I've noticed we've been talking about a lot of white chocolate acts lately. CMB came to mind. Remember "I Adore Mi Amor," "Sex U Up" (to the... tick tock ya don't stop!) That was hot. My personal favorite by them was "All For Love"! It has this cotton candy, carousel vibe to it. I wore that cassette tape out in the 90s. What's your favorite CMB songs?

Is calling an artist or artists "white chocolate" considered derogatory? I hope I'm not offending anybody.
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Color Me Badd was good white chocolate, in my opinion. My fave track was Sex U Up until our local radio stations played it out! And I think JC formerly of *nsync is good white chocolate too (though I haven't heard his album yet, just the single from "Drumline".

This is off topic, but who sang the song that had Ingrid Chavez doing backing vocals and then she got pissed or someone got pissed and they re-edited it with some other chick? Thanks!

I remember "sex you up" lol all in the video all in teh elevator and stuff, I have to admit I thought they were cute then

jillybean said:

I like JC's new song "All Day Long I Dream About Sex" it has this new wave-ish flavor (makes me just wanna slip on some legwarmers and drink some TAB! ). The breakdown reminds me of some lite, Kraftwerk-esque drum programming. "100 Ways" is cool, too.
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FullLabios said:

I definitely remember the elevator.

JANFAN4L said:

All 4 Love has this wonderful Motown influence. Sounds like an old Mary Wells track.

jillybean said:

Natural Selection (Still off topic, though)

I have not heard their other albums but their first ("C.m.b") was cool! Loved "All for love", "Heartbreaker", "I adore..." and "your da onei onea love"! Their harmonies were gorgeous sounding! Anyone noticed the slight difference between the album version of "I wanna sex u up" and the version on the "New Jack city" soundtrack! Very subtle difference!

My fav Color me badd song was a ballad called "Forever love", from the Damon and Marlon Wayans comedy "Mo' money" (1992)! That song is gorgeous (one of my all-time fav movies too) Also that song was written by the group with.....yep Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, possibally the greatest pop production team ever!

"Forever love", whilst very corny, has a wonderfull feeling about it and was the last single I remember hearing from them, which was a shame really! I think copycats "All4one" took their place. Try and find "Forever love" (I've had it since the "Mo' money" soundtrack came out) as it is a very beutifull track!

Thanx 4 reminding me about the group "Color Me Badd", a very funky, soulfull group that reminds me of the NewJack era, possibally the most underappreciated genre of music ever!

thesexofit said:

Their contribution to the Mo' Money SDTK is noteworthy. In fact the Mo' Money is one of the best SDTKs of the '90s ("The Best Things In Life Are Free," "Ice Cream Dream," Mint Condition's "My Dear," and Ralph Tresvant's "Money Can't Buy You Love" come to mind).

When I see the group All-4-One, I always think them a second-hand C.M.B. They didn't really have that much flavor and soul and were just some pop cash-in act who tried their hardest to mimic R&B vocalization and song structure. C.M.B. was more authentic with their R&B/pop appeal.

Try their second album--songs written by Jimmy Jam and Terry what's his name...lol

The remake of Wildflower is classic. That white boy could sang.

Definately one of my guilty pleasures...these guys could sing, no matter how
"fluff" their reputations were.
Favs...I Wanna Sex You Up, All 4 Love, I Adore Mi Amor ( my wife would get her
panties in a bunch when the spanish rap would come on.), and I think Roll The Dice
even got some airplay around here. Thinkin' Back is a nice R&B song, even though
their sound was more NewJackSwing.

I don't know why but actually "All 4 Love" sounds a LOT like Maxine Nightingale's "Right Back Where We Started From".

"Sexual Capacity" from the STRIPTEASE soundtrack, it's a really HOT! song track it down

"Choose" including remixes...waiting for someone to say "Slow Motion" oh lawd.

I used to LOVE this group. The lead singer could really SANG!! His name was Bryan something or other.

NuPwr319 said:

His name is Bryan Abrams. The other members were:
Sam Watters
Mark Calderon
Kevin Thornton

I'm a huge fan. I can't believe you guys are taking about 1 album since they came out with 5 albums as late as 1998, including their remix album "Young, Gifted, and Badd" which featured "Forever Love." My favorite songs are

From the CMB album:
Groove My Mind
Thinkin' Back
Slow Motion
I Wanna Sex U Up (Both versions)
All For Love
Color Me Badd
I Adore Mi Amor

From the Time and Chance album:
Time and Chance
In The Sunshine (Feat Bootsy Collins)
The Bells
Wildflower
How Deep (contains sample of "Crazy You" by Prince)
Rosanna's Little Sister
Groovy Now

From the Now and Forever album:
For all Enternity
Sexual Capacity (also on Striptease soundtrack)
From the Back
Last to Know
Tonight Tonight
The Earth, The Sun, The Rain

From the Awakening album:
I love all the songs on this one, but the ones that stand out are:
Love is Stronger than Pride
How Could This be
All The Way (Freaky Style)
Your Touch

These guys are really talented. From the beginning they were writing and co-producing their music. It was a shame to see them not get the popularity they deserved

How Could This Be
Girl I can’t believe, not in my wildest dreams
That you would do this to me
That’s why I’m standing here
Baptized in all my tears
How could you break my heart so easily?
I gotta let you know
That’s not the way I flow
This thing is blowin’ my mind
After all that we been through
How could you do what you do baby be so unkind

How could this be
That you would just up and go away from me
How could you go
You got me feelin’ like I’m kind of all alone
How could this be
That you would just up and go away from me
How could this be
You cannot tell me you didn’t know
I loved you so
How could this…

I thought that we were both
Seeing eye to eye
How could you tell me that lie?
That you were down for me
Like I was down for you
How could you be so untrue?
I’m tryin’ to figure out
What were you thinkin’ ‘bout
When you just walked out my life
Cuz every day I still wonder
Would you be my wife, so tell me

How could this be….

Cuz girl I’m in a bad situation
So tell me what am I supposed to do
I don’t have a clue what I’m facin’
I’m still in love with you
And every day I’m not with you
My heart is slowly breakin’
I don’t wanna be right
When you always do me wrong
So why am I singin’ this song

How could this be…

See my father cannot tell me
My mother cannot tell me
My sister cannot tell me
My brother cannot tell me
How could this happen to me?
How could you do this to me?
How could you break my heart
When I was down

Love is Stronger than Pride
Don't throw your life away
Right now you've got it made
You've gotten in over your head
This isn't natural
You got to close the door now
They said we would fail
But I just got to believe
I've tasted fear and I had my share of pain
Without my pride you know I'll risk everything baby
Everytime I feel your touch
I want it over and over again, oh

And now I can't let you go
Cuz I can no longer hide
I'm fallin' deeper inside
And love is stronger than pride
You gotta know
We've reached the end of the line
And I will lay down my life
Cuz love is stronger than pride

With no beat in my heart
Just runnin' from the dark
And much too afraid to be sure
I can't stand the pain of livin' life in vain
A danger no longer the heart can endure
Nothing is real if I can't feel your touch
Walk through the fire, I know that won't be too much
Every second I live I promise you
I need it over and over again, oh

And now I can't let you go...

I never believed this dying flame could ever burn again
Now I will stand like a rock
Till there's no more to give
Give up my life for that one chance to live
(For) Your touch in the night
I can't let this die, oh no

And now I can't let you go...
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