'I just told him, 'Teddy, we was raised up around each other, dog,' ' Hall said. Hall said despite the difference in philosophy of how the group should run, he reached out to his friend to tour. You can be in control of Blackstreet if you want, but you will not be in control of Guy.' just always tried to be in control of everything and it never happened. Guy reunited toward the end of the decade and put out an album, III, in 2000, but broke up again shortly after. Hall had a hit with his first solo album, 1993's The Truth, while Riley enjoyed multiplatinum success with Blackstreet. After two classic LPs, 1988's Guy and 1990's The Future, Guy split up. Blige - and a hustling intern named Sean Combs. They formed Guy in 1987 and signed with Uptown Records, the original home of Jodeci, Mary J. New Yorkers Hall and Riley had been friends since childhood.

'We just trying to let everybody know we can still do it,' Hall said of the reunion.

Memories are bound to flow in plenty of cities soon, because Guy has reunited and are planning a major tour in the fall.

I'm gonna give them the hip-hop with me singing.'Īlthough the singer will have a new look - with a full beard and head of hair replacing the bald head and goatee he's sported for the better part of 19 years - he's going to step onstage as the Aaron Hall his fans remember, for now anyway. 'I said, 'That's Aaron Hall's final album.' Since people didn't respect Aaron Hall' - he claims he hasn't gotten his props from some peers and the media - 'I decided to go the E. 'My new album is called Adults Only,' Hall, 41, said recently from his home in Los Angeles. As he carries on with his career, Hall is adopting a new persona: E. Their influence is still resounding today.īut the Aaron Hall we know is about to vanish - kaput, finito, he's getting stringer-belled, killed off. He's one the strongest vocalists of the last 20 years, and as the lead singer of the trio Guy - along with producer/multi-instrumentalist Teddy Riley and singer Timmy Gatling (who was later replaced by Hall's brother Damion) - he helped birth the New Jack Swing movement, which was the first to combine R&B with hip-hop beats.

Aaron hall i miss you genius