Al B. Sure!

Al B Sure born Albert Joseph Brown III 4 June 1969 Boston Massachusetts is an American singersongwriter and record producer He grew up in Mount Vernon New York and during the late 1980s Al B Sure enjoyed a brief run as one of New Jack Swings most popular romantic singers and producers He is known for his trademark unibrow Brown was a star football quarterback at Mount Vernon High School in New York but rejected an athletic scholarship to the University of Iowa to pursue a music career In 1987 Quincy Jones selected Brown as the first winner of the Sony Innovators Talent Search Subsequently Brown went on to work with Jones on several projects most notably the platinum single Secret Garden from Jones double platinum album Back on the Block On this recording Brown was one of a quartet with Barry White El DeBarge and James Ingram His debut album from 1988 In Effect Mode sold more than two million copies topping the Billboard RB chart for seven straight weeks The album included his memorable single Nite and Day which topped the RB singles chart and reached 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 He received numerous Grammy and American Music Award AMA nominations and won an AMA for Best New RB Artist He also received several Soul Train Award nominations and won the award for Best New Artist He also won several New York Music Awards In addition Als 900 phone line was third in generating revenue following those for New Kids on the Block and RunDMC As a writer and producer Brown introduced the multiplatinum group Jodeci and teen RB performer Tevin Campbell also one of Quincy Joness former protégés as well as Faith Evans Dave Hollister Case and Usher to the music scene On June 23 2009 Al released his fourth studio album Honey Im Home It features the hit song I Love It Papi Aye Aye Aye The single peaked at 77 on the Hot RBHipHop Singles Tracks chart and at 22 Adult RB