The '90s will go down as the decade where handsome groups of R&B crooners, in similar outfits, belted out heartbreaking odes to urban love and topped the charts. Vote on your faves out of the bunch below.

Boyz II Men vs. Jodeci
Guy vs. After 7
New Edition vs. Toni! Tony! Tone!
Silk vs. Shai
Blackstreet vs. Mint Condition
DRS ("Gangsta Lean") vs. H-Town ("Knockin' Da Boots")
Color Me Badd vs. All-4-One
Hi-Five ("The Kissing Game") vs. Soul IV Real ("Candy Rain")
Today vs. Troop ("All I Do Is Think of You")
Immature vs. Subway ("This Lil' Game We Play (feat. 702)")
Dru Hill vs. Next
112 vs. Playa ("Cheers 2 U")
Az Yet vs. Mista ("Blackberry Molasses")
Ol' Skool vs. II D Extreme ("Cry No More")
Men At Large ("So Alone") vs. UNV ("Something's Goin' On")

I'll just list my favorites without them going up against each other...


in this order:

New Edition
Troop
Guy
Tony Toni Tone
Mint Condition
H-Town
Silk
Shai
Soul IV Real
DRS
Boyz II Men

but all time favorite male group is....FORCE M.D.s

JANFAN4L said:

Boyz II Men vs. Jodeci-this is really no contest
Guy vs. After 7
New Edition vs. Toni! Tony! Tone!-they're not even in the same category. How about Mint Condition vs. TTT?-Although I love Mint Condition, my vote would go for TTT
Silk vs. Shai
DRS ("Gangsta Lean") vs. H-Town ("Knockin' Da Boots")-R.I.P. Dino
Color Me Badd vs. All-4-One-
Hi-Five ("The Kissing Game") vs. Soul IV Real ("Candy Rain")-
Today vs. Troop ("All I Do Is Think of You")-although Big Bub could sing his ass off
Immature vs. Subway ("This Lil' Game We Play (feat. 702)")-
Dru Hill vs. Next
112 vs. Playa ("Cheers 2 U")
Az Yet vs. Mista ("Blackberry Molasses")
Ol' Skool vs. II D Extreme ("Cry No More")-
Men At Large ("So Alone") vs. UNV ("Something's Goin' On")-

Boyz II Men vs. Jodeci --Not really fair though, because I'd choose Jodeci over everyone in this competition
Guy vs. After 7
New Edition vs. Toni! Tony! Tone!
Silk vs. Shai
Blackstreet vs. Mint Condition
DRS ("Gangsta Lean") vs. H-Town ("Knockin' Da Boots")
Color Me Badd vs. All-4-One --They were both on the cheesy side
Hi-Five ("The Kissing Game") vs. Soul IV Real ("Candy Rain")
Today vs. Troop ("All I Do Is Think of You")
Immature vs. Subway ("This Lil' Game We Play (feat. 702)") --I respectfully decline
Dru Hill vs. Next --ATL Representin'
112 vs. Playa ("Cheers 2 U") --ATL Again...btw, they're named after my neighborhood
Az Yet vs. Mista ("Blackberry Molasses")
Ol' Skool vs. II D Extreme ("Cry No More") --Hmm...Neither
Men At Large ("So Alone") vs. UNV ("Something's Goin' On")

JANFAN4L said:

Jodeci
Guy
New Edition
Shai
Blackstreet
H-Town
Color Me Badd
Soul IV Real
Troop
Immature
Next
112
Az Yet
Ol' Skool
UNV

JANFAN4L said:

I still haven't figured out the difference between "r&b groups" and "boybands"....

Boyz II Men vs. Jodeci -> Jodeci
Guy vs. After 7 -> Guy
New Edition vs. Toni! Tony! Tone! -> Toni! Tony! Tone!
Silk vs. Shai -> Silk
Blackstreet vs. Mint Condition -> Mint Condition.... thank you for not putting them up against TTT
DRS ("Gangsta Lean") vs. H-Town ("Knockin' Da Boots") -> H-Town
Color Me Badd vs. All-4-One -> Neither One of those MOFOS
Hi-Five ("The Kissing Game") vs. Soul IV Real ("Candy Rain") -> Hi-Five
Today vs. Troop ("All I Do Is Think of You") -> Troop
Immature vs. Subway ("This Lil' Game We Play (feat. 702)") -> Neither One of those little MOFOS
Dru Hill vs. Next -> Next
112 vs. Playa ("Cheers 2 U") -> Playa
Az Yet vs. Mista ("Blackberry Molasses") -> Az... No, Mista
Ol' Skool vs. II D Extreme ("Cry No More") -> Neither One
Men At Large ("So Alone") vs. UNV ("Something's Goin' On") -> Universal Nubian Voices

meow85 said:

The difference is "a (usually) gospel-influenced, sexually charged singer reaching young and older R&B/Urban Markets" as opposed to "wholesome fluff targeted at 9-16 year old female pop audiences"

boy that's a tought one. i honestly couldn't tell you the difference in sound between any of them. bland, cookie-cutter male group r&b has never been my thing...

ok what about Intro RIP Kenny Greene "Come inside" was the cut....also the did a nice rendition of "Ribbon in the sky"....Jagged Edge also released there 1st album in the 90's "I gotta be" another beautiful ballad.....


so my list will go as in no particular order of course....

H-Town
Mint Condition
Intro
Jodeci
Jagged Edge
II D extreme
Silk

my votes go to:

Guy vs. After 7
New Edition vs. Toni! Tony! Tone!
Blackstreet vs. Mint Condition
Color Me Badd vs. All-4-One
Hi-Five ("The Kissing Game") vs. Soul IV Real
Dru Hill vs. Next
112 vs. Playa

Men At Large ("So Alone") vs. UNV

all the other are pieces of sh*te or i'm not familiar with them.
[This message was edited Thu Aug 19 8:51:58 2004 by Chico1]

JANFAN4L said:

Chico1 said:

I agree except... where is Jodeci? and H-Town

CinisterCee said:

read my last line

Hands down the best of that decade were:

1. Jodeci
2. Tony!Toni!Tone!
3. Boyz II Men
4. Mint Condition

IMHO anyway.

CinisterCee said:

Well Jodeci are probably in someone's alley. As for H-Town, their lead singer (and the only one who could sing), Dino, was killed last year.

Random:

I couldn't stand K-Ci & JoJo. I'm glad their gone from the spotlight.

There were a lot of disposable R&B male groups back in the day, weren't there? Anyone remember N-Phase? They had one good R-Kelly produced track, "Spend The Night".

Then again, there were a lot of girl groups too: SWV, Total, Lace, Jade, MoKenStef, Kut Klose, etc...

JANFAN4L said:

Best boyband song:- "I'm still in love with u"- New edition.....I know it's obvious and the song is maybe corny 2 some, but this song is beutifull to me.....

"Forever my lady" (the song)- by Jodeci is a close second though!

todd305 said:

I miss SWV and Jade..

Add Changing Faces to that list. What happened to them?

PurpleCharm said:

Don't worry, we're gonna talk about them in the next thread.

PurpleCharm said:

It's sad that I missed that group. I actually have their first album -- and I don't think that R. Kelly's contributions were the strongest things on it!

JODECI
GUY
TONY TONI TONE
BLACKSTREET
COLOR ME BAD
HI-FIVE
TODAY
IMMATURE
112
UNV

Boyz II Men vs. Jodeci
Guy vs. After 7 - though After 7's voices are gorgeous!
New Edition vs. Toni! Tony! Tone! - for nostalgia's sake
Silk vs. Shai - can't remember either enough to vote
Blackstreet vs. Mint Condition - though I like Blackstreet better, but Mint is BADDD

All that other shit is too sketchy for me

Ooooh don't get me started....

First of all Mint Condition is a BAND not a group. I luv them!!!

Blackstreet is a GROUP. These terms are not interchangeable.

I'm done being anal now.

I love them both but it's hard to compare them to each other seeing how they are BAND vs. GROUP.