Level II

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C.R.A.P.
This CD is crap...start to finish. I bought this CD without hearing any singles on the radio because I was so glad that they had reformed Blackstreet with the members from Another Level (Not the original members). Another Level was a good CD with NO bad songs so I thought this one would be at least similar. I was wrong. There is only one or two good songs on here. It was a big waste of money.

A couple of levels down from Another Level..............
Too many sub par hiphoppy joints bring down the quality of Level II. What's up with the explicit lyrics? Too much talent for that. Top Joints: Why Why You Made Me Bygones Deep It's So Hard To Say Goodbye

These R&B thugs get no love
Blackstreet was one of the most promisng R&B groups of the nineties but why they decided to change their image into R&B thugs is questionable to me. Level II was one of the worst R&B cd's ever released and only has two good songs the opener Ticket To Ride and the slow jam Deep. Other wise skip this one.

Down To Level II
It's been years since BLACKstreet's last cohesive effort. (This does not include 'Finally' in 1999...which was far from a good album) In the last five years, Teddy Riley has gone from a bad BLACKstreet lineup change/album(Terrell Philips replaced Mark Middleton on 'Finally'), a failed Guy reunion, a not-so-Invincible Michael Jackson album, a bankruptcy stage and now this: the return of the 'Another Level' era BLACKstreet (their most successful lineup to date) What keeps this album from being better than good is that there is no real outstanding material. "Don't Touch" samples The Commodores' "Brick House", but that's all it does. You can only endure the beginning of "Wizzy Wow", owner of a largely annoying and lazy hook(I think Wizzy was supposed to be the 21st century version of 'No Diggity' but whatever). The good tracks are the ballads: the haunting "Look In The Water", the Human Nature-sampled "Why? Why?", the acoustic "Bygones", the sweet "How We Do", and the mid-tempo "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye". There's no denying Teddy Riley's impact as an innovator/producer, or for that matter, the talents of Chauncey Hannibal, Eric Williams and Mark Middleton (who should've never left the fold in '98). But this effort lacks the luster that should take them higher than "Level II". TR is still a talented producer, and it remains to be seen whether he or BLACKstreet can re-capture their late-90's glory. Furthermore, question: how can Teddy keep this BLACKstreet lineup together this time around? Answer: a comeback hit or a great album. No Diggity.

IT THE TRUTH
TO me the CD was off the hook I dont know why people didnt look it. It had a alot of good songs. Even thou it couldnt compare to anoter level the cd still is hitting and I wish that they will come out with something new.