Track Listing
1. Blackstreet Intro/Can You Feel Me
2. Girlfriend/Boyfriend
3. Yo Love
4. I Got What You On
5. Drama/Misery Interlude
6. I'm Sorry
7. Think About You
8. Black And White
9. In A Rush
10. Hustler's Prayer
11. Finally
12. Take Me There (remix)
13. Don't Stop
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
This is an enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Personnel includes: Shaquana Elam, Ted Riley, Janet Jackson, S. Gary, 8th Ave.; Hezekiah Walker, Love Fellowship Tabernacle (vocals); Black, Street, Queen Pen, Ja Rule, Sauce Money, Beanie Siegal, Eve (rap vocals); Stevie Wonder (harmonica); Mike Phillips (saxophone).Producers: Teddy Riley, Eric Williams, Warren Campbell.Engineers: George Mayers, Julian McBrowne, Frantz Verna.Recorded at Future Recording Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia and Boulevard Studios, Carson, California.With their third change in lineup, Blackstreet delivers their third release two years and change after the multi-platinum success of ANOTHER LEVEL. A new lead singer gives Blackstreet a somewhat different sound, but as always Teddy Riley, still at the helm of the Blackstreet project, once again produces yet another smash-filled R&B offering. FINALLY showcases the quartet's vocal strength on songs like "Misery," and other songs such as "Think About You" provide more of that familiar Blackstreet flavor. "Drama," a love feud between a couple about to break up, features the vocal harmonies of Mary J. Blige, while "In A Rush" highlights the harmonica talent of Stevie Wonder. With a combination of club-bangers ("Girlfriend/Boyfriend") and love songs ("Black & White"), FINALLY helps balance the scales of R&B music.
Editorial Reviews
...Riley's uniqueness is noteworthy...FINALLY kicks off with 1999's first great example of sampling used for good instead of expediency...
Vibe (03/01/1999)
8 (out of 10) - ...the lineup keeps changing but the hits don't stop....the songs are so catchy and groovy that you don't really care who's singing...
Spin (04/01/1999)
(3 out of 5) - Good - ...FINALLY...boast[s] killer tracks- the nasty funk of Hustler's Prayer, the joyous pop of Take Me There, which samples The Jackson 5's I Want You Back....star turns from Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder...
Q (06/01/1999)
BLACKstreet's new album of crowd- pleasing grooves marks another triumph in the life of Teddy Riley... Rating B+
Entertainment Weekly (03/26/1999)
...Riley's uniqueness is noteworthy...FINALLY kicks off with 1999's first great example of sampling used for good instead of expediency...Spin (4/99, p.159) - 8 (out of 10) - ...the lineup keeps changing but the hits don't stop....the songs are so catchy and groovy that you don't really care who's singing...Q (6/99, p.101) - (3 out of 5) - Good - ...FINALLY...boast[s] killer tracks- the nasty funk of Hustler's Prayer, the joyous pop of Take Me There, which samples The Jackson 5's I Want You Back....star turns from Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder...Entertainment Weekly (3/26/99, p.84) - BLACKstreet's new album of crowd- pleasing grooves marks another triumph in the life of Teddy Riley... Rating B+
Vibe (03/01/1999)
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