Songs like “When You Believe” by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, the aforementioned “Breathe Again” by Toni Braxton, TLC’s “Red Light Special”, “Water Runs Dry” and “A Song For Mama” by Boyz II Men, “Can We Talk” by Tevin Campbell, Dru Hill’s “We’re Not Making Love No More”, “My, My, My” by Johnny Gill, “Take a Bow” by Madonna, “Not Gonna Cry” by Mary J Blige, I mean the list could go on forever. These are classics never to be forgotten soon.ġ0-time Grammy Award winner Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds might not be a name you readily associate with one song – although “ Everytime I Close My Eyes” comes to mind – except if you knew that he is responsible for most of your favorite songs. These are automatic responses, you don’t even have to think about it.
Its the same way you think of “ Dance with my Father” when you think of Luther Vandross, “The Boy is Mine” when you think of Monica and Brandy, “ Sexual Healing” when you think of Marvin Gaye and “ Man in the Mirror” when you think of the late Michael Jackson. Its just a natural response linked with warm gooey emotions. Everyone and I mean everyone born upwards of 1988 immediately thinks of the song “ Breathe Again” when you hear the name Toni Braxton.