[3] The band released their debut album, It's a Natural Thang, with production from Brian McKnight on A&M Records in 1994, and it became a critical success, including a rare four stars from Rolling Stone magazine.

They toured alongside Stevie Wonder,[6] and lent their voices to the Martin Scorsese film project Grace of My Heart.

"During the Motown era, artists sang with passion," says Josina, who founded the group back in 1986 in Los Angeles.

"After a label change from A&M to Dallas Austin's Arista imprint Rowdy Records in 1996, For Real released their second album Free.

The band also recorded three songs ("I Do", "Born to Love That Boy" and "Unwanted Number") and appeared in the critically acclaimed film Grace of My Heart.

[12] In 2007, Josina Elder-Epps began work on a solo album and released two songs "Watcha Gonna Do" and "Doing It On My Own" to her MySpace page.

In 2010, Necia Bray-Gates released her debut solo album "Love Letters" on an independent label.