Anytime is the third album by
Brian McKnight. This was the last record McKnight recorded with
Mercury Records before moving to
Motown. In fact,
Anytime would be re-released on Motown after he signed with the label (as Mercury and Motown at the time were both owned by
PolyGram). The single "
You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)" became his biggest hit in four years, peaking at No. 17 on the
Billboard Hot 100. It featured rapper
Mase, whose own career was at its peak during 1997. It broke into the top 20 on the
Billboard 200 chart, and to date is McKnight's highest peaking album on the
Top R&B Albums chart where it took the No. 1 position for three weeks. McKnight's track "The Only One for Me" appeared in the sitcom,
Sister, Sister, in which McKnight dated Tia (
Tia Mowry) and broke up with Tyreke (
RonReaco Lee) in the season 6 episode, "The Grass Is Always Greener".