“Ready or Not” probably doesn’t even quite make Babyface’s all-time A list, but that just shows how deep his catalog goes. This time, Babyface counters ballad with ballad, and he won’t be denied. Round 5: Guy’s “Piece of My Love” (Riley) vs. A flustered ‘Face counters with his own ballad “Every Time I Close My Eyes,” a great ballad that nonetheless feels like a swing and a miss at Riley’s curveball. Babyface’s “Every Time I Close My Eyes”īabyface’s first “I ain’t know you did that one” on the night, for this Foxy Brown jam featuring Teddy’s Blackstreet group - which admittedly wasn’t probably on a lot of folks’ prediction cards for the night, largely because it was produced by the Trackmasters.
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But even on a less-than-ideal sound system, there’s just no beating “Just Got Paid,” one of the truly essential records of the entire New Jack Swing era. The Whispers’ “Rock Steady” (Babyface)Īlways good to hear “Rock Steady,” which doesn’t quite get its due as a classic of the late ’80s. Round 3: Johnny Kemp’s “Just Got Paid” (Riley) vs. Sweat’s jam is probably the slightly more undeniable of the two jams, but Babyface’s superior sound and impeccable timing tilts things back closer to his direction. Babyface’s “Soon As I Get Home” (Babyface)Ī couple classic late-’80s slow jams, and the first entry from one of the artists as singer. Round 2: Keith Sweat’s “Make It Last Forever” (Riley) vs. Rather than run back “The Show” as his opener like he attempted to use it on Saturday, Teddy instead opened with one of his greatest ’90s smashes, SWV’s “Right Here.” Babyface countered by telling a story about Michael Jackson (whose “Human Nature” Riley’s production sampled) using him to try to set up a date with Halle Berry - which ended up being a segue into a Halle quote from Boomerang, and then his own ’90s R&B opener from that movie’s soundtrack, Toni Braxton’s “Love Shoulda Brought You Home.” Expertly played, but tough to compete with “Right Here.” Toni Braxton’s “Love Shoulda Brought You Home” (Babyface) Round 1: SWV’s “Right Here (Human Nature Remix)” (Teddy Riley) vs.
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Check out how Billboard scored Monday night’s writer-producer’s duel between Babyface and Teddy Riley below.
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Still, even with the late-inning quasi-rainout, there was still enough for a full ballgame. Issues with Teddy’s sound and Internet popped up throughout the bout, but the two competitors still nearly got all the way to round 20, before Riley’s connection cut out one final time, and the two could no longer get back into one another’s feeds. But by 8:10pm, both writer-producers were present and accounted for, and sounding good - finally ready to get the battle going. Such issues also threatened to compromise the duo’s third try at the event, as viewers were told to decamp from Teddy Riley’s page to Babyface’s, and then Babyface had trouble patching Riley through to his own page. RZA in Epic 'Verzuz' Battle: See Billboard's Scorecard and Winner For the Showdown