Moreover, he worked on the Lil Wayne album Tha Carter III (2008), on the Kanye West-produced “Comfortable”. He contributed about two years in the studio with Ashanti to produce her album The Declaration (2008). In America alone, certain two albums sold over 10 million copies, which was a tremendous success to his career. He further got credits for the successful albums such as Toni Braxton – 1993 and Secrets – 1996. Similarly, Toni Braxton even experienced tremendous success under the direction of Babyface. The success of TLC also made huge success to him as a songwriter and a producer.Īdditionally, the TLC’s group went to thrive as it sold over sixty million albums globally with the help that he offered to. At the time, it went along to become the all-time bestselling album. TLC’s highly successful second album CrazySex圜ool credit him for the writing.
Toni Braxton, Usher, and TLC were some of the early members that gained success while working with LaFace Records at the very beginning. It was also during this period when he and his partner welcomed new artists to their newly established record label. This stepped ahead to write and produce songs for the likes of Michael Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Sheena Easton. Throughout the late 1980s, he maintained the strong partnership that he had with Reid. He released a Grammy Award-winning duet album with Toni Braxton titled Love, Marriage & Divorce on Motown Records on February 4, 2014. It was his first album on the newly re-launched Mercury Records label. He remained in the Deele until 1988 when both he and Reid left the group.įurther, his album Playlist consists of eight cover songs and two original released on September 18, 2007. One of his first major work as a songwriter for outside artists came when he wrote the tune “Slow Jam” for the R&B band Midnight Star in 1983. It also included drummer Antonio “L.A.” Reid, with whom he would later form a successful writing and producing partnership. Likewise, he performed keyboards in the light-funk and R&B group the Deele. In 1982, he played with funk band Redd Hott produced by Geoge Kerr. It had a 1977 hit “Especially for You” with band member Daryl Simmons. He has performed in the group Manchild as a guitarist.
Talking about his musical professional life, he played with funk performer Bootsy Collins, who tagged him “Babyface” because of his youthful look. Caption: Babyface on his childhood photo (Source: Instagram) Professional life Music career