''Another Level'' is the second studio album by American R&B group Blackstreet. Released in September 10, 1996, it was the first album with new members

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and Mark Middleton. They joined the group after replacing departed members Dave Hollister and Levi Little. ''Another Level'' was also the first Blackstreet album released under Interscope Records' new distribution deal with MCA Music Entertainment, Inc. after the company was dropped by

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several months before the release of the album. ''Another Level'' was Blackstreet's most commercially successful album, reaching No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, and No. 1 on the

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chart for five weeks and selling over 4 million copies. It contained the group's biggest hit to date, the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 No. 1 single " No Diggity". Despite ''Another Level'' being their most successful recording and the huge success of the single "No Diggity", member/producer

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stated in a 2013 interview with

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host Ronnie Herel that the album did not have a

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. In 2023, the album track "Never Gonna Let You Go" appeared in the Sam Esmail film, '' Leave the World Behind''.

Track listing

Sample credits * "No Diggity" contains portions of " Grandma's Hands", written and performed by

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. * "Fix" contains a portion of " The Message", written by Edward Fletcher, Melvin Glover, and Clifton Chase. * "Good Lovin'" contains portions of "

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", written by

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and Alfred Ellis, and performed by James Brown. * "Don't Leave Me" contains a sample from "A Dream" written by Bunny DeBarge, and performed by

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. * "I Wanna Be Your Man" contains portions of " Float On", written by James Mitchell, Arnold Ingram, and Marvin Willis. * "Can't Get You (Out of My Mind)" contains a sample from "Maracas Beach", written by James Simmons, and performed by Grover Washington Jr. * "The Lord Is Real (Time Will Reveal)" contains elements from " Time Will Reveal", written by Bunny DeBarge and

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Personnel

Blackstreet *

– vocals; arrangements, programming, and instruments ; mixing, executive producer * Chauncey "Black" Hannibal – vocals, arrangements , executive producer * Mark L. Middleton – vocals * Eric "E" Williams – vocals; arrangements, programming, and instruments Additional personnel * Darryl Adams – additional vocals * Karen Anderson – additional vocals * Tony Brown – assistant engineer * Shannon Cooper – additional vocals * Beverly Crowder – rap , additional vocals * Shaquanna Elam – additional vocals * ELAN – additional vocals * Lamenga Ford – additional vocals *

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– engineer, mixing, instruments , strings engineer * John Hanes – engineer, mixing * Roosevelt "Bink" Harrell – programming * Wesley Hogges – arrangements, programming, and instruments * Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements * Julius McKelvey – assistant engineer * George Meyers – engineer, mixing * Charlie Paakkari – assistant strings engineer * Frank "Nitty" Pimentel – arrangements and programming * Herb Powers – mastering * David Reitzas – strings engineer *

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– arrangements, programming, and instruments * Tim Smith – assistant engineer * William "Skylz" Stewart – arrangements, programming, and instruments * Earl Thomas – assistant engineer * Sprague Williams – arrangements, programming, and instruments , assistant engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

Blackstreet albums 1996 albums Albums produced by Teddy Riley Long stubs with short prose {{1990s-R&B-album-stub