TEDDY RILEY!!!!!!!!!
Guy, Wrecks n Effect, Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Black Street and the list goes on. Teddy Riley has produced and sang on numerous R & B hits over the last twenty years. I may be biased because I think the New Jack Swing era was the last great era in R & B and the genre has been mediocre since. Riley shaped and molded the sounds of numerous R & B heavyweights, but he never ever gets the respect he deserves. Although he lacked the writing capabilities of Babyface and the crossover appeal of Dallas Austin, Riley's music extremely more cutting edge and dynamic. Riley's sound was both gritty and smooth and appealed to both R & B and hip hop junkies. One could even say that his sound influenced Babyface's and Dallas Austin's early 90s sound as exibited in their work with Toni Braxton and TLC respectively. He was even the mentor for current superproducers Timbaland and Pharell Williams. I think he's produced the majority of my favorite R & B songs and albums. Don't Sleep! Check his bio at one of my favorite sites, New Jack Swing Forever http://www.njs4ever.com/riley.html
Peace
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