Maybe you’ve heard his name. Maybe you haven’t. But one thing’s for sure—you’ve heard his work.

As Andrew Hamilton of AllMusic put it, "The often overused term multi-talented is true to its definition when referring to Robert F. Brookins."

Robert Brookins was the kind of talent who could make a song sparkle whether he was behind the mic, behind the board, or behind the scenes. He may not have reached household-name status as a solo artist, but his fingerprints are all over some of the smoothest and most memorable R&B of the 1980s and 1990s.