II (Boyz II Men album)

II
Studio album by Boyz II Men
Released	August 30, 1994
Recorded	December 1993–May 1994
Studio	Kajem Studios, Studio 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Doppler Studios, D.A.R.P. Studios, Studio LaCoCo in Atlanta, Georgia The Enterprises, Encore Studios in Burbank, California Flyte Tyme Studios in Edina, Minnesota Larrabee Sound Studios, Skip Saylor Recording, Lighthouse Studios in Los Angeles, California Backroom Studios in Glendale, California Granny's House Studios in Reno, Nevada
Genre	R&B soul pop hip hop soul
Length	57:38
Label	Motown
Producer	Dallas Austin Babyface Boyz II Men Tim & Bob The Characters Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Brian McKnight L.A. Reid Tony Rich
Boyz II Men chronology
Christmas Interpretations (1993) II (1994) The Remix Collection (1995)
Singles from II
"I'll Make Love to You" Released: July 26, 1994 "On Bended Knee" Released: November 1, 1994 "Thank You" Released: February 7, 1995 "Water Runs Dry" Released: April 11, 1995

II is the third studio album by American R&B quartet Boyz II Men, released on August 30, 1994, on Motown Records.^[1] It contained the No. 1 singles "I'll Make Love to You" and "On Bended Knee", the latter of which replaced the former at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, making the group the third artist to replace themselves at No. 1 in the United States after Elvis Presley and The Beatles and the first to achieve the feat in 30 years.

"I'll Make Love to You" also spent 14 weeks at the top of the Hot 100 making them the first artist to achieve consecutive double digit runs at the top, with their prior single "End of the Road" topping the charts for 13 weeks and also equaled the record set by Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" for the longest run at the top, a record which they held previously with "End of the Road". Other singles released achieved major success, including "Water Runs Dry", which reached No. 2, and "Thank You", which reached No. 21. "Vibin'", however, only reached No. 52.^[1]

The spoken track "Khalil (Interlude)" is a tribute to their road manager, Roderick "Khalil" Rountree, who, in May 1992, was shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois while the group was opening for MC Hammer's Too Legit to Quit tour.^[1] II became the inaugural winner of the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album, first presented at the 37th Grammy Awards in 1995. In 2020, it was ranked number 495 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

According to producer Bob Robinson of the duo Tim & Bob, he and his partner Tim Kelley were asked by Boyz II Men to produce most of II. However, Motown Records then-president Jheryl Busby did not feel comfortable with the idea of two unknown producers dominating a second album from a group that was one of the biggest acts in the world at the time.^[1] As a result, Busby brought in Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Babyface to deliver hit singles for the project. Busby insisted on "I'll Make Love to You" being the first single, despite objections from the group- who felt there were songs that could have been much stronger singles.^[1] The song became one of Boyz II Men's biggest hits.

Over 20 songs were recorded for II, but most of them never made the final track listing.^[1] Two of the songs Tim & Bob produced—"Now That We're Done" and "Can I Touch You"—ended up on 112's 1996 self-titled debut.^[1]