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Blackstreet

By the time R&B trio Guy disbanded in 1991 after its second album, founder/New Jack swing inventor Teddy Riley had established himself as the most in-demand producer in popular music. He'd drawn the coveted assignment of bringing Michael Jackson up to chart snuff, producing a large chunk of the gloved one's 1991 album, Dangerous, and was also recruited by up-and-coming acts like SWV. So it was a shock to some observers in 1994 when Riley turned up as one-fourth of Blackstreet, a quartet that sounded more than a little similar to Guy. But he was apparently serious, as were the other group members(Chauncey "Black" Hannibal, Levi Little, and David Hollister); each reportedly had the new group's logo tattooed on his arm as a sign of solidarity.

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