Whip Appeal

"Whip Appeal" is a song by American musician

Babyface met Tracey Edmonds, his wife from 1992 to 2005, when she auditioned for a role in the "Whip Appeal" music video. "She made it but couldn't be in it because she got the chicken pox. I didn't see her again for a couple months," Babyface said. During casting for his next video, "My Kinda Girl", he recalled asking, "'Do you remember the girl who caught the chicken pox? She was real pretty.' The very next day, Tracey, her mom and brother happened to be driving down the street that I was on. It was like a 'meant to be' kind of thing."^[8] The video features actress Holly Robinson Peete, who introduces herself as 'Holly Robinson', as the sultry radio host at the beginning of the video. The music video was directed by Jim Yukich, who previously directed many videos for Phil Collins as well as his band Genesis.

Other versions

• Jazz musician Charles Earland recorded a cover version of "Whip Appeal" which served as the title track from his 1990 album.^[9]
• R&B group The Whispers performed the song on their 1997 album, Songbook, Vol. 1: The Songs of Babyface.^[10]
• Vesta Williams covered it on her 2007 album Distant Lover.^[11]
• "Whip Appeal" was also interpolated in an unreleased Frank Ocean single.^{[citation needed]}

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