Bonafide (Jon B. album)

Bonafide
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 1995
RecordedMay 1994–April 1995
Studio
Length66:20
Label
Producer
Jon B. chronology
Bonafide
(1995)
Cool Relax
(1997)
Alternative cover
UK-release cover

Bonafide is the debut studio album by American singer Jon B. It was released on May 23, 1995, on the Epic Records subsidiary 550 Music. The album was the first recording released on Tracey Edmonds' record label Yab Yum Records, which 550 Music distributed.[1]

It includes the Grammy-nominated first single "Someone to Love" featuring Babyface.[2] The song was originally featured on the soundtrack to the 1995 Will Smith and Martin Lawrence action-comedy Bad Boys.[3] Also included is the second single "Pretty Girl" and the final single "Isn't It Scary".

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard_July 15, 1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Hunter, Karen (Feb 24, 1996). "Jon B: 'That Grammy & Me'". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
  3. ^ "Bad Boys (1995) – Soundtracks". IMDb. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-12.