new edition
-
If It Isn't Love, Why Are Ronnie and Shamari DeVoe Singing and Dancing This Way?
If you love New Edition, get into NEW New Edition. Okay, that isn’t the name of Ronnie DeVoe and his wife Shamari’s new duo venture, but it should be. The couple — who also recently discussed their open marriage on The Breakfast Club — appeared on Windy City Live Tuesday and performed their new single,…
-
Meet RBRM, the Artists Formerly Known as New Edition
At 49, it takes a lot more work for the King of R&B, Bobby Brown, now a grandfather to two, to hump around. But at a showcase for RBRM (Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Mike Bivins), part of the group formerly known as New Edition, Brown gave the audience a preview of what…
-
The Meeting Between Kim Jong Un and Trump Is About As Likely as a Full-Member New Edition Reunion Tour
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is about as stable as a Fabergé egg balancing on a toothpick that’s attached to the back of a cat that suffers from ADHD and hasn’t taken its medication but has just seen a mouse dart across the room. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is a egomaniacal, microwaved bag of…
-
Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky and Mike (aka RBRM) Is the Lemonade We Get From New Edition’s Lemons
The Temptations are one of my favorite groups of all time. But I have to caveat that: The version of the Temptations that features the “Death Lineup” (no pun intended, seriously) of David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin and Otis Williams is my favorite. Even though that lineup is my favorite, the lineup…
-
10 R&B Slow Jams That Bang in the Whip
I’m a child of the ’90s, which means that I grew up on R&B that wasn’t rappers harmonizing or singers talking with melody from their souls. Not that I don’t enjoy that; to the contrary, I love it all. But there was nothing like an actual solid slow jam. You know what I’m talking about:…
-
Did Bobby Brown Make Don’t Be Cruel, or Did Don’t Be Cruel Make Bobby Brown?
I’m a Bobby Brown fan. I’m not sure I’m at stan levels, but I did shell out the money to buy the hardback copy of his autobiography (written with the assistance of Nick Chiles—it’s painfully obvious where Bobby either had help or didn’t write at all) and read it immediately in one sitting. While the…
-
Unique Views, Episode 37: Can Johnny Gill and His Vocal Talent Win a Grammy Already?!
The reason I allow my pod mate, Stephen A. Crockett Jr. the third, to write the posts for The Root’s podcast episodes is that I literally do everything else. But, then I got the chance to read said posts. And though I’m not shocked that Crockett has been dragging my beautiful name through the mud,…
-
The New Edition Story: A Very Extraordinary Watch Party in DC | Thur, Jan 26th
The New Edition Story: A Very Extraordinary Watch Party Come out tomorrow night and join VSB and the Extraordinary Negroes (Alex Hardy + Jay Connor) to watch the last episode of the three-part series with some other folks at Johnny Pistolas in Washington, DC! There will be giveaways and shenanigans. PLUS, after the episode concludes,…