Level II [PA] by Blackstreet (CD, Mar-2003, Dreamworks SKG)

Album Features
UPC:	600445039223
Artist:	BLACKstreet
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2003
Record Label:	Dreamworks SKG
Genre:	Contemporary R&B, R&B

Track Listing
1. Ticket to Ride (Intro)
2. Don't Touch - (featuring Mr. Cheeks)
3. She's Hot
4. Deep
5. Ooh Girl
6. Friend of Mine
7. Interlude: What's the Fuss?
8. You Made Me
9. It's So Hard to Say Goodbye
10. Why, Why
11. Look in the Water
12. Baby You're All I Want
13. How We Do
14. Bygones
15. Interlude: Still Feelin' You
16. Brown Eyes
17. Wizzy Wow - (featuring Mystikal)

Details
Contributing Artists:	Dave Hollister, Mystikal, Mr. Cheeks
Producer:	Teddy Riley
Distributor:	Universal Distribution
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Blackstreet: Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal, Mark Middleton, Eric Williams.Additional personnel includes: Mystikal, Mr. Cheeks.Recorded at Future Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, Virgina.Blackstreet: Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal, Mark Middleton, Eric Williams.Additional personnel includes: Mystikal, Mr. Cheeks (rap vocals); Dave Hollister (background vocals).Producers: Teddy Riley, Leroy Burgess, Daryl "DL" Marshall, Eugene Peoples.Recorded at Future Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia.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."

Editorial Reviews
3 stars out of 5 - ...It exhibits a peculiar strain of genius....It's guilty as sin and just as much fun....You have to like the way they work it...
Uncut (20030601)

3 stars out of 5 - ...BlackStreet's singing rarely falls below the spectacular - it's both intricate and instant...
Rolling Stone (20030220)