Tag: New Edition

‘The Gift That Keeps Giving’: Mint Condition on Scoring an Unlikely TikTok Hit, 30 Years Later
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By Elias Leight
The group’s 1991 ballad “Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)” has found a whole new audience thanks to viral clips that poke fun at heartbreak
Chucky Thompson, Hitmaker for Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige, Dead at 53
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By Elias Leight
Thompson helped craft a series of iconic hits by melding hip-hop muscle with classic soul melodies
Before NKOTB, It Was Black and Brown Boy Bands That Paved the Way
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By Brittany Spanos
In an excerpt from her upcoming book Larger Than Life, journalist Maria Sherman examines how Jackson 5, Menudo and New Edition inspired a generation of groups
‘F–k That Shy Sh-t’: How Babyface Got Pulled Into An Epic Beat Battle
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By Elias Leight
Earlier this month, Babyface and Teddy Riley duelled for R&B supremacy in front of nearly half a million people. “I’m glad it’s over,” he says