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Kelly Price featuring Stokley of Mint Condition.The video for the "Not My Daddy" song was directed by actress Regina King.
Kelly Price (born April 3, 1973) is an American R&B and soul singer, formerly on the Def Soullabel.
Kelly Cherelle Price was born in Queens, New York. She began singing in church as a toddler. Her first professional engagement was with George Michael at Madison Square Garden in January 1992. As destiny would have it Price was over heard singing by Mariah Carey who after arriving to her own rehearsal late for the Grammys walked into a room where Price was singing in the rehearsal hall while everyone else was on a meal break. Carey subsequently introduced Price to Sony Columbia's then CEO Tommy Mottola. She made a name for herself as a backingand guest vocalist, appearing on a number of hit singles such as Mariah Carey's "Fantasy", The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money Mo Problems", and Whitney Houston's "Heartbreak Hotel". She has also sung background vocals for Faith Evans, Aretha Franklin, Brian McKnight, SWV and R. Kelly. David Stokley Williams (born July 15, 1967) is an American singer and percussionist, best known as the lead singer of the band Mint Condition.
Prior to becoming a recording artist Price's career as a writer flourished. She collaborated and performed with and for well-known artists such as Brian McKnight, Faith Evans, The Notorious BIG, Jay-Z, Puff Daddy, Faith Evans, Da Brat, Jermaine Dupree, SWV, Aretha Franklin, Wynona Judd, Ronald Isley, The Isley Brothers, Angela Winbush, Karen Clark Sheard, Yolanda Adams, Whitney Houston, Dallas Austin, MC Lyte, The Lox, ScarFace, Will Downing, Mary J. Blige, Gerald Levert, JOE, Angelique Kidjo, Coco Lee, KeKe Wyatt, Tamia, R. Kelly and Elton John. Price issued her debut album, Soul of a Woman, in 1998 on Island Records, which contained the hit single "Friend of Mine". A remix of the song, also included on the album, features R. Kelly and Ronald Isley. In the remix, Isley takes on the fictional role of the singer-protagonist's Godfather ("Mr. Biggs"), taking her husband (R. Kelly) to task for cheating on her with her best friend. The "Friend of Mine" LP version and the remix both charted as #1 hits on the U.S. R&B chart and made history by doing so with no music video to support the song. She issued her second album, Mirror Mirror, in 2000 on the Def Soul imprint of Def Jam Records; Island and Def Jam had merged in 1999, with Price and labelmates Dru Hill being reassigned to Def Soul. Mirror Mirror featured the singles "You Should've Told Me" and the Grammy Award nominated "As We Lay", a cover of Shirley Murdock's 1986 hit. A remix of "Love Sets You Free" was issued a single in 2000, produced byTeddy Riley and starring a number of fellow R&B performers, including Babyface, Tamar Braxton, Aaron Hall, Blackstreet, and Def Soul labelmates Dru Hill, Case, Montell Jordan, LovHer and Kandice Love.
Price was featured in the 2003 film, Bringing Down the House, performing a cover of the 1983 Rufus & Chaka Khan hit "Ain't Nobody." A Christmas album, One Family, was issued in 2001 which had a piano appearance from GospelJazz pioneer, Ben Tankard. Two years later, Price returned with her third regular studio album, Priceless. In October 2005, Price recorded her first live gospel project. The This Is Who I Amalbum has been released on October 24, 2006 on her own label, EcclecticSounds Records. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard Gospel Charts and peaked at #9 on the R&B album chart. Price was inducted as an honorary member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in July 2006. In early 2007, Price kicked off a tour with the 'Sisters in the Spirit 2007'.[3] In 2006, she recorded the song "Why?" for the soundtrack Why Did I Get Married?, the film version of the stage play of the same name where Price birthed the role of Sheila along side hollywood mogul Tyler Perry who used the song titles and lyrical content of Price's hit recordings to develop the story. In early 2009, Price was featured on Coko's gospel album entitled The Winner In Me on the track "Oh Mary". In June 2010, Price promoted her single "Tired" on The Jazz Joy and Roy syndicated radio show as "some of the best work of my career to date."[4] The song was also featured in Tyler Perrys 2011 film Madea's Big Happy Family On February 9, 2012, in a pre-Grammy party to celebrate Price's nominations, the singer sang "Jesus Loves Me" with Whitney Houston in what turned out to be Houston's last public performance two days prior to her untimely death.
In September 2009, it was announced she would be joining Deborah Cox and Tamia to form the super group The Queen Project. The women seek to empower women of all ages, races and backgrounds by doing a number of community service projects. Price grew up in a second apartment in the Edgemere Projects in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. Her father died when she was nine years old. Residing outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Price lives with her husband/manager, Jeffrey Rolle, and their children, Jeffrey Jr. and Jonia.[6] Price's grandfather is the Bishop Jerome Norman, the pastor of the Full Gospel Mission Church of God in Christ in Queens and Jurisdictional Prelate of the First Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Barbados since 1990 by the late Presiding Bishop J.O. Patterson. Her mother, Claudia Price, is the former musical director of the church. Price began singing in the church at the age of six; with her voice, she gained the nickname 'Little Mahalia Jackson'.[7]
In 2011, he was featured on Kelly Price's new song "Not My Daddy" from her album Kelly. For which he earned hist first Grammy nomination for in the Best R&B Performance category. Stokley Williams has also been drummer and singer for the French/English/American quartet Ursus Minor, since 2005.
In December 2000, Price donated $250,000 to fight breast cancer. She presented a check to Tony Martell of the T.J. Martell Foundation and Denise Rich of G&P Foundation For Cancer Research to help with the ongoing fight against breast cancer. Price donated the proceeds from her single "Love Sets You Free" which she recorded in January 2000.[8] In April 1999, Price volunteered to showcase her fashion designs during a special charity gala and fashion show to help the National Breast Cancer Awareness Initiative raise money for breast cancer education for minority women.[9] The previous year, Price learned that her mother-in-law had breast cancer. Later in 1998, Price's own mother also was diagnosed with the disease. Her mother-in-law died from the disease.[10] Claudia Price, the mother of Kelly, is a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer which is the deadliest and most deceptive type of breast cancer.[11] Claudia, who is a New York City resident, has become a breast cancer activist to educate the public about the disease. She was the chairwoman of the seventh annual Sister to Sister Fitness Festival held in Dallas, Texas which was sponsored by the Celebrating Life Foundation. Claudia experienced pain in her breast in 1997, but said fear and a lack of insurance kept her from seeking immediate medical attention. Instead, she waited two years before seeing a doctor. While at work one day in 1999, her doctor called and said she had inflammatory breast cancer. Doctors gave her two months to live. She underwent chemotherapy, and the disease is in remission as of October 2006
Mint Condition is an R&B band from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Formed in the late 1980s, its original members were Stokley Williams (lead vocals, drums, percussion), Ricky Kinchen (bass guitar),Homer O'Dell (guitar), Larry Waddell (keyboards, piano), Keri Lewis (keyboards, synthseizer), andJeffrey Allen (saxophone, keyboards). Currently, this line-up remains intact, with the exception of Lewis, who left the group to produce for other artists. The group is well known for its highly diverse musical style (able to play anything from traditional jazz stylings to mainstream R&B and rock-based music to funk grooves and even Latin and Jamaican-based rhythms) and also its captivating live performances. The band is also well known for their well written and produced R&B ballads, mainly in the 1990s. They mostly known for their hits "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)" (1991) and "What Kind of Man Would I Be" (1996) LYRICS TO SONG: Chorus:
Life and music career
The Queen Project
[edit]Family
Breast cancer activist
You're not my daddy. You're my man. And I think it's time you understand. So just make me happy if you can (Oh) I'm not you're mama. I'm you're girl. And I am the lady in your world. And loving each other's how we work. (Oh)
1st Verse:
Trust. Without it there's no love. It's true no matter what you try. Us, There can be no us unless we find the strength to fight.
Bridge:
I spy, you seek. You watch, I peek. So what are we doin' with our love? It's not how it's posed' to be.
Chorus:
You're not my daddy. You're my man. And I think it's time you understand. So just make me happy if you can (Oh) I'm not you're mama. I'm you're girl. And I am the lady in your world. And loving each other's how we work. (Oh)
2nd Verse:
Sure, are we really sure? Maybe we should close the door. Oh, the storms, We try to stand the storms. We've been holdin' on too long.
Bridge:
I pray, you weep. You cry, I speak. See, what are we doin' with our love? It's not how posed' to be.
Chorus:
You're not my daddy. You're my man. And I think it's time you understand. So just make me happy if you can (Oh) I'm not your're mama. I'm you're girl. And I am the lady in your world. And loving each other's how we work. (Oh)
Hook:
Ooh, please, come to me with sweet words like when we met. Ooh, screams. Yells & screams. Change the language that we talkin'. I'll just get to walkin'. Baby, Baby!
Chorus(2x):
You're not my daddy. You're my man. And I think it's time you understand. So just make me happy if you can (Oh) I'm not you're mama. I'm you're girl. And I am the lady in your world. And loving each other's how we work. (Oh)
Discography
[edit]Albums
Year
Album
Peak chart positions
Certifications
U.S.
U.S. R&B
1998
Soul of a Woman
15
2
2000
Mirror Mirror
5
3
2001
One Family: A Christmas Album
176
43
2003
Priceless
10
2
2006
This Is Who I Am
54
9
2011
Kelly
36
9
[edit]Singles
Year
Single
Chart positions
Album
U.S.
U.S. R&B
1998
"Friend of Mine"
72
—
Soul of a Woman
"Friend of Mine (Remix)" (featuring Ronald Isley and R. Kelly)
12
1
1999
"Secret Love"
99
3
"It's Gonna Rain"
—
51
Life soundtrack
2000
"As We Lay"
64
12
Mirror Mirror
"Love Sets You Free (Remix)"
91
14
"You Should've Told Me"
64
16
2001
"Mirror, Mirror"
—
—
2002
"In Love At Christmas"
—
71
One Family - A Christmas Album
"Take It 2 The Head" (featuring Keith Murray)
—
—
Priceless (Kelly Price album)
"Someday"
—
—
"How Does It Feel (Married Your Girl)"
—
—
2003
"He Proposed"
—
58
2006
"God's Gift" (Jeff Majors featuring Kelly Price)
—
32
CD single
"Healing"
—
—
This Is Who I Am
2010
"Tired"
—
93
Kelly
2011
"Not My Daddy" (featuring Stokley)
122
22
"Himaholic"
—
69
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. [edit]Awards and nominations
Discography
Further information: Mint Condition discography