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Ginuwine Biography

Elgin Baylor Lumpkin (born October 15, 1970), better known by his stage name Ginuwine, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. Ginuwine began his career as a member of Swing Mob in the early 1990s. Signing to Epic Records as a solo artist in the mid-1990s, Ginuwine has released a number of multi-platinum and platinum-selling albums and singles, becoming one of R&B's top artists during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He had significant commercial success with his first 4 albums: Ginuwine...The Bachelor (2x Platinum), 100% Ginuwine (2x Platinum), The Life (Platinum), and The Senior (Gold).

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If I'm nominated [for Grammy] I would love to win, and get up on the stage and just say thank you. It would be a great closing, for me, a great closing to a great career.

Career, Careers, Grammy, Love, Winning, Would Be

There are some songs we do, like "Last Chance," I love it! But sometimes you just don't like your voice on certain things.

Chance, Lasts, Love, Song, Things, Voice

I never set out now to get a Grammy, or get an American Music Award, but it still is nice to be recognized.

American, Awards, Grammy, Nice, Set

I think the legacy I'll leave on music is just an artist that went out here and gave 100%.

Artist, Gave, Legacy, Music, Thinking

I'm not going to try to be too young because at the end of the day, I'm not 20 anymore. I don't want to sound corny or look corny doing young things. All the stuff that the kids are doing, that's not my place. I believe that everyone followed me back then, they're still here. That's who I'm trying to talk to and relate to. All the trap music and all of that, it's great but I can't do that. I'm going to stay vintage Ginuwine and stay at the place that got me here. That's what people want.

Believe, Corny, Kids, Music, Vintage, Young

That's what I try to do, my wife and I, we try to, not shelter them [kids], but still not contribute to the delinquency of a minor.

Contribute, Delinquency, Kids, Minor, Trying, Wife

Right and a true woman will see that. And I have kids, so I'm always telling my sons. . . shower!

Kids, Son, Sons, True Woman, Woman

I'm not going to listen to the hottest Hip Hop station in my city because that's not where I'm at right now. I'm going to listen to the smooth jams of the 90's and early 2000's. That's where I am and that's where my audience is.

Audience, Cities, City, Hip Hop, Jam, Right

The reason why I play around with the word legend is because this is my 7th CD and a lot of artists don't even make it that far. Many artists don't even pass three or four.

7Th, Artist, Artists, Cds, Four, Play

I think doing shows with other R&B artists like myself brings the attention to the crowd. You can't just do those one artist shows anymore. I don't like just me being on the show.

Artist, Attention, Crowd, Show, Thinking

The great thing about [Michael] Jordan was that he made them want it just like he wanted it. And a lot of times like a lot of the basketball players, not to be getting on basketball, but, with a lot of the basketball players you might have one superstar on the team, and they're not willing to play up to par with the way he is, so they don't make it. But then you have some celebrities on the basketball team, and they don't know how to get along with each other!

Basketball, Jordan, Player, Superstar, Team, Way

My favorite cut is probably "Drink of Choice," and it was done by Bryan Michael Cox, it's a metaphorical type song, about a woman being a drink. I'll let your mind wander with that one.

Bryan, Choices, Cox, Cutting, Song, Woman

I always tell people you can take the thugest thug in the world, and if you put a suit on him, he'll act different, trust me.

Different, People, Take, Thug, World

Sometimes I listen to the radio and I can't believe some of the stuff that I'm hearing that everyone is loving. So it's a task that we've got to conquer and we have to make sure that we pass the test.

Believe, Listen, Make, Pass, Radio, Tasks

A lot of producers always say "what direction are you going in?" and I don't know. I'm just doing music. Right now it's going well. It's a little slow, but it's expected because I haven't been in the studio for a minute.

Littles, Minute, Minutes, Music, Producers, Right

When you are starting out you're inspired by so many different things, you just want to be the best, man. . . and you're just so ambitious; your drive is just at a million!

Ambitious, Different, Inspired, Man, Men, Million

To get nominated, and a lot of people get nominated and say they're glad to be nominated but I wanna win! I want to win!

Nominated, People, Wanna, Want, Win, Winning

I just do as many songs as I can and then I put it together when I get sort of in the middle, maybe 30 songs, that's when I start really thinking about the name of the cd and what direction all the songs are going, that kind of stuff. But I don't ever want to corner myself, I just want to be able to express whatever I can express in songs and just pick after that.

Cds, Middle, Song, Songs, Stuff, Thinking

I think you have a lot of examples on TV of what not to do, you don't have a lot of examples of what to do.

Example, Examples, Think, Thinking, Tvs

I believe artists are too focused on the younger crowd. Why would you want to focus on them? Let them do what they do. You continue to do what you do.

Artist, Believe, Crowd, Focus, Focused, Younger

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