I think doing a Christmas album reflects more of that kind of sound. … We were really influenced by groups like the Four Seasons, the Temptations and Boys II Men. So, we sort of morphed our sound from R&B. Of course, the times changed, and then the Backstreet Boys came out and pop was more of the style as opposed to when we were originally out in the late ’90s, early 2000s. Our original record that we did when we were on Motown was very R&B as opposed to pop.
Was it hard to incorporate that genre into your music as an R&B group?
We really wanted Let It Snow to match the previous album, and I feel like we did it.īoy bands were all pop in the ’90s. We like holiday albums because we can step away from the pop-stuff and do a little bit more harmony-based music with cooler arrangements and a lot of orchestra. This Christmas was an album that stood out in the past, and it was always a perennial success for us. How did it feel to get back in the studio with everyone to record Let It Snow? SN&R chatted with Timmons about the group’s days on Motown, the innocence of the ’90s, and his love for hard rock music like Metallica and Guns N’ Roses. They’ve just recorded a new holiday album, Let It Snow-released on October 13-and launched a 31-day tour. But now, the (boy) band is back together. After a total of 10 million records sold, 98 Degrees went on a decade-long hiatus starting in 2003. Timmons caught up with SN&R to share what followed for the group of friends: a duet with one of their biggest influences, Stevie Wonder, for the soundtrack to the Disney movie Mulan a couple of opening gigs for Janet Jackson on her Velvet Rope tour the platinum-selling album This Christmas. After that performance, the band signed to Motown records in 1998. Then, 98 Degrees was discovered backstage at a Boys II Men concert when they sang a capella for a radio station. Other groups in the ’90s like ’N Sync and the Backstreet Boys had been assembled by major labels, but 98 Degrees formed organically: Brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, along with Justin Jeffre and Jeff Timmons, started the group with heavy R&B and soul influences. It was the golden era of boy bands, and 98 Degrees was unlike the rest.
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