User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL. 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. Forever Donell JonesLyrics:For once in my life,I can say that love has taken over me, yeahYou possess the key That open up my lifeBefore there was you I fel. 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. Apart from the surprisingly brash 'Step the F Off' and the Michael Jackson tribute 'I Miss the King,' not much sticks out, but the album is. After a brush with death, Jones left the gang and focused on a music career forming the group Porscha. Forever is even closer to being a one-man show than 2010's Lyrics, with Jones performing every instrument but guitar, and he gets only a little songwriting assistance (and no guest appearances from MCs). 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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