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This compilation of the first era of Blackstreet, from its 1994 formation to its 1999 disbanding, does a good job of presenting the highlights of the vocal group's career along with some interesting obscure tracks. The song list includes most of the available chart hits by the group, the major omission being the 1999 Top Ten R&B/Top 20 pop hit "Take Me There" from the film The Rugrats Movie, credited to Blackstreet and Mya featuring Ma$e and Blinky Blink. Although the soundtrack album was on Blackstreet's then-label, Interscope, and the song appears on the group's third album, Finally, it is not included here, presumably due to some licensing conflict. Also missing, if more understandably, is Blackstreet's featured appearance on Janet Jackson's number one R&B hit "I Get Lonely," issued on Virgin Records. Otherwise, all of the group's biggest hits are featured, among them, of course, the platinum-selling title cut, "Don't Leave Me," and "Before I Let You Go." There are also album tracks such as Blackstreet's ballad treatment of the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" and a couple of hard to find items: the non-album B-side of "No Diggity," a revival of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" that mixes in plenty of "No Diggity," and "Coming Home to You" from the soundtrack to the Spike Lee film Get on the Bus. The compilers have included much more from the group's first two albums, Blackstreet and Another Level, than from the less successful third, Finally, and that's a reasonable decision. The collection is not perfect, but it gives a good sense of Blackstreet's music of the 1990s.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Richard Iverson, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Riley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Joseph Stonestreet, ComposerLyricist - David Roland Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1993 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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.
Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Hanes, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Mayers, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Hollister, ComposerLyricist - MARKELL RILEY, Producer, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, ComposerLyricist - Markell Demont Riley, ComposerLyricist - Walter "Mucho" Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, ComposerLyricist - Levi Little, 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 - Michael Jackson, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1996 Interscope Records
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
Jeremy Lubbock, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Riley, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - CHAUNCEY HANNIBAL, Producer, Co-Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Walter "Mucho" Chauncey Andrae Hannibal, Producer
℗ 1996 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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
Shawn Carter, ComposerLyricist - Jean Claude Olivier, ComposerLyricist - Samuel Barnes, ComposerLyricist - Teddy Riley, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Foxy Brown, MainArtist - Poke, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - M. Horton, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, FeaturedArtist - Samuel J. "Tone" Barnes, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ronnie E Broomfield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Teddy Riley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Cynthia Loving, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Cozier, ComposerLyricist - Ja Rule, ComposerLyricist - BLACKSTREET, MainArtist - Eve Jeffries, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1999 Interscope Geffen (A&M) Records A Division of UMG Recordings Inc.
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
This compilation of the first era of Blackstreet, from its 1994 formation to its 1999 disbanding, does a good job of presenting the highlights of the vocal group's career along with some interesting obscure tracks. The song list includes most of the available chart hits by the group, the major omission being the 1999 Top Ten R&B/Top 20 pop hit "Take Me There" from the film The Rugrats Movie, credited to Blackstreet and Mya featuring Ma$e and Blinky Blink. Although the soundtrack album was on Blackstreet's then-label, Interscope, and the song appears on the group's third album, Finally, it is not included here, presumably due to some licensing conflict. Also missing, if more understandably, is Blackstreet's featured appearance on Janet Jackson's number one R&B hit "I Get Lonely," issued on Virgin Records. Otherwise, all of the group's biggest hits are featured, among them, of course, the platinum-selling title cut, "Don't Leave Me," and "Before I Let You Go." There are also album tracks such as Blackstreet's ballad treatment of the Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love" and a couple of hard to find items: the non-album B-side of "No Diggity," a revival of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" that mixes in plenty of "No Diggity," and "Coming Home to You" from the soundtrack to the Spike Lee film Get on the Bus. The compilers have included much more from the group's first two albums, Blackstreet and Another Level, than from the less successful third, Finally, and that's a reasonable decision. The collection is not perfect, but it gives a good sense of Blackstreet's music of the 1990s.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:06
- Main artists: Blackstreet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Interscope
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2003 Interscope Records This Compilation ℗ 2003 Interscope Records
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