Without further ado, here is our list in chronological order:Īn album cut from Donell’s debut which immediately helped us realize this smooth out soulful cat was something special. Click Here for our most recent interview with Donell Jones.Ĭlick Here for an exclusive feature we did with Donell Jones where he revealed his favorite 10 songs he’s recorded. Click any of the song titles to hear that song. We included a generous amount of honorable mention songs to compliment our choices for his best tracks.Ĭlick Here to check out all of our Top 10 Lists. The singer has easily given us one of the best catalogs out of any singer coming out of the 90’s and this list should prove that to you.ĭonell Jones often goes underrated at times for whatever reason but the albums, singles, and deep album cuts he’s given us are truly timeless.Īs you can see from our list there was no way we could stop at just the top 10.
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License additional terms may apply.For the next chapter of our artist Top 10 Songs List feature we dig into the discography of the legendary Donell Jones. Jones is currently writing songs for Usher, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey on their upcoming albums.
Four years later, he released his fourth album, Journey of a Gemini, which featured the Tim & Bob hit, “I’m Gonna Be”, which became a big hit on Urban AC. In 2002, Jones released the gold-selling Life Goes On album, which featured the hits, “You Know That I Love You” and “Put Me Down” featuring Styles P. Other hits included “Shorty (Got Her Eyes on Me)” and “This Luv”. The album yielded the number-one hits such as “U Know What’s Up”, which featured TLC member Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes and the title track. It wasn’t until 1999 however that Jones began to establish himself as a R&B hit maker with the album, Where I Wanna Be. In 1996, he signed with LaFace Records and released his debut album, My Heart, which included his hit cover of Stevie Wonder’s 1976 ballad “Knocks Me Off My Feet”. However, Jones was gaining notice as a writer penning songs for established R&B acts such as Usher, producing the singer’s 1995 hit, “Think of You”, 702’s “Get It Together” and also wrote for groups such as Brownstone and Silk. After a brush with death, Jones left the gang and focused on a music career forming the group Porscha. He struggled between wanting to be a musician and to be a member of a street gang.
Donell Jones (born May 22, 1973) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer, most notable for the hits “U Know What’s Up”, “Where I Wanna Be” and his cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Knocks Me Off My Feet”.īorn in Chicago, Illinois, Jones’ upbringing was rough.
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