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Level II

BLACKSTREET

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Blackstreet may have broken up over creative differences and corporate reshuffling at their label after the release of 1999's FINALLY, but the lure of working within a group format again proved too much for Teddy Riley, who reformed the group for 2003's LEVEL II. Riley's status as the father of new jack swing means these 17 songs bristle with the kinds of grooves and beats that found his trademark sound serving as the bridge between the electro-funk of the '80s and hip-hop-driven R&B of the '90s. Peppered with plenty of scenarios of pursuit and seduction, some of Riley's more overt musical innuendoes include a moanin' remake of a Rose Royce track re-titled "Ooh Girl," the future Quiet Storm classic "Deep" where Chauncey Hannibal makes like Prince with a vocoder, and rhyme-driven jam "She's Hot."

To avoid looking like incorrigible playas, the gentlemen of Blackstreet also include a fair amount of more romantic overtures like the straightforward, harmony-soaked declaration "Baby You're All I Want" and the lush "You Made Me," with its gospel-flavored overtones. Helping do some of the heavy lifting are special guests Mystikal on the closing beat-fest "Wizzy Wow" and original Blackstreet member Dave Hollister on the Babyface-like acoustic ballad "Bygones."

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1
Ticket To Ride (Intro) (Album Version)
00:03:17

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shareefa Cooper, Producer - Sean Washington, Producer - Kenny Frazier, Producer - Kenny Quiller, Producer - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

2
Don't Touch (Album Version (Edited))
00:03:30

Teddy Riley, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Ronald LaPread, ComposerLyricist - David Campbell, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Leroy Burgess, Producer, Programmer - Thomas McClary, ComposerLyricist - Milan Williams, ComposerLyricist - Andy Snitzer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lionel Richie, ComposerLyricist - Roger Rosenberg, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Terrance Kelly, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Mr.Cheeks, FeaturedArtist - William King, ComposerLyricist - Walter Lee Orange, ComposerLyricist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Hynes, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Female, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sandra Park Tremante, Unknown, Other

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

3
She's Hot (Album Version (Edited))
00:03:23

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2002 SKG Music L.L.C.

4
Deep (Album Version)
00:04:23

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Beverly Crowder, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, ComposerLyricist - Richard "Nicky" Stanard, ComposerLyricist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Vee, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natural Blend, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2002 Geffen Records

5
Ooh Girl (Album Version)
00:03:27

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

6
Friend of Mine (Album Version (Edited))
00:03:49

Superb, Producer, Programmer - Teddy Riley, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Leroy Burgess, Producer, Programmer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chyna, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2002 SKG Music L.L.C.

7
What's The Fuss (interlude) (Album Version)
00:00:58

Teddy Riley, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

8
You Made Me (Album Version)
00:04:34

Teddy Riley, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Leroy Burgess, Producer, Programmer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, ComposerLyricist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natural Blend, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Gerald Hayward, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Standard, ComposerLyricist

℗ 2002 SKG Music L.L.C.

9
It's So Hard To Say Goodbye (Album Version)
00:04:15

Charmelle Cofield, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Campbell, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chauncey Black, Producer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mary Wooten, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Abe Appleman, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Debbie Wong, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Cords, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Sarah Kim, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Lehmann, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Junah Chung, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Carol Pool, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Krinke, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Janet Sung, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Ellison, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Kitsopolous, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sandra Park Tremante, Unknown, Other - Daryl "DL" Marshall, Producer, Programmer - Kwan Lu, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - John Zhang, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mariya Borozina, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sophie Kessinger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ragga Petusdottir, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Suzy Perkins, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Schumel Katz, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Hammelman, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Moye, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Alex Kalavn, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

10
Why, Why (Album Version)
00:03:34

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Nate Hills, Producer, Programmer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Porcaro, ComposerLyricist - JOHN BETTIS, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Williams, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Alston Williams, ComposerLyricist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nate Hill, ComposerLyricist - Michael Woolard, ComposerLyricist - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natural Blend, Producer

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

11
Look In The Water (Album Version)
00:04:48

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Campbell, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Seaton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Karen Dreyfus, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Stepansky, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Elizabeth Dyson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Rinehart, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Sharon Yamada, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Soo Hyun Kwon, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Seiver, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Dawn Hannay, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Fiona Simon, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Sarah Kim, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean Ingraham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Myung Hi Kim, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Kim, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nancy McAlhany, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Rosenthal, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Maria Kitsopolous, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sandra Park Tremante, Violin, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Etheridge, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Suzanne Orstein, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gail Kruyand, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

12
Baby You're All I Want (Album Version (Edited))
00:03:55

Teddy Riley, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ERIC WILLIAMS, Producer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Wesley Hodges, Producer - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

13
How We Do (Album Version)
00:03:48

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eugene Peoples, Producer, Programmer - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Spanky Williams, Programmer - Prathan "Spanky" Williams, Producer, Co-Producer - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

14
Bygones (Album Version)
00:04:20

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Dave Hollister, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Sherrod Barnes, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ANDREO HEARD, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

15
Still Feelin' You (interlude) (Album Version)
00:02:05

Teddy Riley, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

16
Brown Eyes (Album Version)
00:03:34

Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Phillip Lees, Programmer - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian Reeves, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Philip Lees, ComposerLyricist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philosophy, Producer - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2003 SKG Music L.L.C.

17
Wizzy Wow (Album Version (Edited))
00:03:22

Mystikal, FeaturedArtist - Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jean-Marie Horvat, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Brian Turner, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Quarles, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel

℗ 2002 SKG Music L.L.C.

Album review

Blackstreet may have broken up over creative differences and corporate reshuffling at their label after the release of 1999's FINALLY, but the lure of working within a group format again proved too much for Teddy Riley, who reformed the group for 2003's LEVEL II. Riley's status as the father of new jack swing means these 17 songs bristle with the kinds of grooves and beats that found his trademark sound serving as the bridge between the electro-funk of the '80s and hip-hop-driven R&B of the '90s. Peppered with plenty of scenarios of pursuit and seduction, some of Riley's more overt musical innuendoes include a moanin' remake of a Rose Royce track re-titled "Ooh Girl," the future Quiet Storm classic "Deep" where Chauncey Hannibal makes like Prince with a vocoder, and rhyme-driven jam "She's Hot."

To avoid looking like incorrigible playas, the gentlemen of Blackstreet also include a fair amount of more romantic overtures like the straightforward, harmony-soaked declaration "Baby You're All I Want" and the lush "You Made Me," with its gospel-flavored overtones. Helping do some of the heavy lifting are special guests Mystikal on the closing beat-fest "Wizzy Wow" and original Blackstreet member Dave Hollister on the Babyface-like acoustic ballad "Bygones."

© TiVo

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