Tevin Campbell - the new Seaweed
Tevin Campbell - the new Seaweed
Joined: 12/31/69
#0Tevin Campbell - the new Seaweed
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:13pm
Hmm... Ah well, He has a great voice and might be really great as Seaweed!!
Any thoughts??
Updated On: 12/6/05 at 06:13 PM
Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#1re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:14pm
Hah...The only reason that i know that name was cuz he sang a bunch of songs on the Goofy Movie soundtrack, which everyone my age knows off by heart.
Akiva
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:19pm
Well, there's one answer to a "whatever happened to?" trivia question that had been floating around for a while.
Don't know anything about any Goofy movie, but Campbell was a well-known young up-and-coming R&B singer back in the late 80s/ early 90s (discovered by and a real favorite of Quincy Jones') until a mini-scandal ended his recording career and he disappeared (hence I guess explaining him doing voice over work in cartoons).
I wish him well on Broadway.
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Updated On: 12/6/05 at 06:19 PM
thebigkrakowski
Leading Actor Joined: 7/24/03
#3re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:22pmWhat was the scandal? I've never heard of this person.
#4re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:23pmHe had a really good voice but he seemed a bit shy and laid-back. Hopefully he has grown to a point where he can portray Seaweed from an acting standpoint. I know he can do it from a singing standpoint.
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DramaDork925
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/4/05
#5re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:24pmHah... I love that movie.
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#6re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:27pmUm........ let's just say that like George Michael, Tevin should stay away from undercover cops............
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#7re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:29pm
Tevin Campbell is incredibly talented. His star was definitely on the rise until he was arrested for soliciting sex from a male prostitute. He was only 20 or so at the time. He publicly came out after that and I haven't heard much about him since. But he's been championed by everyone from Quincy Jones to Prince.
I hope he does well in Hairspray. He has a gorgeous voice.
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#8re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:30pm
The BlackStripe News on Tevin Campbell
"Smart! And into all those exotic mystiques -- The Kama Sutra and Chinese techniques. I hear she knows more than seventy-five. Call me tomorrow if you're still alive!"
#9re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:32pm
if we listen to each other's heart
we'll find we're never too far apart
and maybe love is the reason why
for the first time ever we're seeing it eye to eye
hehe i didn't even have to look up the lyrics 
::bust a move::
#10re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:22pmI wish Tevin Campbell well, but will REALLY miss Chester Gregory in the role. It was a role he was born to play (though people said the same thing about him playing Jackie Wilson in the Jackie Wilson story). Look forward to seeing Chester in "Tarzan" though! He's incredible!
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Link Larkin Wanabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#11re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:27pm
Zep,
I could do that entire soundtrack off by heart...and I know I'm not alone.
Also...why the hell haven't they gotten Toronto's Seaweed to reprise the role again. Sean was AMAZING beyond belief.
Akiva
Updated On: 12/6/05 at 07:27 PM
AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
#12re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:30pmI used to love his song with Prince "Round & Round" (I think that's what it was called)!
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#13re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:33pm"Round and Round" was the main hook for Missy Elliot's "Work It." Every single time the Missy song came on, I'd think of Tevin.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#14re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:33pmIs there a link to this?
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AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
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#16re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:36pm
Here you go:
Broadway.com announces Tevin Campbell as next Seaweed
#17re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:50pm
Hah...The only reason that i know that name was cuz he sang a bunch of songs on the Goofy Movie soundtrack, which everyone my age knows off by heart.
that cracks me up since I only remember him from a guest spot on Fresh Prince, he sang at Ashley's birthday party. Guess that makes me a little older than you. :) I'd never heard about the 'whatever happened to' until now... and I'm totally interested to see him in this role!
#18re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 8:14pm
Can we taaaaaaaaaaaaalk for a minute, girl I want .. to know.. your name.
Sigh I own his greatest hits cd :[
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#19re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 10:29pmWhoo hoo! I love Tevin, he definitely has the voice for Broadway!
#20re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/6/05 at 10:48pmOne of the little boys I work with has a severe Disney addiction...lol. I know the Goofy Movie by heart and didn't realize that was Tevin.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
#21re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/7/05 at 12:05am
Sadly, joliz, I also own his Greatest Hits CD and I remember as a recording artist on the radio, not from a Disney soundtrack!
I think when Usher first started out he was the second generation Tevin Campbell.
I think his voice is fine for the part, I just wonder about the dancing required for the role.
"Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run" - Jeff Buckley
#22re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:17pmI own a few of his cd's along with the Quncey Jones cd he is on. He has a wonderful voice. Ashame about the cop incident. He has come out and said that he is bi-curious. Had a neighbor who knew him and said he was a good guy. I wish him well on Broadway and look forward to reading reviews of his performance here. If he is still in the show in May, I might just have to grab a ticket and see him. He's "Come Back to the World"!
Just give the world Love.
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#23re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:53pmOh, happy day!
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AngusN
Broadway Star Joined: 3/23/05
#24re: Tevin Cambell
Posted: 12/8/05 at 1:00pm
Wow! How exciting! Tevin has an amazing voice and he's pretty darn sexy. I remember the first time I heard his debut single, 'Tell Me What You Want Me To Do', it was massive in America. He was regarded as the new Michael Jackson, I think he was Prince's little protege.
Good luck to him.
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