UB recently caught up with the fellas of Silk to discuss Quiet Storm. The Quiet Storm album is the fruit of two years of crafting just the right material at the right time! Show-stopping performances on televised Soul Train Awards, BET Music Awards and the Trumpet Awards, demonstrated Silk‘s ongoing vitality and whetted their fans appetite for new Silk music.
In 2014, “Li’l G” rejoined the group and they began working on material for a new album. In 2004 “Li’l G” Jenkins launched a solo career, appearing in Tyler Perry’s play Madea’s Family Reunion and the group continued as a quartet, releasing an album of covers, Always & Forever in 2006 and performing concerts worldwide. Silk was blessed with a decade-plus run of charts hits, including such staples as “Lose Control,” “Girl U For Me,” “I Can Go Deep,” “Hooked On You” and “Meeting In My Bedroom,” selling nearly 3 million albums in the process. By 1992 their classic line-up of Gary “Big G” Glenn, Gary “Li’l G” Jenkins, Timothy “Timzo” Cameron, Jimmy Gates, Jr., and Jonathan “John John” Rasboro had solidified and Silk scored their first hit with “ Happy Days,” followed by their #1 R&B smash “ Freak Me” in 1993. Silk got together as teenagers in 1989 in Atlanta and before long their talents caught the eye of hit-making artist/producer Keith Sweat, who signed the young singers,becoming their mentor. Featuring production by Wirlie Morris, who has produced hits for Charlie Wilson, Keith Sweat and Dru Hill, the album delivers a sparkling set of all-originals that deliver Silk’s classic style but with an updated and refreshing sound palette. On March 18, 2016, Silk will release Quiet Storm via Silk Entertainment/Shanachie Entertainment, their long-awaited new album, and first in a decade. They continue-with all five original hit-making members now that lead vocalist Lil G has returned-to tour and mesmerize large audiences with hits and stunning harmony singing and emotive lead vocals. Their smooth harmonies live up to their name and they have reigned as one of the greatest male R&B vocal groups of the past 25 years. Silk emerged in the 90s with a string of sexy and timeless hits such as “Freak Me,” “Hooked On You” and “Lose Control” among other memorable anthems. Always on their A-game, Silk is a constant reminder of just how thrilling a male R&B vocal group can be, in a musical style perfected by a number of great talents ranging from The Temptations to Boyz II Men.
Sumpter is one of his son’s teachers, someone Murray dislikes, while Larry is the quirky patriarch of the white side of an interracial marriage.Ī veteran of numerous TV series such as Cybil, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Friday Night Lights, and a tremendous amount of TV guest spots, Witt’s film credits include Mr Hollands’ Opus, Two Weeks Notice, The Upside of Anger, Last Holiday and 88 Minutes.When Silk takes the stage, the five-man R&B harmony group makes it a mission to electrify the crowd with their dynamic vocal abilities and thrilling stage presence-an all too rare commodity on the contemporary R&B scene.
Lively will play the husband of the daughter while Murray will play the town bully, a redneck type who tries to control his wife and son. Shooting is currently underway in Atlanta. Lionsgate is releasing the film on Dec.13.
Perry is directing, adapting his own play and producing with Ozzie Areu and Matt Moore. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all. Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they’ll find when they arrive. The Massachusetts native recently tweeted the following, “in rainy Atlanta having a blast working w force to be reckoned with on A Madea Christmas alongside “ has learned that Alicia Witt has been added to the cast of Tyler Perry’s A Madea’s Christmas, joining Tika Sumpter, Chad Michael Murray, Eric Lively, Larry the Cable Guy, Lisa Whelchel and Kathy Najimy.