New Edition was the first (and really only) group of black American kids making music in the public spotlight during the early and mid-Eighties. I spun my “Is This the End” and “Popcorn Love” 45s like they were going out of style and looked up to Ronie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike and Ralph like big brothers. By the time I was a teenager, although I was still a huge N.E. fan (Heart Break is an amazingly underrated album from the New […]
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Award Show Sundays: Christmas in Hollis?
This week’s Award Show Sundays column gives props to Run-DMC with a clip from the 1986 Black Gold Awards.
Hump Day Flashback: More Christmas Fun!
This week, Hump Day Flashback brings you a more upbeat selection of holiday jams than last week, with help from New Edition, New Kids on the Block, the Ohio Players and Dave Matthews.
Award Show Sundays: Can You Stand the Rain?
I could write an entire article about the disappearance of the R&B group (matter of fact, I think I will at some point), but back in the late Eighties, there was no shortage of solid multi-member units. Check out the list of nominees for Best Album by a Duo, Group of Band at the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. You had Guy’s influential debut album, which set the stage for the burgeoning hip-hop/R&B fusion. There was “Who?”, the solid debut […]
Hump Day Flashback: “Can You Stand the Rain”
In light of my previous idea for a Hump Day Flashback turning into an actual article, I had to rethink my idea for this week’s column. Then inspiration hit via the emptying of the skies. I could probably fill a book with great songs about rain, but New Edition’s 1988 hit “Can You Stand the Rain” will always be at the very least in my Top 5, if not my favorite all-time. A song doesn’t have to be particularly deep […]
"Everything is Wrong With" Jason Mulgrew (and Probably You Too)
The internet explosion has unleashed thousands upon thousands of amateur writers on an unsuspecting world.-hell, this very site is proof of that. Able to perfect their craft on anything from consumer review sites to personal blogs, some of these writers have enough of a gift that they’re a natural to go on and get professionally published. Blogger Jason Mulgrew is one such writer. The hilarious observations on life featured on his blog have won him a committed following, and that […]
Never Trust a Big Butt & a Smile-"Poison" Turns 20
Don’t you hate it when you read a blog and the blogger just directs you over to ANOTHER website? Well, check out my review of Bell Biv DeVoe’s “Poison” (which celebrates its’ 20th anniversary this week) on Popdose . When I can get my shit together and start doing artist guides, New Edition will be one of the first acts that I tackle.