Timmy Gatling, an American musician, was an original member of the swingbeat threesome Guy. After he left the group for his own production and recording career, he carried on producing for other artists and groups. New jack swing is a hybrid style of rhythm and blues (R&B) or soul music combined with hip hop, popular from the late 1980s to early/mid-1990s. ... Guy was an R&B musical group, the first to sport the soulful vocals-springy hip-hop beats combo of music called new jack swing or swingbeat music, although the Timex Social Club and the Force M.D.s had earlier experimented with the R&B/soul meets rap/hip...

He found the time to release his only solo album, Help!, in 1991. Since the early '90s, Gatling went into obscureity, other than songwriting credits for acts such as Bell Biv DeVoe. 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bell Biv DeVoe with Rick OShay of Y107 and Shelly Lanius Bell Biv DeVoe was a splinter group of New Edition that consisted of three previous members, Ricky Bell (a. ...

In early 2000, Timmy Gatling formed the trio SURREEL, with AHMAUTA, V-McGill and Craig McLaughlan. Since then AHMAUTA has left Gatling's group, but production for MAN'S VIEW album is still active.