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Blackstreet (often stylized as BLACKstreet) is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by record producers Chauncey "Black" Hannibal, and Teddy Riley. The group released four albums with Interscope Records between 1994 and 2003.
Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer credited with the creation of the R&B and hip hop fusion genre, new jack swing. He is the founder and lead vocalist of the musical group Blackstreet, as well as its predecessor, Guy.
One of the top R&B vocal groups of the '90s, Blackstreet was founded by singer, producer, and new jack swing pioneer Teddy Riley after the breakup of his seminal trio Guy.
No Diggity is a song by American R&B group Blackstreet, serving as the first single from their second studio album, Another Level (1996). Featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen, the song was released on July 29, 1996, by Interscope. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the charts in Iceland and New Zealand.
- The Demise of Guy
- “Trendsetters, Life-Changers and Role Models”
- A Sonic Dichotomy
- Playing The Long Game
- Primed For Stardom
By the time Teddy Riley made the fateful announcement he was quitting Guy onstage at Madison Square Garden in 1990, the singer/producer was already fielding calls from Michael Jackson to produce Dangerousand had experienced the tragic loss of his friend, and Guy’s manager, Gene Griffin. Following the dissolution of Guy, Riley decamped to Virginia B...
Blackstreetwas the summation of everything that was percolating in the mid-90s. At a whopping 20 tracks, the group covered all the bases: speaker-blasting singles (“Booti Call”), uptown party grooves (“U Blow My Mind”) and slow jams (“Before I Let You Go”). If it wasn’t abundantly clear already, Blackstreet let you know the score with their intro m...
This sonic dichotomy scored them two top hits on the BillboardHot 100 from the jump. First with “Booti Call,” the hard-slapping single co-produced by EPMD’s Erick Sermon that features the standard hip-hop sample, George Clinton’s “Atomic Dog” and a clip of comedian Bill Bellamy defining the “booty call”: a term that would pervade pop culture ad inf...
Like any R&B band worth their salt, Blackstreet knows it’s all about endurance. The front half of their debut album is stuffed with uptempo party-starters while the latter half slows things down. “U Blow My Mind” swings and snaps like no other thanks to a sample of The Gap’s Band’s “Outstanding,” while “I Like The Way You Work” sets the foundation ...
One of the most underrated gems on the album, and in Blackstreet’s entire catalogue, is “Joy.” Initially written for Michael Jackson’s Dangerousalbum, The King Of Pop helped to compose the song, but Riley ended up using it for his own group. With most of the Blackstreet members being young fathers at the time, the group decided to flip the romantic...
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Blackstreet is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by record producers Chauncey "Black" Hannibal, and Teddy Riley. The group released four albums with Interscope Records between 1994 and...
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Sep 9, 1996 · Teddy Riley & William “Skylz” Stewart. “No Diggity” is a song by Blackstreet featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen in her first recorded appearance. It sold 1.6 million copies in 1996, and won ...
