{"product_id":"another-level","title":"Another Level - 6770","description":"Amazon.com\n\nBack in 1990, Teddy Riley was just as influential a producer as Babyface is now--maybe even more so, because Riley had invented a whole new sound, a combination of soul harmonies, rap breaks, and hip-hop beats called new jack swing. Riley is still a gifted producer; he can link up drum-machine beats, synthesizer chords, and voices so they make the maximum impact with the minimum presence, giving his work a sleek leanness. Riley was never much of a songwriter, though, and the R\u0026amp;B melodies and bedroom scenarios on Another Level, the second album by his group Blackstreet, all sound recycled. It's no coincidence that the two strongest tracks are a lush ballad rearrangement of the old Beatles rocker \"Can't Buy Me Love\" and a Winans-like version of the DeBarge hymn \"Time Will Reveal.\" --Geoffrey Himes\n\nProduct description\n\nBlackstreet: Teddy \"Street\" Riley, Eric \"E\" Williams (vocals, various instruments); Chauncey \"Black\" Hannibal, Mark L. Middleton (vocals). Additional personnel includes: Dr. Dre, Queen Pen, Beverly Crowder, Karen Anderson, Shaquanna Elam, Darryl Adams, ELAN, Lamenga Ford, Shannon Cooper, Deja, Taja (vocals); William Stewart, Sprague Williams, Serban Ghenea, Eric Williams, Wesley Hoggs, Tommy Sims (various instruments); Frank \"Nitty\" Pimental, Roosevelt Harrell (programming). \"No Diggity\" won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best R\u0026amp;B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and was nominated for Best R\u0026amp;B Song. Personnel: Beverly Crowder (vocals, rap vocals); Elan , Shaquanna Elam, Lamenga Ford, Shannon Cooper, Karen Anderson (vocals); Queen Pen (rap vocals); Eric Williams, Frank Nitty Pimentel, Sprague Williams, William Stewart , Wesley Hoogs, Roosevelt Harrell, Tommy Simms , Teddy Riley (programming). Audio Mixers: George Meyers; Serban Ghenea; Teddy Riley; John Hanes . Recording information: Future Studios, Carribean Sound Basin \u0026amp; Capital Studios. Photographer: Dorothy Low. Unknown Contributor Roles: Julius McKelvey; Mark Middleton. Arrangers: Eric Williams; Frank Nitty Pimentel; Sprague Williams; William Stewart ; Wesley Hoogs; Chauncey Hannibal; Tommy Simms ; Teddy Riley. Teddy Riley's fans were begging for a reunion of Guy, the trio with which he brought deep-soul music back to the R\u0026amp;B genre, but Riley chose to forge ahead with his new band, Blackstreet, instead. Wise move. Blackstreet's second album really does take the Riley R\u0026amp;B sound to ANOTHER LEVEL. It's one of the best R\u0026amp;B albums we've heard in a long time. The tracks here are unbelievably funky, and though two of Blackstreet's four singers have turned over since the debut--the new ones are Eric Williams and Mark L. Middleton--the vocal harmonies are breathtaking. Classic Stevie Wonder would be an apt comparison. Riley evokes old-school soul a number of times here--\"Don't Leave Me\" and \"The Lord Is Real\" sample t\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000001Y2B\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: GGV.B000001Y2B.LN\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Like New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:BLACKSTREET\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Recycle4","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49690702840106,"sku":"GGV.B000001Y2B.LN","price":10.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/0819\/9210\/files\/skuimage_54d9d71d-d3e2-498a-8d18-930dca21cfba.jpg?v=1733865642","url":"https:\/\/recycle4.com\/products\/another-level","provider":"Recycle4","version":"1.0","type":"link"}