Stokley Williams

Stokley Williams (born July 15, 1967), also known simply as Stokley, is an American musician, 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 (Billboard) 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 (1990)
 * "Got to Be There" (drums)

Sounds of Blackness – The Evolution of Gospel (1991)
 * "Optimistic" (handclaps)
 * "The Pressure Pt. 1" (background vocals)
 * "The Pressure Pt. 2" (background vocals)

Karyn White – Ritual of Love (1991)
 * "Ritual of Love" (percussion)
 * "Love That's Mine" (background vocals)
 * "Do Unto Me" (drummer)
 * "Hard To Say Goodbye" (drum programming, percussion, background vocals)

Mo' Money – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1992)
 * The Harlem Yacht Club- "Brother Will" (drummer)

Janet Jackson – janet. (1993)
 * "What'll I Do" (drummer)
 * "The Body That Loves You" (percussion)

Johnny Gill – Provocative (1993)
 * "The Floor" (background vocals)
 * "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (background vocals)
 * "Mastersuite" (drummer, percussion)
 * "Quiet Time To Play" (percussion)
 * "I Know Where I Stand" (percussion)

Color Me Badd – Time and Chance (1993)
 * "The Bells" (drummer)

Jason's Lyric – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994)
 * Black Men United – "U Will Know" (lead vocals, background vocals)

Karyn White – Make Him Do Right (1994)
 * "One Minute" (drummer, percussion)

Sounds of Blackness – Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum (1994)
 * "The Lord Will Make A Way" (drummer, percussion)
 * "The Drum (Africa To America)" (percussion)

J. Spencer – Blue Moon (1995)
 * "U Should Be Mine" (lead vocals)

Solo – Solo (1995)
 * "A Change Is Gonna Come" (drummer)

Soultry – Soultry (1995)
 * "Where Do Broken Hearts Belong" (writer, producer, drummer, percussion, bass synthesizer)
 * "I Knew All Along" (writer, producer, drummer)
 * "Can I Get To Know You" (producer)

Janet Jackson – Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995)
 * "Twenty Foreplay" (drummer)

New Edition – Home Again (1996)
 * "One More Day" (percussion)

Ann Nesby – I'm Here For You (1996)
 * "I'm Still Wearing Your Name" (drummer)
 * "(What A) Lovely Evening" (drummer)
 * "Thrill Me" (drummer)
 * "This Weekend" (drummer)
 * "Let Old Memories Be" (drummer)

Jesse Powell - Jesse Powell
 * "All Alone" (writer, producer, background vocals, drummer)

4.0 – 4.0 (1997)
 * "Oh Baby" (drummer)

Luther Vandross – One Night with You: The Best of Love, Volume 2 (1997)
 * "I Won't Let You Do That To Me" (percussion)

Jon Secada – Secada (1997)
 * "Too Late, Too Soon" (percussion)

Sounds of Blackness – Time for Healing (1997)
 * "The Blackness Blues" (drummer)

How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
 * K-Ci & JoJo – "Never Say Never Again" (drummer)

Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida'' (1999)
 * Elton John & Janet Jackson – "I Know The Truth" (drummer)

Jordan Knight – Jordan Knight (1999)
 * "Finally Finding Out" (percussion)

Yolanda Adams – Mountain High...Valley Low (1999)
 * "Open My Heart" (drummer)

Usher – 8701 (2001)
 * "Twork It Out" (drummer)
 * "How Do I Say" (drummer)

Blu Cantrell – So Blu (2001)
 * "I'll Find A Way" (drummer)

Deborah Cox – The Morning After (2002)
 * Hurt So Much" (drummer)

Toni Braxton – More Than a Woman (2002)
 * "Lies, Lies, Lies" (acoustic guitar, guitar solo)

Ann Nesby – Put It on Paper (2002)
 * "I'm Your Friend" (featuring Big Jim Wright) (drummer)

Ali Shaheed Muhammad – Shaheedullah and Stereotypes (2004)
 * "Put Me On" (vocals)
 * "Banga" (background vocals)

Prince – Musicology (2004)
 * "Call My Name" (background vocals)

Jill Scott- The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3 (2007)
 * "How It Make You Feel" (producer, bass, guitar, drum programming, keyboards)

Brother Ali – Us (2009)
 * "Brothers And Sisters" (background vocals)
 * "Us" (background vocals)

Tech N9ne – All 6's and 7's (2011)
 * "The Boogieman" (background vocals)

Kelly Price – Kelly (2011) Mint Condition – 7... (2011)
 * "Not My Daddy" (co-vocals, co-producer, drummer, keyboards, bass)

Elzhi – Elmatic (2011)
 * "Life's A Bitch" (additional vocals)

Brother Ali – The Bite Marked Heart (2012)
 * "I'll Be Around" (background vocals)

The World Famous Tony Williams- King or the Fool (2012)
 * "Mr. Safety" (additional vocals)

The Robert Glasper Experiment – Black Radio (2012)
 * "Why Do We Try" (lead vocals, percussion)

U-Nam & Friends – Weekend in L.A (A Tribute To George Benson) (2012)
 * "Nature Boy" (lead vocals)

Brian Culbertson – Dreams (2012)
 * "No Limits" (lead vocals)

Wale – The Gifted (2013)
 * "The Curse of the Gifted" (uncredited background vocals)
 * "LoveHate Thing" (featuring Sam Dew) (co-producer, guitar, bass, keyboards, drum programming)
 * "Sunshine" (co-producer, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals)
 * "Heaven's Afternoon" (featuring Meek Mill) (co-producer, keyboards, guitar, background vocals)
 * "Gullible" (featuring Cee-Lo Green) (producer, drum programming, guitar)
 * "Black Heroes" (co-producer, guitar, background vocals)

Lil' John Roberts – The Heartbeat (2014)
 * "Space" (additional vocals)

Wale – The Album About Nothing (2015)
 * "The Intro About Nothing" (additional vocals)
 * "The Bloom (AG3)" (background vocals, additional production)

Boney James – futuresoul (2015)
 * "Either Way" (vocals)

Maysa - Back 2 Love (2015)
 * "Keep It Movin'" (producer, additional vocals)

PJ Morton - Christmas with PJ Morton (2018)
 * "All I Want for Christmas is You" (additional vocals)

''Zo! - FourFront'' (2019)
 * "Sweat" (vocals)

After 7 - Unfinished Business (2021)
 * "The Day" (additional vocals, writer, producer, drum programming, keyboards, acoustic guitar)
 * "Sum Of A Woman" (writer, producer, drum programming, guitar, keyboards)

Discography as a group member
with Mint Condition

Meant to Be Mint (1991) From the Mint Factory (1993) Definition of a Band (1996) The Collection (1991–1998) (1998) Life's Aquarium (1999) Livin' the Luxury Brown (2005) Live from the 9:30 Club (2006) E-Life (2008) 7... (2011) Music @ the Speed of Life (2012) Healing Season (2015)

with Ursus Minor

Nucular (2007) Zugzwang (2010) I Will Not Take "But" for an Answer (2010) What Matters Now (2016)

Solo album

Introducing Stokley (2017) Sankofa (2021)