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In the liner notes for Collide, Boyz II Men's first album since 2011's Twenty, the trio say their approach was "sing whatever you like," "sing whatever feels right," a move they see as "risky after many years of the same old thing." More revealingly, they confess that they had "lost the joy" and were too concerned with airplay and sales. While those words seem like they should be written in support of an album involving a great deal of creative self-control, Collide was made with at least three dozen songwriters and producers. In fact, Nathan, Shawn, and Wanya produced only the vocals and did none of the writing -- surprising, given the amount of effort they put forth for Twenty. This is easily the group's most scattered album, as it offers various shades of ballads, some throwbacks, oddly escapist adult alternative fare, and even anthemic rockers. Many of them blur the line between fresh changes of pace and ill-suited switch-ups. "Already Gone," one that falls toward the latter, is schizophrenic itself, as it bounds between early-'80s arena rock and EDM. It's also one of many songs in which Auto-Tune is used -- easily the album's most baffling characteristic. There are, however, some undeniably pleasing moments, led by "Don't Stop" -- a natural and loose disco groove -- while "Believe Us," filled with appealingly dark undercurrents, wouldn't be out of place on commercial radio stations and does not resemble a compromise. The men definitely appear to have enjoyed making this. Hopefully they can get back to writing for themselves and leaning on fewer producers, too.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jason Patterson, AssistantProducer - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Keithin Pittman, Composer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Matt Teacher, Assistant - Mike Lawson, Assistant - By Mizzle, Producer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jason Patterson, AssistantProducer - Brandon Lowry, Composer - Adam Pallin, Composer, Producer - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Matt Radosevich, Producer - FRANCIS CABREL, Composer - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Pierre-Dominique Burgaud, Lyricist - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Richard Furch, Mixer - Stefan Litrownik, Percussion - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Zac Clark, Organ - Coley O'Tool, Composer, Piano - Joseph Ballaro, Bass
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Bryan Nelson, Composer - Richard Furch, Mixer - Alvin Isaacs, Composer - Terence Coles, Composer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - The Composer, Producer - Alvin Issacs, Producer - Herman Schleifer, Composer - Samuel Hook, Composer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Lucas Secon, Composer, Producer - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Fridolin Nordsoe, Composer, Producer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Terence Coles, Composer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Ryan Ray, Assistant
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
René Toledo, Assistant - Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - David Brown, Composer, Vocals - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jason Patterson, AssistantProducer - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Dwayne Abernathy, Producer, Vocals, Ensemble, RecordingEngineer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Dwayne Abernathy Jr., Composer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Miles Walker, MixingEngineer - Corey Gibson, RecordingEngineer - James Patterson, Recording - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - John Cave, Guitar - John Horesco, MasteringEngineer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Gonzalo Contreras, RecordingEngineer - David Ginyard, Bass - Synematik & The Page Brothers, Producer, Drums, Keyboards - Adeniyi O Adelekan, Composer - Bryant T Page, Composer - Corey Reginald Gibson, Composer - Lucius C Page Iii, Composer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Stefan Johnson, Composer - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jordan Johnson, Composer - Jason Patterson, AssistantProducer - Marcus Lomax, Composer - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Clarence Coffee, Composer - The Monsters & The Strangerz, Producer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nasri Atweh, Composer - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Mark Robertson, Composer - Erik Nelson, Composer, Producer, Guitar - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Emile Ghantous, Composer, Producer, Drums, Programmer, RecordingEngineer - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Steve Daly, Composer, Programmer - Jason Patterson, AssistantProducer - Keith Hetrick, Producer, Programmer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Daniel Capellaro, Composer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Damon Sharpe, Composer - Jim Beanz, Producer - Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Negin Djafari, Composer - Keith Ross, MixingEngineer - Aaron Pearce, Composer, Producer, String Arranger - Nathan Morris, Vocals - James Washington, Composer - Jared Cotter, Composer - FRANCIS CABREL, Composer - Wayne Haun, String Arranger - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Pierre-Dominique Burgaud, Lyricist - Jeremy Hunter, RecordingEngineer - Andrew Robertson, AssistantProducer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - John Ryan, Composer, Producer - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jason Patterson, AssistantProducer - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Jennifer Decilveo, Composer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Scott Effman, Composer, Guitar - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Ambience, Producer - Lukas Nathansson Bostroem, Composer - Lukas Nathanson, Piano - Ryan Ray, Assistant - Christopher Batson, Composer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
René Toledo, Assistant - Shawn Stockman, Vocals - Nathan Morris, Vocals - Steven Battey, Composer - Carlos Battey, Composer - Boyz II Men, MainArtist - Emile Ghantous, Composer, Producer, Drums, Programmer - Lance Tolbert, Composer, Bass - Wanya Morris, Vocals - Jason Patterson, AssistantProducer - Jimmy Fahey, Mixer - Richard Furch, MixingEngineer - Keith Hetrick, Composer, Producer, Piano, Arrangement Horn - Alan Armitage, RecordingEngineer - Brnadon Bassir, Composer
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Album review
In the liner notes for Collide, Boyz II Men's first album since 2011's Twenty, the trio say their approach was "sing whatever you like," "sing whatever feels right," a move they see as "risky after many years of the same old thing." More revealingly, they confess that they had "lost the joy" and were too concerned with airplay and sales. While those words seem like they should be written in support of an album involving a great deal of creative self-control, Collide was made with at least three dozen songwriters and producers. In fact, Nathan, Shawn, and Wanya produced only the vocals and did none of the writing -- surprising, given the amount of effort they put forth for Twenty. This is easily the group's most scattered album, as it offers various shades of ballads, some throwbacks, oddly escapist adult alternative fare, and even anthemic rockers. Many of them blur the line between fresh changes of pace and ill-suited switch-ups. "Already Gone," one that falls toward the latter, is schizophrenic itself, as it bounds between early-'80s arena rock and EDM. It's also one of many songs in which Auto-Tune is used -- easily the album's most baffling characteristic. There are, however, some undeniably pleasing moments, led by "Don't Stop" -- a natural and loose disco groove -- while "Believe Us," filled with appealingly dark undercurrents, wouldn't be out of place on commercial radio stations and does not resemble a compromise. The men definitely appear to have enjoyed making this. Hopefully they can get back to writing for themselves and leaning on fewer producers, too.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:57
- Main artists: Boyz II Men
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC ℗ 2014 MSM Music Group, Inc. under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
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