There must be a trillion more difficult things than recording an album. Um, like, well, participating in an elephant-lifting contest. That might be tougher. And, um, swimming with a Volkswagen tied to your ankle. And, well, that's about it. We caught up with three of the four Boyz II Men and asked how much pressure they felt recording II, the follow-up to 1991's smash debut CD, Cooleyhighharmony.
Shawn Stockman: "We had a lot of pressures in different ways. With the record company, they wanted to make sure that this was a great album, so they were, like, being very critical and trying to get the best. And they made sure that they did."
Wanya Morris: "Oh, yeah! It was fun, but very pressured. In this process, we were more detailed (technically, in the studio)."
Nathan Morris: "(I don't really feel any pressure.) I mean, we just want to be consistent in whatever we do. We know that the first time out the album sold eight million, and we know every time we we won't sell as many records. We just want to find out where our fan base is and just be consistent. I mean, if we sell a million records every time out, that's cool - or even half a million, that's cool, too. But as long as we find a base and know that we're always going to sell that many records, we'll be comfortable."