Among the smoothest and most dynamic adult contemporary R&B singers of his time, Eric Benét is a ballad specialist mixing classic soul and soft rock influences with gospel, jazz, funk, hip-hop, and Brazilian and Caribbean music. After he first charted in the early '90s beside sister Lisa, Benét enjoyed moderate success with his debut solo album, True to Myself (1996), and truly broke through with the follow-up, A Day in the Life (1999), featuring the Tamia duet "Spend My Life with You" -- a Top 40 pop hit that also became Benét's first Grammy-nominated recording. He put togeth...