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Happy birthday to one of the most important panty melter anthem makers in recent decades. RL aka Robert Lavelle Huggar, of the group Next, turns 42 today and we’d like to show the Minneapolis born triple threat some songwriter appreciation. We know RL for not only singing lead and giving us legendary runs while singing with his group Next, but he actually penned all of their biggest hits including “Too Close”, “Butta Love”, “I Still Love You”, and “Wifey”, but did you know he wrote these as well?

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RL was all over Ginuwine’s 2009 album “A Man’s Thoughts”, contributing writer to five of the songs. If you listen closely, you can hear his vocals kept on many of the songs including “Open the Door”, “Show Off”, “Orchestra”, “Touch Me”, and “Even When I’m Mad”.

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