Blackstreet

Blackstreet is the debut album from the American R&B group Blackstreet, released in 1994 on Interscope Records. The group was formed in 1991 by Teddy Riley with along Chauncey Hannibal, and Joseph "Street" Stonestreet after the dissolution of Teddy Riley's former group Guy. The trio recruited Levi Little to work as a session singer alongside Hannibal and Stonestreet for 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". Stonestreet left the group due to disputes with Teddy Riley in 1994, and was replaced by former Force One Network singer Dave Hollister. Hip hop producer Erick Sermon co-produced the second 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.

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