Mark Morrison
A string of collaborations, remixes and samples are keeping the unique R&B voice of Mark Morrison alive throughout the 00s.
Mark's most recent release was the US hit Innocent Man featuring DMX. It's the latest take on the lead track from his 2006 album, which also appeared in sample form on Innocent Man (Misunderstood) by Cassidy which charted at #3 on Billboard's Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles chart in November 2007.
Of course Innocent Man isn't the only bona fide classic in Mark's catalogue. His breakthrough single - Return of the Mack - became a top ten hit across Europe in 1996, reached #2 in the US, and cemented his position as one of the most successful British urban R&B singers of the mid-'90s.
Return of the Mack paved the way for four more top ten hits - Crazy, Trippin', Horny and Moan and Groan - all of which make regular appearances on contemporary compilations of R&B, swing, slow jams, and 90s dance and chart hits. And the Return of the Mack album contained all these hits and more and reached #4 on the UK Album Chart. A raft of awards followed as Mark was nominated for four Brit Awards, a Mercury Music Prize nomination, an MTV Europe Music Awards nomination and five MOBO Awards nominations, where he took home Best R&B Act.
Other highlights from Mark's extensive catalogue include Only God Can Judge Me (the renown EP mixing the #13 single Who's The Mack with interviews and prayers) and the Innocent Man album which has a host of collaborations including Backstabbers (feat. Daz Dillinger & Tray Deee), Dance 4 Me (feat. reggae artist Tanya Stephens), Lately (feat. Elephant Man), Best Friend (feat. Gabrielle & Connor Reeves), Damn Damn Damn (feat. Adina Howard), Journeys (feat. Mica Paris & the All Saints Road Community Choir), Just A Man (feat. Alexander O'Neal) and - bringing the story full circle - the original version of Innocent Man (feat. Tippa Irie).
