Tevin Campbell - the new Seaweed

#1

Tevin 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

#2

re: 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

#3

re: 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

#4

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:22pm

What was the scandal? I've never heard of this person.

#5

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:23pm

He 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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#6

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:24pm

Hah... I love that movie.

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#7

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:27pm

Um........ let's just say that like George Michael, Tevin should stay away from undercover cops............

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#8

re: 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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#9

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 6:30pm

The BlackStripe News on Tevin Campbell

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#10

re: 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

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#11

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:22pm

I 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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#12

re: 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

#13

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:30pm

I used to love his song with Prince "Round & Round" (I think that's what it was called)!

#14

re: 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.

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"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

#15

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:33pm

Is there a link to this?

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#16

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:34pm

Thanks Margo...I never knew that!!!

#17

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 7:36pm

Here you go:
Broadway.com announces Tevin Campbell as next Seaweed

#18

re: 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!

#19

re: 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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#20

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 10:29pm

Whoo hoo! I love Tevin, he definitely has the voice for Broadway!

#21

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/6/05 at 10:48pm

One 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.

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#22

re: 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.

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#23

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:17pm

I 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"!

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#24

re: Tevin Cambell

Posted: 12/8/05 at 12:53pm

Oh, happy day!

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#25

re: 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.