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Tony! Toni! Toné crashed out of their Oakland neighborhood in 1988 with
their Gold debut album Who? which spawned the hit "Little Walter". In 1990,
to both critical and popular acclaim, their second album The Revival
garnered four # 1 Billboard hits including "Feels Good," "Whatever You
Want," "The Blues" and "It Never Rains (In Southern California)" and went
Platinum. The success of The Revival and subsequent headlining tour was
captured during various awards shows: 1991 NAACP Image Award for "Vocal
Group Of The Year," 1991 American Music Award for "Favorite R&B/Soul Group" and ASCAP Award for "Feels Good". They also contributed “Me & You” to the hit soundtrack for the John Singleton film Boyz in the Hood.
Their third album, Sons Of Soul, released in 1993 was recorded mostly in
Trinidad and spawned one of their most popular ballads and Grammy-nominated Smash, "Anniversary," as well as "If I Had No Loot," "(Lay Your Head On My) Pillow" and "Slow Wine" all reaching high on the Billboard Charts and making it go double Platinum. 1993 was their most prolific year with several previously unreleased tracks surfacing on soundtracks like House Party II, Jason's Lyric, The Mask, Panther and Poetic Justice.
After touring the world and a hiatus to work on outside projects, Tony!
Toni! Toné regrouped in founding member D’Wayne Wiggins’ Oakland, CA
studio and created the outstanding 1997 album House of Music. The album was named for the mom and pop music store where they bought their records and black velvet posters while growing up. The first single was "Let's Get Down," which featured popular West coast rapper DJ Quik. MTV aired the
video in heavy rotation, introducing them to an even younger audience of
hip-hop aficionados. This album also went Platinum.
Tony! Toni! Toné featured on the title track of Alicia Keys’ 2004
platinum-selling album, “Diary”. In 2006, D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy
Christian Riley along with their cousin, Amar Khalil (performing lead
vocals) toured the United States performing more than 75 often sold-out
concerts. Tony! Toni! Toné is currently in the studio working on their
much anticipated sixth album due to be released in early 2007. The album
features collaborations with Rhymefest, Beyonce Knowles, Keyshia Cole, and
Slick Rick with the Grass Roots Production Team weighing in on this
sure-to-go platinum effort.
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