“Dry Your Eyes” courtesy of producer Derrick Edmondson is an excellent midtempo number that any guy who wants to be more than friends with a young lady can relate to. The real strength of the album is in some of the album tracks.

Instead, I would’ve gone with the other Babyface composition on the album, “Tell Me Where.” The album’s final single was the Babyface written ballad “Could You Learn to Love.” While the song is a lush ballad that Campbell slays with his vocals, it’s also a very safe choice and one I wouldn’t release for a single. However, as a grown man, I can appreciate the Smokey jazz café vibe that producer Keith Crouch was going for with the track. “I Got It Bad” was the album’s second single, and I can admit that I initially didn’t care for the song as a youngster. Patterson and Jaz’s duo provide Campbell with a song that would still sound fresh on today’s Urban A.C. The neo-soul flavored first single “Back to The World” was written by Rashaan Patterson (another child prodigy who was maturing) with production by Jamey Jaz. Released on June 25th, 1996, Back to the World found the singer not only maturing with his music but avoided traveling down a risqué lane. Already displaying a vocal skill well beyond his years, Tevin grew up with his music on his third album, Back to the World. I’m Ready featured the massive hit single “Can We Talk.” Campbell would later go on to sell two million copies of the album and receive three Grammy nominations. In October of 1993, at the age of sixteen, soul singer Tevin Campbell released his second solo album.

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