Blackstreet (album)
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| Studio album by Blackstreet | ||||
| Released | June 21, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1994 Future Recording Studios (Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.) |
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| Length | 73:06 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Producer | Teddy Riley (also exec.), John McClain (exec.), Michael Concepion (exec.), Michael "Flip" Barber, Markell Riley, Erick Sermon, Lil' Chris Smith, Leon Sylvers III | |||
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| The Source | (favorable) |
Blackstreet is the self-titled debut studio album from American R&B group Blackstreet, released in 1994 on Interscope Records. The group was formed by Riley with Chauncey Hannibal after the dissolution of Teddy Riley's former group Guy. The other members of Blackstreet - Joseph Stonestreet and Levi Little - were session singers alongside Hannibal on Bobby Brown's third album Bobby, an album that was mostly produced by Riley. They recorded one song for the soundtrack of the Chris Rock film CB4 called "Baby Be Mine". Before they could record an album, Stonestreet left the group and was replaced by former Force One Network singer Dave Hollister. When they re-recorded "Baby Be Mine" for their self-titled debut, Hollister's vocals were added on the album version of the song.
Hip hop producer Erick Sermon co-produced the first single "Booti Call", which was a response to the rape trial and conviction of professional boxer Mike Tyson at the time of the album's release. Riley, who was a close friend of Tyson, referenced his incarceration in the album's liner notes: and to our main man Mike Tyson "we can't wait". The song's opening was done by stand up comedian Bill Bellamy, who popularized his infamous saying on an episode of Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam. The second single "Before I Let You Go" was released with a music video that featured appearances by actors Omar Epps and Shari Headley.
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