El Debarge is one of the most talented and fine ass brothers in the world. I love his beautiful and soulful songs. i really wish that he would come back out and bless us with some new music. Are there any fans who still love this brother? I especially love his song Another Chance from IN The Storm CD.That song is soo sexy and sensual it puts me in a certain kind of mood.
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I love El. DeBarge is touring with Switch this summer.

He was great as a part of DeBarge but the only solo song of his that I like is "Real Love".

vainandy said:

I lvoe that song but I also love his Heart, Mind and Soul album and Somebody Loves You off Gemini.

Stymie said:

Dang i wish i could be at that concert to see My man El perform.

Tiffypoo2004 said:

I am just glad he's okay, you know? El and DeBarge were such a huge part of my life.

Stymie said:

yeah am glad El is doing okay now and i hope that he stay straight too with his fine self lol

The last thing that a fine man needs to stay is straight.

vainandy said:

i mean straight as in stay out of trouble legally. lol

Yeah, I was more into his stuff with his siblings than his solo work. I did like "In The Storm" though. That had that one song he did with Chante Moore, right?


How can we forget that one "Facts of Life" episode where the Eastland girls won a contest to record a song with him?

NWF said:

Which song because El have did a couple of songs with Chante Moore like Love ME Tonight which is my favorite and You know What I Like and In The Storm. I think the cd In The Storm is one of my favorite cd's of El as a solo artist next to Heart Mind and Soul.

Tiffypoo2004 said:

I just figured it out. It was "You Know What I Like". Cool tune.

"All This Love" is my favorite DeBarge song

"Love Always" is my favorite El DeBarge solo song


I still can't figure out why El didn't become a superstar when he went solo.I feel the same way about Howard Hewitt.These guys had so much success in the groups they were in but once they left,the hits just dried up.Makes no sense.

I found this site yesterday:

http://www.debargenetwork.com/

It has a performance by El from November of last year. It clears up the rumors about his voice being shot.

I'm a geek so I know yesterday was El's birthday.


The link to the vid doesn't work on that site anymore, try this one:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...9agem-jWXQ
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I cant wait til Bunny's book drop that should be an interesting book to read.

Tiffypoo2004 said:

Did you get their mom's book?

Yes I have MAMA Debarges Book, but i think it has a lot of missing gaps in the story of Debarge. Hopefully Bunny's book will be more detailed and will talk more about the life of Debarge in more depth.
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vainandy said:

He was cool with debarge. Solo wise i liked the after the storm album
with the prince like My heart belongs to you(keith crouch effect),
you know what i like, and after the dance.

SoulAlive said:

El DeBarge and his family said in interviews that Motown more or less pressured him into leaving DeBarge. Moreover, his self-titled album contained a lot of insipid, crossover-intentional songs that tried to put him in that Whitney Houston/Lionel Richie/Billy Ocean realm.

Personally, El had good chemistry with his siblings and he never came off as comfortable being a solo artist (not to mention for his first two albums he was still with the music company that essentially separated him from his siblings). Unlike a Michael Jackson, El seemed lost without the others (especially on stage). Later in his solo career, Randy and Bunny frequently performed on stage as backup singers.

I chalk up El and Howard Hewett as acts who simply worked better in the group setting where they became famous because so much of their identities were tied into that concept. Other examples over the years are James "J.T." Taylor, Phillip Bailey, Aaron Hall, Morris Day and Ralph Tresvant.
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phunkdaddy said:

And the Prince written track Tip O' My Tongue.

After the Storm is a great album.

The only El Debarge/Debarge song I like is "I Like It"

bump bump

LittleAmy said:

His debut is one of my all time fav albums, but I agree they wanted him to crossover. He didn't even co-write one single song off that album. And 3 cuts featuring Diane Warren LOL. Heaven for me, hell for anyone who liked his rnb stuff LOL. Only cuts that could get an rnb pass were "someone" and the Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer sager cut "love always". For me, not a bad song on there really. Album sounds closer to Chicago in places then anything actually. Certainly not Whitney Houston though.

LaCienega said:

For real? No i heard Chico was selling crack but buying it no thats hard to believe.