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From ‘Candy Girl’ to ‘Poison’: The Ultimate New Edition Playlist
To celebrate the group’s new Vegas residency, we’ve gathered all your favorite Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Bell Biv DeVoe and New Edition songs.
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Best Moments: New Edition, Keith Sweat, Guy And Tank On The Legacy Tour
See what the Root observed at the Legacy tour, which started this month
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Taraji P. Henson Joins Forces With Wondery, Universal Music Group to Unveil Jacked: The Rise of New Jack Swing
Pandemic or not, Taraji P. Henson continues to keep her foot on the gas. Earlier this month, the The Best of Enemies actress announced Peace of Mind With Taraji, her upcoming Facebook Watch show that will focus on mental health and wellness. And after conquering film and television, now comes the news that she’ll be…
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The Teddy Riley Jokes Were Fun but Let's Remember to Put Some Respect on His Name, Please
A few years back, I wrote an article about Raphael Saadiq being the most underappreciated R&B artist of all time. I still believe this to be true. We’ve been stuck in the house for weeks now watching IG Live battles of artists going back and forth with their catalogs, and when people are proposing matchups,…
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10 Pieces of Unsolicited Advice for Teddy Riley for His Rematch With Babyface (Using Songs He Produced)
I can’t lie, Teddy Riley keeps pissing me off. Some of it may not even be his fault but he keeps fucking up my vibe in a way that is grating on me so I’m laying my burdens down at his Uptowns. I do, however, want to be clear here: Teddy Riley is a legend.…
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Bobby Brown's 1992 Album, Bobby, Is an Unheralded Classic of Jamtastic Proportions
To know me is to know that I’m a huge fan of one Robert Barisford Brown, better known to the world as Bobby Brown. And if we’re all being honest, we all should be fans. Just think for a minute about all of the things that Bobby Brown has given to the black community. The…
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New Jack City Reboot, Sit Your Five-Dollar Ass Down Before We Make Change
We have another reboot, y’all. This time, we’re gentrifying New Jack City. According to Deadline, Warner Bros. will be rebooting the 1991 “neo-noir gangster film” with Malcolm M. Mays (Snowfall) penning the script. Sigh. As that old man in New Jack City yelled, I yell to Hollywood reboot-happy executives, “Idolater! Your soul is required in…
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'Bout Time: Teddy Riley Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Now, you know if Donald Trump has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (which fabulously continues to be vandalized), that music producer, New Jack Swing-originator, and thin-mustachioed crooner Teddy Riley been should have had one. Riley, who has had a significant impact on all music genres for more than a few decades, seems…
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Teddy Riley Is an Unsung G. The Rump-Shaking Maestro Is Finally Getting His Just Due
You can call Teddy Riley many things: master of the ’90s R&B jam, baby-making songwriter; The Original Rump Shaker (yes, it needs the capital letters); remixer extraordinaire (I mean, the man turned the Rugrats theme into a bop, for goodness sakes.) But, at 52, Edward Theodore Riley is also one of the unsung architects of…
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#ThrowbackThursday: Last Night, Cardi B and Bruno Mars Gave Us Our Entire Lives—in Living Color
It feels so good to be us. For those old enough to remember (*cough* me), In Living Color was the sketch-comedy hallmark of our adolescence—in fact, its run spanned my entire high school career. The (elder) Wayans-brothers vehicle was a revolutionary counterpoint to Saturday Night Live, remixing comedy for the hip-hop generation—replacing the blues of…