Another Level
AMG AllMusic Guide: Pop Albums:
Top
Another Level
- Artist: Blackstreet
- Rating:
- Release Date: September 09, 1996
- Total Time: 70:22
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Review
Powered by the massive hit single "No Diggity," Another Level is arguably the finest album created by Teddy Riley, the leader of Blackstreet. Riley has masterminded an album that blends street-level rhythms with urban soul and pop crossover potential, adding two new members -- Eric Williams and Mark Middleton -- to the lineup in order to position Blackstreet as an heir to the classic R&B vocal group tradition. The realignment works, since the group sounds fuller and more eclectic with the two added voices. But the key to the success of Another Level is Riley's songwriting, which is by and large catchy and inventive, whether he is writing ballads or party jams. Another Level sags a bit halfway through -- it's hard to sustain interest for a nearly 70-minute album -- but it has enough strong moments to make it an enjoyable listen. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi| Another Lesson in Violence (1997 Album by Exodus) | |
| Another Level (2009 Album by LJ Echols) |
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
Another Level (Blackstreet album)
| Another Level | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||
| Studio album by Blackstreet | ||||
| Released | September 9, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
| Genre | R&B, Hip hop, Soul | |||
| Length | 70:22 | |||
| Label | Interscope | |||
| Producer | Teddy Riley (exec.), Chauncey Hannibal | |||
| Blackstreet chronology | ||||
|
||||
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Another Level is the second album by American R&B group Blackstreet. Released in 1996, it reached #3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for five weeks and has sold over 4 million copies.[2] It contained the group's biggest hit to date, the Billboard Hot 100 #1 single "No Diggity".
This was the first album with new members Eric Williams and Mark Middleton.
|
Contents
|
Track listing
| No. | Title | Producer(s), *Co-producer | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black & Street Intro" | Teddy Riley | 1:14 |
| 2. | "This Is How We Roll" | Teddy Riley, Frank "Nitty" Pimentel | 3:31 |
| 3. | "No Diggity" (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) | Teddy Riley, William "Skylz" Stewart | 5:03 |
| 4. | "Fix" (contains a portion of "The Message") | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 4:04 |
| 5. | "Good Lovin'" (contains portions of "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" performed by James Brown) | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 4:31 |
| 6. | "Let's Stay in Love" | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 4:15 |
| 7. | "We Gonna Take You Back (Lude)/Don't Leave Me" ("Don't Leave Me" contains a sample from "A Dream" performed by DeBarge) | Teddy Riley, Bink* | 5:17 |
| 8. | "Never Gonna Let You Go" | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 5:00 |
| 9. | "I Wanna Be Your Man" (contains portions of "Float On") | Teddy Riley, Sprague Williams* | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Taja's Lude (Interlude)" | Teddy Riley | 0:27 |
| 11. | "My Paradise (Interlude)" | Teddy Riley | 2:11 |
| 12. | "Deja's Poem" | Teddy Riley | 0:24 |
| 13. | "Money Can't (Buy Me Love)" | Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal* | 3:38 |
| 14. | "Blackstreet (On the Radio)(Feat. Morris Baxter)" | 3:18 | |
| 15. | "I Can't Get You (Out of My Mind)" | Teddy Riley, Eric Williams, Wesley Hoggs | 4:50 |
| 16. | "I'll Give It to You" | Teddy Riley, Xavier Hargrove* | 4:16 |
| 17. | "Happy Song (Tonite)" | Teddy Riley, Tommy Sims* | 5:38 |
| 18. | "Motherlude" | Teddy Riley | 4:35 |
| 19. | "Lord Is Real (Time Will Reveal)" (a cover version of "Time Will Reveal" by DeBarge) | Teddy Riley | 4:13 |
Album personnel
- Dr. Dre
- Queen Pen
- Beverly Crowder
- Karen Anderson
- Shaquanna Elam
- Darryl Adams
- ELAN
- Slash (Guitar on Fix)
- Lamenga Ford (Kafi)
- Shannon Cooper
- Deja
- Taja (vocals)
- William Stewart
- Sprague Williams
- Serban Ghenea
- Eric Williams
- Wesley Hoggs
- Tommy Sims (various instruments)
- Frank "Nitty" Pimental
- Roosevelt Harrell (programming).
Charts
| Chart (1996-1997) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgium Albums Chart | 48 |
| Canada Albums Chart | 14 |
| China Albums Chart | 19 |
| German Albums Chart | 47 |
| French Albums Chart [3] | 39 |
| Netherlands Albums Chart | 20 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart [3] | 32 |
| Swedish Albums Chart [3] | 44 |
| UK Albums Chart | 26 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b c "Album performance". AustrianCharts. http://austriancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Aaliyah&titel=Aaliyah&cat=a. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
|
||||||||||||||||||||
 |
This 1990s R&B/soul album-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
AMG AllMusic Guide: Pop Albums
Copyright © 2012 All Media Guide, LLC. Content provided by All Music Guide ®, a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC. All rights reserved.
Read more
Mentioned in
molecular relaxation
(physical chemistry)
clipper-limiter
(electronics)
Another Level
(1996 Album by Blackstreet)
Another Level
(1999 Album by Another Level)
» More