I just read that Al B. Sure! has signed a deal with Hidden Beach Recordings for the release of his new studio album, Honey I'm Home, on June 23^rd. The first single from the set will be "I Love It (Papi Aye, Aye, Aye)" which is already available at iTunes. The album will also include covers of Sting's "Fragile," Michael Jackson's "Lady In My Life" and a new interlude version of his own 1988 hit "Nite And Day."

Al B. Sure!'s debut album from 1988, In Effect Mode, sold more than two million copies, topping the Billboard R&B chart for seven straight weeks. The album included his memorable single "Nite and Day", which hit #1 on the R&B singles chart and reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Since he has a new album coming out in June, this week's Flashback Video is "Nite and Day" by Al B. Sure!...

Most recently, Al B. Sure! was a DJ on Los Angeles radio station HOT 92.3 (KHHT) and played old school and R&B, on weekdays 10am - 1pm. Unfortunately, he was one of 590 Clear Channel employees let go on April 28, 2009. That might have been the motivation he needed to release his first studio album since 1992.

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