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ENTERTAINMENT
Id e n tity E xplored
As for what Brian brings to the
tributed the powerful track “Show
here are many words
album?
Just his seriously seductive
Me
The
Way
Back
to
My
Heart”,
u se d to d e s c rib e
vocals,
his
innate way o f phrasing a
which
was
produced
by
Keith
Tho
B ria n M c K n ig h t.
lyric
and
some
o f the most deeply
mas.
“
In
the
past
I’ve
always
written
Singer. Songwriter.
personal
songs
to
date, including the
all
my
own
material,
so
I
have
to
be
Arranger. Producer.
album
's
uplifting
closer “When The
honest.
Reaching
out
to
another
Perhaps the word that best sums
Chariot
Comes”
and
the heartfelt “Till
songwriter,
was,
at
first,
hard
for
me
up Brian is one that is simple, but
I
Get
Over
You".
Says
Brian, when
to
do.
But
having
a
chance
to
record
frequently misused. Musician. Brian
speaking
about
the
growth
o f that’s
one
o
f
D
iane’s
songs
is
really
an
McKnight is a musician. N ot a pro
so
apparent
on
anytime.
“
I
really
feel
honor,
and
as
a
songwriter,
I
think
I
grammer. O r a sequencer. O r a per
that
I
have
taken
my
music
to
the
next
can
really
appreciate
what
she
brings
sonality. In an age o f fly by night
level.”
to the album.”
celebrities and flashy flashes in the
pan, Brian McKinght has maintained
an artistic excellence because he is a
musician: one who has created music
for everyone from Quincy Jones to
Boyz II Men.
ria n ’s m usicianship,
combined with all o f
the other attributes he
brings to the table are
in evidence on Brian’s third and stron
gest album to date. The name o f the
album is Anytime and from its elec
tric yet thoroughly M cKnight sound
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right now.
lthough Brian wrote 9 out
o f A nytim e’s 12 tracks,
e wanted to stretch out
and try something different. To do
just that, Brian joined forces with
some unlikely but ultimately very
compatible partners. The first single
“You Should Be Mine” was pro
duced by Sean “Puffy” combs and
features Mase. “ I know people will
think that my hooking up with Puffy
will mean that I am going after an
obvious sort o f hit,” Brian candidly
admits. “But Puffy and I have known
each other for quite some time. In
fact, h e’s doing a Bad Boy gospel
Sale in clu d es: C alicos, D ra p ery anti
record and I worked on that. So when
U p h o lste ry Fabrics, Bridal and Sp ecial
it came time to do my album, I wanted
O cca sio n , S ilk ies, R ayon s, C h ild ren ’s
the favor returned. I think he fulfilled
Wear, Active Wear, C ord u roys
his end o f the bargain. It’s a hot
track.”
Also on board with Brian are
Trackmasterz, who kick in the fla
vorful “Hold Me” (co-written by
Mary J. Blige) and songwriter Diane
Warren, whose numerous hits include
“Unbreak My Heart.” W arren con
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II S amuel J. M ii . i . er , A merican ; 1 9 th century . F rederick D ouglass , 1847/1852. C ased H alf -
I’ i . ate D aguerreotype , 5 -1 /2 X 4 -1 /8 I nches . T he A rt I nstitute of C hicago : M ajor A cquisitions
C entennial E ndowment , 1996.433.
2) B eaueord D elaney , A merican ; 1901-1979. S elf -P ortrait , 1944.
O il O n C anvas ; 27 X 22-1/2 I nches . T he A rt I nstitute of C hicago : R estricted gift of
A lexander C. and T ii . i . ie S. S peyer F oundation ; S amuel A. M arx E ndowment . 1991.27.
3) M arion P erkins , A merican ; 1908-1961. P ortrait of E va , L ate 1940 s .
M x r b e i 12-1/4 X 8-1/2 X 8 I nches . T he A rt I nstitute of C hicago : through prior acquisitions
of i hi G eorge F. H arding C ollection , 1996.400.
4) 11 \ ns Bi i . i mer , G erman ; 1902-1975, born P oland . P ortrait of W iereim , L am . 1964. P en A nd
B i ack I nk , O ver G raphite ,O n M asonite P anel P repared W ith A n I vory G round ; 28-3/8 X 26-
3/8 I nches . T he A rt I nstitute O f C hicago : W orcester S ketch F und , 1967.143.
Right: Images o f African Americans
n celcbiaii,in nt the recent
from The Art Institute o f Chicago.
acquisition o f a rare da
guerreolvpe of the Aincri 'O n view in galleries 141 and 142.
through January I I . 1998. In then
can a b o litio n is t leader
Own
Right explores issues ol A lri-
I icdetick Douglass. The
can
American
identity through 14
Art Institute ol Chicago is presenting
works
in
a
variety
o f media from the
powerful images o f A ll lean Anteri
collections
o
f
four
curatorial depart
cans in the exhibition In Their Own
I
ments- -Photography. American Arts,
Prints and Drawings, and I wentieth
Century Paintings and Sculpture.
Serving as the centerpiece forthis
e xhibitio n, the daguerreotype ol
Frederick Douglass, produced by
American photographer Samuel J.
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