Silk is an American

United States

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 R&B

Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...

 group

Musical ensemble

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, formed in 1989 in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia

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, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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Career

Silk are best known for their hit

Hit record

A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...

 singles

Single (music)

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, "Happy Days", "Freak Me

Freak Me

"Freak Me" is an R&B ballad recorded by Atlanta, Georgia-based vocal quintet Silk in 1992. It was co-written and co-produced by Keith Sweat, for whom Silk was a touring opening act...

" from their debut album

Album

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, Lose Control

Lose Control (album)

Lose Control is the debut album by Silk. Primarily produced by Keith Sweat, the album went to number-one on the R&B Albums chart. Included the hit single "Freak Me" which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was later covered in 1998 by British band Another Level. Lose Control...

. Another hit from Lose Control, "Girl U For Me", helped the album reach double platinum

RIAA certification

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 status. They later had success with singles such as "I Can Go Deep", "Hooked On You", "Image Of Jesus In My Fruitcake", "Don't Rush", "If You", "Meeting In My Bedroom", and "We're Calling You."

Silk was discovered by the musician

Musician

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 Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat is an American R&B/soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, radio personality and a major contributor to the new jack swing era.-Music career:...

. The group was originally a quintet made up of Tim Cameron, Jimmy Gates, Gary "Big G" Glenn, Gary "Lil G" Jenkins

Gary Jenkins

Gary "Lil G" Jenkins is an American musician. Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, he is the youngest of seven children.-Musical career:...

 and Jonathen "John-John" Rasboro. In 2002, Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

 dropped Silk and Keith Sweat from the label

Record label

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. That same year, Jenkins left the group to pursue other interests and made his stage debut in 2002 as 'AJ' in the Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

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 play Madea's Family Reunion

Madea's Family Reunion

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. He resurfaced musically in 2007 with his solo debut, The Other Side. In addition to discovering Keith Sweat, Silk appeared in the group, Black Men United

Black Men United

Black Men United was a collaboration of many African American male R&B, hip hop and soul music artists. The sole song "U Will Know", written by a young D'Angelo, was released in 1994. It was featured in the movie Jason's Lyric and on the movie's soundtrack.-Artists involved:Many artists...

 on the track, "U Will Know" for the movie, Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric

Jason's Lyric is a 1994 romantic drama film, written by Bobby Smith, Jr., and directed by Doug McHenry. The film marks the directorial debut of McHenry, who co-produced the film with George Jackson...

the film's soundtrack.

In 2003, down to a quartet, Silk released their fifth album Silktime, on their own label Silk Music Group. The album featured the songs "Silktime", "My Girl", "Alibi", "More", "You (The Baby Song)", "Check My Story" and a cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of Blue Magic

Blue Magic (band)

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's "Sideshow

Sideshow (song)

"Sideshow" is a song recorded by American R&B soul vocal quintet Blue Magic, released in 1974. It was first released on the album Blue Magic and when issued as a single it sold over a million copies, going to #1 R&B and #8 pop in the United States in the summer of 1974. It was covered as a reggae...

". That song reunited them with their mentor Keith Sweat. However, without Jenkins as lead vocalist, the album received poor sales despite its appearance in the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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.

In 2006, the group returned with their sixth release, a cover album entitled Always And Forever on Shanachie Records. The album featured covers of R&B songs including "Adore" by Prince, "Always and Forever

Always and Forever (Heatwave song)

"Always and Forever" is a R&B song written by Rod Temperton and first recorded by the British-based multinational funk-disco band Heatwave in 1976...

" by Heatwave

Heatwave (band)

Heatwave was an international funk/disco musical band featuring Americans Johnnie Wilder, Jr. and Keith Wilder of Dayton, Ohio, Englishman Rod Temperton , Swiss Mario Mantese , Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger , Jamaican Eric Johns and Briton Roy Carter .They were known for their successful...

, and "Secret Garden" by Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones

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. "Secret Garden" was the first and only single. Like Silktime, Always and Forever was not a sales success.

Silk reunited with Jenkins at the end of 2007, and began recording a new album.

Members

• Gary Glenn
• Jonathan Rasboro
• Timothy Cameron
• Jimmy Gates
• B. Judge
• Gary "Lil G" Jenkins
  Gary Jenkins
  Gary "Lil G" Jenkins is an American musician. Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, he is the youngest of seven children.-Musical career:...
  
  

Albums

Year	Album title	U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...  chart	US R&B Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...  chart
1992	Lose Control Lose Control (album) Lose Control is the debut album by Silk. Primarily produced by Keith Sweat, the album went to number-one on the R&B Albums chart. Included the hit single "Freak Me" which peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was later covered in 1998 by British band Another Level. Lose Control...	7	1
1995	Silk Silk (album) -Album:-Singles:"—" denotes releases that did not chart.-Personnel:Information taken from Allmusic.*art direction – Alli*assistant engineering – Gerardo Lopez*design – Alli...	46	21
1999	Tonight Tonight (Silk album) Tonight is the third studio album from R&B super group Silk, released in 1999. The album features the Hits "If You", which peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Meeting In My Bedroom" Silk's "Please Don't Go" also performed the song on the episode of Moesha where they guest starred as...	21	8
2001	Love Session Love Session Love Session is the fourth album by Silk. It was released June 12, 2001. The album includes the hits "We're Callin' You", the title track "Love Session", "Nursery Rhymes", the Rick James hit "Ebony Eyes", and "I'm Sorry".-Track listing:...	20	2
2003	Silktime Silktime Silktime is the fifth studio album by Silk.In 2003, down to a quartet, Silk released their fifth album "Silktime" independently on their own label Silk Music Group distributed through Liquid 8 Entertainment. The album featured the songs "Silktime", "My Girl", "Alibi", "More", "You ", "Check My...	178	30
2004	The Best of Silk The Best of Silk -Track listing:#"Interlude" — 1:24#"Happy Days" — 5:20#"Freak Me" — 4:36#"I Can Go Deep" — 4:48#"Hooked on You" — 4:52#"Lose Control" — 5:15#"Meeting in My Bedroom" — 5:07#"If You " — 5:40#"Don't Rush" — 4:24...	-	54
2006	Always & Forever Always and Forever (Silk album) Always and Forever is the sixth studio album by Silk and was released on October 17, 2006.Album includes covers tracks like Switch 's "There'll Never Be", The System's "Don't Disturb This Groove" and Shalamar's "A Night to Remember," and traditional R&B productions of Prince's "Adore," "Sideshow"...	-	-
2010	The Reunion	-	-

Singles

• 1992: "Happy Days" (#86 U.S.
  Billboard Hot 100
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  , #13 U.S. R&B
  Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
  Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
  
  )
• 1993: "Freak Me
  Freak Me
  "Freak Me" is an R&B ballad recorded by Atlanta, Georgia-based vocal quintet Silk in 1992. It was co-written and co-produced by Keith Sweat, for whom Silk was a touring opening act...
  
  " (#1 U.S., #1 U.S R&B, UK
  UK Singles Chart
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   #46)
• 1993: "Lose Control/Girl U For Me" (#26 U.S., #4 U.S. R&B, UK 67)
• 1993: "It Had to Be You" (#45 U.S R&B)
• 1993: "Baby It's You" (UK #44)
• 1994: "I Can Go Deep" (#71 U.S., #22 U.S. R&B)
• 1994: "Cry On" (from the film
  Film
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   Blankman
  Blankman
  Blankman is a 1994 superhero parody film starring Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier, who are both of In Living Color fame. The film was directed by Mike Binder and written by Damon Wayans and J. F. Lawton, whose biggest success was writing Pretty Woman.-Plot:Darryl Walker is a clumsy nerdy...
  
  )
• 1995: "Hooked On You" (#54 U.S., #12 U.S. R&B)
• 1996: "Don't Rush" (#91 U.S., #39 U.S. R&B)
• 1999: "If You" (#13 U.S., #4 U.S. R&B)
• 1999: "Meeting In My Bedroom" (#62 U.S., #15 U.S. R&B)
• 2000: "Let's Make Love" (#58 U.S. R&B)
• 2000: "Tonight"
• 2001: "More"
• 2001: "We're Callin' You" (#56 U.S. R&B)
• 2004: "Side Show" (#66 U.S. R&B)
• 2006: "Secret Garden (Seduction Suite)"