rhyme scheme, unceasing rhythm, and incredibly relentless flow and breath control, despite his immense size. In 1999, a 25-mile stretch of Interstate Route 65 that runs through Indianapolis was renamed Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds Highway. A posthumous album, Yeeeah Baby came out a few weeks after his death in 2000. In the mid-1990s, Edmonds and his wife, Tracy Edmonds, expanded into the business of motion pictures, setting up Edmonds Production Company and producing films such as Soul Food (1997) and Josie and the Pussycats (2001). With a group of Latino rappers, Big Pun formed the Terror Squad before dying of a heart attack at 700 lb (320 kg). Blige, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Toni Braxton and Aretha Franklin, among others, and has received an amazing three consecutive Grammy Awards for Producer of the Year, in 1995-1997. His full length debut followed in 1998, Capital Punishment.

Edmonds has produced and written music for many artists, including Boyz II Men, TLC, Céline Dion, Mary J. After an advertising blitz, "I'm Not a Player" was an underground hit. Having performed as both a member of R&B group The Deele and as a solo artist, Edmonds is also known as a prominent producer in the music industry and as the co-founder of successful R&B/hip hop label LaFace Records with Antonio "L.A." Reid. He appeared on albums from Raekwon, the Beatnuts and Fat Joe and eventually signed to Loud Records. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an R&B and pop singer, songwriter, keyboardist, record producer, film producer, and entreprenuer. Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 - February 7, 2000) also known as Big Pun and Big Punisher was a Puerto Rican rapper who emerged from the underground rap scene in the Bronx in the late 1990s. 2004: A Love Story. Endangered Species, 2001.

2003: Cool in Love. Yeeeah Baby, 2000. 2001: Face2Face. Capital Punishment, 1998. 1998: Christmas with Babyface. 1997: Babyface MTV Unplugged NYC (live).

1996: The Day. 1993: For the Cool in You. 1991: A Closer Look. 1989: Lovers'.

1989: Tender Lover.