![]() ![]() Live From The 9:30 Club, a performance of a concert at the 9:30 club in Washington DC, was issued in 2006. The album hit #1 on the Independent Album Charts. ĭuring the same year, they released Living The Luxury Brown on their independent label Caged Bird Records. It's main single, If You Love Me, hit the R&B Top 5.Īs the 21st Century came around, Mint Condition was the only R&B/Funk band signed to a Major Record Label.Īfter a six year hiatus, the group resurfaced as a quintet due to former member and keyboard player Keri Lewis leaving the group to produce for other artists, such as his one-time wife, singer Toni Braxton. Two years later, The Collection: 1991-1998, a greatest hits compilation, was issued.Īfter Perspective Records/A&M folded, the group signed with Elektra Records in 1999, releasing their fourth full-length album, Life's Aquarium (#7 R&B). Some successful singles on this album are: "What Kind Of Man Would I Be" (#2 R&B), and "You Don't Have To Hurt No More" (#10 R&B). ![]() 1996 saw the release of "Definition of a Band". Again, lead singer Stokley Williams steals the show with his surging, passionate vocals, which are so affecting that you often wish that the songwriting was more distinguished, along the lines of the hit single 'What Kind of Man Would I Be. They enjoyed success with the #2 hit "U Send Me Swingin'", while "Someone To Love" and "So Fine" hit the R&B Top 30. Mint Condition's third album, Definition of a Band is the smoothest effort yet from the swingbeat group. Two years later they released their 2nd platinum album, From The Mint Factory (1993). Forever In Your Eyes was also successful (#7 R&B). The song stayed on the charts for 34 weeks, hitting the R&B top 5 (#3), and the Pop Top 10 (#6). However, they did enjoy major success with the stunning ballad "Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)". The group is well known for its highly diverse musical style (able to play anything from traditional jazz stylings to mainstream R&B and rock-based music to funk grooves and even Latin and Jamaican-based rhythms) and also its captivating live performances.ĭiscovered and originally signed to Perspective Records by music producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in 1989 (after being heard at a performance at a club in downtown Minneapolis called First Avenue), their debut album was entitled Meant To Be Mint (released in 1991).ĭespite their musical versatility the band attempted to attract New Jack Swing listeners with their dance cut "Are You Free", but it wasn't successful (the song hit #55 on the R&B charts). In 1999, they released the excellent Life's Aquarium, which was led by the Top Five Billboard R&B single 'If You Love Me.' However, it would be their last release for a major, even though it was their first Top Ten R&B album. Formed in the late 1980s, its members are lead singer (and in-studio drummer/percussionist) Stokley Williams, bassist Ricky Kinchen, guitarist Homer O'Dell, pianist Larry Waddell, and keyboardist/saxophonist Jeffrey Allen, Keri Lewis (keyboards, synthseizer). Approaching the 21st century, Mint Condition were the only high-profile R&B/pop band with a major-label recording contract. Formed in the late 1980s, it… Read Full Bio ↴ Mint Condition is an R&B band from the Twin Cities. Mint Condition is an R&B band from the Twin Cities. ![]()
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