Subway was an American

contemporary R&B Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music. The genre features a distinctive record production style, drum machine-backed rhythm ...

group, which featured Keith Thomas and his brother Trerail Puckett, and their close friends, Eric McNeal and Roy Jones. The group was signed by Michael Bivins (of

New Edition New Edition is an American R&B/Pop group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978 by Bobby Brown. Their name is taken to mean a 'new edition' of the Jackson 5. The group reached its height of popularity in the 198 ...

and

Bell Biv DeVoe Bell Biv DeVoe, also known as BBD, is an American music group from Boston, Massachusetts, formed from members of New Edition, consisting of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe. The band is best known for their debut album, the multi-pl ...

) to his

Motown Motown Records is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. It was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on June 7, 1958, and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau of ''moto ...

-distributed label Biv 10. They debuted in 1995 with the hit single "

This Lil' Game We Play "This Lil' Game We Play" is the lead single released from Subway's only album, '' Good Times''. The song featured female R&B group 702 __NOTOC__ Year 702 ( DCCII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of t ...

" featuring labelmates

702 __NOTOC__ Year 702 ( DCCII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 702 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era b ...

that reached #15 on the ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertise ...

'' charts. The song was produced and written by

Gerald Levert Gerald Edward Levert (July 13, 1966 – November 10, 2006) was an Americans, American singer-songwriter and producer. Levert was best known for singing with his brother, Sean Levert, and friend Marc Gordon of the vocal group LeVert. Levert ...

and Edwin Nicholas and was billed as "Subway featuring 702". The single set the group off to a good start,

going gold A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help impro ...

and selling nearly a million copies. Their debut album was titled ''Good Times'' and was released later that year. Eric McNeal released his debut solo EP in 2007 on Out The Box Records. Produced by Jim Tullio and Ricky Jacox.

Chart positions

Albums

Singles

References

African-American musical groups American contemporary R&B musical groups American boy bands American rhythm and blues musical groups Musical groups established in 1992 Musical groups disestablished in 1998 Motown artists Musical groups from Chicago {{US-R&B-band-stub