Poison Music Cd

Bell Biv Devoe - Poison

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Poison      Artist : Bell Biv DeVoe      List Price : $6.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1990-02-28      Studio : Mca      Label : Mca      Avg. Customer Rating : (37 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Poison      Ricky, Michael , Ronnie      Rating:      When Bobby Brown left New Edition for a solo career, he released the popular album Don't Be Cruel that was a colaboration with producer Teddy Riley that populized New Jack Swing with it. The fifth original member Ralph Tresvant also released a solo album Ralph Tresvant and so did Bobby's replacement Johnny Gill with the successful Johnny Gill. This left Ricky Bell Michael Bivins and Ronnie Devoe on their own, but instead of completely giving up music they founded the New Edition spin-off group Bell Biv Devoe and made an attempt on New Jack Swing aswell, but instead of completely emulating Bobby they made their own version of the genre, mixing both Hip Hop, R&B with Pop with a tougher edge. Infact, their new band sound very little like the sweet pop/soul of early New Edition. Most of the songs are uptempo here, like the daring "Do Me" and "Posion" both becoming top #5 hits or "Dope", "B.B.D (I Thought It was Me)" "Word To Tha Mutha" all minor singles, but apart from all those sexy uptempo's, they were also able to make good slow jams, especially with "When Will I See You Smile Again" that is the best example and "I Do Need You" is not far behind. The last song was called, "Let Me Know Something" that was another decent uptempo. The album closed with a remix of "Poison" making it just 10 songs which is quite little today. Like many New Jack Swing albums of the early 90's this is another one that doesn't sound like it was made a day after 1990 (the year it was released) but it's one of the more original albums to come out and it feature enough memorable hits for anyone to bother. unfortunately this project didn't do much more then this, but as we all know New Edition re-united again in 1996 with all 6 members with Home Again and had a hit with "Hit Me Off".     Customer Reviews for Poison Cd      Groundbreaking in style and R&B/hiphop...................      Rating:      BBD kicked open the 90's with this timeless banger. No one expected these three of New Edition to be this good and dope. The production from Spiderman & Freeze and PE's Bomb Squad set this joint up for success. Many an act would take peices of their style, such as Jodeci, TLC, SWV and others. The smoothed out mental dress in back in style thanks to Usher, Kanye and just about every R & B artist today. Top Joints: Dope! B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me) Do Me! Poison When Will I See You Smile Again? I Do Need You Editorial Reviews for Poison Audio Cd      Amazon.com      In 1990, it was still fairly novel to mix R&B songcraft with overpowering hip-hop beats, so this spinoff by New Edition members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe seemed innovative and exciting. Sadly it hasn't aged well. None of the three are compelling singers, and they lack the ability to plead for love effectively (anyone can demand love, but a true soulman has to convince a reluctant participant). Nor are they imaginative rappers--neither their words nor their delivery stand out. But this disc came before the likes of Missy Elliott, Puff Daddy, Jermaine Dupri, or Dallas Austin made a big impact on the scene. As such it's a fine document of black teenage lust during the Gulf War months. --Martin Johnson