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Reply #60 posted 03/22/09 3:26pm

Timmy84

whodknee said:

C'mon! That may have been a valid comparison for like 2 weeks during the late 80's. Outside of Spread My Wings, Troops best songs were covers. They do get points for outdoing MJ on "All I do..." though.

In terms of crossover popularity Boyz II Men were bigger but New Edition was the super group. The fact we even know Ronnie Devoe's name is a testament to that. biggrin I can't remember anybody's name from BIIM except Wanya and I'll take y'alls word for it that there's a Steve in Troop. lol

Just think who would be missed more if they hadn't been around. Hell, didn't Bivins put Boys II Men on in the first place?

On a side note, TTT and Mint Condition don't belong in that category since they're bands not singing groups.


New Edition was like The Beatles or The Supremes in identity of group members. The members' names became as known as the group or almost as much, lol. Troop didn't have that, lol.
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Reply #61 posted 03/22/09 3:37pm

Slenderoni1978

whodknee said:

C'mon! That may have been a valid comparison for like 2 weeks during the late 80's. Outside of Spread My Wings, Troops best songs were covers. They do get points for outdoing MJ on "All I do..." though.

In terms of crossover popularity Boyz II Men were bigger but New Edition was the super group. The fact we even know Ronnie Devoe's name is a testament to that. biggrin I can't remember anybody's name from BIIM except Wanya and I'll take y'alls word for it that there's a Steve in Troop. lol

Just think who would be missed more if they hadn't been around. Hell, didn't Bivins put Boys II Men on in the first place?

On a side note, TTT and Mint Condition don't belong in that category since they're bands not singing groups.


I know all the names in Boyz II Men biggrin -Wanya, Nate, Shawn and Mike(who's no longer in the group) but I will concur more folks know the names of the members in New Edition than Boyz II Men.
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Reply #62 posted 03/22/09 5:29pm

mcw00

I think everyone knows the names of NE members because of:

"Ronnie, Bobby Rickie and Mike, I like the girl who cares who you like!" smile
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Reply #63 posted 03/26/09 10:50am

DesireeNevermi
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mcw00 said:

I think everyone knows the names of NE members because of:

"Ronnie, Bobby Rickie and Mike, I like the girl who cares who you like!" smile



Cool It Now, You got to cool it now, Oooh watch out! music

Knock em out the box Rick! dancing jig
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