Stokley Williams
Stokley Williams (born July 15, 1967) also known simply as Stokley, is an American singer, record producer, and percussionist. Williams is best known as the lead singer and studio drummer of the band Mint Condition. Career. In 2011, he 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. In 2017 Williams joined The Revolution on tour, to pay tribute to Prince. Also in 2017, Williams released his Concord Records solo debut "Introducing Stokley", with production by himself as well as Philadelphia production  team Carvin & Ivan. In 2019, Williams signed with Jam & Lewis' reactivated Perspective Records to release his second solo album, "Sankofa". In March 2020, Stokley earned his first #1 solo hit, with "She..." going number #1 on the Adult R&B Chart (Billboard) for two consecutive weeks. Influences. Williams has declared his main influences as being Cliff Alexis Sr., Prince, and Maurice White. Discography as a session musician. "The Boys - The Boys" (1990) "Sounds of Blackness – The Evolution of Gospel" (1991) "Karyn White – Ritual of Love" (1991) "Mo' Money – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1992) "Janet Jackson – janet." (1993) "Johnny Gill – Provocative" (1993 ) "Color Me Badd – Time and Chance" (1993) "Jason's Lyric – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" (1994) "Karyn White – Make Him Do Right" (1994) "Sounds of Blackness – " (1994) "J. Spencer – Blue Moon" (1995) "Solo – Solo" (1995) "Soultry – Soultry" (1995) "Janet Jackson – " (1995) "New Edition – Home Again" (1996) "Ann Nesby – I'm Here For You" (1996) "4.0 – 4.0" (1997) "Luther Vandross – " (1997) "Jon Secada – Secada" (1997) "Sounds of Blackness – Time for Healing" (1997) "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" (1998) Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida" (1999) "Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight" (1999) "Yolanda Adams – Mountain High...Valley Low" (1999) "Usher – 8701" (2001 ) "Blu Cantrell – So Blu" (2001) "Deborah Cox – The Morning After" (2002) "Toni Braxton – More Than a Woman" (2002) "Ann Nesby – Put It on Paper" (2002) "Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Shaheedullah and Stereotypes" (2004) "Prince – Musicology" (2004) "Jill Scott- " (2007) "Brother Ali – Us" (2009) "Tech N9ne – All 6's and 7's" (2011) "Kelly Price – Kelly" (2011) "Mint Condition – 7..." (2011) "Elzhi – Elmatic" (2011) "Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart" (2012) "The World Famous Tony Williams- King or the Fool" (2012) "The Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio" (2012) "U-Nam & Friends – Weekend in L.A (A Tribute To George Benson)" (2012) "Brian Culbertson  – Dreams" (2012) "Wale – The Gifted" (2013) "Lil' John Roberts – The Heartbeat" (2014) "Wale – The Album About Nothing" (2015) "Boney James – futuresoul" (2015) "Maysa - Back 2 Love" (2015) "PJ Morton - Christmas with PJ Morton" (2018) "Zo! - FourFront" (2019) Discography as a group member. 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)