[B2M ] Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony (1993)

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  Boyz II Men's first album, Cooleyhighharmony executive produced by Michael

Bivins. Cooleyhighharmony's drum-heavy new jack swing sound and multi-layered

sampled backdrops were similar to that of Bell Biv DeVoe's own work, but

featured smooth classic-soul styled vocals in place of BBD's rapping and

brassier singing. Their first single, the Dallas Austin-produced

"Motownphilly" featured BBD as guest performers. From the beginning, Boyz II

Men featured all four members trading leads, avoiding the usual R&B group

arrangement of one or two lead singers and a team of background singers. The

multiple-lead arrangements became a Boyz II Men trademark, and it became

typical to hear Wanya Morris' vibrato-heavy tenor, Shawn Stockman's smoother

tenor voice, Nathan Morris' baritone, and Michael McCary's deep bass (notably

used in spoken-word sections of many Boyz II Men hits) trading bars in each

song. In time, Wanya Morris would become something of the de facto leader of

the group, handling its operations and business interests, but the group

never presented one man as more important than the other. Cooleyhighharmony

was a major success for the group, Bivins, and Motown. It eventually sold

over nine million copies, "Motownphilly" and "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to

Yesterday" were #1 R&B hits and top five U.S. pop hits, the album won the

1992 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.

While traveling the country, their tour manager Khalil Roundtree was

murdered, and the group's future performances of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye

to Yesterday" were dedicated to him.


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