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Teddy Riley's post-Guy group, Blackstreet, are remembered best for their ballads, but their edition of 20th Century Masters offers plenty of evidence they were great with uptempo tracks well past "No Diggity." Besides that wicked classic, there's the should've-been-bigger "Booti Call" and "Fix," here in its great "Main Mix" with help from Ol' Dirty Bastard. No surprise that the ballads are all killer -- "Joy" especially in its elegant "New Carnegie" mix -- and the collection ends with the deep Sunday morning worship number "The Lord Is Real." That's a great set of music, but what are the compilers suggesting by skipping the Finally and Level II albums? Finally had some great stuff on it and Level II wasn't a total disaster ("Wizzy Wow" as a bonus track -- that would be something!). The collection thinks outside the box for a minute and grabs "Coming Home to You" from the Get On the Bus soundtrack, but the collaboration with Jay-Z, "The City Is Mine," would've been the real track to go for. The collection is hardly the one-stop shop for Blackstreet's career, but their first two albums were their best. If some mixtape DJ bootlegged a mix of the first two albums you'd be lining up at Mom and Pop's record store for the memories. Pretend 20th Century Masters is that mixtape and not the overview it pretends to be and you'll have a great time, absolutely no diggity.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - David Spradley, ComposerLyricist - Larry Troutman, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Mayers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - ROGER TROUTMAN, ComposerLyricist - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Garry Marshall Shider, ComposerLyricist - Erick Sermon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - MARKELL RILEY, Producer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Antwan Dickey, ComposerLyricist - Markell Demont Riley, ComposerLyricist - Leon Frank Sylvers Jr., ComposerLyricist - Antwone Dickey, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sprague Williams, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Mayers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Hollister, ComposerLyricist - MARKELL RILEY, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, ComposerLyricist - Leon Frank Sylvers Jr., ComposerLyricist - Antwone Dickey, ComposerLyricist - Sprague Williams, Producer, Assistant Producer
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Mayers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Jackson, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Tammy Lucas, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Chad Hugo, Producer, Assistant Producer - C. Hugo, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Pharrell Williams, ComposerLyricist - George Mayers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - MARKELL RILEY, Producer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Tammy Lucas, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Markell Demont Riley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Riley, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Queen Pen, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Vick, ComposerLyricist - Bill Withers, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, ComposerLyricist - Dr. Dre, Rap Vocalist, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William "Skylz" Stewart, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lynise Walters, ComposerLyricist - Edward Theodore Riley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Riley, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Markell Demont Riley, ComposerLyricist - Walter "Mucho" Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, ComposerLyricist - Sherri Blaire, ComposerLyricist - Mark L Middleton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Riley, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Karen Anderson, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Walter "Mucho" Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, ComposerLyricist - Roosevelt "Bink" Harrell, Producer, Co-Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Bunny Debarge, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Interscope Records
Teddy Riley, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Wesley Hoggs, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - ERIC WILLIAMS, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Crowder, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Clifton Lighty III, ComposerLyricist - Eric "E" Williams, ComposerLyricist - James Simmons, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ol' Dirty Bastard, FeaturedArtist - Teddy Riley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Melvin Glover, ComposerLyricist - Sylvia Robinson, ComposerLyricist - Clifton Chase, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, ComposerLyricist - Markell Demont Riley, ComposerLyricist - Walter "Mucho" Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, Producer, Co-Producer - Edward G Fletcher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1997 Interscope Records
Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Karen Anderson, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Serban Ghenea, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, Producer, Co-Producer - Markell Demont Riley, ComposerLyricist - Walter "Mucho" Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, ComposerLyricist - George Meyers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1996 Interscope Records
Etterlene Jordan, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Riley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Karen Anderson, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eldra DeBarge, ComposerLyricist - Bernard Belle, ComposerLyricist - Beverly Crowder, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Walter "Mucho" Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, ComposerLyricist - Mark L Middleton, ComposerLyricist - Darryl "Dezo" Adams, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Elen, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - LaMenga Ford, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Shaquanna Elam, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Shannon Cooper, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Teddy Riley's post-Guy group, Blackstreet, are remembered best for their ballads, but their edition of 20th Century Masters offers plenty of evidence they were great with uptempo tracks well past "No Diggity." Besides that wicked classic, there's the should've-been-bigger "Booti Call" and "Fix," here in its great "Main Mix" with help from Ol' Dirty Bastard. No surprise that the ballads are all killer -- "Joy" especially in its elegant "New Carnegie" mix -- and the collection ends with the deep Sunday morning worship number "The Lord Is Real." That's a great set of music, but what are the compilers suggesting by skipping the Finally and Level II albums? Finally had some great stuff on it and Level II wasn't a total disaster ("Wizzy Wow" as a bonus track -- that would be something!). The collection thinks outside the box for a minute and grabs "Coming Home to You" from the Get On the Bus soundtrack, but the collaboration with Jay-Z, "The City Is Mine," would've been the real track to go for. The collection is hardly the one-stop shop for Blackstreet's career, but their first two albums were their best. If some mixtape DJ bootlegged a mix of the first two albums you'd be lining up at Mom and Pop's record store for the memories. Pretend 20th Century Masters is that mixtape and not the overview it pretends to be and you'll have a great time, absolutely no diggity.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:43
- Main artists: Blackstreet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Interscope
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2004 Interscope Records This Compilation ℗ 2004 Interscope Records
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