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The members of Blacque are Natina Reed (b. October 1979, New York City), Shamari Fears (b. February 22, 1980 Detroit, Michigan) and Brandi Williams (b. October 5, 1982 Detroit, Michigan). Natina Reed and Shamari Fears both moved to Atlanta and met in high school. Natina Reed formed Blacque Ivory while Fears formed another group called Intrigue. Intrigue won a recording contract with Elektra Records and Shamari Fears met up with Brandi Williams at a talent show while a member of that group.
Fears left Intrigue to join up with Reed in Blacque Ivory and Williams joined the group shortly thereafter. Nadine Reed met Ronald Lopes while singing jingles to earn extra cash and he introduced her to his sister Lisa Lopes (also known as Left Eye) of TLC. Lisa Lopes signed the group to her Left Eye Productions and then to Columbia Records.
The debut album "Blacque" reached number 53 on the Billboard 200 and two songs from that album reached top ten in the Billboard Hot 100. They were "808" written with R. Kelly and "Bring it all to Me". The album also featured a version of " Time After TimeTime After Time is the title of several things: Time After Time is a pop song written by Cyndi Lauper and Rob Hyman. It appeared on her 1984 album She's So Unusual''. The music video featured a lonesome and sad Lauper parting ways with a long-time lover a" by Cyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), better known as Cyndi Lauper is a singer whose melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s, the decade in which she first came to fame. Biography Cyndi Lauper was born in Queens, New.
While the "Blacque" album went platinum, the second album "Blacque Out" failed to dent the charts in the US or anywhere else. Their mentor Lisa Lopes died in a car crash on 26 April, 2002. The group left Colombia Records for Elektra Records.
The third album "Torch" featured a number of A-list music industry figures including Missy ElliottMissy Elliott (born Melissa Elliott on July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), formerly known as Missy " Misdemeanor" Elliott is the first female hip hop superstar, known for a long series of hits including "The Rain", "She's A Bitch", "Get Ur Freak On", a, singwriter Linda PerryLinda Perry (born April 15 1965) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer best known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of the San Francisco-based band 4 Non Blondes and as the writer/producer of hit songs by a number of female and producer Rodney Jerkins . Missy Elliott produced the first single "Ugly". Despite the star power involved in the album, the group still failed to make an impression on the charts.
However, their contribution to the soundtrack of Honey (movie)Honey is a Fourthwall film which was written, directed, and produced by David Ball and released under a Creative Commons license. It stars, among others, Anthony Leslie, Laura Flannagan, Christopher Michael Bauer, and Ginette Rhodes. It's about rough rela "I'm good" made the Rhythmic Top 40 in 2003 with the album peaking just outside the top 100 albums on the Billboard charts. The single also made the Australian top 40 in March 2004.
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