Playa (band)

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Playa (band)

Playa is an American

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
R&B trio

Trio (music)

Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:*Three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.*The performance of a song by three people....
. Composed of Smoke E. Digglera

Smoke E. Digglera

Smoke E. Digglera is an American musician....
(also known as Smokey), Digital Black (also known as Black), and the late Static Major, Playa is best known for their 1998 hit album, "Cheers 2 U", produced by longtime collaborator Timbaland

Timbaland

Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapping, and singer. Timbaland has produced albums and singles for a number of artists from the mid-1990s to the present day....
. Static is notable for being a successful songwriter of hit singles and album tracks for artists such as Ginuwine

Ginuwine

Elgin Baylor Lumpkin , better known by his stage name Ginuwine, is an American Contemporary R&B singer and an occasional actor. Signed to Epic Records since the mid-1990s, Ginuwine has released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the '90s heyday of hip-hop soul....
, Aaliyah

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton , simply known as Aaliyah meaning "The highest most exalted, among the best", was an American contemporary R&B and pop music singer and actress....
, Truth Hurts

Truth Hurts

Shari Watson , known as Truth Hurts, is an United States R&B singer. She is noted for her funk music and powerful vocal style....
, and Brandy.

three members of Playa all originate from Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky. The city's estimated population as of 2006 is listed as 557,789, with a population of 1,233,733 in the Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
, and styled their act after R&B stars Jodeci

Jodeci

Jodeci is an United States musical group, whose repertoire includes Contemporary R&B, soul music, and new jack swing. The group consists of two pairs of brothers from Hampton, Virginia, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina, North Carolina: the DeGrates and the Haileys ....
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Playa is an American

United States

Trio (music)

Smoke E. Digglera

Timbaland

Ginuwine

Aaliyah

Aaliyah Dana Haughton , simply known as Aaliyah meaning "The highest most exalted, among the best", was an American contemporary R&B and pop music singer and actress....
, Truth Hurts

Truth Hurts

Shari Watson , known as Truth Hurts, is an United States R&B singer. She is noted for her funk music and powerful vocal style....
, and Brandy.

History

Early years

The three members of Playa all originate from Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Jodeci

DeVante Swing

DeVante Swing is an African American record producer, songwriter, and singer. DeVante got his start as a member of the R&B chart-topping group Jodeci, which helped to define the new jack swing sound during the 1990s....
by imprompu a cappella versions of Jodeci songs backstage after a Jodeci concert

Concert

A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. The music may be performed by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band....
, Playa was signed to DeVante's Swing Mob

Swing Mob

Swing Mob consisted of members of the various collectives and/or record labels associated with Missy Elliott and Timbaland. Elliott with the group Sista, Timbaland, Magoo, Ginuwine, Playa , Darryl Pearson, Tweet with the group Sugah, Jimmy Douglass Stevie J., Bazaar Royale and Chad "Dr....
label with Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is a now-dormant United States record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group....
. Magazines such as Vibe or The Source attribute the signing to Static's close friendship with the boss and producers of the DeVante Recording Label. Other members of Swing Mob were young hopefuls such as Missy Elliott

Missy Elliott

Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American rapping, singing, songwriter, and record producer. With record sales of over seven million in the United States, she is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, including one double platinum ....
, Timbaland & Magoo

Timbaland & Magoo

Timbaland & Magoo are a Hip hop music-Duet consisting of producer/rapper Timbaland and rapper Magoo ....
, Ginuwine

Ginuwine

The term tweet, and words and expressions starting with tweet, may refer to:*A bird song , the sound produced by a bird, especially small birds...
, and Renee Anderson. By 1996, most of the Swing Mob artists--Playa included--had left DeVante for better luck elsewhere. They participated in the production of Jodeci's The Show, The After Party, The Hotel

The Show, the After Party, the Hotel

The Show, The After Party, The Hotel was the third and final album by the popular R&B group Jodeci. It includes the hit singles "Freek 'N You", "Love U 4 Life" and "Get on Up"....
album in 1995

Discography

Albums

1998: Cheers 2 U
Cheers 2 U

Cheers 2 U is a 1998 album by the trio Playa . The band's debut album, Cheers 2 U includes the singles "Don't Stop The Music" and "Cheers 2 U"....

Singles

1998: "Don’t Stop the Music"
1998: "Cheers 2 U"
1998: "I Gotta Know" (featuring Foxy Brown, from the How to Be a Player
How to Be a Player

Def Jam's How to Be a Player is a 1997 in film comedy film, starring Bill Bellamy, Natalie Desselle and Bernie Mac. The film was film director by Lionel C....
soundtrack)
1999: "Your Dress"
2000: "Woozy" (from the Romeo Must Die
Romeo Must Die

Romeo Must Die is a 2000 in film martial arts film with a Romeo and Juliet theme, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. It stars Jet Li, Aaliyah, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, Anthony Anderson, D.B....
soundtrack)
2001: "Incense Burning"
2003: "Never Too Late"

Soundtrack and compilation contributions

1997: "Joy", from Welcome to Our World by Timbaland & Magoo
Timbaland & Magoo

Timbaland & Magoo are a Hip hop music-Duet consisting of producer/rapper Timbaland and rapper Magoo ....
1997: "Smoke In 'Da Air", from Welcome to Our World by Timbaland & Magoo
Timbaland & Magoo

Timbaland & Magoo are a Hip hop music-Duet consisting of producer/rapper Timbaland and rapper Magoo ....
1998: "Birthday", from Tim's Bio: From The Motion Picture: Life from Da Bassment by Timbaland
1998: "Your Dress", from the Dr. Doolittle Soundtrack
1999: "Playboy Like Me", from the Blue Streak
Blue Streak (film)

Blue Streak is a 1999 in film cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Les Mayfield and starring Martin Lawrence. The film features an additional cast of Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, William Forsythe , Nicole Ari Parker, and others....
Soundtrack
2000: "Woozy" from the Romeo Must Die
Romeo Must Die

Romeo Must Die is a 2000 in film martial arts film with a Romeo and Juliet theme, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. It stars Jet Li, Aaliyah, Delroy Lindo, Isaiah Washington, Russell Wong, Anthony Anderson, D.B....
Soundtrack
2001: "Incense Burning" from the Exit Wounds
Exit Wounds

Exit Wounds is a 2001 action film based on the book of the same name by John Westermann. The film, aside from the title and some of the character's names has no resemblance to the novel....
Soundtrack

External links

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