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Guy (CD)

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Guy Artist Snapshot:

Guy were one of the first and best of the New Jack Swing groups of the late 1980s and early '90s. Led by R&B producer/songwriter extraordinaire Teddy Riley, Guy combined the silky vocals and smooth grooves of classic loverman R&B with the beats and finesse of hip-hop, a genre that had just begun to find mainstream acceptance when Guy appeared on the scene. The group's self-titled debut is a classic, and though they released only two more albums (the second of which, GUY III was a reunion album released in 2000), they are a key group in the ongoing evolution of R&B and urban pop. Riley would go on to find success producing a veritable Who's Who of the R&B world, and also formed the slightly harder-edged R&B act Blackstreet in the early 1990s.

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DISC 1 for Guy (CD) Album By Guy (Artist)
1   Groove Me
2   Teddy's Jam
3   Don't Clap...Just Dance
4   You Can Call Me Crazy
5   Piece Of My Love
6   I Like
7   Round And Round (Merry Go 'Round Of Love)
8   Spend The Night
9   Goodbye Love
10   My Business
 

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Review

Vibe (12/99, p.158) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century - "...took the best of both worlds [retro-soul and new-school rap] and created new jack swing....changed the sound of black music forever."

Title Note

Personnel: Damion Hall, Gene Griffin, Aaron Hall, Teddy Riley (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Timmy Regisford.

Audio Remixer: Louis Silas, Jr.

Recording information: Chung King Studios, NY, NY; Hillside Studios, Englewood, NY; Quantum Studios, Jersey City, NY; Sound Works Studios, NY, NY; Unique Studios, NY, NY.

Arrangers: Gene Griffin; Teddy Riley.

One of the most seminal and influential releases of late '80s, Guy's self-titled debut album did more than its part to popularize new jack swing, a style that would soon become inescapable on urban contemporary radio. Teddy Riley didn't actually invent new jack swing with Guy -- he'd already gotten the ball rolling on Keith Sweat's 1987 debut Make It Last Forever -- but this album did more than any other to make it so incredibly popular in the R&B world. With their tough blend of hip-hop, R&B, and Gap Band-influenced funk, hits like "Groove Me" and "Teddy's Jam" defined new jack swing and served as the blueprint for countless new jack recordings in the late '80s and early to mid-'90s. One shameless Guy clone after another would pop up on urban radio, the vast majority of whom weren't even a fraction as inventive as Riley's distinctive trio. For anyone with even a casual interest in new jack, this CD is absolutely essential. [MCA issued a two-disc edition of the album in 2007.] ~ Alex Henderson

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