* En anglais uniquement
Wendell Brown is a Southern R&B artist whose inspirations as a vocalist range from
Bobby Womack and
Barry White to the relatively smoother likes of
Luther Vandross and
Will Downing. Whether recording under his full name, as simply Wendell, or (most commonly) as
Wendell B., the St. Louis, Missouri native has kept the blues in R&B, unlike the vast majority of commercial R&B that has circulated since his early-'90s debut.
Brown emerged during the early '90s with the single "Yu Want 2 Play Me" and released his debut album,
Make It Good for Ya, later in the decade. After that, he went fully independent with his own label, Smoothway. Among his self-released full-lengths are
Good Times (2005),
Love Life and Relationships (2008),
In Touch with My Southern Soul (2010),
Get to Kno' Me... (2013), and The Next 1 (2016). ~ Andy Kellman