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Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq
American recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist, and record producer
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Lucy Pearl
Lucy Pearl
R&B supergroup formed in 1999
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad
Ali Shaheed Muhammad
American DJ and record producer
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Tony! Toni! Toné!
Tony! Toni! Toné!
American soul/R&B group
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En Vogue
En Vogue
American vocal band from Oakland, California
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Willie Norwood
Willie Norwood
American musician
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Sweet Inspirations
Sweet Inspirations
American R&B vocal group
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The Dramatics
The Dramatics
American rhythm and blues group
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The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites
band
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Dawn Robinson
Dawn Robinson
Anerican singer
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The Temptations
The Temptations
American Motown vocal group
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Marques Houston
Marques Houston
American actor, singer and dancer.
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Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Jerkins
American record producer, rapper, and songwriter
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Souls of Mischief
Souls of Mischief
band
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TLC
TLC
American vocal group
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MAX
MAX
Japanese female vocal group
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Angie Stone
Angie Stone
American singer and actress
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Total
Total
American band
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Booker T. Jones
Booker T. Jones
American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer and arranger
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles
American singer and songwriter
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Super Monkey's
Super Monkey's
Japanese pop-singing and dancing group
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Spice Girls
Spice Girls
British girl group
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Teedra Moses
Teedra Moses
American musician
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DC Talk
DC Talk
American Christian rap and rock music trio
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Day26
Day26
band
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The Emotions
The Emotions
American vocal group from Chicago, Illinois
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Melanie Brown
Melanie Brown
British singer, actress and television personality
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LaTavia Roberson
LaTavia Roberson
American singer
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R. Kelly
R. Kelly
American singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Wild Orchid
Wild Orchid
American pop group
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The Ummah
The Ummah
american band
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Otis Blackwell
Otis Blackwell
American songwriter, singer, and pianist
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Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
American country music singer-songwriter
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Bobby V
Bobby V
American singer and songwriter from Georgia and Mississippi
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Val Young
Val Young
American singer
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The Spinners
The Spinners
American soul music vocal group
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Teddy Riley
Teddy Riley
American record producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer
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Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men
American rhythm & blues vocal group
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Calvin Richardson
Calvin Richardson
American singer
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702
702
American vocal trio
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LeToya Luckett
LeToya Luckett
American R&B singer-songwriter and actress
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Honey Cone
Honey Cone
band
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Boogie Down Productions
Boogie Down Productions
American hip-hop group
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Chico DeBarge
Chico DeBarge
American R&B singer
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DJ Drama
DJ Drama
American DJ, record executive and hype man from Pennsylvania
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Max Romeo
Max Romeo
Jamaican reggae musician
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Barry White
Barry White
American singer-songwriter
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Maurice White
Maurice White
American musician, founder of Earth, Wind & Fire
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The Funk Brothers
The Funk Brothers
group of Motown studio musicians
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Tatyana Ali
Tatyana Ali
American actress and singer
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Jodeci
Jodeci
90's R&B Band

Willie Max was a R&B trio composed of sisters Rose, Sky and Lyric Smith. The girl group was based in Detroit, Michigan and began its career under the name Smith Reflections.

The group began to establish themselves by working as an opening act for groups like Tony! Toni! Tone! Their work paid off as Raphael Saadiq took the girls under his wing and reshaped their image. Saadiq renamed the group Willie Max, after their father and mother's first names.

In 1998, signed to Saddiq's Pookie Records label, the girls released their debut album, Bona Fide. The album was made predominantly by the girls and Lathun Grady, and scored one reasonable hit with "Can't Get Enough" in 1998, which reached #49 on the Hot 100 and #20 on the R&B charts.