B2k Greatest Hits CD

B2K: Lil Fizz, Omarion, Razz B, J-Boog (vocals).
Additional personnel: P. Diddy, R. Kelly.
Personnel: B2K (vocals, background vocals); Xavier Marquez, Donnie Lyle, Garry O Briain (guitar); Steve Russell (keyboards, drum programming, background vocals); DJ Ron G., Abel Garibaldi, Andy Gallas, Ian Mereness (programming); Marques Houston (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Kevin "KD" Davis; Dave Russell ; Hernán Santiago; Jean-Marie Horvat; Mike Patterson; Diddy; R. Kelly; Troy Taylor; Ian Mereness; Brad Gilderman.
Recording information: Battery Studios, NY; Character Music, New York, NY; Chicago Recording Company, Chicago, IL; Circle House Studios, Miami, FL; Daddy's House Recording Studios, New York, NY; Kathlina Hakim Studios, NY; Rock Land Studios, Chicago, IL; Rockland Studios, Chicago, IL; The Cutting Room, New York, NY; The Underlab, Los Angeles, CA; The Weight Room, New York, NY; Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA; Triangle Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA.
Photographer: Keith Major.
Arrangers: R. Kelly; Troy Taylor.
Two years into a young career, B2K had three proper studio albums, a holiday album, and two remix compilations on the shelves. After that third studio album, they broke up. The obvious next step? A best-of, of course. All of the chart hits dating from 2002 and 2003 are included ("Uh Uh," "Bump, Bump, Bump," "Gots ta Be," "Girlfriend"), along with a handful of album cuts. Though this compilation might've been seen as just another piece of product to take advantage of the group's fan base, it was actually quite handy and timely for casual fans who couldn't keep up with the group's release schedule. When this was released, the oldest song was two years old, so just about everything should've been fresh in the memory of the average listener. ~ Andy Kellman
Dance/hip-hop outfit B2K burned short but bright before fading out. In about three years, they released their two studio records, a couple of remix EP's, a soundtrack to a movie starring two B2K members, and even a Christmas album. The four young men of B2K crooned sensual and imperious with a mature manner belying their age. The pulsating, vaguely sinister "Uh Huh" introduced them to the public, but it was the smoother-than-smooth, P. Diddy-sporting pop hit "Bump Bump Bump" that made them household names.
Of course, both these tracks are present on GREATEST HITS along with fetching ballads like "Everything," and bumping dance hits like the Pied Piper remix of "Girlfriend" (the original is also present among the ten tracks). This collection covers the short-but-successful career of a group that combined boy-band harmonies with the funk of modern R&B, and serves as a reminder of how much the foursome had to offer.