Father
b. Timothy Brown, New York, USA. Father's debut album included the Top 20 US hit, I'll Do 4 U, and a powerful scene-setter between Fatherand Lady Kazan. On his return in 1994 for a belated third album, SEX IS LAW, he dropped the MC suffix he had previously employed. It tied in with a switch in image too, from lovers rock hip hop to down and dirty gangsta pimp. Gimmicky raps like '69' were the order of the day, as Father perved his way through a succession of saucy rhymes. There was a nod to the New Jack Swing movement with cuts produced by Teddy Riley and Pete Rock, who added an En Vogue sample to R&B Swinger. Other samples included the Jackson 5's I Want You Back. The sexual lyrics were given a brief respite on his duet with Little Shawn, For The Brothers Who Ain't Here, a touching commemoration of loss in the ghetto.