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Printablerobertlove said: SoulAlive said: yeah,I remember hearing the first single "Girlfriend" alot during November/December 1986.I'm sure the album was in stores by Christmas. How do you remember you heard a song a certain month? 24 years ago? I have an extremely good memory  For example..."You Got It All" by the Jets was also getting alot of airplay during those two months.That song,and "Girlfriend" both remind me of Christmas 1986. | |
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thesexofit said: daPrettyman said: I liked the whole "Bobby" album. I disagree with you about it was "too late" because it was right on time for Bobby. Bobby was EVERYWHERE from 88 to early 91. It was the perfect time for him to rest and record an album. Remember, at that time, it wasn't unusual for an artist to take a year or 2 off between projects. I'll never forget the day when Tom Joyner debuted "Humpin Around" on K104 for the first time. He cracked the mike and said "this is it? This is we waited almost 2 years for? He could have kept that". I have to say, I agree that it wasn't a good first single. The problem with "humpin' around" to me is it sounds abit like other La Reid and Babyface songs. To me it sounds a shade too close to Pebbles "Giving you the benefit" and Jermaine Jacksons "you said" song. Its not surprising considering La Reid/Babyface had dominated the crossover rnb thing since the late 80's, that some of their songs would get abit samey (look at Timbaland now). It happens to alot of major pop producers I imagine. I still think newjack was on its last legs by mid-late 1992. "Bobby" should of been an automatic no.1 record, as should of Hammers "too legit to quit", but despite big first singles, the album sales of both those guys, whilst great in their own right, were less then maybe predicted I feel. Same with Jacko's "Dangerous" even. Still very impressive sales figures, but not as much as maybe it could of been if those albums came out just 6 months-year earlier. (Though in Hammer's case it had nothing to do with bad timing). I think a better way of putting it is that NJS was TOO COMMERCIALIZED by 1991/1992. NJS was mainstream r&b at that time. It was kind of like Disco. You had everyone and their mom doing a NJS song. Boy George, George Michael, Jane Child, and Mariah were just a few who benefited from the NJS movement. It was like labels went with the Jam and Lewis sound, La and Face sound or Teddy's NJS sound. I loved them all,but I think LA and Face were going through a lot of personal issues around 91/92/93. I don't know what happened, but their music lost the creativity and originality that it started off having a few years earlier. Of course, LA had married Pebbles and she was probably telling him stuff. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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daPrettyman said: thesexofit said: The problem with "humpin' around" to me is it sounds abit like other La Reid and Babyface songs. To me it sounds a shade too close to Pebbles "Giving you the benefit" and Jermaine Jacksons "you said" song. Its not surprising considering La Reid/Babyface had dominated the crossover rnb thing since the late 80's, that some of their songs would get abit samey (look at Timbaland now). It happens to alot of major pop producers I imagine. I still think newjack was on its last legs by mid-late 1992. "Bobby" should of been an automatic no.1 record, as should of Hammers "too legit to quit", but despite big first singles, the album sales of both those guys, whilst great in their own right, were less then maybe predicted I feel. Same with Jacko's "Dangerous" even. Still very impressive sales figures, but not as much as maybe it could of been if those albums came out just 6 months-year earlier. (Though in Hammer's case it had nothing to do with bad timing). I think a better way of putting it is that NJS was TOO COMMERCIALIZED by 1991/1992. NJS was mainstream r&b at that time. It was kind of like Disco. You had everyone and their mom doing a NJS song. Boy George, George Michael, Jane Child, and Mariah were just a few who benefited from the NJS movement. It was like labels went with the Jam and Lewis sound, La and Face sound or Teddy's NJS sound. I loved them all,but I think LA and Face were going through a lot of personal issues around 91/92/93. I don't know what happened, but their music lost the creativity and originality that it started off having a few years earlier. Of course, LA had married Pebbles and she was probably telling him stuff. Yeah I agree on all points. Newjack crossed over thanks to Bobby Brown LOL. Can't say he ultimately killed it, but he certainly brought it to the masses which, like any genre that becomes massively popular and commercialized, the music became as you said "too Commercialized" and formulaic. | |
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theAudience said: I don't know.
To me, King of Stage still sounds like a kiddie-pop album. I much prefer... 
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