Blackstreet was an American R&B group founded in 1994 by Teddy Riley, a New… Read Full Bio ↴Blackstreet was an American R&B group founded in 1994 by Teddy Riley, a New Jack Swing pioneer known for his work as a member of Guy. The band members were: Teddy Riley, Chauncey Hannibal, Eric Williams, and Terrell Philips (and formerly Joe Stonestreet, Levi Little, David Hollister, and Mark Middleton). Their debut album, Blackstreet, was a moderate success due to the singles "Booti Call" and "Before I Let You Go", both Top 40 hits ("Before" hit the Top 10). The follow-up, 1996's Another Level was a breakthrough success due to the top single "No Diggity" (with Dr. Dre), which was a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1996, and won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, along with the Top 40 hit "Don't Leave Me". Another Level eventually went four times platinum in the United States and peaked at #3 on the Billboard chart. "No Diggity" is ranked at #91 on Rolling Stone and MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs, while Blackstreet comes in at #214 of the Top 500 Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years.
Blackstreet has also collaborated with Jay-Z on his single "The City is Mine". With the help of the Janet Jackson single "Girlfriend", Blackstreet finally had a top ten album with Finally. But personnel shifts wracked the group and contributed to the relative failure of Finally in 1999, and Blackstreet soon broke up. After rumors of legal action and a preemptive countersuit, the group reformed and released Level II in 2003.
Blackstreet has also collaborated with Jay-Z on his single "The City is Mine". With the help of the Janet Jackson single "Girlfriend", Blackstreet finally had a top ten album with Finally. But personnel shifts wracked the group and contributed to the relative failure of Finally in 1999, and Blackstreet soon broke up. After rumors of legal action and a preemptive countersuit, the group reformed and released Level II in 2003.
Black %26 Street Intro
Blackstreet Lyrics
Yo Black
What's up Street?
Soup's ready
Sure it's ready?
I know it's ready
Is the soup hot?
Too hot
Burnin' hot?
Crazy hot
What's in the soup?
All the ingredients
Talkin' bout the kind of soup Mama would make?
I'm talkin' bout the kind of soup Mama would make for the projects,
You know what I'm sayin'?
Well let's show them what this soup is about
I think they're ready for it. I think it's time. I think it's time to
Show
Them how we roll
'Cause we got control
Control of ourselves and such peueurs
Right
So we gotta get the cash
Gotta get the dough
But I want the plantinum, I want the multiple
(Blackstreet is in control)
But we gotta give the people what they want
Oh we gonna give it to them, they deserve it, you know what I'm
Sayin'?
Yeah, yeah no doubt
Blackstreet is in control
What's up Street?
Soup's ready
Sure it's ready?
I know it's ready
Is the soup hot?
Too hot
Burnin' hot?
What's in the soup?
All the ingredients
Talkin' bout the kind of soup Mama would make?
I'm talkin' bout the kind of soup Mama would make for the projects,
You know what I'm sayin'?
Well let's show them what this soup is about
I think they're ready for it. I think it's time. I think it's time to
Show
Them how we roll
'Cause we got control
Control of ourselves and such peueurs
Right
So we gotta get the cash
Gotta get the dough
But I want the plantinum, I want the multiple
(Blackstreet is in control)
But we gotta give the people what they want
Oh we gonna give it to them, they deserve it, you know what I'm
Sayin'?
Yeah, yeah no doubt
Blackstreet is in control
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: TEDDY RILEY
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