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Williams in 2014
Williams in 2014
Background information
Birth nameStokley Williams
Born (1967-07-15) July 15, 1967 (age 57)[1]
OriginSt. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.[2][3]
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • producer
Instruments
  • Drums
  • vocals
Years active1980–present
Labels
Bluraffe Ent

Stokley Williams (born July 15, 1967), also known simply as Stokley, is an American musician from St. Paul, Minnesota,[4] best known as the lead singer and studio drummer of the R&B band Mint Condition.[5]

Career

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In 2011, Williams was featured on Kelly Price's song "Not My Daddy" from her album Kelly which earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance.[6]

In 2017, Williams joined The Revolution on tour, to pay tribute to Prince.[7] Also in 2017, he released his Bluraffe/Concord Records solo debut Introducing Stokley, with production by himself as well as the Philadelphia production team Carvin & Ivan.

In 2019, Jam & Lewis' did a joint venture with Bluraffe ent /Perspective Records to release his second solo album, Sankofa.

In March 2020, Stokley earned his first number-one solo hit with "She..." reaching the top of the Adult R&B Chart (Billboard) for two consecutive weeks and high radio play on stations such as WAMO, WDAS, & WHUR.[8]

In 2024, he was cast as Rick James in Ja'Caryous Johnson's musical stage play, Super Freak: A Rick James Story, set to tour spring of 2024.[9][10]

Influences

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Williams has declared his main influences as being Cliff Alexis Sr., Prince, and Maurice White.[11]

Discography as a session musician

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The Boys - The Boys (1990)[12]

Sounds of Blackness – The Evolution of Gospel (1991)

  • "Optimistic" (handclaps)
  • "The Pressure Pt. 1" (background vocals)
  • "The Pressure Pt. 2" (background vocals)

Karyn White – Ritual of Love (1991)

  • "Ritual of Love" (percussion)
  • "Love That's Mine" (background vocals)
  • "Do Unto Me" (drummer)
  • "Hard To Say Goodbye" (drum programming, percussion, background vocals)

Mo' Money – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)

  • The Harlem Yacht Club- "Brother Will" (drummer)

Janet Jackson – janet. (1993)

  • "What'll I Do" (drummer)
  • "The Body That Loves You" (percussion)

Johnny Gill – Provocative (1993)

  • "The Floor" (background vocals)
  • "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (background vocals)
  • "Mastersuite" (drummer, percussion)
  • "Quiet Time To Play" (percussion)
  • "I Know Where I Stand" (percussion)

Color Me Badd – Time and Chance (1993)

  • "The Bells" (drummer)[13]

Jason's Lyric – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)

Karyn White – Make Him Do Right (1994)

  • "One Minute" (drummer, percussion)

Sounds of Blackness – Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum (1994)

  • "The Lord Will Make A Way" (drummer, percussion)
  • "The Drum (Africa To America)" (percussion)

J. Spencer – Blue Moon (1995)

  • "U Should Be Mine" (lead vocals)

Solo – Solo (1995)

Soultry – Soultry (1995)[14]

  • "Where Do Broken Hearts Belong" (writer, producer, drummer, percussion, bass synthesizer)
  • "I Knew All Along" (writer, producer, drummer)
  • "Can I Get To Know You" (producer)

Janet Jackson – Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995)

New Edition – Home Again (1996)

  • "One More Day" (percussion)

Ann Nesby – I'm Here For You (1996)

  • "I'm Still Wearing Your Name" (drummer)
  • "(What A) Lovely Evening" (drummer)
  • "Thrill Me" (drummer)
  • "This Weekend" (drummer)
  • "Let Old Memories Be" (drummer)

Jesse Powell - Jesse Powell

  • "All Alone" (writer, producer, background vocals, drummer)

4.0 – 4.0 (1997)

  • "Oh Baby" (drummer)

Luther Vandross – One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2 (1997)

  • "I Won't Let You Do That To Me" (percussion)

Jon Secada – Secada (1997)[15]

  • "Too Late, Too Soon" (percussion)

Sounds of Blackness – Time for Healing (1997)

  • "The Blackness Blues" (drummer)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida (1999)

  • Elton John & Janet Jackson – "I Know The Truth" (drummer)

Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight (1999)

  • "Finally Finding Out" (percussion)

Yolanda Adams – Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)

Usher – 8701 (2001)

  • "Twork It Out" (drummer)
  • "How Do I Say" (drummer)

Blu Cantrell – So Blu (2001)

  • "I'll Find A Way" (drummer)

Deborah Cox – The Morning After (2002)

  • Hurt So Much" (drummer)

Toni Braxton – More Than a Woman (2002)

  • "Lies, Lies, Lies" (acoustic guitar, guitar solo)

Ann Nesby – Put It on Paper (2002)

Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Shaheedullah and Stereotypes (2004)

  • "Put Me On" (vocals)
  • "Banga" (background vocals)

Prince – Musicology (2004)

  • "Call My Name" (background vocals)

Jill Scott- The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007)

  • "How It Make You Feel" (producer, bass, guitar, drum programming, keyboards)

Brother Ali – Us (2009)

  • "Brothers And Sisters" (background vocals)
  • "Us" (background vocals)

Tech N9ne – All 6's and 7's (2011)

  • "The Boogieman" (background vocals)

Kelly Price – Kelly (2011)
Mint Condition – 7... (2011)

  • "Not My Daddy" (co-vocals, co-producer, drummer, keyboards, bass)

Elzhi – Elmatic (2011)

  • "Life's A Bitch" (additional vocals)

Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart (2012)

  • "I'll Be Around" (background vocals)

The World Famous Tony Williams- King or the Fool (2012)

  • "Mr. Safety" (additional vocals)

The Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio (2012)

  • "Why Do We Try" (lead vocals, percussion)

U-Nam & Friends – Weekend in L.A (A Tribute To George Benson) (2012)

  • "Nature Boy" (lead vocals)

Brian Culbertson – Dreams (2012)

  • "No Limits" (lead vocals)

Wale – The Gifted (2013)

  • "The Curse of the Gifted" (uncredited background vocals)[16]
  • "LoveHate Thing" (featuring Sam Dew) (co-producer, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming)
  • "Sunshine" (co-producer, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals)
  • "Heaven's Afternoon" (featuring Meek Mill) (co-producer, keyboards, guitar, background vocals)
  • "Gullible" (featuring Cee-Lo Green) (producer, drum programming, guitar)
  • "Black Heroes" (co-producer, guitar, background vocals)

Lil' John Roberts – The Heartbeat (2014)

  • "Space" (additional vocals)

Wale – The Album About Nothing (2015)

  • "The Intro About Nothing" (additional vocals)
  • "The Bloom (AG3)" (background vocals, additional production)

Boney James – futuresoul (2015)

  • "Either Way" (vocals)

Maysa - Back 2 Love (2015)

  • "Keep It Movin'" (producer, additional vocals)

PJ Morton - Christmas with PJ Morton (2018)

Zo! - FourFront (2019)

  • "Sweat" (vocals)

After 7 - Unfinished Business (2021)

  • "The Day" (additional vocals, writer, producer, drum programming, keyboards, acoustic guitar)
  • "Sum Of A Woman" (writer, producer, drum programming, guitar, keyboards)

Discography as a group member

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with Mint Condition

Meant to Be Mint (1991)
From the Mint Factory (1993)
Definition of a Band (1996)
The Collection (1991–1998) (1998)
Life's Aquarium (1999)
Livin' the Luxury Brown (2005)
Live from the 9:30 Club (2006)
E-Life (2008)
7... (2011)
Music @ the Speed of Life (2012)
Healing Season (2015)

with Ursus Minor

Nucular (2007)
Zugzwang (2010)
I Will Not Take "But" for an Answer (2010)
What Matters Now (2016)

Solo album

Introducing Stokley (2017)
Sankofa (2021)

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Music – Stokley Williams". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Bediako, Titilayo. "Stokely and Sylvia Williams: African American giants". Insightnews.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Denman, Jamal (July 17, 2013). "Mint Condition front man focusing more on production". Spokesman-recorder.com. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mint Condition". twincities.com.
  5. ^ "Stokely Williams". AllMusic. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "Mint Condition's Lead Singer Stokley Williams Receives 2 Grammy Nominations!". Theurbanmusicscene.com. Archived from the original on December 29, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  7. ^ Aswad, Jem (April 29, 2017). "The Revolution Pay Tribute to Prince With an Emotional New York Concert". Variety.com.
  8. ^ "Stokley Strips Down & Celebrates Women In 'She…' And Announces New Album 'Sankofa'". soulbounce.com. SoulBounce. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  9. ^ Allah, Sha Be (February 29, 2024). "Stokley Of R&B Group Mint Condition Cast As Rick James In 'Superfreak: The Rick James Story' - The Source". Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  10. ^ "Stokley Cast As Rick James In 'Super Freak: The Rick James Story' Stage Musical". www.wbls.com. March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
  11. ^ "Mint Condition's Stokley Williams takes solo leap". Rollingout.com. February 25, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  12. ^ The Boys - The Boys (CD liner notes). Motown Record Company, L.P. MOTD-6302
  13. ^ "Time and Chance - Color Me Badd | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  14. ^ Soultry - Soultry (CD liner notes). Motown Record Company L.P. 314530553-2
  15. ^ "Secada* - Too Late, Too Soon (The Mixes)". Discogs.com. 1997. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  16. ^ Phillips, Noel (July 16, 2013). "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: STOKLEY WILLIAMS SPEAKS ON PRODUCING WALE'S "THE GIFTED" LP". Respect-mag.com. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
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