Stokley Williams


Stokley Williams, also known simply as Stokley, is an American musician from St. Paul, Minnesota, best known as the lead singer and studio drummer of the R&B band Mint Condition.

Career

In 2011, Williams was featured on Kelly Price's song "Not My Daddy" from her album Kelly which earned him his first Grammy nomination for Best R&B Performance.
In 2017, Williams joined The Revolution on tour, to pay tribute to Prince. Also in 2017, he released his Bluraffe/Concord Records solo debut Introducing Stokley, with production by himself as well as the Philadelphia production team Carvin & Ivan.
In 2019, Jam & Lewis' did a joint venture with Bluraffe ent /Perspective Records to release his second solo album, Sankofa.
In March 2020, Stokley earned his first number-one solo hit with "She..." reaching the top of the Adult R&B Chart for two consecutive weeks and high radio play on stations such as WAMO, WDAS, & WHUR.
In 2024, he was cast as Rick James in Ja'Caryous Johnson's musical stage play, Super Freak: A Rick James Story, set to tour spring of 2024.

Influences

Williams has declared his main influences as being Cliff Alexis Sr., Prince, and Maurice White.

Discography as a session musician

The Boys - The Boys
  • "Got to Be There"
Sounds of Blackness – The Evolution of Gospel
  • "Optimistic"
  • "The Pressure Pt. 1"
  • "The Pressure Pt. 2"
Karyn White – Ritual of Love
  • "Ritual of Love"
  • "Love That's Mine"
  • "Do Unto Me"
  • "Hard To Say Goodbye"
Mo' Money – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • The Harlem Yacht Club- "Brother Will"
Janet Jackson – janet.
  • "What'll I Do"
  • "The Body That Loves You"
Johnny Gill – Provocative
  • "The Floor"
  • "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
  • "Mastersuite"
  • "Quiet Time To Play"
  • "I Know Where I Stand"
Color Me Badd – Time and Chance
  • "The Bells"
Jason's Lyric – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Karyn White – Make Him Do Right
  • "One Minute"
Sounds of Blackness – Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
  • "The Lord Will Make A Way"
  • "The Drum "
J. Spencer – Blue Moon
  • "U Should Be Mine"
Solo – Solo
  • "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Soultry – Soultry
  • "Where Do Broken Hearts Belong"
  • "I Knew All Along"
  • "Can I Get To Know You"
Janet Jackson – Design of a Decade: 1986–1996
  • "Twenty Foreplay"
New Edition – Home Again
  • "One More Day"
Ann Nesby – I'm Here For You
  • "I'm Still Wearing Your Name"
  • " Lovely Evening"
  • "Thrill Me"
  • "This Weekend"
  • "Let Old Memories Be"
Jesse Powell - Jesse Powell
  • "All Alone"
4.0 – 4.0
  • "Oh Baby"
Luther Vandross – One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2
  • "I Won't Let You Do That To Me"
Jon Secada – Secada
  • "Too Late, Too Soon"
Sounds of Blackness – Time for Healing
  • "The Blackness Blues"
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida
  • Elton John & Janet Jackson – "I Know The Truth"
Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight
  • "Finally Finding Out"
Yolanda Adams – Mountain High...Valley Low
  • "Open My Heart"
Usher – 8701
  • "Twork It Out"
  • "How Do I Say"
Blu Cantrell – So Blu
  • "I'll Find A Way"
Deborah Cox – The Morning After
  • Hurt So Much"
Toni Braxton – More Than a Woman
  • "Lies, Lies, Lies"
Ann Nesby – Put It on Paper
  • "I'm Your Friend"
Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Shaheedullah and Stereotypes
  • "Put Me On"
  • "Banga"
Prince – Musicology
  • "Call My Name"
Jill Scott- The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3
  • "How It Make You Feel"
Brother Ali – Us
  • "Brothers And Sisters"
  • "Us"
Tech N9ne – All 6's and 7's
  • "The Boogieman"
Kelly Price – Kelly

Mint Condition – 7...
  • "Not My Daddy"
Elzhi – Elmatic
  • "Life's A Bitch"
Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart
  • "I'll Be Around"
The World Famous Tony Williams- King or the Fool
  • "Mr. Safety"
The Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio
  • "Why Do We Try"
U-Nam & Friends – Weekend in L.A
  • "Nature Boy"
Brian Culbertson – Dreams
  • "No Limits"
Wale – The Gifted
  • "The Curse of the Gifted"
  • "LoveHate Thing"
  • "Sunshine"
  • "Heaven's Afternoon"
  • "Gullible"
  • "Black Heroes"
Lil' John Roberts – The Heartbeat
  • "Space"
Wale – The Album About Nothing
  • "The Intro About Nothing"
  • "The Bloom "
Boney James – futuresoul
  • "Either Way"
Maysa - Back 2 Love
  • "Keep It Movin'"
PJ Morton - Christmas with PJ Morton
  • "All I Want for Christmas is You"
Zo! - FourFront
  • "Sweat"
After 7 - Unfinished Business
  • "The Day"
  • "Sum Of A Woman"

    Discography as a group member

with Mint Condition
Meant to Be Mint

From the Mint Factory

Definition of a Band

The Collection

Life's Aquarium

Livin' the Luxury Brown

Live from the 9:30 Club

E-Life

7...

Music @ the Speed of Life

Healing Season
with Ursus Minor
Nucular

Zugzwang

I Will Not Take "But" for an Answer

What Matters Now
Solo album
Introducing Stokley

''Sankofa''