Who? was also chock full of great Slow Jams, including Pain, Not Gonna Cry For You and the slowjams.com favorite, 261.5--a song about falling in love with a girl not of age (261.5, referencing the penal code for sex with a minor...ouch!)

Perhaps the Tonies' biggest success came with their sophomore album, The Revival, in 1990, which produced the monster hit, Feels Good--one of the funkiest, jazziest, feel-good songs ever!

Along side Feels Good were other head bobbers, including The Blues and The Oakland Stroke, but what really made The Revival such a gold mine, was its quantity of quality Slow Jams. It Never Rains (In Southern California) is (in my book) one of the Top 10 Slow Jams of All Time! The video that accompanied the song was unbelievable, and just when you thought it couldn't get any better, the group released remixes to the song, including one with Raphael rapping the entire scenario. Whatever You Want was also one of the hottest Slow Jams ever, Sky's The Limit, and All My Love were also great love grooves. Along with the great music, 3T's wardrobe and style were indescribably "funky-fresh," flashing bright colors like lime-green and orange on outrageous suits, complimented by crazy hats and glasses! The fellas had done a great job branding themselves, and had made an amazing contribution to R&B as a new decade was kicked off.

3T's long-awaited third project was released three years later, in 1993. Its biggest asset was the super-Slow Jam, Anniversary, but the charts would argue the up-tempo If I Had No Loot was the album's bread-winner, as it did the most damage at both Pop and Urban radio. Unfortunately, when it came to Slow Jams in The House, the pickins were slim: just two. Slow Wine was average, but (Lay Your Head On My) Pillow was truly a gem, as the group intertwined the smooth ballad's harmonies with a country guitar twang, producing another one-of-a-kind sound that could've only been crafted by these boys from The Bay. 1993 was successful for 3T, as they also toured with Janet Jackson that year as well.

In 1995 Rapheal, (who changed his last name to the Muslim "Saadiq"), contributed to the Higher Learning soundtrack with the Top 20 hit, Ask Of You.

By the time the Tonies' forth album was released in 1996 called House Of Music, in my opinion, the group had strayed from their original crazy-funky-outrageous stylings, to look and sound like any other average R&B group. Thinking of You was probably the CD's best track, and the group had notable success with Let's Get Down, featuring DJ Quik, but overall the project was a big dissapointment to me and a lot of Tony fans that I talked to. There just wasn't anything "amazing" on this CD, and it lacked the super-Slow Jams of Tony! Toni! Tone'! past.

A Greatest Hits album was packaged in 1997 featuring the best of 3T, before the group split. Dwayne Wiggins went solo, releasing Eyes Never Lie on Motown Records, as Raphael teamed up with DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad (formerly from the rap group A Tribe Called Quest) and Dawn Robinson (of En Vogue fame) to form the R&B "supergroup" Lucy Pearl. Later Raphael also went solo, giving fans two albums: Instant Vintage in 2002 and Ray-Ray in '04.

In 2003, most of Tony! Toni! Tone'! were invited as guests on Alicia Keys' masterpiece, The Diary of Alicia Keys, resulting in the smash Diary, giving the group their first Top 10 hit in eleven years!

In 2005 the group toured with R Dub! for that year's Sunday Nite Slow Jams LIVE concert series, performing with Jagged Edge, Avant, Jon B, Troop and more! Later that year, Dwayne Wiggins became the band leader for the Weekends at the D.L. TV show, hosted by comedian D. L. Hughley, on the Comedy Central cable network.

Who? was also chock full of great Slow Jams, including Pain, Not Gonna Cry For You and the slowjams.com favorite, 261.5--a song about falling in love with a girl not of age (261.5, referencing the penal code for sex with a minor...ouch!)

Perhaps the Tonies' biggest success came with their sophomore album, The Revival, in 1990, which produced the monster hit, Feels Good--one of the funkiest, jazziest, feel-good songs ever!

Along side Feels Good were other head bobbers, including The Blues and The Oakland Stroke, but what really made The Revival such a gold mine, was its quantity of quality Slow Jams. It Never Rains (In Southern California) is (in my book) one of the Top 10 Slow Jams of All Time! The video that accompanied the song was unbelievable, and just when you thought it couldn't get any better, the group released remixes to the song, including one with Raphael rapping the entire scenario. Whatever You Want was also one of the hottest Slow Jams ever, Sky's The Limit, and All My Love were also great love grooves. Along with the great music, 3T's wardrobe and style were indescribably "funky-fresh," flashing bright colors like lime-green and orange on outrageous suits, complimented by crazy hats and glasses! The fellas had done a great job branding themselves, and had made an amazing contribution to R&B as a new decade was kicked off.

3T's long-awaited third project was released three years later, in 1993. Its biggest asset was the super-Slow Jam, Anniversary, but the charts would argue the up-tempo If I Had No Loot was the album's bread-winner, as it did the most damage at both Pop and Urban radio. Unfortunately, when it came to Slow Jams in The House, the pickins were slim: just two. Slow Wine was average, but (Lay Your Head On My) Pillow was truly a gem, as the group intertwined the smooth ballad's harmonies with a country guitar twang, producing another one-of-a-kind sound that could've only been crafted by these boys from The Bay. 1993 was successful for 3T, as they also toured with Janet Jackson that year as well.

In 1995 Rapheal, (who changed his last name to the Muslim "Saadiq"), contributed to the Higher Learning soundtrack with the Top 20 hit, Ask Of You.

By the time the Tonies' forth album was released in 1996 called House Of Music, in my opinion, the group had strayed from their original crazy-funky-outrageous stylings, to look and sound like any other average R&B group. Thinking of You was probably the CD's best track, and the group had notable success with Let's Get Down, featuring DJ Quik, but overall the project was a big dissapointment to me and a lot of Tony fans that I talked to. There just wasn't anything "amazing" on this CD, and it lacked the super-Slow Jams of Tony! Toni! Tone'! past.

A Greatest Hits album was packaged in 1997 featuring the best of 3T, before the group split. Dwayne Wiggins went solo, releasing Eyes Never Lie on Motown Records, as Raphael teamed up with DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad (formerly from the rap group A Tribe Called Quest) and Dawn Robinson (of En Vogue fame) to form the R&B "supergroup" Lucy Pearl. Later Raphael also went solo, giving fans two albums: Instant Vintage in 2002 and Ray-Ray in '04.

In 2003, most of Tony! Toni! Tone'! were invited as guests on Alicia Keys' masterpiece, The Diary of Alicia Keys, resulting in the smash Diary, giving the group their first Top 10 hit in eleven years!

In 2005 the group toured with R Dub! for that year's Sunday Nite Slow Jams LIVE concert series, performing with Jagged Edge, Avant, Jon B, Troop and more! Later that year, Dwayne Wiggins became the band leader for the Weekends at the D.L. TV show, hosted by comedian D. L. Hughley, on the Comedy Central cable network.

Who? was also chock full of great Slow Jams, including Pain, Not Gonna Cry For You and the slowjams.com favorite, 261.5--a song about falling in love with a girl not of age (261.5, referencing the penal code for sex with a minor...ouch!)

Perhaps the Tonies' biggest success came with their sophomore album, The Revival, in 1990, which produced the monster hit, Feels Good--one of the funkiest, jazziest, feel-good songs ever!

Along side Feels Good were other head bobbers, including The Blues and The Oakland Stroke, but what really made The Revival such a gold mine, was its quantity of quality Slow Jams. It Never Rains (In Southern California) is (in my book) one of the Top 10 Slow Jams of All Time! The video that accompanied the song was unbelievable, and just when you thought it couldn't get any better, the group released remixes to the song, including one with Raphael rapping the entire scenario. Whatever You Want was also one of the hottest Slow Jams ever, Sky's The Limit, and All My Love were also great love grooves. Along with the great music, 3T's wardrobe and style were indescribably "funky-fresh," flashing bright colors like lime-green and orange on outrageous suits, complimented by crazy hats and glasses! The fellas had done a great job branding themselves, and had made an amazing contribution to R&B as a new decade was kicked off.

3T's long-awaited third project was released three years later, in 1993. Its biggest asset was the super-Slow Jam, Anniversary, but the charts would argue the up-tempo If I Had No Loot was the album's bread-winner, as it did the most damage at both Pop and Urban radio. Unfortunately, when it came to Slow Jams in The House, the pickins were slim: just two. Slow Wine was average, but (Lay Your Head On My) Pillow was truly a gem, as the group intertwined the smooth ballad's harmonies with a country guitar twang, producing another one-of-a-kind sound that could've only been crafted by these boys from The Bay. 1993 was successful for 3T, as they also toured with Janet Jackson that year as well.

In 1995 Rapheal, (who changed his last name to the Muslim "Saadiq"), contributed to the Higher Learning soundtrack with the Top 20 hit, Ask Of You.

By the time the Tonies' forth album was released in 1996 called House Of Music, in my opinion, the group had strayed from their original crazy-funky-outrageous stylings, to look and sound like any other average R&B group. Thinking of You was probably the CD's best track, and the group had notable success with Let's Get Down, featuring DJ Quik, but overall the project was a big dissapointment to me and a lot of Tony fans that I talked to. There just wasn't anything "amazing" on this CD, and it lacked the super-Slow Jams of Tony! Toni! Tone'! past.

A Greatest Hits album was packaged in 1997 featuring the best of 3T, before the group split. Dwayne Wiggins went solo, releasing Eyes Never Lie on Motown Records, as Raphael teamed up with DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad (formerly from the rap group A Tribe Called Quest) and Dawn Robinson (of En Vogue fame) to form the R&B "supergroup" Lucy Pearl. Later Raphael also went solo, giving fans two albums: Instant Vintage in 2002 and Ray-Ray in '04.

In 2003, most of Tony! Toni! Tone'! were invited as guests on Alicia Keys' masterpiece, The Diary of Alicia Keys, resulting in the smash Diary, giving the group their first Top 10 hit in eleven years!

In 2005 the group toured with R Dub! for that year's Sunday Nite Slow Jams LIVE concert series, performing with Jagged Edge, Avant, Jon B, Troop and more! Later that year, Dwayne Wiggins became the band leader for the Weekends at the D.L. TV show, hosted by comedian D. L. Hughley, on the Comedy Central cable network.