https://youtube/watch?v=lzWIDkUsTa0 After stints with R&B group Future and a duo called Black, Case got work co-writing and singing background for artists including Usher, Christopher Williams and Al B. Sure. Case finally felt close to achieving his dream of becoming a solo artist, and he was. Armed with a song written by Faith Evans, Case was discovered by Russell Simmons who signed him to Def Jam Records. “Everything changed with this deal,” says Case, “I was in heaven, on cloud nine.” Case’s solo career took off in 1996 with the release of Touch Me, Tease Me (with rapper Foxy Brown and R&B singer Mary J. Blige) from The Nutty Professor soundtrack, going gold and reaching #4 on the R&B charts and #63 on the Hot 100. His self-titled debut Case soon followed along with the minor R&B hit singles More to Love and I Gotcha. Case followed the success of his first album with the release of Personal Conversation in 1999. The album featured the hits Happily Ever After (which reached #3 on the R&B charts and #15 on the Hot 100) and Faded Pictures, (released April 20, 1999), which featured R&B singer Joe and reached #3 on the R&B charts and #10 on the Hot 100. Happily Ever After featured Beyoncé in the video as Cases love interest. The albums third single, Think Of You failed to do well, managing to only reach #50 on the R&B charts. Personal Conversation achieved platinum status. In 2001, as the first artist on the new Def Soul imprint, Case released his third album Open Letter and topped the charts with the Tim & Bob produced hit song Missing You. Open Letter, Cases most well-known album went gold. Missing You is Cases only #1 single to date as it topped the R&B charts and reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Later that year, Case also appeared on rapper Ja Rules hit Livin It Up, as well as releasing one more single from his album, Not Your Friend. After the success of Open Letter, Case moved to Atlanta to be closer to his children. Cases success has been partly due to his appearance on movie soundtracks. Many of Cases most popular tracks appear on the soundtracks for Nutty Professor, Rush Hour, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and The Best Man. These singles were Touch Me Tease Me (Nutty Professor), Faded Pictures (Rush Hour), Best Man I Can Be (The Best Man) and Missing You (Nutty Professor II). Cases single, Shoulda Known Betta (featuring Ghostface), reached #87 on the R&B charts in 2004. The single appeared on the Johnson Family Vacation soundtrack, and was produced by The Neptunes. After a few years away from the music industry, Case reappeared in 2008 on the track Face to Face (a duet with singer Coko) which was included the soundtrack of Tyler Perrys Meet the Browns (film). His fourth studio album, The Rose Experience which had undergone various title changes and a label shift (from Def Jam to his own indie imprint, Indigo Blue) was released on March 24, 2009. It was preceded by a single, Lovely which reached #72 on the R&B chart. Hes currently at work on his fifth studio album titled Heavens Door set for release in 2014.[1] One announced track slated to become a single is London Rain.
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