* En anglais uniquement
Laid-back Washington, D.C.-based R&B vocalist
J. Holiday (born
Nahum Grymes) signed to Capitol and released the
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins-produced single "Be with Me" in 2006. The full-length
Back of My Lac' followed in October 2007 and was a major success due to singles like "Bed" and "Suffocate," both of which were co-written by the-Dream and topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Capitol re-released
Back of My Lac' at the height of its popularity, in February 2007 -- the album topped the R&B/Hip-Hop chart -- adding three tracks to the original sequence as well as a DVD containing a handful of videos.
Holiday's second album, the more romantic
Round 2, was released in March 2009. Rather than retrace steps, he collaborated with this time with a mostly different set of songwriters and producers, including
Maurice "Big Reese" Sinclair,
Ne-Yo, and
the Platinum Brothers. ~ Andy Kellman