Jon: B Bonafide 1995 Zip Exclusive ~repack~

Jon B. was the first white artist signed to Babyface's Yab Yum label.

handled lead production and arrangement for 11 of the 13 tracks. jon b bonafide 1995 zip exclusive

The represents a time capsule—a moment when a 23-year-old multi-instrumentalist from Providence, RI, changed the sound of slow jams, captured on raw digital tape, stored on a clunky blue Zip disk, and handed to a radio DJ who had no idea he was holding a masterpiece. The represents a time capsule—a moment when a

Bonafide gave us timeless singles:

🕰️ Throwback to the Golden Era: Jon B. "Bonafide" (1995) 📼 dropped Bonafide

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly 30 years since Jon B. dropped Bonafide . Produced heavily by the legend Babyface, this album is arguably one of the most slept-on debuts of the mid-90s. If you’ve been looking for a high-quality archive of this project, we’ve got you covered.

In the golden era of 1990s R&B, few debut albums captured the delicate balance between streetwise edge and acoustic soul quite like Jon B’s Bonafide . While the commercial release of Bonafide in 1995 put the Santa Barbara-born singer-songwriter on the map—thanks largely to the Babyface-assisted hit “Someone to Love”—there exists a phantom piece of music history that has reached near-mythical status among hardcore collectors and vintage R&B archivists: The .