Written for Kurrent Music
Published April 17th 2016
Tevin Campbell blog
Back at very beginning of the 90s, Tevin Campbell had a dream start of any music career. His first single, “Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)”, got produced by Quincy Jones. Then, he appeared in a Prince movie (Graffiti Bridge), singing “Round and Round”, which became a huge hit and things got even bigger, global and promising.
For his debut album, “T.E.V.I.N”, more big guns were hired to push his career. He got to work with Babyface and had a massive hit with the Narada Michael Walden produced, “Tell Me What You Want Me To Do”.
At the time, with the music business recovering from the Milli Vanilli scandal, there was a need for real talent. People who could really sing and prove this live. It paved the way for a real vocalist, at the time, like Mariah Carey to get a never seen before type of start of her career. She also created a demand for more acrobatics and wide vocal ranges, within R&B, and Tevin Campbell checked all the boxes.
