I assumed Mint Condition was popular in their time...

[Mindfield333]

Talent/skill/critical acclaim ≠ album sales

 

[Cadillac]

Talent/skill/critical acclaim ≠ album sales

no shyt captain obvious

thank you for that astute post there

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

Young send me swinging aint platinum . I got their greatest hits on deck

 

[Mindfield333]

no shyt captain obvious

thank you for that astute post there

clearly it’s not obvious to you since you made this thread.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Yeah, they were a band in the middle of the "hip-hop soul" era. I might say they only had one single that could be considered a crossover hit. They weren't doing remixes and featuring rappers on their shyt... not that there's anything wrong with that but that pretty much sums up why they weren't "big" at the time. They were popular, and that was amongst an older black crowd more than anything. Their music was more mature for the time, it wasn't like they had a lot of impact with the same crowd that was rocking with Jodeci, MJB, SWV, TLC, etc... you could see them on Video Soul but rarely on MTV Jams. You could catch "U Send Me Swingin" on the radio but not as much as "Freekin You" or a Boyz II Men song. Highly respected tho'.

My 2 favorite bands of all time are Mint Condition and Ready for the World. I've been rocking with both since their debut albums. I was in elementary school when Ready for the World came out. My older cousins and aunts loved their music. I was in high school when Mint premiered. During Mint's run, r&b started to merge with hip hop. Now I love hip hop, but I hated seeing my favorite artists singing over hip hop beats and rugged drum breaks. Angela Winbush has a hit with "treat you right" and then it hurt my heart when one of my all time favorites singers Melvin Riley(from RFTW) released his debut and on some tracks he's singing over hip hop beats. I'm not saying the songs were bad, but it just seemed out of place for him to be doing that to blend in with Jodeci, H town, and many others from the era doing that.

 

[darealvelle]

Why you guys not even mentioning Tony Toni Tone? They were a better group than Mint.

 

[315]

They had a few big songs that got regular rotation at the functions but I personally never really came back to their albums like that. A lot of their shyt was boring to me

 

[Cadillac]

clearly it’s not obvious to you since you made this thread.

That's not why I thought they were popular in the 90s

Reading comprehension is a struggle for ya ain't it fella.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Difficult to gauge success back then because it was before the internet. So you could hear something all day, every day in your neighborhood or school and think it was doing "Thriller" numbers when it only went gold or 1x plat.

Fred.

this

 

[Cadillac]

Why you guys not even mentioning Tony Toni Tone? They were a better group than Mint.

I just mentioned them

off top of my head, as far as a band, and a actual band not just a group of singers. I can think of Tony Toni Tone.

they are the first ones i can think of, off the bat who sold more and who I imagine overshadowed them in the 90s



and aint nothing wrong with that TTT is some beast

And yeah TTT has some arguments

He'll I would say Toni's music sounds more timeless than Mints music

Anniversary production alone is so beautiful to listen to

 

[DontEemTry]

Why you guys not even mentioning Tony Toni Tone? They were a better group than Mint.

Saleswise probably, but in terms of actual musicality? I love TTT but they are not fukkin with Mint Condition skill wise. Mint Condition could play everything from R&B to blues to jazz to rock.

TTT had bigger songs. MC had better songs.

 

[Sleepy Floyd]

When I was younger I dated this girl who's dad is in Mint Condition

I fumbled the bag

 

[Mʀ2ᴋDᴇᴇᴢ]

Saleswise probably, but in terms of actual musicality? I love TTT but they are not fukkin with Mint Condition skill wise. Mint Condition could play everything from R&B to blues to jazz to rock.

TTT had bigger songs. MC had better songs.

Agreed

 

[Cadillac]

Saleswise probably, but in terms of actual musicality? I love TTT but they are not fukkin with Mint Condition skill wise. Mint Condition could play everything from R&B to blues to jazz to rock.

TTT had bigger songs. MC had better songs.

That just means they are better at versatility of genre

That does not equal to them being a better R&B group

 

[Mindfield333]

That's not why I thought they were popular in the 90s

Reading comprehension is a struggle for ya ain't it fella.

Obviously you thought wrong lil fella. Logic ain’t everyone’s strong suit but I had to make things simple for you.