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Angie Stone (born Angela Laverne Brown in January 30, 1961, in Columbia, South Carolina) is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B, hip-hop, and neo-soul singer and actress. Stone's music possesses a clear old school soul music influence, and her singing vocals recall those of
Aretha Franklin.
In the early 1980s,
Stone (as 'Angie B'), was a member of
The Sequence, the first major female hip-hop group. They had a hit in 1980 with "
Funk You Up". She then worked with
Mantronix, before teaming up and performing vocals and saxophone for
Lenny Kravitz.
Angie Stone emerged during the 1990's as part of hip-hop/R&B trio
Vertical Hold which released the popular single "
Seems You're Much Too Busy" as well as two albums:
A Matter of Time (June 1993) and
Head First (1995).
In 1996, she teamed up with
Gerry DeVeaux (
Lenny Kravitz's cousin from The Bahamas) and together with
Charlie Mole they formed
Devox. One album received a Japanese-only release including Stone-penned or co-written material.
Angie Stone shared song-writing credits on
D'Angelo's first two studio album's (1995 -
Brown Sugar and 2000 -
Voodoo) as well as providing backing vocals on tour with him.
She released her first solo album,
Black Diamond, released on 28 September 1999 via
Arista Records. She has since also released, via
Clive Davis'
J Records,
Mahogany Soul on October 16, 2001 and
Stone Love on July 6, 2004.
Much of
Angie Stone's solo material has a significant hip-hop influence and features notable samples. For example, her first solo single, 1999's "
No More Rain (In This Cloud)" samples
Gladys Knight & The Pips' 1972 "Neither One Of Us (Want To Be The First To Say Goodbye)", and 2002 "
Wish I Didn't Miss You" samples
The O'Jays' 1972 "Back Stabbers".
Angie Stone sings the theme song for the UPN sitcom Girlfriends.
She has two children, a daughter and a son. The son is the child of neo-soul singer
D'Angelo, whom she dated during the 1990's.
Official Website:
http://www.angiestoneonline.net
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