The One

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With one of the most beloved voices in music, GRAMMY nominated R&B icon Eric Benetwill release his 6th album, aptly entitled THE ONE. Featuring the fi rstsingle, Real Love, which has become a Top 5 Urban AC smash, THE ONE marks amoment of positive transition in his life and lyrically speaks to the many new beginningsdeveloping in his career and family including the recent marriage to ManuelaTestolini and the birth of his second daughter in December of 2011. THE ONE willalso be the fi rst album released on Benet s newly formed record label Jordan HouseRecords, in partnership with EMI. As Benet grew up in Milwaukee in the 1970s atthe time one of the most segregated parts of the US music was a huge part of hisfamily home, the Jordan house. At the Jordan house you were guaranteed to hearsinging, different instruments being played, and a musical celebration happening everytime you visited. Music was truly woven into the fabric of his upbringing. He describesTHE ONE as a very contemporary approach to old-school songwriting integrity andwill include with Benet s signature mid-70s soul groove, a variety of instruments fromstrings to horns, a lullaby for his new baby girl, a confirmed duet with his first daughterIndia Benet, and more special guests including the unexpected Lil Wayne, who hasmany times been quoted in the press as a huge Benet fan. To his thousands of fans whohave followed Eric Benet over the years, this album will truly be THE ONE.