"Zavy Kid" Malik Pendleton is the professional name of Charles Pendleton, and after serving an 11 month sentence in a North Carolina prison for illegal street activities, he got his act together and pursued his true calling in music, which was song-writing. In a productive four year period he penned lyrics for R&B artists like 702, Diana Ross, SWV, George Benson and Zhane, and his teamwork with R&B diva Mary J. Blige on 'Seven Days' for her 1997 album 'Share My World' earned him a 1999 Rhythm & Soul Music Award from the American Society Of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. He also wrote four songs for Diana Ross's 1999 album 'Every Day Is A New Day', including the title track, and that same year he stepped out from the production boards and recorded his own album titled 'Look Around'. The title track was released as a single by Atlantic Records, but despite the beautiful vocals and soulful beds of R&B on the album, Atlantic decided to cancel it, and it remains unreleased to this day. So that we don't miss out on yet another excellent shelved R&B record, here is Malik Pendleton's cancelled debut from 1999.
Track listing
01 Bad Ass Little Kid
02 You Remind Me
03 Look Around
04 Gonna Love You Anyway
05 Little Bro/Little Sis (feat. Mary J. Blige)
06 Sum Supa Soul Song
07 No Longer Home
08 She's Got Papers
09 Lucky Guy
10 February-March
11 Ain't No Sunshine
12 Make It Right
13 I'm Still Winning
14 You're All I've Got
15 Little Ghetto Boy
