Brownstone were formed in L.A. in 1993 consisting of the trio of Monica
"Mimi" Doby, Nicole "Nicci" Gilbert, and Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell.
Their debut single "Pass the Lovin'" hit the
R&B charts, but the follow-up "If You Love Me" became a big hit,
reaching #8 on Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for a best R&B
performance Grammy Award.
Their first album, "From the Bottom Up", went
platinum. Additional singles "Grapevyne" and "I Can't Tell You Why" (an
Eagles cover) also did well and they had two further hits, "5 Miles To Empty" and their last in 1997 "Kiss And Tell" (music video below).
Mimi left the group in 1995 due to health
problems and was replaced by Kina Cosper. Their second album,
"Still Climbing", was released in Jun 1997 (and contains a nice cover of Alicia Myers (One Way) "If You Play your Cards Right" never released as a single). Maxi died in Feb 2015 from an accidental fall.
They released their first new music in 25 year in 2022 with the single
"All I Want" and now a new single, "Stand By Me" (not the Ben
E. King song), which we believe is an unreleased song that first saw
light of day in 2012 as a remix on Soundcloud and sounds very MJB'ish to our ears!
There are two versions, the main and a Radio Edit, which are both the
same length so one may be explicit but the Radio Edit sleeve also states
that it's remastered, so we've posted that version.
The current line-up is Nicci Gilbert, Arin Jackson, and Alexis Jones who joined in Dec '22. They are working on a third album "Back Again".
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.1 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | WIRF MEDIA |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 03/05/2024 |
| Key/BPM: | 4A/100 |
| Price: | £1 |
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