T/S: Bel Biv DeVoe vs Boyz II Men vs Another Bad Creation vs Color Me Badd vs Kriss Kross vs New Edition

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I'm not posting this into ILM for a reason.

Remember choose carefully; the winner(s) will receive a full Cross Colours wardrobe, and get to appear on In Living Color...

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

and......go!

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

The way the subject line was phrased made me wonder if C***m had shifted tactics, I admit.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

now, now, if Ca1um began praising the virtues of Misters Bivins, DeVoe, and Bell, he'd be much more tolerated.

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

BBD all the way.

-- @d@ml (nordiF="mailto:([email protected]">([email protected]om), May 26th, 2004.

BBD is STILL better!

-- The Huckle-Buck (handsomishbo...), May 26th, 2004.

No Ready For the World? F*** y'all!

-- j.lu (jlut...), May 26th, 2004.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:50 (twenty-two years ago)

ANOTHER BAD CREATION, FUCK-OS!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Poison > Jump > Candy Girl > Motownphilly > I Wanna Sex You Up > don't know anything by ABC

BBD win as I'm not sure the others have at least one other good single ('Do Me' which i heard for the first time(!) last Friday also pretty good)

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Motownphilly is better than that.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU DON'T KNOW "AT THE PLAYGROUND"????!!!?!!?

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

And raise your hands if the Boyz II Men "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye" track was used as a class song by one of the grades in your high school.

ours was either that, or Duran Duran's "Ordinary World."

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Cool picks.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

the way the harmony on 'Poison' (during the bridge and breakdown bit) drifts into this illusionary off-kilter chord then back 'on track' is so cool - there's this profound tinge of mystery and possibly even despair in their collective voices when it occurs. and the beat's off all kinds of hooks, even today.

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:55 (twenty-two years ago)

also I think New Edition should be outta this contest since they totally were the ORIGINATORS of all this, HATERS.

NKOTB are fair game tho.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)

also another thing in "Poison"'s favor is "never trust a big butt and a smile."

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

AAAIIIEEEEESHHAAAAAAAAAA SHE IS THE GIRL THAT I NEVER HAD
AND I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW HER BETTER

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

And raise your hands if the Boyz II Men "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye" track was used as a class song by one of the grades in your high school.

Oh fuck that SO happened at my fucking highschool prom. The runner up to "It's So Hard..."? That would be the single OFF THAT FUCKING BODYGUARD SOUNDTRACK. I think my write-in vote that year was "Something I Learned Today" by Husker Du.

― cramedog, Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Poison...p-p-p-poison, poison.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread makes me think of a gurning, naked Chris V.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

...snuggling Dan Perry at a foam party.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

ie BETST THRED EVARH

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"Smack it up / flip it / rub it down / OH NO!" PWNS ALL

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

"leave on your shoes"

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

PWND

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:01 (twenty-two years ago)

HOLY SHIT LET US NOT FORGET I WANT TO SEX YUO UP!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

these bands also make me think of three letter:

aw yeah. listening to Top 40 radio, playing "Legend of Zelda"...

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

PWND!!!!!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:02 (twenty-two years ago)

summathemtrytorhymebuttheycan'tOHOH
summathemtrytorhyembuttheycan'trhymelikethis
summathemtrytorhymebuttheycan'tOHOH
summathemtrytorhymebuttheycan'trhymelikethis
CUZI'MTHEMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMACKDADDY
CUZI'MTHEMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMACK
CUZI'MTHEMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMACKDADDY
CUZI'MTHEMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMIGGIDAMACK

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

It's like I'm a pimply-faced adolescent having my very first orgasm into a tin wastebasket all over again!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude, that's what the sink is for!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Come inside take off your coat I'll make you feel at home...

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Dave R. and nickalicious, congratulations, you have just made me throw up.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:08 (twenty-two years ago)

In the sink or the wastebasket?

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

In a tubesock.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:09 (twenty-two years ago)

all shit

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

PWND!!!

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

all over my keyboard.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I wasn't playing NES, but I was playing some cheap-ass Q-Bert shareware rip-off.

The answer is Bell Biv Devoe, by the way: "Poison" is indeed great, and let's not forget "Do Me" ("smack it up, flip it, rub it down, oh no!")

However: with the exception of Color Me Badd and Kris Kross, we are pitting homies against homies. Bell Biv Devoe, Another Bad Creation, Boyz II Men, and (if I'm not mistaken) New Edition were all part of the "East Coast Family."

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/dre700/e797/e7975312u80.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops, some x-posting there, I guess.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Boyz II Men is clearly the Fredo of that group.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

In a fresh apple pie.

― NA (Nick A.), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

yes, thus evidenced in the line:

"Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD
the East Coast Family"

still, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. those Cross Colours aint gunna wear THEMSELVES, ya know.

xpost

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Man, that's a really shitty album cover I posted, huh?

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:27 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.hardandheavy.de/gallerie_g/bilder/guns_n_roses_lies_front.jpg

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

MUSICIANS BE MAKIN HEADLINES

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:30 (twenty-two years ago)

ah, the glory was 7th/8th grade.

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

ah, the glory THAT was 7th/8th grade, rather

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

also, this may be a good time to remind you all that they're making a Homey da Clown movie...

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Wednesday, 26 May 2004 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

jodeci.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 27 May 2004 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)

only one of these acts got name-dropped in a ween song ... so it's them!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 27 May 2004 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

BBD all the way.. I can certainly understand why most people take them as a joke, but their first album really was way ahead of its time, set a new standard for incorporating hip-hop production techniques into R&B. I'm thinking mainly of the the Bomb Squad's contributions to the album ("I Thought It Was Me", "Let Me Know Something"..)

― Jay Smooth (jsmooth995), Thursday, 27 May 2004 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

candy girl = pop genius

― stevie (stevie), Thursday, 27 May 2004 08:51 (twenty-two years ago)

And raise your hands if the Boyz II Men "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye" track was used as a class song by one of the grades in your high school.

our senior prom theme was 'end of the road'. sigh.

i vote BBD. but i have a fondness for both BIIM and CMB as well. it's mostly that i had the whole BBD casette and listened to it a lot. including on my last trip home. oh the joys of old tapes.

― colette (a2lette), Thursday, 27 May 2004 09:01 (twenty-two years ago)

NEW EDITION.

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Thursday, 27 May 2004 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Bel Biv Devoe.
On account of Bel. On account of Biv. And, last but not least, on account of Devoe.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 27 May 2004 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

"Bel Biv Devoe" means "Pretty Biv of Voe" in French.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 27 May 2004 13:38 (twenty-two years ago)

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 27 May 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

"Boyz II Men" means "Boyz You Men" in French.
"New Edition" means "We Edition" in French.

― NA (Nick A.), Thursday, 27 May 2004 13:39 (twenty-two years ago)

without New Edition there would have never been a Bel Biv Devoe. "Can You Stand The Rain" outshines anything BBD did. And the winner of this thread is of course THE FORCE MD'S.

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:08 (twenty-two years ago)

without New Edition there would have never been a Bel Biv Devoe

or indeed a solo career for Ralph Tresvant. "Sensitivity" is a good song.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

its okay

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:21 (twenty-two years ago)

never heard the rest of the album. Is anyone going to defend Kriss Kross?

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't forget Johnny Gill!!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"Sensitivity" is great(ish)! JG is ehhhh.

― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Is this the New-Jack ILX?

Mark me down with BBD, too, although the shear nastay classiqueness of Jodeci is deserving of at least a mention in the thread title.

Tony! Toni! Tone!, now, are in a class by themselves.

― briania (briania), Thursday, 27 May 2004 14:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, they're actually good. Sons of Soul is an excellent album!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Sons of Soul was TIME magazine's #1 album of 1993!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I MISSED THE BUS. AND THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER EVER EVER DO AGAIN.

― the daddy mac (nickalicious), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

i love 'Jump' by Kriss Kross, i remember Johnny Gill's 'The Floor' as being okay - where is Keith Sweat already?

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

TIME is down!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

now now now, if you want to bring in solo artists, you'd have to include Bobby Brown's theme song for "Ghostbusters II", and NO ONE wants to go there.

― Kingfish Disraeli (Kingfish), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Sensitivity is in fact brilliant, but the remix of it far superior. He goes off on a tangent about cooking dinner. Keith Sweat is fantastic as well. the Twisted remix is one of the greatest things ever. Johnny Gill gets props, but also loses props for having Kenny G. on his album.

I did notice someone mentioned Ready For The World, Let me Love you down is about it. That sheila shit is crap.

Lets not forget Troop, Alliance, or Silk.

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

AL B SURE

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Thursday, 27 May 2004 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

"Never trust a big butt and smile"

and, really, were wiser words ever uttered?

― Kingfish of Burma (Kingfish), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)

what if your Mum has a big ass and smiles a lot?

― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Sudden Impact / Whyte Guyz were the forgetten members of the East Coast family.

― Neb Reyob (Ben Boyer), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

and with a name like Whyte Guyz, it's not exactly hard to see why.

― Kingfish of Burma (Kingfish), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

"Mr Telephone Man" is a big tune

― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Saturday, 28 June 2008 12:36 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

oh man i saw an episode of in living color over the weekend with another bad creation singing their playground song and holy shit did it take me back. woah dude

― a fool committed to a VISION of SOMETHING NO ONE ELSE UNDERSTANDS (jdchurchill), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 23:47 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

i just feel this was not properly considered before people threw down their votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85J-2n3qBTw

― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 18:26 (fourteen years ago)

I feel we were too quick to start this thread and have missed out on the Bobby Brown/Johnny Gill/Ralph Tresvant group Heads Of State, on tour now with Ginuwine & Keith Sweat.

― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 8 November 2011 18:41 (fourteen years ago)

New Edition allowed this to come into existence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INOb6AGmQFw

But then, is it as good as Johnny Gill's "Rub You The Right Way"? This is a question that could keep me up for nights.

― "only girl in the kitchen" (boxedjoy), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 01:16 (fourteen years ago)

So, I just won tickets to see Heads of State tomorrow night. Should be fun.

― EZ Snappin, Friday, 11 November 2011 23:26 (fourteen years ago)

Awesome. Take photos.

― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Saturday, 12 November 2011 01:17 (fourteen years ago)

If the venue allows I'll give it a shot. Seats looks pretty good.

― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 12 November 2011 01:52 (fourteen years ago)

Heads of State were amazing! I figured they'd join each other for a few numbers, but instead they just rotated leads and sang backup for each other all night. Absolute blast.

― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 13 November 2011 18:58 (fourteen years ago)

one year passes...

twitter says chris kelly is dead?

― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 01:44 (thirteen years ago)

I've heard rumors of his death now and again for at least five years. Source?

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 01:54 (thirteen years ago)

https://twitter.com/BigBoi/status/329770622597074944

― 乒乓, Thursday, 2 May 2013 01:56 (thirteen years ago)

Damn. Bummer.

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 01:58 (thirteen years ago)

Yup, a story here

http://fox4kc.com/2013/05/01/rapper-chris-kelly-of-kriss-kross-dead-at-34/

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:00 (thirteen years ago)

RIP.

― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 May 2013 02:03 (thirteen years ago)

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