Guy

More than ten years after their sophomore album -- titled, ironically, Future -- appeared to draw the curtain on urban forerunners Guy, Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Damion Hall came back for their third album. In the interim, both Hall brothers released solo albums, and Riley continued his hit-making success by producing Bobby Brown, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and SWV (among others), and by appearing in yet another superstar group, Blackstreet. After Blackstreet's third album Finally failed to chart as high as its predecessor, Riley and the Halls re-formed. Guy was always more than just an above-average soul group, and though Riley's production schedule slowed slightly during the late '90s, he was still one of the biggest names in contemporary R&B. Guy III equals the extraordinary expectations that any new material from Guy provokes, occasionally exceeding their work in the past. ~ Keith Farley, All Music Guide