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Gerald levert rope a dope style album1/31/2024 ![]() ![]() LeVert and Gerald LeVert have sold over 9 million copies in the U.S. Sean LeVert passed away March 30th, 2008. Sean LeVert also pursued a solo career and often performed with both his father and brother. Marc Gordon relocated to Los Angeles and continued producing and writing, with a variety of successful recording artists such as Immature/IMX, Marques Houston and Musiq Soul-Child. Gerald LeVert went on to conquer the music industry as a successful solo artist, songwriter, producer and actor. Gerald LeVert, Mark Gordon & Sean LeVert. LeVert released a reunion album “ The Whole Scenario” in 1997.ĭon Cornelius with LeVert. In pursuit of greater heights in 1995, all the group’s members decided to pursue individual opportunities. They produced, wrote on or developed other successful recording artists such as TROOP, Mikki Howard, Stephanie Mills, The O’Jays & Anita Baker.īy the end of their run, the fun-loving yet heartfelt antics of LeVert had garnered the group six gold albums. Check out our UB Rare Music Spotlight on that release. The duo helped launch the careers of three Cleveland-area R&B groups The Rude Boys, Men at Large and 1 of the Girls, who had a great, but extremely slept on album. Marc Gordon & Gerald LeVert formed Trevel Productions in 1987 and initially signed on the Rude Boys who gained tremendous success from their #1 hit “ Written All Over Your Face” and Men at Large with their hit single “ So Alone.” LeVert racked up even more hit singles such as “Baby I’m Ready”, “Addicted To You”, which featured in Eddie Murphy’s hit movie, “ Coming To America” and “ Just Coolin” the first R&B group & song to feature a rapper, the late Heavy D. The rest of the LeVert catalog “Just Coolin”, “Rope a Dope Style”, For Real Tho” and “The Whole Scenario” were all released between 1988-1997. The result was a soul-drenched exploration of Gerald‘s personal musical agenda that still retained some of the familiar LeVert flavor. The other members even contributed to the project. The title-track hit #1 on Billboard’s R&B chart. ![]() Gerald recorded his solo debut “ Private Line” in 1991, when he was still with LeVert. This album upped the ante for LeVert, positioning the group to keep the family tradition alive by leaving a trail of hit albums and singles. LeVert‘s third release “ The Big Throwdown” rode the smash single “ Casanova” to gold status, while earning the group two Soul Train music awards. Named in honor of their father’s living legacy, the set secured LeVert‘s first gold record and #1 single entitled “ Pop Pop Pop Goes My Mind.” ![]() With Gerald out in front, the trio‘s full-bodied vocals poured over sleek beats earned them much fanfare and a bigger platform for the release of their follow up album release Bloodline. Eddie and another O’Jay, Walter Williams, contributed to the production, along with Coombs, Gerald LeVert and Dexter Wansel. The album was released on Tempre Records, owned by Harry Coombs. Their debut album release “ I Get Hot” was released 35 years ago this week in May of 1985 Gerald, his buddy Marc Gordon, and his little brother Sean recorded the material. The O’Jays passed on the songs, but the cloud of rejection had a platinum lining. ![]() He composed song after song for his father’s group, but learned that sometimes it ain’t who you know. After many years of mimicking his father’s group O’Jays, Gerald LeVert and his younger brother Sean LeVert, along with their childhood friend, Marc Gordon formed the group, LeVert.īy his late teens, Gerald had parlayed his child-play into a fledgling career as a songwriter. ![]()
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