![]() Gotham Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Performance ![]() Nominated - American Black Film Festival Award for Best Ensemble Cast Also enlisted were some of the top R&B and hip hop producers of the time, among them Tony Dofat, Mark Morales and Cory Rooney, Dave "Jam" Hall, and DeVante Swing. Sean "Puffy" Combs (at the time a beginning A&R executive at Uptown) organised the project. Production for Blige's first album, Whats the 411?, began in 1991. Harrell met with Blige and, in 1989, she joined the label, becoming the company's youngest and first female artist. ![]() ![]() Redd then sent it to the president and CEO of the label, Andre Harrell. Her mother's boyfriend at the time later played the cassette for Jeff Redd, a recording artist and A&R runner for Uptown Records. In 1988, just for fun, Blige recorded an cover of Anita Baker's "Caught Up in the Rapture" at a recording booth in a local mall.
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