More than ten years after their sophomore album -- titled, ironically,
Future -- appeared to draw the curtain on urban forerunners
Guy,
Teddy Riley,
Aaron Hall, and
Damion Hall came back for their third album. In the interim, both
Hall brothers released solo albums, and
Riley continued his hit-making success by producing
Bobby Brown,
Michael Jackson,
Stevie Wonder, and
SWV (among others), and by appearing in yet another superstar group,
Blackstreet. After
Blackstreet's third album Finally failed to chart as high as its predecessor,
Riley and the
Halls re-formed.
Guy was always more than just an above-average soul group, and though
Riley's production schedule slowed slightly during the late '90s, he was still one of the biggest names in contemporary R&B.
Guy III equals the extraordinary expectations that any new material from
Guy provokes, occasionally exceeding their work in the past. ~ Keith Farley