R&B singer Al B. Sure! enjoyed brief success during the New Jack Swing wave.
Born Albert Joseph Brown III in Boston on June 4, 1968, he grew up in New York
State with an interest in rap and soul. Introduced by his friend DJ Eddie F to
singer Heavy D and his Uptown Records label, affiliated with Warner Bros, he
recorded his first album, In Effect Mode (1988), at the height of the New Jack
Swing wave, and scored a major hit with the single "Nite and Day", which reached
No. 7 in the pop charts and No. 1 R&B, followed by three other singles,
including the other #1 R&B single "Off on ...