Guy

Guy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: June 13, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002PHQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,285 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #17 in Music > R&B > New Jack

Editorial Reviews

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Genre: Soul/R&B
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 13-JUN-1988

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic, June 3, 2002

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The Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guy (Audio CD)

"Guy" is one of those r&b albums that they don't make anymore. It put producer Teddy Riley on the map, nearly giving Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis a run for their money. Sample-free and bursting with originality, "Guy" is the album that would introduce the genre "New Jack Swing," .... "Groove Me," "Spend the Night" and "I Like" all sound fresh and vibrant, even if the production doesn't sound a day later than 1988. But so what? Modern r&b has gotten so vanilla to the point where it's now known as Black pop. Guy, on the other hand, made slammin' records that had soul. Even if you're from the younger generation, you should still pick up this disc and introduce yourself to the great talent that is Teddy Riley.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It aint over.....the party's not over !, October 5, 2006

By 

Michael P. Wishart (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guy (Audio CD)

Im the sole controller of this merrygoround baby - merry go round of love!
Once you get on there's not tellin' what's gona happen baby....so ride this ride with me !
Brother's and sisters I am still playin these sounds in my car every day 18 years on. Guy, Bobby B, Today, Basic Black, Heavy D still going on!......there is no doubt the stuff coming out today is totally mainstream and has no soul - just trash. So I live in the past and it keeps me alive inside. I'm just so glad I grew up with this. This was the album which started it all for me......sure there was B Brown, but the GUY album took it to a whole new level. Groove me is still my ultimate track......The party ain't over for me - and it never will be.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Producer's Review, September 19, 2001

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"hassandavis" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Guy (Audio CD)

Three things can be said about Guy's self-titled debut:

1. You can truly listen to this album through the years, over and over again without getting that, 'been there, heard that' feeling or the notion that the music is out of date.

2. Of all of the titles in my music collection, this album is the one that I have had to buy over and over again. See, it gets borrowed (uhh, stolen) but never returned (little sisters, friends, artists, etc.). The album walks. Lockdown your copy :-)

3. It is hard to purchase an album that you can play straight through without skipping over the boring songs. This is definitely one of these rare albums that you can play straight through!

A Producer's View:
Guy was one of the first top-selling albums to smoothly place R&B on top of Hip Hop-oriented backbeats. In that same era, we also had albums that did the converse, i.e. smoothly place Hip Hop on top of R&B-oriented backbeats (checkout various Eddie F. productions).

One of the things that makes this album work so well is the fact that, like your classic R&B songs, many of the songs on this album are bass line driven.

Producers and other close listeners will notice that Teddy Riley utilized some of the same equipment/instrumentation on this album that he used on the Keith Sweat's debut album as well as Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" and "I'll Be Good to You." The same can be said about another song released in that time period, Al B. Sure's, "If I'm Not Your Lover." Although you won't find a production credit for Teddy Riley as a producer, that song it is surely his.

The reach and influence of Teddy Riley's production is often understated (and in some areas overstated). But, in general, people tend to sleep on Teddy Riley (particularly those who do not know producers' general signatures by ear).

For every producer who outright copies Teddy Riley (not naming names here), there is another who admires his work but remains creative in his/her own right. Yet, many of the admiring producers are still somehow influenced by Teddy Riley's 'production sensibilities'.

One of those creative, yet admiring producers is Rodney 'Dark Child' Jerkins. As a relative newcomer, 'Dark Child' is taking us to other places (good places). Still, a quick listen to his work shows that many of his 'producer sensibilities' are clearly rooted in Teddy's New Jack Swing style. Listen to Toni Braxton's "The Heat" and then to the various Teddy Riley produced cuts on Michael Jackson's "Dangerous," particularly the title track.

Some other well known producers that have been influenced by Teddy include Dave "Jam" Hall and Timmy Allen.

Conclusion:
This album is a must have for producers and other music lovers.

I think I speak for a multitude of producers when I say, "thank you Teddy Riley!"

And, I am sure I speak for music lovers everywhere when I say, "thank you Guy!"

Peace,
Hassan