Anita Baker - Giving You The Best That I Got (1988)

Anita Baker started her career in the late-1970s with the Funk/Soul band Chapter 8. She released her first solo album The Songstress in 1983, with included her US top 5 R&B/ Soul hit, Angel. In 1986, she rose to stardom following the release of her platinum-selling second album Rapture, which included the Grammy-winning single Sweet Love. She has also won seven other Grammys and has four platinum albums and two gold albums to her credit.

Her follow-up, Giving You the Best That I Got was released in 1988 and immediately became a success, topping the Billboard 200 and selling over five million copies worldwide. This was followed by the albums, Compositions in 1990, with Rhythm of Love following in 1994. after a lengthy break, she released My Everything in 2004, coinciding with her first UK tour in years.

In 2012, Anita Baker released her version of Tyrese's hit in America, Lately. The song made headlines for Baker after the song was played on every single hour of the hour throughout the day on US urban adult contemporary radio, making her the first artist to make this kind of début. Baker has been working on the album featuring the single, Only Forever, since 2010; we are still waiting for the release, but Anita Baker is never an artist to rush perfection.

- The Oakland Stroke