Why didn't Ginuwine ever make it big?? He could sing and dance just as good if not better than Justin, Usher and the rest of the artists of that MJ style? What's the dealio peoples??

He was doing okay for awhile,wasn't he? I think he had problems when he stopped working with Timabaland

I know I heard Pony the other day...i was like...damn that song is sorta sexy.


When r&b died, so did many of its singers.

he never had the crossover hit he needed. he had the one ballad that pop-charted, but he never had a string of uptempo joints AND ballads on a cohesive album that would've had "middle america" checkin' for him. so he's been stuck in r & b purgatory.

TheBlackCat said:

I think he was big but maybe too old and too crooner to sell more. This type of artist makes "straight to the ladies" music. Guys don't buy Ginuwine stuff. The same happens to Trey songz.

He didn't make consistent albums which were all over the place in sound and style although he had a body...

He puts too many interludes on his albums. Long ass skits

Rhondab said:

r&B died ? when?

Do you mean big in crossover succes or big in his fields (black audience)?


Because in the R&B field, he was bigger the Usher. I remember back in the mid-late 90's and early part of this decade, he ruled the black crowd. He was all over urban radio and BET, more so then Usher and Joe and Case and the likes.

myloveis4ever said:

I agree with Rhondab! R & B and the state of popular music has been nearly dead for a long time now. Sad!

TheBlackCat said:

Cuz his big face gonna go and stop workin with Timbaland.

After the critical thumbs up to 100% Ginuwine which definitley overshadowed his first album, he felt he needed to produce his own music and work with other producers. After that Ginuwine fell. 100% was a great album. I must have kept that in my changer for about 2 months straight until I forced myself to put it away. The last track the remake of She's Out Of My Life is a tearjerker.

i think when his lover Luther died he kinda just gave up on it all.

My fave tune by him


I'll Do Anything/I'm Sorry





http://www.youtube.com/wa...x9YF2DZedE

funkpill said:

me too!

funkpill said:

Mine as well. That's one of the best uses of sampling of all time IMO.

Cinnie said:

at 1:26

I'm trying to cope with these emotions everyday...

"Dayyyy!" -

SoulAlive said:

CORRECTION: Timbo stop working with Ginuwine. Timbo was at a point in his career where he couldn't make time for him anymore.

funkpill said:

Mine's too-love it!!!

When he decided to cover When Doves Cry he went down hill - j/k. I don't know why isn't still around. It's been a couple of years since his last joint.

The last song I remember seeing on BET was Ginuwine featuring Big Tymers (although it seemed like the opposite) "Hell Yeah"

24's like hell, yeah