90s Brehs were Boyz II Men universally loved & listened to by everyone?

[The Intergalactic Koala]

In 94...ir you did not have the II album, you needed to be ashamed of yourself . I remember it like it was yesterday. My family and I went to Willow Grove mall and balled the hell out. We got TGI Fridays, the Boyz II Men album, and a copy of DOOM.

My step uncle set that jawn up, while my moms ordered WCW Halloween Havoc 94 for me.


THAT DAY WAS THE shyt

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

It's weird though. They don't play their shyt on r&b or throwback stations

Because there is a war on "R and B" right about now. Think about it, most of the stuff from the past talked about love, getting married, and etc.

Sort of like a way to focus on black love and building up relationships with one another. This can't fly in the matrix where THOTs, fukking, and being p*ssy driven seems like the end game..

Groups like Boyz II Men are considered "corny" when in reality they are a part of the problem

 

[Ziggiy]

EVERYBODY fukked with dem boys.


They made excellent music

 

[DrexlersFade]

Really just shows how different people thought back in those times. We didnt hate on people just because they were successful. Boyz II Men was loved by everyone, and even if you didn’t rock hard with them you had nothing bad to say.

Today though we would have put them up against Jodeci and called them c00ns for making a Spanish album

Didn't they wear silk in the desert or was that crush linen?

Crush linen better than Hi tec boots and Jo Jo T shirt leather vest combo and where the fukk did Devante get that piano from?

 

[Studious one]

Yessss! Believe it, or not, even the most of rough of thugs listen to this shyt. Music as music.

 

[SAJ!!]

Where did this fake revisionism of Jodeci not making “begging songs” come from?

Folks want to forget that Forever My Lady saved Jodeci's careers because they couldn't get any traction when they released their first single Gotta Love.

 

[Dynamite James]

This shyt was smooth

 

[Dynamite James]

 

[Dave24]

Subbed

 

[PHamm]

Of course.

 

[FluffyEyes]

Didn’t this song break some kind of record?

Yup. It held the record for the most weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100(18 weeks) until Lil Nas X beat it in 2019.

Where did this fake revisionism of Jodeci not making “begging songs” come from?

I have no idea. I think ppl think they were "Hard on Hoes" because they wore leather vests and their hats backwards.

 

[FluffyEyes]

Because there is a war on "R and B" right about now. Think about it, most of the stuff from the past talked about love, getting married, and

I think Jodeci(and Mary J.) Indicated a shift in R&B to more Hip Hop leaned aesthetics which would transition into undeniable rap influence in R&B over time. B2M is the kind of male group I don't know if we can ever have again because it requires ppl to stop being so jaded and cynical.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

This shyt here was GOATed as well and it wasn't a 'simp' song in any type of way it was some real shyt

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

I think Jodeci(and Mary J.) Indicated a shift in R&B to more Hip Hop leaned aesthetics which would transition into undeniable rap influence in R&B over time. B2M is the kind of male group I don't know if we can ever have again because it requires ppl to stop being so jaded and cynical.

I forgot which artist said this, but they said "the singers want to be the rappers, while the rappers want to be singers". The modern day songbird is either a relic of the times (old singers that keep doing those 90s reunions), white folks cosplaying as Neo soul singers (Moonchild, Hiatus Kayote, Mayer Hawthrone, and Yebba), indie folks that you would have to dig through YouTube and Spotify to find (Eric Roberson, Nick Harim, etc), and Bandcamp daydreamers.


The real moneymakers are determined to suck the machine off for everything it's worth because flow>>>>meaningful lyrics.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

This shyt here was GOATed as well and it wasn't a 'simp' song in any type of way it was some real shyt

That song and One Sweet Day hit so different when you find out that they were singing about their manager, who got killed during a robbery