Guy (music group)
Guy was a popular 1980s and 1990s
hip-hop, funk, R&B and soul band that was one of the early pioneers of hip-hop/R&B music and which set a trend in the
early 1990s in a movement called the New Jack Swing.
Formed in Harlem, New York in 1987 by young musician/record producer
Teddy Riley, the original members included Riley and R&B singer-songwriters Aaron Hall and Timmy Gatling.
After signing to Uptown Records, the group released their first
self-titled album in 1988. Gatling left after the first album was done and was quickly
replaced by Aaron's younger brother Damian. Upon its release, the album went platinum three times over and included classics like
"Groove Me", "I Like", "Piece of My Love" and "Merry-Go-Round of Love". That first album quickly established the group and Riley
as musical forces.
After producing music for other artists other than his group, Riley returned to the group after they opened for New Edition and released their second album, "The Future", in 1990. The songs "I Wanna Get Wit U" and "Let's Chill" gave them a broader, new mainstream fan base but quickly
after its success had dried, Guy would be album-less for much of the 1990s while Riley
went on to produce for artists such as Heavy D and Michael Jackson and formed another group named Blackstreet.
In 2000, Riley and the Hall brothers reunited to release their first album in nine years
titled "Guy III". The album featured the modest hit, "Dancin'", but their label MCA Records had a hard time promoting it and as quickly as it was released, it was quickly dropped from the
public radar. Since then, Guy has been relatively quiet but rumors of working on a new album still lingers.
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