Guy was an amazing album produced by group founder, Teddy Riley, and manager, Gene Griffin. The album proved to be an R&B success when it peaked at #27 on the Billboard 200 chart. To add along to this achievement, it was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of two million copies sold.

The thing that I found very unique about the origin of this album was the recording process. Before the group blew up on the scene, they recorded the album at Riley's mother's house, because they couldn't afford to lay down the tracks at a professional studio. All of that changed when their manager, Gene Griffin, introduced them to Uptown Records founder, Andre Harnell. He signed them on to his label and then the group moved to Washington. The group were in store for a journey.

The album was recorded at several different studios in New York: Chung King Studios, Sound Works Studios, Unique Studios in Englewood and Quantum Studios, along with Jersey City. Now, the part that's funny to me is they recorded all over the place, but Riley decided to go with the vocals recorded at his mother's house. He felt that they sounded better so that's why he made his decision to go with them. This is the perfect example of why it's best to stick to a normal route, instead of trying to take a detour.