But the funny thing about it is, once 'You Know What's Up' came out and took off, it was like 'S-, I can't go nowhere without performing 'Shorty Got Her Eyes On Me too'. I was still a little nervous because my first single, 'Shorty Got Her Eyes On Me,' didn't really take off. It was a beautiful thing when that record came out. And it didn't just boost my career, but hers as well, 'cause now people are looking at her like she could drop a solo album 'cause at that time, I really don't think she had done anything outside of TLC. Jones is currently writing songs for Usher, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey on their upcoming albums.'I really appreciated the fact that she jumped on that record. Four years later, he released his fourth album, Journey Of A Gemini, which featured the Tim & Bob hit, 'I'm Gonna Be', which became a big hit on Urban AC. In 2002, Jones released the gold-selling Life Goes On album, which featured the hits, 'You Know That I Love You' and 'Put Me Down' featuring Styles P. Other hits included 'Shorty (Got Her Eyes On Me)' and 'This Luv'. The album yielded the number-one hits such as 'U Know What's Up', which featured TLC member Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes and the title track. It wasn't until 1999 however that Jones began to establish himself as a R&B hit maker with the album, Where I Wanna Be. In 1996, he signed with LaFace Records and released his debut album, My Heart, which included his hit cover of Stevie Wonder's 1976 ballad 'Knocks Me Off My Feet'. However, Jones was gaining notice as a writer penning songs for established R&B acts such as Usher, producing the singer's 1995 hit, 'Think Of You', 702's 'Get it together' and also wrote for groups such as Brownstone and Silk. After a brush with death, Jones left the gang and focused on a music career forming the group Porscha. He struggled between wanting to be a musician and to be a member of a street gang.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Jones' upbringing was rough. Donell Jones (born May 22, 1973) is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer, most notable for the hits 'U Know What's Up', 'Where I Wanna Be' and his cover of Stevie Wonder's 'Knocks Me Off My Feet'.

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