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. 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. 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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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. 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. 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 -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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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!" | |
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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!" Cool It Now, You got to cool it now, Oooh watch out! Knock em out the box Rick! | |
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