Ginuwine

R&B solo artist

Ginuwine is the stage name of American R&B singer Elgin Lumpkin, known for hits like "Pony" and "Differences" in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

The name plays on *genuine*, suggesting authenticity.

In casual usage, people sometimes write "ginuwine" as a playful or ironic spelling of genuine: That's ginuwine leather, my friend.

artist

R&B

Soulful pop genre

  • singerVocal music performer
  • StonyPlace name prefix
  • 90sFinal twentieth-century decade

Timbaland · crooner · falsetto · bachelor · Tyrese · solo · Aaliyah · Jodeci · albums · hitmaker

song

ride

Journey atop something

Channing Tatum · dance · choreography · bassline · iconic · sensual · club · remix · sample · beat

adjective

authentic

Verified as original

pure · sincere · unadulterated · bona fide · legitimate · actual · honest · unfeigned · veritable · heartfelt

Opposites
musical style/genre

Ginuwinepunk rocker

Aggressive antiestablishment musician

folk singer · opera singer

lyrical/thematic content

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Children's music performer

vocal and performance style

GinuwineTom Waits

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genuine, genuinely, ingenuity, disingenuous, genuineness, ingenuous, ingenuousness, ungenuine

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Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG