Gary Brown whose heritage is Cape Verdean (Cape Verde is an island off the coast of Portugal where Portuguese and Africans mixed) is an amazing American singer, songwriter, producer. After several years of performing locally in New York, then landing a gig in 1989 as the lead singer in the post-J.T. Taylor Kool & the Gang, Gary Brown had finally stepped into the spotlight via his first solo album on Capitol Records in 1992, "Rhythm Or Romance." The album yielded a top 10 R&B single, "Don't Make Me Beg Tonight"; Brown's second single offering, "Somebody's Been Sleepin' In My Bed," ascended the same chart. Brown, who first came to Capitol's attention via a tune he penned for signee D'Atra Hicks, wrote or co-wrote 10 of the album's 12 songs, with the first side devoted to sophisticated, uptempo grooves, and the second side devoted to slow-burn love tunes. It's a wonderful album, not a bad track on it.

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