Somethin' for the People was a
contemporary R&B group from
Oakland
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay A ...
,
California, who scored several hits in the US in the late 1990s.
History
The group was founded in 1990 by Curtis "Sauce" Wilson and Jeff "Fuzzy" Young, both from
Oakland, California, along with Los Angeles native Rochad "Cat Daddy" Holiday. The group recorded demos and shopped them around Los Angeles, and signed with
Capitol Records
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, who released their debut in 1993. The song 'Take it Easy', which was first written for
SWV was covered by R&B singer Joyce Wrice 20 years later. As songwriters, they wrote tunes for
Samuelle
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,
En Vogue,
Brandy
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, and
U.N.V.
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[ Biography Allmusic.com.] Switching to
Warner Bros. Records, they re-released their debut album in 1996. Their second album, ''
This Time It's Personal This Time It's Personal may refer to:
* ''This Time It's Personal'' (Somethin' for the People album), 1997
* ''This Time It's Personal'' (John Cooper Clarke and Hugh Cornwell album), 2017
* WEC 7: This Time It's Personal, an American mixed martial ...
'', spawned a major hit in the US and Canada, the
platinum-selling "
My Love Is the Shhh!
"My Love Is the Shhh!" is a song co-written, produced and performed by American contemporary R&B group Somethin' for the People, issued as the lead single (music), single from their second studio album ''This Time It's Personal (Somethin' for the P ...
",
which reached #4 in the US and #7 in Canada, and the group did further work as songwriters in the wake of the tune's success, penning tracks for
Will Smith and
Adina Howard
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.
[ A third LP, ''Issues'', followed in July 2000.
Band member Jeff “Fuzzy” Young died on March 4, 2011 from an apparent heart attack.
]
Discography
Singles
References
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Musical groups from Los Angeles
American rhythm and blues musical groups
Musical groups established in 1990