Private Times... and the Whole 9!/Sexy Versus [PA]

Performer: Al B. Sure!
Producer: DJ Eddie F.; DeVante Swing; Howie Tee; Kevin Deane; Al B. Sure!; Kiyamma Griffin; Kyle West; Vincent Herbert
Distributor: Gotham Distributing Corp.

Notes: Photographers: Gerhard Yurkovic; Albert Sanchez. PRIVATE TIMES... AND THE WHOLE 9 (1990) and SEXY VERSUS (1992)--paired for this two-disc Collectables set--were both Billboard R&B Top Five albums, and though neither release was quite as successful as Al B. Sure!'s number one debut, IN EFFECT MODE, they featured a handful of singles that maintained the singer's presence on the radio during the first few years of the '90s. "Had Enuf?" (one of the better Sure!/Devante Swing co-productions) excepted, each of the chart hits from these albums can be found on THE VERY BEST OF AL B. SURE!, released by Rhino in 2003.

The New Jack Swing movement of the 1980s provided a pleasing middle ground between traditional R&B and the relatively new world of hip-hop. Singer Al B. Sure! (the nervy exclamation point belying his smooth, silky delivery) hovered closer to the trad soul end of things, but also benefitted from the bright production values of the day. After a few charting hits ("Nite and Day"), Sure! focused more on his career as a producer for Motown artists. He has also worked as a popular radio DJ, and still releases the occasional solo outing.

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