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Release and reception Professional ratings Review scores Guy initially derided the group as being copycats on the song "Gotta Be A Leader"- a song from Guy's second album The Future. The two men were former members of Basic Black, a group discovered by Riley's former mentor/manager Gene Griffin a decade earlier. In an ironic twist on the album, a few of the songs were co-produced by Walter "Mucho" Scott and Daryl "Dezo" Adams. Only Aaron and Damion appeared in the video for the song. By the time they released the second single "Why You Wanna Keep Me From My Baby", Riley left the group again. Their reunion turned out to be short-lived. We had our radio record, ‘Dancin’’, that couldn’t get on BET. They were trying to get us on VH-1, but they weren’t checking for us. They didn’t get us on BET like they were supposed to. You have to know your demographics for that group. They took us everywhere else, but to our audience. And they were promoting us like we were jazz artists. But I don’t think the record company did the third album any justice. However, in a 2012 interview with Vibe Magazine, Riley blamed the failure of the album on the label. Aaron Hall insisted on recording another solo album, while his brother Damion Hall was interested in an acting career. Founding member Teddy Riley remained hopeful that his group Blackstreet would record another album despite the friction between him and group member Chauncey Hannibal. The group reunited for a second time in 1999, recording the song "The Best" for the soundtrack to the Will Smith film Wild Wild West.Īt the time of its release, not all of the members were on the same page for the release of Guy III. While recording in Trinidad, the album plans came to a halt when lead singer Aaron Hall refused to record the song " No Diggity", which would end up becoming a huge hit for Teddy Riley's second group Blackstreet the following year. The recording prompted the group to record another album.
The origins of Guy III started as far back as 1995, when the trio reunited to record the song "Tell Me What You Like" for the soundtrack to the Fox television series New York Undercover. The album reached number five on the R&B Albums chart and peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard 200 chart. Guy III is the third and most recent studio album from American R&B group Guy, released Januon MCA Records. "Why You Wanna Keep Me from My Baby" Released: March 22, 2000.