Nicknamed Babyface by Bootsy Collins, Kenneth Edmonds learned his trade as a
guitarist and keyboardist in soul, funk and R&B bands in the 1970s and 1980s
before going on to become one of the most influential producers of the 1990s.
Alongside Teddy Riley he helped produce records for Bobby Brown and Paula Abdul,
crafting a new style of urban pop featuring hip-hop samples, funk swagger and
jazz smoothness known as New Jack Swing. His label LaFace Records gave life to
TLC, Usher and Toni Braxton and he wrote and produced the Number 1 singles End
Of The Road and I'll Make Love To You...