So, not that long ago, I posted some song lyrics as my Facebook status. A friend reminded me, that the song and the album it debuted on, came out exactly 20 years ago. This prompted me to remember that a lot of classics came out that same year...
I won't lie and say it seemed just like yesterday, but it doesn't seem that long ago, that some of the best modern, new wave RnB gems were released. Let's take a look at the debut, sophomore and continued legacy hits, that wowed the charts and wore out the dance floor...and in some cases the mattress.
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DEBUT ALBUMS
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The song lyrics I wrote in my status were from Ginuwine's debut album The Bachelor. I was introduced to his sound by a girl I was madly in love with in the time. I liked her, she liked him...but he weren't around so no one was happy - 550 What!
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SOPHOMORE ALBUMS
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Able to fit in with any contemporary RnB artist, Toni's music always had a wider spectrum of song types than your typical RnB album and this gained her major crossover appeal. Did you know, Toni sings in the lowest register possible for a female vocalist? A superb contralto, Toni can also raise her voice to hit us with mezzo melodies. Now that is a serious range.
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CONTINUED LEGACY
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Before NKOTB, before NSync, before a million other modern boy bands, New Edition were out there setting the template in how it's done. Home Again, their 6th album, was a first time that all 6 members were featured together, as Bobby Brown left in 1986. The reunification saw him, Ricky Bell, Ronnie Devoe, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill be as one.
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