In 1992, BBD and Tresvant were featured on Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson's number one R&B/hip-hop single 'The Best Things in Life Are Free,' recorded for the Mo' Money soundtrack. Meanwhile, Bivins developed the so-called East Coast Family, a collective who achieved mainstream success with the debut albums from Another Bad Creation and Boyz II Men. Its version of 'Word to the Mutha!' included fellow New Edition members Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill. and spawned WBBD: Bootcity!, a 1991 remix album. The album itself went on to sell over four million copies in the U.S. Each one of the four other singles from the album was, at the least, a Top Ten R&B/hip-hop hit. The title track topped the Billboard R&B/hip-hop chart, reached number three on the Hot 100, and eventually went platinum. The sound of that album, Poison, was quite unlike anything in New Edition's adolescent pop-R&B repertoire: the beats were funkier, the lyrics and vocals were overtly sexual, and there were only two ballads, both of which were buried on the second side. Freeze, Hank and Keith Shocklee, and Eric Sadler, the latter three of whom had worked extensively with Public Enemy. The trio enlisted a variety of producers for their debut, including Dr. Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe, all original members of New Edition, complied with the urging of that album's producers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and started fresh with a more street-oriented approach to contemporary R&B. (The group also reunited with UMe President & CEO Bruce Resnikoff, who has worked with the band since their Gold-selling debut album, Poison, at MCA Records.Boasting their 'hip-hop smoothed out on the R&B tip with a pop-feel-appeal to it,' Bell Biv DeVoe spun off from New Edition following the parent group's tour in support of 1988's Heart Break. Telephone Man.” The trio didn't miss a step, as fans joyfully tried to keep up. BBD performed an electric set of their anthems, including “Poison,” “Do Me!,” and performed New Edition hits “Candy Girl,” “Cool Me Now,” and “Mr.

Next on the lineup was Bell Biv DeVoe, AKA BBD, the three-man group formed out of New Edition consisting of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe. Ginuwine kicked off the night with a performance that included “So Anxious,” “In Those Jeans,” and “Pony,” the song that signaled the mainstream arrival of super producer Timbaland. Concertgoers brushed off their stonewash jeans, knocker earrings, and varsity jackets for a night of iconic 90s hip-hop and R&B anthems.

Salt-N-Pepa, Bell Biv DeVoe, and Ginuwine performed live on October 1st in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater. Bell Biv DeVoe perform onstage for the 2020 American Music Awards - Photo: Kevin Mazur/AMA2020/Getty Images for dcp

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