the rise of male r b groups saturated the music scene in the 90s it seemed that every time you
blinked another one popped up jodeci boys to men black street shy and the list goes on one
such group to emerge from the crowded pack was a quartet of four brothers they not only share
dna but also tremendous musical talent they were a hit straight out of the gate but being so young
they were also the perfect target for the industry vultures to feast on let's find out what happened
to 90s r b group soul for real christopher chalk dalrymple andre dre dalrymple brian
bry or kd dalrymple and jason jace or jace farrell dalrymple from wheatley heights new york formed
the r b quartet soul for real in the early 90s their father was a bishop and their mother was
a reverend so naturally prior to becoming an official group the siblings had already spent
many years singing in their church choir however even coming from a strict west indian household
the boys still ended up engaging in some street activities before deciding to focus on a more
positive goal one day while performing at a local talent show someone in the audience took a special
interest in them and knew his brother who was a pretty big deal in the music industry at the time
needed to see them for himself that man's brother was none other than dwight myers
better known as rapper record producer and actor heavy d heavy naturally took the group to the
label that he was on uptown records and introduced them to founder andre harrell the boys signed with
uptown records in 1992 and under the tutelage of andre and heavy captivated audiences with their
unique brand of exciting hip-hop soul heavy even had a hand in giving the group a brand new name
since the one they were originally performing under just didn't quite work they released their
debut album titled candy rain in 1995. the first single and title track produced by heavy shot to
number two on the billboard hot 100 and claim the number one position on the r b chart their second
single every little thing i do also did well by securing a top 20 placing on the hot 100 and r b
chart their second album for life was released in september 1996. a couple of singles were released
but didn't do anywhere near as well as the tracks off their first album at this time andre harrell
left uptown to take over the ceo position at motown records the group would later attribute his
absence as a major factor for the poor performance of their second album they felt that the effort
andre put into them wasn't matched when heavy took over promotion was also an issue the second album
just didn't get anywhere near the attention from the label that their debut did after andre left
so did so for real they then signed to independent label chrome dome records they butted heads in a
major way with the powers that be over how they wanted to approach their next project nevertheless
their third album tidal heat did drop in may 1999. only one single was released and the album itself
failed to char many years would go by without any more music from the foursome they maintained that
they never broke up the industry rather broke up with them however during this time each of
the individual members would pursue their own solo music projects except for bry he
would choose to pursue more illegal business ventures we'll get into that a little later
in 2007 word on the street was that soul for real was working on their fourth album
in anticipation a track called one man featuring rapper jadakiss was released later that year
no album ever manifested also at this time youngest member jayce who also goes by jace
for real formed his own production company sadly the next time the brothers would make headlines
would be for all the wrong reasons while trying to maintain the lifestyle he'd become accustomed to
at the height of soul for real success bry's started engaging in activities he shouldn't
have eventually he was caught and charged with 145 counts of aggravated identity fraud in 2009
a laundry list of related charges like forgery and aggravated bank fraud would also be a part
of the indictment it was estimated that over 260 victims were struck and at least eight banks for
as much as one million dollars he was even on the run for several weeks with his infant son-in-toe
before being apprehended in north carolina while hiding in a friend's closet
he would end up serving five years in prison hopefully from now on bry will stick to more
legitimate ways to make a buck to support his eight children and multiple baby mamas
on november 8th 2011 heavy dee passed away the members of soul for real revealed that
they were devastated to learn that he was gone especially since they had lost contact
with him for many years and never imagined that they wouldn't get the opportunity to see
or speak to him again in the years to come however they would get the chance to express how
they really felt about their experience under his guidance by 2012 soul for real had relocated to
atlanta georgia and announced once again that they were in the studio working on their fourth album
also again in anticipation of the new project they released a single called can't leave you alone
jace created his own record label ba music entertainment in 2014 on which he would release
his future projects and collaborate with other upcoming artists four years later there was still
no fourth album however the band of brothers did release a new single called love again
bry delved into the restaurant business and opened up his own establishment located in atlanta
featuring authentic trinidadian cuisine in 2017. the brothers are actually first generation
american since both of their parents hail from the country however if you're thinking on checking it
out it appears that the restaurant is now closed but they still do catering and meal prep delivery
it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone as to what happened after reading their online reviews
during an april 2019 interview with new york's power 105.1 radio station morning show
the breakfast club seoul for real got extremely real speaking about their former mentor heavy
d maybe a little too real chalk specifically co-signed dj envy saying that heavy's passing
was his karma for what he did to the groove they felt like he could have taken better care
of them as far as publishing among other things being so young and inexperienced
they also felt that after bumping heads with heavy they were blackballed in the industry
after tremendous backlash on social media over the interview they would later try to clean up
what they said at the end of that year the group released christmas material for the first time
with the tracks silent night and christmas time is here their latest effort was their
first single in four years called love on me in april 2020 and is available on all digital music
streaming platform services 2020 also marks so for real's 25th anniversary of their debut
album candy rain the release of their biopic called truth the true story of soul for real
was scheduled to coincide with the anniversary however it appears to still be in production one
of their most recent appearances was in march 2021 at dj cassidy's televised music special
pass the mic bet after party following the 52nd naacp image awards the opportunity gave many
of their longtime fans who possibly hadn't seen them in a while a much needed dose of nostalgia
all four members came dressed to impress and belted out a perfect sing-along rendition of their
first ever hit candy rain thanks for watching please like share and comment also don't forget
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