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Boyz II Men celebrate 20 years with new album "Twenty"

Shawn Stockman, Nathan Morris and Wayne Morris from Boyz II Men attend the MOBO Awards 2011 at the SECC on October 5, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. Sandy Young/Getty Images

(CBS) The R&B group Boyz II Men first brought their emotional a capella harmonies to the pop culture scene 20 years ago with their debut album "Cooleyhighharmony"  -- now they are celebrating the past two decades with the Oct. 25 release of their new album entitled "Twenty".

According to MTV, "Twenty" is a mix of eight Boyz II Men classics like "End of the Road," which set a record for the longest run atop the Billboard Hot 100 with a 13-week stay in 1992, as well as 12 new tracks, for a total of 20 songs.

For one member of the trio, Nathan Morris, it feels like time flew by between their first album and now: "We came straight out of high school. If you use me as an example, I'm 40 years old. Twenty years of my life was spent with my biological family, and the other twenty were spent literally on the road with my guys. So I've split half of my life with this group. For me, it's gone by pretty fast," he told New York Magazine.

The group two other members include Shawn Stockman, 39, who is also a judge on NBC's Sing-Off, and Wanya Morris, 38 .

Wanya Morris told MTV that while they were looking to bring a new sound to their album, old fans don't have to be weary - they are still in the market of making the great love songs that gained them notorierty.

"We have a lot of different new songs and styles that will actually show the growth of Boyz II Men," he told MTV. "At the same time, we still kept the same vibrations, the same integrity. Nate's idea, and all of our idea, is just keep it love and try and be ambassadors. We might not do it all that well, but we love love."

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