Boyz II Men - Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville USA

Three years after the all-covers Throwback -- a release that included some pleasantly surprising choices for new looks, like One Way's "Cutie Pie" and Bobby Caldwell's "What You Won't Do for Love" -- Boyz Ii Men reappear not with yet another covers affair. As indicated by the title, the trio changes its focus to Motown for a set that ranges thematically and chronologically from The Temptations' "Just My Imagination" to Marvin Gaye's "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" to The Commodores' "Easy" -- and, as something of a sly acknowledgment that they were once on Motown themselves, they close out the set with an a cappella version of "End of the Road" (featuring Brian Mcknight). Read More