Notes & Personnel Info |  | Boyz II Men: Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris. | | Additional personnel includes: LL Cool J, Mariah Carey. | | Boyz II Men: Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris (vocals). | | Additional personnel: Mariah Carey, Brandy, Chante Moore (vocals); LL Cool J, Michael Bivins (rap vocals). | | Producers include: Dallas Austin, L.A. Reid, Babyface, Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey. | | Compilation producer: Harry Weinger | | Recorded between 1991 & 2000. Includes liner notes by Steven Ivory and Traci Jordan. | | This is part of the "Deluxe Edition" series. | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Boyz II Men ruled the charts in the early 1990s with their smooth, doo-wop vocal harmonies and a production that was inspired equally by new jack swing, urban contemporary, and `60s and `70s soul. LEGACY: THE GREATEST HITS collects the quartet's biggest hits, beginning with their dynamic first single, "Motownphilly," which, although sleek and commercial, sounds positively funky compared to the lush balladry that followed. Naturally, the group's monster smashes take center stage, and anyone who was within earshot of a radio in the `90s will recognize "End of the Road," "I'll Make Love to You," and "On Bended Knee." Those hits alone are enough to sell this set, but cuts like "Hey Lover," featuring LL Cool J, and their cover of the Five Satins' "In the Still of the Night" are an added incentive. | | Released a decade into Boyz II Men's enormously successful career and a year after another best-of collection, Ballad Collection, Legacy: The Greatest Hits Collection puts all the quartet's hits on one disc. Songs like "Motownphilly" and "End of the Road" were phenomenons during their reign atop the Billboard charts, and many of the other songs here were nearly as ubiquitous at various points in the '90s. Boyz II Men's success simmered out a bit toward the latter end of the '90s, but that doesn't mean they weren't performing great songs. Even if singles like "Song for Mama" didn't dominate the airwaves like the group's early-'90s hits, they're still amazing. Not surprisingly, Legacy focuses on Boyz II Men's first two albums -- Cooleyhighharmony and II -- and not so much on Evolution and Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya. Overall, this best-of is a great place to get all of Boyz II Men's hits if you're not one of the millions of people who bought the original LPs. ~ Jason Birchmeier |
Musical Guests | | LL Cool J | | Mariah Carey | | Brandy | | Chante Moore |
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