Too bad personalities broke the group up. He's the forefather of merging Hip-hop and R & B together. I was blessed to be able to see a Guy show in 1988 in Norfolk, Va. They told us that he picked up a lot of bass lines from old Italian movies. So Teddy went back to his gear and reprogrammed the whole show! Genius! They told us about Teddy walking around the studio doing Groucho Marx impressions. They told us once about a show where Hammer whent on before Guy and Teddy caught part of Hammer's show. Meanwhile, they let us hear some up coming joints that Teddy's camp was about to put out. We wrote some simple tracks with them at their crib and they agreed to try to put us down with them. (dang!) They also tried to take us to Soundtracks, where Teddy recorded, but they wrapped up for that night. When we got to their place, they said that Teddy had just left 5 minutes before we got there. They invited my crew up to NYC to vibe with them. They were in tight with Teddy and the crew. The group was called Basic Black, 3 talented duds from Columbus, Ga and one cat from NYC who could seriously blow. well, we know who's HONEY-LUVin VIBE stole his shine.ĭon't know his nickname, but I was working with one of the groups under the Gene Griffin/ Guy camp. That was screw-up-yo-face, STANK funk-swang.Īs far as Aaron not blowin' up. Man, I wish they would have put that re-mix of DOG ME OUT on the CD instead of IWGWU (CLUB VERSION). I dare anyone not 2 at least nod to HER and TEDDYS JAM II and, although fellas were put off by all the groaning, TEASE ME 2NITE gets most ladies I know all warm and tingly inside. These R&B cats nowadays don't hold a candle to the fiery energy these guys had shown on stage. Had the crowd on their feet the whole nite. Can't remember even ONE glich the whole nite.
Crazy Legs was dancin' all over the stage, sexy as he wanted to B, working the ladies with the most beautiful eyes ever given to a man (other than Prince ) Teddy held down the music. Yeah, sure, Aaron had the usual bump & grind nasty man thang goin', but he didn't let that get in the way of hitting those notes ON key. If Prince is a 10, I'd say Guy was an 8 (only because u can't put anyone too close to Prince's outstanding greatness on the stage ) They put on a SHOW. I gotta say, those guys (no pun intended) had one of THE best live shows I'd ever seen. really gave U the feelin they would B a much bigger force in music. E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator Halls a much better singer 2 (i think).Out of the groups Teddy headed up.4 me Guy will always B my favorite~
Kelleys start & success as a R & B singer, I felt if things were done right that could have been Mr. But his career didn't jump off as I thought it would. But oh well.things happen~ But at least 4 that short time Guy was the sheeeit~įunny I knew Aaron Hall would B a solo artist at some point. I was indeed gettin my groove on 2 Guys music that night~ Aaron Hall really knows how 2 throw down with his voice & Teddy adding his magic all over the place really gave U the feelin they would B a much bigger force in music in the years 2 come. Tearing in2 "Teddys Jam" "We Can Spend The Night" "Groove Me" "I Like" Or the slow jams.them cats turned it out! Of all the acts on the bill, they were the best show 2 see. I'm sure D'wayne Wiggins & Raphael Saadiq are having the last laugh.īut Guy knew how 2 work the spotlight as well as the woman. When Sheila E came out 2 the song "Baby Doll" the crowd then showed love~ But its funny cause they were the most talented looking back now. Oaklands own sons Tony Toni Tone, were getting booed by rude peeps who didn't respect the groups talent & hip refreshing sound at the time. All talented young brothas.(at the time) The crowd was all about seeing Guy & M.C. Being front row, they put on a pretty good Live show.as did Tony Toni Tone. Seeing them live in "89" on there first tour in Oak-town was a blast. They were a tight unit back then at the end of the 80's~ During my Oakland club days I enjoyed dancing 2 Guy's music.