Al B. Sure Featured On TV One’s ‘Unsung’ [Videos]

The popular Unsung show on TV One featured Albert Brown — better known as Al B. Sure — on Wednesday night, helping take viewers back in time to 1988 when Al first burst on the scene with his hit song “Nite and Day” off of the In Effect Mode album.

As seen in the videos on TV One’s site about their Al B. episode, they sure enough didn’t shy away from the controversy and the pleasurable times of Al’s life. Unsung reminded viewers that Al B. and Puffy have Kim Porter in common — and that Al met Kim when she modeled years ago. Al called Porter an independent woman who traveled to Italy when they met, and Al would fly out to Italy to be with Kim. It was during one of those romantic trips wherein their son Quincy was conceived.

After Al B. and Kim learned they were expecting a baby, Mr. Sure felt inspired to write “Forever, My Lady” as a Jodeci song. Al said he looked at Kim and said, “So you’re having my baby…” and that’s where that anthem took off. Many R&B fans can recite the next line, about a man being so overwhelmed with joy at the thought of his lady having his baby that “it means so much to me” and “there’s nothing more precious than to raise a family.”

However, it was Quincy — named after Quincy Jones — who penned a scathing letter, as reported by Essence, criticizing Al for not being there for him as a father. Quincy told TV One that Al was certainly angered by the open letter, but it caused the father and son to meet and talk and finally reconnect.

Al B. Sure’s Unsung was filmed in Mount Vernon, reports the Journal News, and the episode featured clips from some of the singer’s most popular videos. The Unsung episode revealed how Al took advantage of paid-for studio time that another artist had abandoned, and as such came out with “Nite and Day.” When that single hit big, it was time to get back into the studio to record an entire album.

Eventually, Al ended up working on “The Secret Garden” song as well, as part of a compilation album with other artists and the musical great mentor Quincy Jones. Al even tried his hand at more upbeat songs, and clips of Al dancing and trying to be more like Bobby Brown were discussed — with some saying he even slayed that genre as well.

After the tons of women screaming and fainting over Al waned, depression came, but Al once again made music and is poised for a comeback.

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