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JOHNNY GILL PREPARES FOR HIS RETURN TO MUSIC

Many artist who take a long break from the game, don't stand a chance with the new talent floating around these days. With over twenty years in the entertainment business, "Johnny Gill" has continued to create music either as a soloist or a group member. Johnny Gill is not attempting to slowdown as his career matures.

Continuing his role as a romantic balladeer while emerging as a New Jack Swing star, he released a second self-titled album in 1990 which included the hits "My, My, My," "Rub You the Right Way," "Fairweather Friend" and "Wrap My Body Tight". On this album, Gill played guitar, bass, bongos, and drums in addition to performing lead and background vocals. In 1991, he was featured in Perri "Pebbles" Reid's hit single "Always" from the album of the same name, along with Pebbles' cousin, R&B singer, Cherrelle. The single made the R&B Top 20 shortly after its release.

As of late, the R&B veteran has been touring in the United States with long time collaborators "Bobby Brown" and "Ralph Trevesant" as the R&B group Head of State to keep up with audiences needs. Gill is also preparing his latest album after signing a with Notifi Records.

The untitled album Gill has received creative assistance from a respective group of producers including "Troy Taylor", "Bryan Michael" and "Wyclef Jean". Gill described working with Wyclef as “Quincy Jones of this era.” While recording the album, Gill has been struggling to identify the creative direction of the project stating,

“One of the things I have been battling with while recording this record is I like so many types of music but you think I know what people are going to expect and what they want. All this is put into a place and then somebody said to me ‘you have to do you and where you are today that is what it is.’ That is what people are going to gravitate and connect with.”

No release date has been set for the album but it is scheduled to drop this year.