Babyface, The Songs Of (Kenneth Brian Edmonds)

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Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana), known professionally as Babyface, is a successful African-American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, music and film producer, guitarist, and businessman.

Edmonds, the fifth of six children, attended North Central High School in Indianapolis, and during his shy youth he began writing songs to express his feelings. Edmonds would later play with funk superstar Bootsy Collins, author of the nickname ‘Babyface’ by which the young singer would begin to be known.

He also performed with groups such as Manchild (who achieved success with the single ‘Especially for You’ in 1977) and the R&B and funk group The Deele (they recorded three albums in the 1980s). Towards the end of Deele’s career, Babyface signed a deal with Solar Records, releasing his debut album Lovers in 1986. Babyface is also associated with the R&B groups After 7 and Milestone, which include his brothers Kevon and Melvin, respectively.

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After several years of great success, Edmonds and Reid ended their partnership. Of the two, Edmonds is the one who has had the most impact as a producer with work for all types of artists, particularly women (Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey… The list is very long).

Beyond the fact that Girls Night Out is an album that bears her name, it is actually a sample of what Edmonds considers potential new female stars of the R&B subgenre, where she has always moved (all the songs are duets).

He was recently asked how he has managed to make so many female singers successful with what he composes. “I try to get to know them, to know what motivates them, what their life has been like. And if I can’t spend time with a particular singer, I turn to my imagination.”

He was also asked how he would like to be remembered once he is no longer active in the music industry. “I would like people, beyond music, to be able to say nice things about me as a person, about how I was able to help others because of how I lived my life. “That I was a good guy.”

He recently released a new album, called Girls Night Out (“The Girls’ Night Out”, more or less). It is their 13th album, and it will be seen whether its success or failure will enhance or alleviate the amount of superstition that we all carry to a greater or lesser extent. But in the case of Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds , the core of his musical work is in other people’s records, particularly other people’s records. Because Edmonds, beyond the fact that he sings, composes, plays and produces, really shines behind the glass that separates the control room from the one in which he sings or plays. And it is by composing and producing for female artists that Edmonds reached the heights of success.

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