scriptgirl said:

NOW THAT WAS A FIERCE ASS SONG!!! ...I haven't heard that song in 20 years

steelyd said:

Well I remember this pop group turning this song into an R&B sensation with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis producing it:

Human League - "I'm Only Human"

Well I remember this pop group turning this song into an R&B sensation with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis producing it:

Human League - "I'm Only Human"

i just heard daryl hall is bringing his can of whoopass out of retirement.

Teena Marie will be bringing the pain directly.

Madonna was also originally marketed to black audiences with her first single...can she jump in the ass kicking party?

estelle81 said:

estelle81 said:

bboy87 said:

So I guess that means 'no' to New Kids. I can't believe they were originally marketed to just black audiences. You know Donny could kick both their asses...that dude don't play.

filmnoirdame said:

OH *ish* don't bring a gun to a fist fight. Teena makes professional singers
cry with how good she is.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...3TtbbfYZpc

Alasseon said:

GAT DAMMIT YOU BETTA SING THAT S... AUNTEE TEENA!!!!






....sorry, I sorta got a lil over excited seeing someone with actual talent sing for once

estelle81 said:

New Kids on the Block? How about hell no! Marky Mark could join in the fun well before those annoying fellas.

missfee said:

NKOTB was NEVER marketed towards a black audience. One of my friends was at Berkley when this group was CREATED. They were always aimed at the pop crowd. They were constructed specifically for that and I know cats who played on and wrote their material.
Madonna was initially played on black radio because the label wasn't sure what to do with her. It was a failsafe back then to test market artists with a "rhythmic" sound on black radio before pushing it on to the pop crowd.
The music business changed in 1990/1991 so anything prior to that has to be looked at under a different light. When the accountants and lawyers took over the business, it became a new game and everybody got placed in a box. Jon B. was in the R&B box alone for quite a while there as a white artist.

missfee said:

[b]NKOTB was NEVER marketed towards a black audience. One of my friends was at Berkley when this group was CREATED. They were always aimed at the pop crowd. They were constructed specifically for that and I know cats who played on and wrote their material.
Madonna was initially played on black radio because the label wasn't sure what to do with her. It was a failsafe back then to test market artists with a "rhythmic" sound on black radio before pushing it on to the pop crowd.
The music business changed in 1990/1991 so anything prior to that has to be looked at under a different light. When the accountants and lawyers took over the business, it became a new game and everybody got placed in a box. Jon B. was in the R&B box alone for quite a while there as a white artist. [/b]

BlaqueKnight said:

That's interesting news. Did you watch the latest version of vh1's "Behind the Music, Nkotb?" Maurice Star stated in the documentary that when Pop radio grabbed a hold of them, it was not what he had planned for them. His intentions was for them to be an R&B act. I was surprised when he said that because "Hangin' Tough" is pure whack/pop. But "Please Don't Go Girl" was the first song I had heard from them and it was played on R&B stations only, originally. Many assumed they were black. Usually when your target audience are blacks, your management will book you at the Apollo.

NKOTB at The Apollo Theatre (Please Don't Go Girl)

[Edited 10/25/08 21:18pm]

BlaqueKnight said:

That's interesting news. Did you watch the latest version of vh1's "Behind the Music, Nkotb?" Maurice Star stated in the documentary that when Pop radio grabbed a hold of them, it was not what he had planned for them. His intentions was for them to be an R&B act. I was surprised when he said that because "Hangin' Tough" is pure whack/pop. But "Please Don't Go Girl" was the first song I had heard from them and it was played on R&B stations only, originally. Many assumed they were black. Usually when your target audience are blacks, your management will book you at the Apollo.

NKOTB at The Apollo Theatre (Please Don't Go Girl)

[Edited 10/25/08 21:18pm]

shesoffthewall said:

Yeah, that was the special I watched . It sounded like Maurice Starr was really pissed about losing New Edition so he formed NKOTB to get back at them for leaving him. Can't say that it didn't work out well for him in the end, even though they dumped him too.

shesoffthewall said:

goes and puts Please Don't Go Girl on iPod

estelle81 said:

Maurice is such a clown always wearing those silly uniforms ala Col. Parker, Elvis' manager, who was actually in the military unlike Starr. lol

shesoffthewall said:

Yeah, Maurice was trippin with that nonsense. He had the little fake medals and everything on that shit. That special had me laughing. The part where Jordan said that the main reason he wanted to be famous was so that he could buy a scooter to ride around school on; and when Donny said that Joey was a funny-looking kid. Hilarious! I'm kinda liking their new song with Ne-yo... don't tell nobody.

Whoa!!! didn't know this existed....Luther Vandross & Boy George: