After two albums with the trio
Next,
RL launched a solo career with the aid of record industry bigwig
Clive Davis. The legendary record exec signed
RL to his newly formed J Records label and released a debut album,
RL: Ements. The album featured one or two sure-shot singles -- the
Snoop Dogg-
Lil' Kim-
Battlecat collaboration "Do You Wanna Roll" and the
Jermaine Dupri-
Erick Sermon collaboration "Got Me a Model" -- and other tracks without big-name collaborators. ~ Jason Birchmeier