The making of an auteur begins with Kenny Edmond’s sweet face-a face that looks upon a beautiful woman with respect and devotion. While urban music was objectifying them, the budding Babyface was shaping a vision of appreciation and black love. Like the influential Philly sophisticate Thom Bell, he became a major voice of modern music, like Bell, he speaks the language of music with cool, suave and smoldering songs. By recognizing beauty and potential, his empire exhales sensuality and the vapor of soft soul.