Teddy Riley (born Edward Theodore Riley, October 8, 1967 in Harlem,
New York) is an American R&B and hip-hop singer, songwriter,
musician and producer who was the ring leader of the most
influential groups of R&B in two separate decades - Guy in the
80s and Blackstreet in the 90s.
Riley is mostly responsible for making a successful
fusion of hip-hop and R&B in the late 1980s which
was called New jack swing.
Riley began his producing and recording career in the mid-1980s
producing hits for rappers Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick.
His composition of one-hit wonder Johnny Kemp's "Just Got Paid"
became a very popular track reaching #1 on the
Billboard R&B charts in the spring of 1988.
He was also known of producing hits for Keith Sweat
on his debut album "Make It Last Forever", released
in November 1987 which produced number one hits
such as "I Want Her" and "Something Just Ain't Right".
He even produced tracks for hip hop artists such as
Kool Moe Dee and Heavy D & the Boyz on their debut
album "Livin' Large" (1987) on Uptown/MCA records.
Riley got the idea of forming his own group after it was
suggested to him that a younger singer named
Aaron Hall was looking to join a group.
After meeting at a New York mall, Riley and Hall
became friends and formed what would be Guy in 1987.
Complete with a third member - Timmy Gatling
- they recorded and finished their self-titled debut
in the summer 1988, which by the time of Gatling's
exit and Hall's younger brother Damian's entry,
had sold over 3 million copies with hits like "Groove Me",
"Teddy's Jam", "Piece of My Love", "I Like", and
"Spend the Night". The album had established the
group as a unique R&B musical force through out
the end of the 1980s into the 1990s. "The Future",
the second album released by Guy in the autumn
of 1990 produced hits such as "Let's Chill" and
"Do Me Right". He turned Heavy D & the Boyz into
a hip hop powerhouse in 1989 by producing
tracks for their sophomore effort "Big Tyme"
which hit songs such as "We Got Our Thang" and
"Somebody For Me" which featured notable
new jack swing musician Al B. Sure.
After achieving in the late 1980s and the early1990s
success with Guy, Riley left to produce for acts such
as Wreckx-N-Effect (included his brother Markell Riley),
Bobby Brown, Heavy D, BlackGirl, Boy George,
and Michael Jackson, who would have Riley
produce for his records following the release
of his 1991 album Dangerous
(Riley produced the Jackson song, "Remember the Time").
Even throughout his reign as producer, Riley found
time to form another band - Blackstreet - in 1993.
After the modest success of their 1994 self-titled
debut (featuring the hits "Booty Call" and "Before I Let Go"),
he took the group to national prominence with the
release of their sophomore effort, "Another Level",
in 1996, which featured their biggest-selling hit to
date, "No Diggity". Ironically, since its success,
Riley's prowess as a producer dimmed as the 90s
progressed. In 2005, he had disbanded and reformed
Blackstreet. Teddy also worked on an album with
Outsiderz 4 Life producing Wil' Out and others.
At the start of 2006, Teddy, started the
New Jack Swing revival, with the New Jack reunion
tour, featuring acts, in addition to BLACKstreet and
Guy, After 7, SWV and Toni Tone Tony.
At the same time, Teddy, announced that he would
be working on three key projects.
A new Blackstreet album, a new Guy album and also
would be working with Michael Jackson for his comeback album.
Riley is also credited for discovering The Neptunes.
PRODUCTION LIST
Abstrac'
Al B.
from the album Teddy Riley:The harlem sessions
track Wong
track Just Rap
Al B. Sure
Awesome Foursome
track Monster Beat*
B. Fats
from the album Teddy Riley:The harlem sessions
track The B.Fats 12" Whoppit
Ball, Keith "KB"
from the soundtrack Blankman
track Live into the future
Baltimore, Charli
12" Feel it (promo)
Big Bub
Big Daddy Kane
Blackgirl
BLACKstreet
album BLACKstreet issue 1993 24 tracks*
4 bonus tracks inclue:
track Once in a lifetime*
track I like it*
track Bootknockilization*
track Don't wanna be alone*
album BLACKstreet issue 1994 20 tracks
12"/cds U blow my mind*
12"/cds(2x) Baby be mine
cds Booti call (1993 issue,wl,promo)
12"/cds Booti call/i like the way you work
12"/cds Joy
12"/cds Before I let you go
12"/cds Tonight's the night
album Another level-all tracks
album Another level-double cd w/cd-rom
12"/cds No diggity
12" No diggity (Das mixes & BJ Das mixes)
12" Don't leave (w/Goodbye love mix)
12"/cds Don't leave/No Diggity Teddy Riley Jungle Mix
12"/cds Fix (w/Slash & Ol' Dirty)
cds(x2)Fix (w/hip-hop mix & Don't Leave mixes)
cds(x2)Money can't buy me love
album Finally-all tracks
album Finally (UK import) contains "Don't Stop"
album Finally (Japan import) contains "Don't Stop" and "Confused"
import cds Girlfriend/Boyfriend (with thugrats remix)
12" Girlfriend/Boyfriend (w/Anthem Remix)
12" Think about you remixes (promo)
from the soundtrack Panther
track We'll meet again
from the soundtrack Get on the bus
track Coming home to you
from the soundtrack Soulfood
track/cds Call Me (hip-hop mix feat.Jay-Z)
from the soundtrack Hav'Plenty
track I can't get you(out of my mind)(remix)
from the soundtrack Rugrats the movie
track Take me there(feat.Mya,Mase,Blinky Blink)
from the soundtrack Wild,wild,west
track Confused
Blige, Mary J.
from the album What’s the 411? remix
track Changes I've been going through
track/12"/cds My love
Blondie
from the album Once more into the bleach
track Rapture (remix)
Boy George
from the album Top hat
track Whether they like it or not
track I’m not sleeping any more
track/12" You found another guy*(wl,promo-1989-usa)
track/12" Don't take my mind on a trip
Brown, Bobby
from the album Don’t be cruel
track I'll be good to you
track/12" My prerogative
12"/cds Every little hit mix*
from the album Bobby
track Til the end of time
track Lovin' you down
track One more night
track/12"/cds Two can play that game
track/12"/cds Get away (also import)
track/12"/cds Something in common
track/12"/cds (x2) That's the way love is
from the album Remixes in the key of B
track She’s my lady
Brown, Foxy
from the album Ill na na
track/12" Get me home
Bubba
from the soundtrack Mastercut 2I
track/12"/cds I like your style
Butler, Jonathan
Case
12" More to love (promo remix)
Child, Jane
Classical Two, The
track Rap’s new generation
Clurel
12" Hurtown*
Davis, Billy
12" I want you
Deja
album Made to be together-all tracks
12" Made to be together
12"/cds Going crazy (wl,promo)
Delicious
12" My body my soul*
DG (Distinguished Gentlemen)
12" Hush(remix)
Disco Four
Get Busy*
DJ Hollywood
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
from the album Code red
track/12"/cds I'm looking for the one
Dogg, Nate
from the album G-funk classics vol.I
track The hardest man in town
Doug E. Fresh
track The show(arranged)
Eternal
12"/cds Stay (remix)
Father MC
from the album Sex is law
track Once she gets pumpin'
track/12"/cds 69
Franklin, Aretha & Whitney Houston
12"/cds It isn't, it wasn't, it ain't never gonna be (remix)
Guy
album Guy-all tracks
12" Groove me
12" Teddy's Jam
12" Spend the night
12" I like
12" 'Round and 'round (merry go 'round of love)
12" Don't clap ,just dance
album The future-all tracks
12"/cds I wanna get with u
12"/cds Her
12"/cds Do me right
12"/cds Teddy's Jam 2*(only released on wl,promo)
12"/cds Let's chill
12"/cds D.O.G. me out
12"/cds(2x) Let's stay together
album Guy III-all tracks
12"/cds Dancin'
12" Dancin' remixes (promo)
from the soundtrack Do the right thing
track/12"/cds My fantasy
from the soundtrack New jack city
track New jack city
from the soundtrack Fern Gully
track Land of a thousand dances
from the soundtrack New york undercover
track/12"/cds Tell me what you like
from the soundtrack Wild,wild,west
track The best
G-Wiz
12" Teddy bear (remix)
Gyrlz, The
12" Wishing you were here*
Heavy D & the Boyz
12" Mr.big stuff*
album Livin' large-all tracks
12" Chunky but funky*
12" Moneyearnin’ mount vernon/Don’t you know
12" Overweight lover/On the dance floor
from the album Big tyme
track/12"/cds We got our own thang
from the album Peaceful journey
track/12"/cds Now that we found love
track/12"/cds Is it good to you
from the album Nuttin but love
track/12"/cds This is your night
Hi-Five
from the album Hi-Five
track/12"/cds I just can't handle it
track/12"/cds I like the way (The kissing game)
Houston, Whitney
from the soundtrack The preacher’s wife
track/cds Step by step (remix)
Ingram, James
Jacksons, The
Jackson, Janet
12"/cds(x2)Go Deep(remix)
12"/cds I get lonely(remix)
Jackson, Micheal
from the album Dangerous
track Why you wanna trip on me
track She drives me wild
track Can let her get away
track Dangerous
track/12"/cds Jam
track/12"/cds In the closet
track/12"/cds Remember the time
track Someone put your hand out(unreleased promo,bootleg)*
from the album Blood on the dance floor
track/cds Blood on the dance floor
track Ghost
Jay-Z
from the album In my lifetime vol.1
track/12"/cds The city is mine(feat. BLACKstreet)
Jones, Al
from the album Teddy Riley:The harlem sessions
track Cheating Girl
Jones, Glen
from the album All for you
track/cds Can we try again (wl,promo)
from the album The best of Glen Jones
track Different
Jones, Quincy- feat. Siedah Garrett
12"/cds I don't go for that (remix)
Jones, Tom
from the album The lead and how to swing it
track Something for your head
track Fly away
Jordan, Montell
12" Fallin' (promo remix)*
Kemp, Johnny
Kids at Work
album Kids at Work*-all tracks
track/12" Singing hey yea
track/12" Sugarbaby
Kool Moe Dee
album Kool moe dee-all tracks
12" Go see the doctor/monster crack*
12" Do you know time it is?/I’m kool moe dee
album How ya like me now-all tracks
12" Wild wild west
12" How ya like me now
12" No respect
album Knowledge is king-all tracks
12"/cds They want money
12"/cds All night long
12"/cds I go to work
from the album Funke funke wisdom
track Intro
track Funke funke wisdom
track To the beat y’all
track Mo’ better
track/12" How kool can a black man be
track/12" Death blow
Labelle, Patti
from the album Gems
track This word is all
track/12"/cds All this love
LL Cool J
12"/cds Stand by your man (remix)
Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
from the album Let it reign
track Startin' Somethin'(remix)
Lynn, Cheryl
from the album Good time
track Don't wanna be mistreated
track Good time
track If you feel
track Guarantee for my heart
track All my loving
Mase
from the album Double up
track Get ready
MC Hammer
from the album The funky headhunter
track Somethin' for the o.g.'s
track/12"/cds Don't stop
tracks/12"/cds Pumps and a bump/ Bump teddy bump
Men of Vizion
album Personal-all tracks
12"/cds Housekeeper
12"/cds Do thangz
from the album MOV
track I think about it
track I like it like that
track I need love
Miller, David
12" So hard II handle
Mills, Stephanie
Mytown
cds Body Bumpin'
Nayobe
911
from the soundtrack Nothing to lose
track In a magazine
NKOTB
from the album Face the music
track You got the flavor
track Girls
track/cds Never let you go
N'sync
from the album No strings attatched
track Just got paid
unreleased remix of Bye bye bye
Nutta Butta
from the soundtrack Bulworth
track/12"/cds Freak out featuring Anonymous(w/remix)
Ocean, Billy
from the album Tear down these walls
track Tear down these walls (co-wrote,arranged)
Party, The
from the album Free
track At all times
track/cds All about love*(Future mix)
2x12"/cds Free*
Peaston, David
Positive K
12" Black Cindarella (promo)*
Pretty In Pink
from the album Pretty in pink
track All about you (wrote)
Price, Kelly and Aaron Hall
from the soundtrack The hurricane
track Love sets you free
Prince
unreleased remix Love Sign*
Pure Soul
from the album Pure soul
track Something about the way that you do
track/cds I want you back
Quo
from the album Quo
track/12"/cds Blowin'up(don't stop the music)
Queen Latifah
12"/cds Just another day… (remix)
Queen Pen
album My Melody-all tracks
12"/cds The man behind the music
12"/cds All my love(w/Das Diggity remix)
cds All my love (w/Party ain't a party(remix))
12" Party ain't a party(remix)
12"/cds It's true(remix)
R. Kelly
12"/cds Summerbunnies (remix)
Rampage
from the album Scouts honor...
track/12"/cds We getz down (remix)
Redhead Kingpin and the FBI
album A shade of red-all tracks
12"/cds Do the right thing
12"/cds We rock the mic right/Superbad superslick
12" Pump it hottie
Riley, Teddy
from the soundtrack Juice
track/12"/cds feat. Tammy Lucas - Is it good to you
album The Harlem sessions
EP Nickel bag of swing
Harlem sessions (his solo album) **
Rolling Stones, The
12"/cds Love is strong (remix)
Rooftop
12" Caught out there*
Samuelle
12" So you like what you see(remix)
Spoonie Gee
from the album The godfather of rap
track/12" (I'm)all shook up
track Hit man
track My Girl (hey,hey,hey)
track Didja Come to Party
Soul II Soul
12"/cds Keep on movin'(remix)
Starpoint
from the album Have you got what it takes
track Your lover
track When they love you back
track/12"/cds I want you, you want me
track/12" Have you got what it takes
Sweat, Kieth
album Make it last forever-all tracks
12" Something just ain't right
12" I want her
from the album I’ll give all my love to you
track/12" Make you sweat
track/12"/cds Your love pt.2*
12"/cds Your love /Your love pt2(club mix)* wl,promo only
from the album Keep it comin’
track/12"/cds Why me baby*(wl,promo only)
12"/cds Why me baby part 2 feat.ll cool j (wl,promo only)
Swv
12"/cds I'm so into you (remix)
12"/cds Right here/Human nature (remix)
Taral
from the album This time
track Anyway
track/cds Distant Lover
track/12" How can I get over you
Taylor, James "JT"
12" 8 days a week (remix)
Thompson, Tony
from the album Sexsational
track/cds I wanna love like that (maxi 5 TR remix)
Today
Tony Tee
from the album Time to get physical
track Expressing my thoughts
track/12" Rap is music
Tony! Toni! Tone!
12" Babydoll (remix)
Troop
12" That's my attitude (remix)
Usher
from the album My way
track I will (wrote)
Wee Papa Girls, The
from the album The beat, the rhyme, the noise
track You’ve got the beat
track/12"/cds Faith
track Wash*(unreleased?)
Winans, The
from the album Return
track Don't leave me
track A friend
track/12" It's time
Wonder, Stevie
12"/cds My eyes don't cry (remix)
Woody Rock
12" I introduce the beat*
Wrecks 'n Effect
album Wrecks 'n effect (EP)-all tracks
12" Go for what you know
12" Let's do it again
album Wrecks 'n effect-all tracks
12"/cds New jack swing
12" New jack swing (remixes) (only on wl,promo)
12"/cds Juicy
12" Club head/rock steady
from the soundtrack House party II
track/12" Ready or not*
Wreckx 'n Effect
album Hard or smooth-all tracks
12"/cds Rump shaker
12"cds Wreckx shop
12"/cds Knock-n-boots
12"/cds My cutie
from the album Rap’s new generation
track Move the crowd
track Funk box
track Sucka mc's
from the soundtrack NBA jam session
track/12"/cds Rim shaker
Zan
album Zan-all tracks
12" I ain't the one*(wl,promo-1989-usa)
12"/cds House you