“Jazz” of the group “Dru Hill” joined Magic 95.9′s Lolo and performed live at CityView Restaurant on Friday, December 9th. The multi-platinum selling R&B group “Dru Hill” is from Baltimore, Md.

“Friday’s with Lolo at CityView” series is the adult hangout and the place to start your weekend. There’s always a live band and Lolo is joined by a special guest.  CityView Restaurant (6700 Security Blvd) offers delicious food, great networking and you can enjoy FREE entertainment while you dine.

See pics below taken by Donnie Green

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Jazz is one of the most valuable elements of Dru Hill. His lead vocals are on the majority of their debut album “Dru Hill ‘and second album, “Enter the Dru. Jazz was also the first male artist to duet with the talented and soulful female vocalist Jill Scott.

Jazz say, ” What inspires me to make music is the same thing that inspires people to enjoy it. It’s part of my life wrapped in everything I do. I want to give the audience the same feeling they felt the first time they heard Marvin Gaye or Stevie Wonder. I want people to not just hear what I am singing but feel what I am singing as well.

Hear and feel what Jazz is singing in his new single, “I Don’t Wanna Live Without You.”

Dru Hill is an R&B group that hailed from Baltimore. The members of the group are Mark “Sisqo” Andrews, Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin, Larry “Jazz” Anthony and Antwuan “Tao” Simpson. The group recorded seven Top 40 songs including “In My Bed”, Never Make A Promise” and “How Deep Is Your Love”.

The original members of the group were natives of Baltimore and began singing together at “The Fudgery” at the Inner Harbor where they sang to customers while making fudge for onlookers.

Dru Hill’s big break came came in 1996 when their manager Haqq Islam had them perform at the Impact Convention in May and they were then signed to Island Record’s “Island Black” where they began recording their debut album “Tell Me” that went gold.

The group had songs written by Keith Sweat and Daryl Simmons for the Dru Hill album but the group wrote “5 Steps” and Nokio became the group’s main producer by 1998.

All four members attempted at singing lead but Sisqo made the largest impact with his bleach-blond hair and eccentric style.

The group experience a tumultuous journey including two members leaving the group, Woody and Scola, and legal issues with their former management but kept returning based on requests from loyal fans.

BET Centric announced a new reality show, Keith Sweat’s Platinum House, featuring Dru Hill and premieres on Monday, June 28 at 8 p.m. ET. The premise of the show is to show the group’s journey to make it back to a top spot in the music industry.

Dru Hill’s fourth album, InDRUpendence Day, is set to be released on July 27, 2010. The two singles from that album are “Love MD” and “Back to the Future.”

“We’re Not Making Love No More”

“These Are The Times”

“5 Steps”

“Love MD”

Take a look at the hot R&B group getting ready for their come back!

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When I saw that Dru Hill had a new song and video, I was wondering who in their right mind would give these guys a deal in 2010.

Then I saw that they linked up with Kedar Entertainment which is run by Kedar Massenburg, former head of Motown Records, and it all made sense.

After finding success by discovering talents like India.Arie, D’Angelo, and Erykah Badu, he’s spent the last 10 years or so repeatedly trying and failing to turn Chico DeBarge into a star, running Joe’s career into the ground, and signing formerly great artists and mediocre new artists to his label.  So it kinda makes sense that Dru Hill would link up with the Napoleon Complex afflicted label exec.

Anyway…

Here’s Dru Hill’s new video for “Love MD.”

I have a feeling a lot of you are gonna say this song is great…

And I’m just gonna have to shake my head at you in advance.

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