Lenny Kravitz
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Biography
[Edit]There may have been other "retro" rock acts before him, but Lenny Kravitz was one of the first to not be pigeonholed to a single style as he touched upon such genres as soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads over the years. Born in New York on May 26, 1964 (his mother was actress Roxie Roker, best known for her role as Helen Willis on the popular TV series The Jeffersons, and his father was a TV producer), Kravitz was raised in Los Angeles, where he found himself around countless musical giants as a youngster due to his parents' friendships with the likes of Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Short, and Miles Davis. Kravitz was a member of the California Boys Choir until his teenage years, when he decided to pursue rock & roll while in high school and under the heavily influence of funk-rocker Prince. Kravitz's admiration of the Purple One was so great that he at first patterned his style and approach directly after Prince and became known as "Romeo Blue" (complete with blue contact lenses), but failed to land a recording contract.
In the late '80s, Kravitz relocated back to New York City, where one of his roommates turned out to be actress Lisa Bonet (who played the part of Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show); they eventually got married. During this time, Kravitz wisely discarded his Prince-like approach and looked back to such '60s/'70s classic rockers as Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley, and the Beatles for inspiration. Kravitz found a kindred spirit in engineer Henry Hirsch (who would stick by Kravitz throughout his career). With a back-to-basics approach, his style was quite refreshing in the humorously gaudy late '80s. He inked a recording contract with Virgin Records and issued his debut release, Let Love Rule, in 1989. Kravitz's debut proved to be a surprise hit due to the success of the title track, which became a hit single and oft-aired video. A few critics were quick to assume that Kravitz's retro look and sound were simply a schtick to get the public's attention, but come the '90s, it had become integrated into the mainstream (both musically and fashion-wise), proving that Kravitz was a bit of a trendsetter. It was around this time that Kravitz penned a major hit single, not for himself but for Madonna, who went to number one with the sultry track "Justify My Love."
What should have been a time of happiness for Kravitz quickly turned sour as he and Bonet divorced in the early '90s. Kravitz's heartbreak was very evident in his sophomore effort, Mama Said, which was even stronger than its predecessor, highlighted by the Led Zep-like funk-rocker "Always on the Run" (a collaboration with Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash), as well as a mega-hit with the Curtis Mayfield-esque soul ballad "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over," which confirmed that Kravitz's success was no fluke. But the best was yet to come for Kravitz. His third release overall, 1993's Are You Gonna Go My Way, is often considered to be the finest album front to back of his entire career, and with good reason: every single song was a winner, including the uptempo, anthemic title track, which turned out to be one of MTV's most-played videos for that year. The album was a massive hit and Kravitz became an arena headliner stateside, as well as being featured on countless magazine covers.
Despite an almost two-year gap between albums, Kravitz's fourth release, Circus, came off sounding unfocused and was a major letdown compared to his stellar previous few releases. Perhaps sensing that he needed to stir things up musically, Kravitz dabbled with electronics and trip-hop loops for his next album, 1998's 5. Although not a huge hit right off the bat, the album proved to have an incredibly long chart life, spawning the biggest hit of Kravitz's career, "Fly Away," almost a year after its original release. With the single's success, Virgin decided to cash in on the album's sudden rebirth by reissuing it around the same time with a pair of extra added bonus tracks, one of which became another sizable hit single, a remake of the Guess Who's "American Woman" (which was used in the hit 1999 comedy movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me). Kravitz's first best-of set, the 15-track Greatest Hits, was issued as a stopgap release in 2000, while his sixth studio release overall, Lenny, was issued a year later. Baptism followed in 2004. After starting a residential, commercial, and product design company called Kravitz Design, he recorded a funky version of John Lennon's "Cold Turkey" for Amnesty International's 2007 benefit compilation Instant Karma. Before the end of the year it was announced that Kravitz would return in 2008 with a new album, It Is Time for a Love Revolution. The album arrived in February, accompanied by a brief tour.
Kravitz made his acting debut in the Academy Award-nominated 2009 film Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire. As he was filming his next role — a spot in the eagerly awaited adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games — he released his ninth album, Black and White America, in the summer of 2011. Reprising his role of Cinna in the second of The Hunger Games movies in 2013, Kravitz wouldn't return to the studio until the following year. Kravitz released his tenth studio album, Strut, in September of 2014; it was preceded by the disco-rock single "The Chamber."
Title: Greatest Songs
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Rockabilly, Alternative, Funk
Title: Black and White America (Deluxe Version)
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Psychedelic
Title: Superlove (Remixes)
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Mama Said
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Psychedelic
Title: Let Love Rule (Justice Remix) - Single
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Psychedelic
Title: Mama Said (21st Anniversary Deluxe Edition) [Explicit] [+digital booklet]
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Genre: Rock
Title: Low (David Guetta Extended Remix) - Single
Artist: Lenny Kravitz
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Collections
Title: I Love The 90's - The Party Edition (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Synth Pop
Title: Now Thats What I Call Rock Ballads (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Post Punk, Alternative, Indie
Title: Around The World - Hit 90s (CD1)
Genre: Trip Hop, Techno, Punk, Pop Punk, Reggae, Dub, Pop, Alternative
Title: Pop Rock 90s: Vol. 02 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop, Retro
Title: Hot Dance DFM 3 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: 90s Aerobics Super Hits (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Eurodance, Hip Hop/R&B, Post Grunge
Title: Best Of 90s (Revisited) (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Eurodance, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Synth Pop
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Drivetime (CD2)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Drivetime (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave, Power Pop, Nu Disco, Pop, Indie, Trap
Title: 90s Dance Union Sound
Genre: Post Disco, Soul, Blues, Dancefloor, Flamenco, Latin, Disco, Dance Pop
Title: 100 Beach Pulse Workout Hits (CD2)
Genre: Electronica, Club/Dance, Disco, Funk
Title: Super Geil! - Hits Der 90er (CD3)
Genre: Acid House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, New Wave, Pop, Synth Pop, Experimental
Title: All Time Hits Real Inside (CD1)
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Reggae, Latin, Country, Pop, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Top Of The Pops 1995-2000 (CD2)
Genre: Eurodance, Rock, Christian Rock, Pop, Alternative
Title: Big 1990s Twisted Hits (CD2)
Genre: New Age, Gospel, World Music, Alternative
Title: Hits Of The 90s Collective
Genre: Trip Hop, Hip Hop/R&B, Power Pop, Teen Pop
Title: 90s Hits Super Songs (CD2)
Genre: Garage, Eurodance, Power Pop, Reggae, World Music, Disco, Alternative, Funk, Folk
Title: De Tijdloze Vol. 3
Genre: Rock, Alternative, Indie
Title: Just 90s Hits Chances (CD1)
Genre: Eurodance, Rock, Alternative
Title: Partybreaks And Remixes - All In One November 005 (CD2)
Genre: Electropop, Soul, World Music, Indie, Trap
Title: Options Sound Convention 17312 (CD2)
Genre: Electro, Latin, Alternative, Indie, Trap
Title: Partybreaks And Remixes 2503 (CD2)
Genre: Reggae Fusion, Bachata, Synth Pop, Dubstep
Title: 40 Rock Power Ballads
Genre: Rock
Title: Road Trip Ultimate Collection 5CD (CD1)
Genre: Reggae, Pop, New Romantic, Ska
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Driving Rock (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Post Grunge, Power Pop, Metal, Heavy Metal, World Music, Country, Alternative, Folk
Title: 101 90s Hits 5CD (CD2)
Genre: Eurodance, Power Pop, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: 101 90s Hits 5CD (CD4)
Genre: Eurodance, Power Pop, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: Select Mix Rewind Series Vol. 36
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Post Grunge, Power Pop, Punk Rock, Teen Pop, Alternative
Title: Joe FM Hitarchief Top 2000 Volume 6 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Synth Pop, Classical
Title: Partybreaks And Remixes - All In One March 005 (CD1)
Genre: Dancehall, World Music, Latin, Trap
Title: THE GREEK MASH UP PROJECT VOL. 5
Genre: DJ/Remixes
Title: The Rock Album (CD3)
Title: Just The Hits 90s (CD4)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Rock Mixtape 2018
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Post Grunge, Symphonic Rock, Punk
Title: Car Hits: The Ultimate Collection 5CD (CD4)
Genre: Soul, Nu Disco, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: New Music Friday UK From Spotify (25.05.2018) (CD2)
Genre: Folktronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Country, Pop, Synth Pop, Indie, Trap
Title: Bravo Hits Vol. 102 (CD1)
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: We Love Summer 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Reggaeton, World Music, Latin, Disco, Funk, Indie, Folk
Title: Rock Road Trip The Ultimate Collection (CD4)
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock, Punk Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Driven By Rock 5CD (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Country, Pop, Indie
Title: DMC Club Hits Vol. 145
Title: 21st Century Pop Songs
Genre: Electropop, Soul, Reggae, World Music, Country, Pop Rock, Ska, Indie, Folk
Title: KuschelRock Vol. 32 (CD1)
Title: Rock On (X5 Music Group)
Genre: Post Grunge, Heavy Metal, Alternative, Indie
Title: Party Dance The Days Paradise (CD1)
Genre: Club/Dance, Classical
Title: Hits In Town! 2018
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Dancefloor, Reggae, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Studio Brussel - De Filefuif (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Rock, New Wave, Punk Rock, Nu Disco, Pop, Alternative
Title: Top Selection Dance Today 15 (October 2018)
Genre: Reggae Fusion, Nu Disco
Title: Best Of 2018 - Die Hits Des Jahres
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Just Dance Unlimited Realty 2018 (CD2)
Genre: Electro, Club/Dance, Nu Disco, Funk
Title: Veronica # 1 Car Hits (CD1)
Title: Hot Party Winter 2019
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Reggae, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: NOW Thats What I Call Music! 20th Anniversary Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Abduction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Un Junte Pa La Historia
Artist: Yandel
Genre: Electronica, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Reggae, Reggaeton, World Music, Latin, Pop
Title: A State Of Trance Episode 333 (Live @ The Sand, Amsterdam)
Artist: Armin Van Buuren
Genre: Trance
Title: A Collection Of Live And Unreleased Tracks
Artist: Lo - Fidelity Allstars
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Hard Rock, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Del Fatalismo Al Optimismo Desbordado (En 20 Segundos)
Artist: Josemaki Grind Orchestra
Genre: Latin
Title: Onelove Sonic Boom Box 2013 (CD1)
Artist: Feenixpawl, Avicii
Genre: House, Club/Dance, Progressive
Title: Get Ready Incl Steve Aoki Remixes
Artist: Steve Aoki
Genre: House, Electro, Progressive, Indie
Title: United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Center Galas
Artist: Wynton Marsalis
Genre: Jazz
Title: Studio Brussel Presenteert De Filefuif (CD2)
Artist: Deejay Mr. T
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Dancefloor, Reggae, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: Files Checker 2CD (CD2 - Redrums Checker)
Artist: Coming Soon
Genre: Electronica, House, Industrial, Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Reggaeton, Club/Dance, Latin, Pop, EBM