Guy influenced Jodeci, who later influenced Dru Hill. And of course, there's the R.Kelly swipe of Aaron Hall's steez.

Guy was dope in and of itself. Yes, NJS and Teddy blew up between the releases of Guy's 1st two albums, but that hype only helped build anticipation for that second album. Folks were GEEKED about The Future and it didn't disappoint. Yes, it was more polished than its predecessor and suffered from a bit of excess, but I daresay it was the last great NJS album ( I don't consider BBD's Poison album NJS, nor should you. lol)

I know this is a bit of a tangent to the original topic, but speaking for someone who came up during this time-I graduated high school in '88-I wanted to add my too sense.

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