Blackstreet

The forty-year progression of Top Forty R&B, from the squeaky-clean doo-woppers of the
Fifties to the harmonizing Lotharios of the Nineties, has come to rest at a hip-hop-soul
hybrid that delivers huge sales, lofty chart positions and sold-out concerts best described
as Chippendales shows for preteens. Debuting in 1994, Blackstreet -- the brainchild of New
Jack Swing mastermind Teddy Riley -- bushwhacked the trail for harmonious har... More >