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2006-01-06

Teddy Riley: New Jack swinger hits Foxwoods

Performer-producer extraordinaire reunites Blackstreet, Guy and SWV for history-making new tour

By David Friedman

NEWS-TIMES MUSIC WRITER

Guy‘s classic lineup, from left, Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall and Damion Hall, will headline a New Jack Swing revival show Jan. 7 at Foxwoods Casino. The reunited group hasn‘t toured in 14 or 15 years.

The only job Teddy Riley ever held outside of the music industry was working on a demolition crew to clear a space on which to build Brook Fashion's new offices. He quit after hurting his hand on his first day on the job.

In sharp contrast, Riley's contributions to the music business over the past 20-plus years have been monumental. As a producer, singer and multi-instrumentalist, he has brought out the best in top hip-hop and R&B acts, including two of his own — Guy and Blackstreet.

Riley, who recently reunited both seminal acts, will perform sets with each Jan. 7 at Foxwoods Casino in Mashantucket. The third group on the bill, longtime Riley associates SWV, rounds out a lineup of New Jack Swing legends. The genre, which Riley started in the mid-'80s, combines soulful vocals with hip-hop beats, mixing in elements of R&B and funk.

While Riley is recognized as the king of the genre, the term comes from a 1991 film.

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New Jack Swing stars Blackstreet, best known for their Grammy Award-winning smash hit, "No Diggity," will perform with Guy and SWV at Foxwoods. The reunited lineup includes veteran members, from left, Mark Middleton, Teddy Riley and Eric Williams. They‘ll be joined by newcomer Sherman "J-Stylz" Tisdale.

"It was given to me by Barry Michael Cooper, who wrote 'New Jack City,'Ÿ" Riley said in a Dec. 19 interview from his home in Virginia Beach, Va. "He thought the movie and the music was something that I designed because I'm from the New Jack City and I was the first New Jack swinger on the block. So he said, 'Take this name and run with it. This is your music.'

"It was something I thought was very sophisticated, young music and music people designed their lives around," he added. "The Guy stuff, we were a culture. We were a big influence on the streets, on the ghetto, on the hood. The music made people happy, made people cry, made people do everything. It designed their dress styles. Guys didn't think it was cool to dress jiggy or dress fly and wear suits again to a party, to wear silk shirts and different things like that. We started that culture."

Born Oct. 8, 1967, Riley grew up in Harlem, N.Y. His mother sang with a gospel group and in church. His uncles played guitar. Meanwhile, Riley wanted to do it all. By age 8, he had learned to play drums, guitar, trumpet and piano. His influences included George Clinton, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Rod Stewart, Phil Collins, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.

Damion Hall, Teddy Riley and Aaron Hall, collectively known as Guy, pioneered the musical genre known as New Jack Swing in the mid-1980s. The group will share a bill with Blackstreet and SWV on Jan. 7 at Foxwoods Casino.

When Riley was 14, he began to learn songwriting and recording from Royal Bayyan, whose brother, Amir, played in Kool and the Gang. Five years later, Riley began producing for rappers Kool Moe Dee, Classical Two and Doug E. Fresh.

"And then my first R&B act was Keith Sweat," Riley said. "It was cool because it was something I always wanted to do. I always thought doing it all was an adventure for me."

In 1987, Riley started the rap group Wreckx-N-Effect, which featured his younger brother, Markell. Teddy Riley, who also has an older brother, David, collaborated with the group on 1992's platinum "Hard Or Smooth" LP, which featured the No. 2 urban hit "Rump Shaker."

By this time, Riley had made a name for himself as a performer with his New Jack Swing group, Guy, which also featured brothers Aaron and Damion Hall. Formed in 1985, the group released its self-titled, double platinum debut in 1988. It included the hits "Teddy's Jam," "I Like," "Groove Me" and "Spend The Night."

"Ÿ'Spend The Night' was (about) being with the mother of my kids today," Riley said. "She's in that song when Aaron says, 'Teddy, meet Donna. Donna, meet Teddy.' It really brings back a lot of memories."

Guy followed with 1990's platinum "The Future" LP, featuring the Top Five hits "Let's Chill," "Do Me Right" and "Wanna Get With You."

"My favorite from 'The Future' is 'Let's Chill,'Ÿ" Riley said. "What made me write that song was I was dealing with a lot of relationships and females and I just said, 'You know what? I've gotta chill. I've gotta settle down.' And it just made me do that for a while.'Ÿ"

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Soon after releasing their second album, Guy parted ways. Riley, who had already worked on albums with Bobby Brown, Debbie Harry, Billy Ocean, Boy George and Big Daddy Kane, continued to add to his resume.

He produced for childhood hero Michael Jackson on 1992's Grammy-winning "Dangerous" LP, 1995's "HIStory" LP and 2001's "Invincible" album.

"It was hard at some points, but a great experience," Riley said. "It was fun because he is such a fun guy. And after a little while, he made life easy. It was the greatest experience and he made me step up my game."

In 1994, Riley released the platinum, self-titled debut by his second New Jack Swing outfit, Blackstreet. The album featured the hits "Before I Let You Go," "Booti Call" and "Joy."

Its follow-up, 1996's "Another Level," went four-times platinum and featured the No. 1 hits "Don't Leave Me" and "No Diggity," the latter a Grammy winner featuring Dr. Dre.

"Dr. Dre asked us to be on the record," Riley said. "He loved it so much that he was like, 'Could you tell Teddy to put me in the video for this one?' And I said, 'Well, let's do better than putting you in the video. Why don't you come and be on it?'Ÿ"

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At Foxwoods, Guy will feature its classic lineup of Riley and the Hall brothers. Meanwhile, Blackstreet, which had a number of lineup changes over the years, will feature Riley and "Another Level" group members Mark Middleton and Eric Williams. Fourth key member Chauncey "Black" Hannibal will be replaced by newcomer Sherman "J-Stylz" Tisdale.

"He's really incredible — a great addition to the group," Riley said. "He's the perfect match. All of the guys who are not with us, he fulfilled their part in a big way. In fact, if I had to do it all over again, he would be one of the members."

Riley, who plans to move to the Virginia countryside, has a daughter, Nia, 16, and cousins who lives in New Haven. Never married and single for the past eight months, Riley declined to say how many children he has.

Regardless, he's excited about the Foxwoods show. SWV will open, followed by Blackstreet, which last toured in 2002. Riley said he gets three minutes to change his outfit before taking the stage with headliners Guy, a group that last toured 14 or 15 years ago.

"I like performing and being behind the scenes," said Riley, who is working on a new joint album with Guy and Blackstreet. "Both of them are great experiences. Sometimes I want to be out, sometimes I don't.

"What I like the most about being onstage is I get to show and share the music that I've done for so long and (see) people still loving it," Riley added. "It's a great feeling that people are singing your songs and half of the time you don't have to sing the words or anything because people are singing them."

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The show begins at 9 p.m. in the casino's Fox Theatre on Route 2. Tickets are $60.50 and $49.50. Call (800) 200-2882.

오스트레일리 공연전에 가진 테디라일리 인터뷰에서 새로운 블랙스트리트 멤버에 대해서 언급되었

습니다 그 멤버는 BLACK스타일인 찰시 한니발의 대체할 멤버로 충분히 실력을 인정받은 실력파이

고  테디의 STREET 음악에 적합한 멤버로 소개되었습니다 여기에서 테디는 그를 정말 놀라울 정도

의 가창력을 지녔고 우리 일원중에 반드시 필요한 멤버라고 말했습니다 더 나아가서 테디는 처음으

로 가이와 블랙스트리트 앨범을 동시에 제작하고 있고 이 제작은 나로써 아주 특별함일이고 새로

운 경험이라고 말했습니다 이번 새로운 앨범에서는 ANOTHER LEVEL에서 이은  에릭 윌림엄,마크

미들턴,그리고 새로운 멤버 Sherman "J-Stylz" Tisdale와 테디라일리로 이뤄진것으로 보입니

다 현재 블랙스트리트는 유럽 순회공연을 하면서 활동중에 있는데요 한가지 의아한 부분은 순회 공

연에서 레비리틀과 함께 콘서트 타워를 하면서도 이번 새로운 앨범에서는 참여하지 않는다네요

이부분이 좀 이상하게 다가오는데 일단 이번에 나온 앨범은 지금까지 제작한 음악과는 무엇과 다른

포스감이 느껴집니다.HALL BROTHER 앨범에서는 아론 홀의 솔로 앨범이 함께 패키지 되어서 같

이 릴리즈 되어서 나오는데 재발매된 아론홀 솔로 앨범은 새로운 음악 5곡이 추가된다고 합니다 정

말 예측할수 없는 정보가 2006년에는 막 쏟아져 나오네요 다시 말씀 드리지만 이번에 릴리즈한 앨

범들은 이전까지 릴리즈 한 앨범과는 차별성이 분명히 느껴집니다 LEVEL2와 다르게 2 3년 많은 준

비를 거쳐서 나온 앨범이기에 이번년도에는 무엇가 확실히 보여줄 것이라고 생각됩니다 ^^

앞으로 많은 기대를 ㅎㅎ

[GYMPLUS]

j-stylz 라... 느낌 좋네용 좋은 소식 감사합니다

[JackSwingman]

빅뉴스네요!

[닥차일드]

역시 천시 한니발과의 사이가 좋지 못하군요..-_-; 여튼 천시 한니발이 그렇게 테디에게 diss를 해놓고 4집 나왔던게 좀 의아해 했었는데...