Song:Return Of The Mack
Album:Strictly Rhythm Superjams
Return Of The Mack was the only big US hit for British singer Mark Morrison. He was a bigger deal at home. His big problem was he couldn't seem to stay out of jail. He was born May 3, 1972 in Hannover, Germany but he grew up in Leicester, England and later Miami. He moved back to England at age 19. Morrison produced a few singles for other artists before releasing a single in 1993. His 1995 single Crazy was a top 20 hit in England. Warner Music England came calling and Morrison signed. He was on Atlantic in the US. After some jail time for assault, Morrison recorded the album Return Of The Mack. The single topped the British charts and reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Morrison wrote and produced the album with Phil Chill who had previously produced Apache Indian. The girl on the song and in the video is British singer Angie Brown. The main sample on Return Of The Mack is the Tom Tom Club song Genius Of Love. Morrison scored a few more hits in England but he was arrested for carrying a weapon on an airplane. He was convicted of armed robbery in 1999 and he has been charged with assault a few times. Warner dropped him like a bad habit. You can get Return Of The Mack on this various artists budget CD. Morrison still records occasionally for his own label. He signed with Death Row Records in 2001 but nothing ever came from that. More recently, Burger King used Return Of The Mack in a commercial. So I'm sure that made Morrison a good chunk of cash. He records occasionally but he can live off royalties forever. Here's the video for Return Of The Mack by Mark Morrison.
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