Guy - Guy III

After Finally, Teddy Riley's third album with Blackstreet, failed to click with the group's once-vast audience, the modern-soul mastermind found the time right to hook up again with Aaron and Damien Hall. Together in the early '90s, the trio gave Riley his first taste of stardom following his inspired combination of R&B and hip-hop in the hybrid sound of new jack swing. Unfortunately, III isn't always the surefooted comeback fans hoped for. While uptempo tracks such as "Dancin'" successfully combine layered harmonies and smooth, up-to-date beats, the disc's many ballads find the act floundering. Indeed, the worst of them recall Aaron Hall's smarmy solo work. But then, Riley himself has always seemed more at home stoking dance-floor fires than kindling the flames of romance. --Rickey Wright Amazon.com

I think they have some talent but this release simply doesn't show that.

*LOL* Sorry. It's just the truth.

The intro was OK, but the next track We're Comin' is silly. Dancin' is solid R&B though. Rescue Me is even better. Very sultry and sexy. Love the "obscure" and tip-toeing production. Probably the best track here. Do It is super-skip-able. Why You Wanna Keep Me From My Baby isn't too shabby.

Cover Art: B+
Music B-
Lyrics: C-
Production: C-
Talent: B-
Overall: C-

3.2 stars. November 23, 2007

3.5 stars: Y2k paranoia and preoccpation dampens an otherwise solid album...........

Nuff Said for the review.

Top Joints:
Not A Day
Love Online
Dancin
Why You Wanna Keep Me From My Baby
Someday(Aaron still got it!) May 24, 2007

I Like It

i finally got my copy of the guy 3 album.some of the tracks are cool.

my faves:

we're comin'
rescue me
do it
love online
2004(i LOVE that beat)

i would pick this up to round out your guy collection.
January 30, 2007

Worth the wait it's shame it didn't sell

Due to ego's, Guy waited ten years to release their thrid disc Guy III. The CD was a massive flop but it still featured some quality material. The first single Dancin was a mid-tempo number that showed of Aaron's vocals and Teddy's production skills while Teddy's Jam III was a instrumental jam easily on par with the first two parts. Of course my man Aaron Hall kils the slow jams in particular Rescue Me, Love On-Line, and Why U Wanna Keep Me From My Baby.Guy was always more than just an above-average soul group and with the right promotion, production and ego's being set aside I could eaisly see the group making a come back. January 5, 2007

Not as bad as people said, Guy Fan Worth To Get [3.5 Star]

I'm a fan of New Jack Swing also Teddy Riley,
I follow him from Guy to Blackstreet,
From Bobby Brown, Hi Five To MJ Dangerous album,

I got all GUY albums,
this one Guy III is the last one I collect,
the reason is because people keep sayin' this album is bad and dated,
and the other reason is I cant find this one in any local store!

well, finally my chance come,
I found it in special price bin for 2.5usd,
I got it no doubt!

AND let me tell you that this album ain't that bad!

The most suprise thing for me is Teddy still got it from here!
His beats in Blackstreet "Level II" is SUCKS terrible,
but in this GUY album, those beats are decent! Thanks God!

But one thing hurt me a lil' bit is,
Aaron Hall, their lead vocalist,
Is NOT as powerful as before,
I still can't forget when I heard he singin'
Piece of My Love, Let's Chill, Yearning For Your Love.......
He's always be one of the best RnB singer for me,
and in this album,
I think he's about lose 40 percent of his power,
I aint sayin' he's wack now, he still cool,
but not as heavenly as before!

The songs/beats are more lean on RnB now,
Those fast tempo NJS style seems lost,
I miss those stuff so much but I understand why they slow the music down!
And so now the GUY sounds a little bit like Blackstreet.

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Intro - Just a Intro

The Best - The Beat is Great!
Got a sample from Wu Tang debut "Shame On A Ni__a",
A fast tempo one,
The worst thing about this song is actually the song is 2 mins
the last min of the song is a voice keep sayin' some best musician names,
which is very meaningless and skip-able!
add a bridge and 1 mo' chorus for this song I'll give it 5! 4/5

We're Comin' - Those noise in this beat is quite agony,
and the beat seems try to be funky but just not enough! 2.5/5

Dancin' - The First Single outta this album,
One of the best song no doubt!
Great Chorus, Great Beat! Good Job Teddy!!! 5/5

Rescue Me - Slow Jam, remind me their old song,
Tease Me Tonite,
The chorus need few listen to get into,
after get into it, it seems keep growin'
Quite A Good Slow Jam! 4.5/5

Teddy's Jam III - I and II are absolutely Classic,
this one is alright too!
but the song keep repeat "shake shake it baby"
they should cut it shorter ..... 3.5/5

Do It - boring, quite a filler. 2/5

Why You Wanna Keep Me From My Baby - Another slow jam,
very personally one,
Aaron talk about his ex-wife don't let him see his own child,
Aaron lyrics is deep sad and keep askin' why! 4/5

Tellin' Me No - The Beat and Those chorus remind me a song from Dru Hill,
No GUY ain't biter,
That Dru song release few years later after this album made!
Anyway, A Nice One! 4.5/5

Not A Day - One of my favorite,
A light beat, keep repeat some beautiful melody,
Very Mellow and Harmonic, Very Great!!! 5/5

Love Online - Talk about cyber love fo' sho'!
Another Great Slow Jam, but very into Blackstreet style! 5/5

Spend Time - Finally another Fast Song,
Bangin' beat by Teddy! I love this one! 5/5

Don't U Miss Me - A Spainish beat, the beat is hot,
but the chorus ain't catchy enough! 3.5/5

2004 - 1:55, more like a interlude, very skip-able! 2/5

Fly Away - Nothin' special, not bad but not good! 3/5

Someday - This album end with this slow song,
a spoken words intro and one verse only,
then keep repeating "Someday We'll All Be Free" till the end!
More like a outro than a song but I enjoy it! 4/5

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I don't Expect this album will as good as those two old GUY,
I know it's impossible,
I just want a decent album for my to listen to,
and Guy did a good job,
Guy or Teddy Fans, Go Get It Now! May 23, 2006

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