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Silk is an R&B group that began in 1989 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. They are best known for their #1 hit single in 1993 "Freak Me". This song came off of their debut album, Lose Control. Another successful song from Lose Control was "Girl U For Me". It even helped the album go double platinum. Later successful singles include "I Can Go Deep", "Hooked On You", "Don't Rush", "If You", "Meeting In My Bedroom", and "We're Calling You."
Keith Sweat discovered. Starting out, the group had 5 members: Tim Cameron, Jimmy Gates, Gary "Big G" Glenn, Gary "Lil G" Jenkins and Jonathen "John-John" Rasboro. In 2002, Elektra Records label let go of both Silk and Keith Sweat. To add insult to injury Jenkins decided to leave the group that year too to pursue other things. He debuted on stage playing 'AJ' in the Madea's Family Reunion by Tyler Perry. He came back on the music scene in 2007 with The Other Side, a solo album.
Down to a foursome, Silk released their fifth album Silktime in 2003 on Silk Music Group, a label they created. This album included "Silktime", "My Girl", "Alibi", "More", "You (The Baby Song)", "Check My Story" and a cover of "Sideshow", originally by Blue Magic. That song helped reunite them with Keith Sweat, their former mentor. But the album did poorly without Jenkins even though it did show up on the Billboard 200.
The group cane out with their sixth album in 2006, it was a group of cover songs called Always And Forever. It came out on Shanachie Records. This album had covers of R&B songs such as "Adore" a Prince tune, "Always and Forever" originally by Heatwave, and "Secret Garden" sung by Quincy Jones initially. "Secret Garden" was actually the only song that ever made a single. Always and Forever, much like Silktime, was not a sales success.
Silk joined up with Jenkins again at the end of 2007, to record a new album.
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