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“Secret Garden” is slated to appear on Quincy Jones’ upcoming third collaboration album Q: Soul Boss Nostra. The album is to be released in the spring on Interscope Records. It was produced by Jermaine Dupri. The full version of the track will also feature LL Cool J, Tevin Campbell, Tyrese and Trey Songz. The original version, (1989 hit “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite))”, starred seductive vocalists James Ingram, Al B. Sure, El DeBarge and Barry White. Listen below.

Usher ft. Robin Thicke - Secret Garden

Multi-Grammy-winning music producer Quincy Jones will soon be honored by the likes of Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson, Usher and other music stars, who will record versions of his hit songs in a new album!

Q: Soul Bossa Nostra, set for release in May or June, will include contemporary versions of Jones’ classic hits performed by Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, Wyclef Jean, John Legend, Snoop Dogg and others.

Jones will executive produce the album, which will compile songs selected by the artists themselves.

“I am honored that everyone wanted to be a part of this celebration of these songs,” Jones said of the collaboration of the music heavyweights. “They all made them their own, and knocked them out of the park.”

The first single from Q: Soul Bossa Nostra will be available on March 24.

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DALLAS — It’s apparently the season to remake the classics. Mary J. Blige recently recorded a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” and we all know about the remake of “We Are the World.” Now, Jermaine Dupri s spearheading a new version of a classic song, and just like “We Are the World,” it’s another Quincy Jones tune.

JD has called on Usher, Robin Thicke, Tyrese and Trey Songz to cover Jones’ 1989 hit “The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite).” The original version starred seductive vocalists James Ingram, Al B. Sure, El DeBarge and the incomparable Barry White.

Right before the NBA All-Star Game, Dupri talked about his and his team’s rendition.

“It took a minute for me to even think about touching it,” JD admitted. “It’s a couple of components in that record that you don’t wanna touch — Barry White being one of the main components. I had to leave him [on the song]. There’s nobody out there in the world that’s got a voice like his or even sounded the way he sounded. So I had to make sure I could leave that. It’s gonna be interesting for y’all to hear how these young guys sound mixed in with him.”

In 1989, “Secret Garden” was one of the highlights of Quincy Jones’ Grammy-winning Back on the Block LP. Each vocalist had a verse and an opportunity to sing to the ladies.

“Luckily, it’s a record that hip-hop really embraced as a ballad,” JD said. “It was a record I lived with so much. I kinda felt it was a record that was a part of my life. So it wasn’t that hard for me to get into it. But I just had to figure out all the ways and who to put on the song. I feel that at the time [Quincy] made the record, each one of the guys had a certain thing for the ladies.”

Jermaine said his version will woo the females all over again. “I think Robin Thicke got something for the ladies,” Dupri said. “Usher, definitely. Trey, definitely. And Barry White. That was hard, because I wanted to put Anthony Hamilton on there, Maxwell on there. But it’s hard, because it’s only a four- or five-man [song]. That was the hardest part for me.”

Jermaine said the “Secret Garden” remake will appear on a new Quincy Jones album; no release date has been announced.

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