Horace Brown was born in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of an Apostolic minister, and played a variety of instruments in his school's marching band. He made his recording debut on a single with a group named Lyk Brothers titled 'Early Family' b/w 'You Are The One (My Destiny)', and in 1991 he met fellow R&B/urban act, Jodeci's DeVante Swing, who showed interest in hearing his demo. Before releasing his own material, he sang backup on songs and albums by other artists like Terri & Monica, and Christopher Williams, and did some writing and producing, which led to a recording contract with Uptown Records, after president Andre Harrell saw him in a recording session. In 1994, while with Uptown Records, he recorded his first album, and spurred controversy when his single 'Taste Your Love' was released. The single was an ode to oral sex and was banned in parts of the South, but despite the press around the single, it failed to perform well on the charts. After one more single, 'Let Me Know', was released as a promotional 12" single, his contract was cancelled and his Uptown Records album was shelved, despite an 8-track CD and 13-track promo cassette being sent out to pluggers. When Andre Harrell of Uptown moved to Motown, he took Brown with him, and they promoted him by releasing two singles, 'One For The Money' and 'Things We Do For Love', before his self-titled debut album appeared in 1996. The album featured Sean "Puffy" Combs, remixes with Foxy Brown and Jay-Z, and the final single, 'How Can We Stop', featuring Faith Evans. Despite releasing a few more singles in the early 2000's, Brown has yet to release another album, and so it's worth giving his cancelled 1994 record a listen.
Track listing
01 Intro
02 Mercy, Mercy
03 I Like
04 Taste Your Love
05 Let It Rain
06 Nuttin' But A Party
07 Another Level
08 Taste Your Love (Ballad Version)
09 Holdin' On
10 Let Me Taste The Sweetness
11 How Am I Supposed To Know
12 I Got To Find The Way
13 Love You
As requested by Horta.
