R&B superstar Ginuwine has entered Billboard’s Top 200 at #9 with his 6th studio album, A Man’s Thoughts. The album, out June 23 on Notifi/Asylum/Warner Bros. boasts a Bryan Michael-Cox produced hit single “Last Chance,” which has implanted itself in the Top 10 at urban ac and urban mainstream radio helping to make this the #1 R&B album in the country.

“I hope that the concentration Ginuwine and I put into the music makes it enjoyable for his fans for years to come,” says Notifi Records President, Ira Dewitt. “It makes me incredibly proud that my small independent label has earned a #1 R&B album on our very first try.”

“The Ginuwine project has been a labor of love for those involved and now we are all very much looking forward to enjoying the fruits of those labors,” says President of Asylum Records, Todd Moscowitz. “Ginuwine had something to prove on this album and he showed these younger artists why he is one of the greatest of all time.”

A Man’s Thoughts also reunites Ginuwine with multi-platinum stars Timbaland and Missy on the up-tempo “Get Involved”. The Virginia Beach-based trio worked together on Ginuwine’s debut album The Bachelor, which included the sinuous, hit single “Pony”. This time around, Ginuwine has shown prodigious growth, which was noted in USA Today’s review: “Back in his Bachelor days, Ginuwine’s thoughts ran mainly to giving ‘Pony’ rides to as many hotties as he could. On new album A Man’s Thoughts, he’s more subtle, and relationships now tend to last beyond last call at the club. Ginuwine has always been a smooth purveyor of steamy slow jams, but here the sex involves more emotional entanglement, and that can lead to complications.”

Ginuwine has always known that he wasn’t just another pretty boy R&B crooner, but he proved it to skeptics repeatedly with a prolific career, pumping out albums like the critically acclaimed 100% Ginuwine. In between releases, he’s appeared in films, managed a challenging personal life, learned about commitment and the art of raising children.

He’s also toured the world, regrouped with old friends and made new ones, like linking up with manager Kedar Massenburg, who understood the neo-soul vision before anyone else. Together they brought A Man’s Thoughts to life, tapping Brandy, Bun B, Timbaland and Missy for creative collaborations. As a result, his sixth CD is the best yet, combining The Bachelor’s raw sensuality with a healthy shot of introspective wisdom.

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I am so grief stricken

Ginuwine’s making his way back onto the music scene with a new single and an album on the way. He’s been through a lot, the death of friend Aaliyah, eight children, four babies mamas and a career on the decline. Pop the lid for more insight into Ginuwine’s comeback

ESSENCE.COM: Welcome back, G! Your new album, “A Man’s Thoughts,” is a 14-track labor of love. Was it difficult getting back in the swing of things after being away so long?

GINUWINE: (Laughs.) Well, I wrote 45 songs in all. I believe you can listen to my album from beginning to end. Of course, some might love certain songs better than others, but overall I’m proud of it. Plus, I have everyone from Timbaland to Missy to Bun B and Brandy on it.

ESSENCE.COM: Your album is typically you with an all-star lineup, but folks are accusing you of swagger-jacking Justin Timberlake because of the Timbaland-produced anthem “Get Involved.” How do you feel about that?

GINUWINE: (Laughs.) Are you serious? If that’s copying Justin Timberlake I want to know whether people say the same thing about him when he hooked up to work with Tim, whom I’ve worked with for years? People are real funny.

ESSENCE.COM: On a more serious note, you lost both your parents in 1999 and 2000. How have you been coping?

GINUWINE: After my father shot himself to death and my mother died from cancer less than a year later, I really didn’t want to be here anymore, I didn’t want to live and tried to commit suicide more than once. There was no one around that I really loved at the time, so I turned to the drinking and drugs like weed and ecstasy. I was done mentally and emotionally to the point that I had to go see a psychiatrist, but that didn’t do any good because I wasn’t interested. In fact, the two times I visited him I was high. I was depressed and felt like I had nobody to talk to that could relate to me.

ESSENCE.COM: Wow. What was the turning point for you?

GINUWINE: I had one friend who intervened and begged me to get help. Even though I didn’t continue with my therapy, I went to church and received counseling from my pastor and got straight spiritually. I was able to turn away from all those things that were destroying me and finally think clearly. I had to ask myself whether or not I wanted to go out like my dad and have my kids hurt the way I was hurting. I’ve been clean for about seven years. Now, I keep all that stuff away from me, especially when I’m on the road.

ESSENCE.COM: Despite your adversity you’ve remained positive and are working with the mentally disabled.

GINUWINE: My wife and I own mentally disabled homes in Kansas City where the mentally disabled board through a program called SPRUCE (Special People Requiring Unique Care Equally). Many people don’t realize that once they turn 18 they are often thrown out the house and are homeless. At the home, they are able to learn the basic fundamentals of life, like finding a job, how to take care of themselves, clean their rooms, and other things. My heart always likes to give, and if I’m going to help somebody it might as well be someone who can’t help themselves.

The Wait Is Finally Over! Ginuwine’s “Last Chance” EP Is Now Available On Itunes. The EP Includes The Smash Hit “Last Chance” and The New Buzz “Trouble”Feat Bun B.  “A Man’s Thoughts” Is Available On June 23rd!

These days, sexy R&B singer Ginuwine is just as likely to be in Target with his wife and kids as he is to be gyrating on a stage. In fact, that’s where he is when we catch up with him for this interview. After some connection problems and a dead battery, he finishes up at his suburban Washington D.C. home, where by the end of our conversation, you can hear his daughters clamoring for their Daddy’s attention.

This is definitely a change for the guy who admitted recently to “Sister 2 Sister” magazine that drugs, alcohol, fighting and womanizing were all a part of his troubled past. Not to mention the guy who once sang “If you’re horny, let’s do it” and crooned about being a sexaholic “so anxious” for an upcoming booty call. But that doesn’t mean the now-veteran R&B star doesn’t still have the ladies’ ear. His new single, “Last Chance,” is about trying to preserve a relationship, and his new album, “A Man’s Thoughts,” should give his female fans some insight as well.

With no questions off limits, Ginuwine came clean about life, love and controversy. Read the full article »

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Ginuwine nabbed Brandy for a lover’s duet on his upcoming album A Man’s Thoughts.

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