New Edition - All For Love (1985) - An Album Retrospective

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  • New Edition's third album All For Love released on November 8th, 1985 marked the next chapter in their career. During the peak of their popularity, New Edition became a household name with various television appearances, movie cameos and endorsement deals. With the help of hit-making songwriters and producers, the album garnered platinum success. Along with their success came their internal issues and financial woes. Bobby Brown parting ways with the group and legal issues with their management make this portion of New Edition history; one for the books. This video dives into the history in detail.
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  • @VIRGOLEGACY
    @VIRGOLEGACY ปีที่แล้ว +33

    “A little bit of love (is all it takes) is definetly THE highlight song on the album some of my other favs on here is “who do you trust” where Bobby and Ralph kill it “let’s be friends” where all the members get to shine and “sweet thing”

    • @nesoldier74
      @nesoldier74 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree with everything you said.

  • @FlyiDCG
    @FlyiDCG ปีที่แล้ว +16

    All For Love is the slept on album many casual fans ignore in my opinion. When I listen to New Edition on Apple music, Spotify or Amazon songs from All for Love are rarely played. These apps will play like 6 or 7 songs from Heartbreak, 2-3 from Candygirl album but it takes about 15-20 songs in the rotation to hear songs from this album. Kickback is my favorite tune on this record.

    • @BrokeMillionaire1
      @BrokeMillionaire1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This album was a BANGER, but Kickback may be my favorite too. Ricky Bell and Bobby went HARD!

    • @Malcolm_LaFlare
      @Malcolm_LaFlare 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I listen to New Edition on Amazon & they will play like 4 or 5 songs from Heartbreak & Home Again before you hear Count Me Out & thats based on the algorithm. People dont request many songs from All For Love.

    • @j.rayedellafontaine5490
      @j.rayedellafontaine5490 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is definitely a slept on album by NE. And no one ever mentions their Under the Blue Moon album (their album of remakes), which was released in 1986. It wasn’t properly promoted, but good nonetheless.

  • @jdx1687
    @jdx1687 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Next Up On New Edition Album Perspectives
    New Edition - Under The Blue Moon
    New Edition - Heart Break
    New Edition - Home Again
    & New Edition - One Love

    • @benjaminlee8586
      @benjaminlee8586 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Under the Blue Moon would be great. That album is the only Quartet album, but shouldn't be overlooked. I feel like it showcased Ralph and Rick strong vocals. Whats Your Name / Lonely Girl.

    • @j.rayedellafontaine5490
      @j.rayedellafontaine5490 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@benjaminlee8586agreed!!!

  • @morrisoneal9368
    @morrisoneal9368 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great video MDJ, NE 4 LIFE!!!

  • @charlesx2529
    @charlesx2529 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Amazing video, very well written as always. It’s great how you break down each song and you don’t skip over any of them. The way you explained the specifics of the production deal that they signed to Jump and Shoot was very good too. We all love these videos, keep ‘em coming!!!!

  • @Toi84Toi
    @Toi84Toi ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I feel bad for Ralph, he was like a pawn in a chess game for the label execs, etc. and it ultimately caused resentment towards him from his group members, which I honestly believe he never wanted that to happen.

    • @Malcolm_LaFlare
      @Malcolm_LaFlare 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      When the BET series came out, the bodyguard said NE had a strange dynamic. The managers forced Ralph to sing most of the songs even when Bobby & Ricky wanted more parts. On stage Bobby would force his way to the front & sing with or over Ralphs parts which Ralph didnt mind but the other 3 hated. Bobby was a buffer between Mike & Ralph. As we see Mike & Bobby fight multiple times.

  • @stanleyip223
    @stanleyip223 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    These are hands down the best videos on New Edition. Very informative!

  • @sinjin4563
    @sinjin4563 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Incredible album. A ton of incredible tracks that should have been a ingles promoted. Obvious - Count Me Out, A Little Bit Of Love (classic among Black fans), and With You All The Way (incredible live performance) Let’s Be Friends, All For Love, Kickback and Sweet Thing are epic.

  • @FlyiDCG
    @FlyiDCG ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Bobby was right to rebel against the program. These were hip hop kids being force to make pop songs with pop producers & then they followed that with a doowop remake album.

  • @worldlove8702
    @worldlove8702 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks for these videos!

  • @Rockhead84
    @Rockhead84 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Excellent video! You can really tell and hear the group's maturation of their song choices and content on this album. I honestly like this better than the "New Edition" album for A little love is all it takes, sweet thing, let's be friends, and all the others. Cannot wait to hear what you think about "Under a Blue Moon"

  • @EFSports1
    @EFSports1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Whispers in bed and Tonight’s your night…. Great songs… ..don’t sleep on this album… actually don’t sleep on any of their albums… you can go deep on all of them and find tons of gems… This album and the Home Again get slept on though…

  • @davidnesper5678
    @davidnesper5678 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A
    ll your videos are Fire! NE is my Favorite!

  • @bigphilt86
    @bigphilt86 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great video MDJ! I enjoyed watching this and All For Love is one of my favorite New Edition albums. I love the tracks like Count Me Out, A Little Bit of Love, With You All The Way, Let's Be Friends, Whispers in Bed and Sweet Thing. Keep up the good work and i know you're gonna do the Under the Blue Moon album on your next video. Can't wait for that one!

  • @IceManLikeGervin
    @IceManLikeGervin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This album low-key is a great listen with the official singles leading the way: Count Me Out, With You All The Way, A Little Bit Of Love (Is All It Takes). They even performed Let's Be Friends on Soul Train. Even the album's lesser known songs like: Kickback, Tonight's Your Night, Sweet Thing, Whispers In Bed, Who Do You Trust?, All For Love and School are all tite jams. My favorite songs on the album are Kickback, Who Do You Trust, Sweet Thing and Tonight's Your Night.

  • @jdx1687
    @jdx1687 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    After New Edition album perspectives will you do album perspectives on all the Bobby Brown , BBD, Johnny Gill & Ralph Tresvant albums & also Ricky bell’s solo album from 2000 & also talk about Ronnie DeVoe’s solo project from 1998

  • @charlesmeadows6718
    @charlesmeadows6718 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lets be friends is my favorite song on that album!!!

  • @mirainoivuyo984
    @mirainoivuyo984 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you so much for these videos. I’m 43 and was a big fan of New Edition when I was a kid. Back then, I was so interested in knowing everything there was to know about them. They weren’t as mainstream as they should have been (their videos were not consistently on MTV and only some of their songs got heavy radio play). For me, I would just play these cassettes/CDs over and over again and find the occasional article in a magazine about them. With no internet back then, I was happy to find anything I could get. So thank you… I love watching these thoughtful video essays that you come up with. 👍🏻

    • @misterDjayMDJ
      @misterDjayMDJ  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks I appreciate your comment and you watching! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @underbo01
    @underbo01 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the video I’m 27 and I listen to this album everyday with you all the way is my wedding song the entire album you can just let play straight through ❤

  • @nesoldier74
    @nesoldier74 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just realized Jump and shoot productions name was changed to fast break in the NE story.

    • @Malcolm_LaFlare
      @Malcolm_LaFlare 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gary Evans aka Bill Derns name was changed too.

  • @osibrathwaite2146
    @osibrathwaite2146 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This video was amazing!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

  • @charlesmeadows6718
    @charlesmeadows6718 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    All for love is like part two to the new edition album the second album

  • @VIRGOLEGACY
    @VIRGOLEGACY ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To me “count me out” thematically lyrically is the sequel to “cool it now” lol if you watch the video again I think they even brought back the same girl from “cool it now” but production wise and vocally I dare say “count me out” is slightly the better song sonically for me

  • @BIG-7777
    @BIG-7777 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A little bit of love is no doubt one of NE top 10 songs,but whispers in bed,kickback,with you all the way,count me out,are bangers to,this was my album my junior year in high school.

  • @OurKindofEntertainment
    @OurKindofEntertainment ปีที่แล้ว +9

    It's crazy how Under The Blue Moon was basically an entire project just to get out of debt. Geez, I feel the same way about student loans...
    Based on what I know about their albums, it makes Heartbreak standout so much more because not only was that the group's biggest selling album; it was the FIRST album NE did where they didn't get completely screwed over financially. It just stinks that ALL of the work from the Candy Girl album to Under The Blue Moon was all for nothing. Well, not 'nothing' because it gave them the fame needed to propel Heartbreak (mainly due to Gill's vocals taking the group to the next level) but eventually their own successful solo careers.

  • @BBoiiLite
    @BBoiiLite ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Another one 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @charlesx2529
    @charlesx2529 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    15:50 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @nesoldier74
    @nesoldier74 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was such a great album. The All for love tour was my first NE concert and I’ll never forget it. I love your channel.

  • @isaiahtolbert
    @isaiahtolbert ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My lowkey favorite album of theirs. Every song is good to me, especially Sweet Thing, A Little Bit Of Love, Count Me Out, Who Do You trust and Let's Be Friends. Bobby Brown said in his autobiography that WDYT was indeed about him post-leaving the group.

    • @Malcolm_LaFlare
      @Malcolm_LaFlare 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In the book Tommy said it was a warning to the group that Jump & Shout was robbing them. Bobby may have stayed in line if NE was getting paid. Jump & Shoot offer Bobby a deal in an attempt to quiet the Browns, but they fired him when things got worse.

  • @BonitaHaywood-vz5ou
    @BonitaHaywood-vz5ou 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Facts..Thank you for this video!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @marchill3353
    @marchill3353 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    School used to hit hard.

    • @FlyiDCG
      @FlyiDCG ปีที่แล้ว +1

      S C H OO L You Gotta Go To School & Beat That Bell!

  • @Chooland
    @Chooland ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should do the king of stage album retrospective

  • @jdx1687
    @jdx1687 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Will there be retrospectives for
    Johnny Gill (1983)
    Johnny Gill - Chemistry(1985)
    New Edition - Under The Blue Moon (1986)
    Bobby Brown - King Of Stage (1986)
    New Edition - Heart Break (1988)
    Bobby Brown - Don’t Be Cruel (1988)
    Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison (1990)
    Johnny Gill (1990)
    Ralph Tresvant (1990)
    Bobby Brown - Bobby (1992)
    Bell Biv DeVoe - Hootie Mack (1993)
    Johnny Gill - Provocative (1993)
    Ralph Tresvant - It’s Going Down (1993)
    B.Brown Posse (1993)
    New Edition - Home Again (1996)
    Johnny Gill - Let’s Get The Mood Right (1996)
    Bobby Brown - Forever (1997)
    L.S.G. (1998)
    Bell Biv DeVoe - BBD (2001)
    L.S.G. 2 (2003)
    New Edition - One Love (2004)
    Ralph Tresvant - Rizz Wa Faire (2006)
    Johnny Gill - Still Winning (2011)
    Bobby Brown - The Masterpiece (2012)
    Johnny Gill - Game Changer (2014)
    Bell Biv DeVoe - Three Stripes (2017)
    Johnny Gill - Game Changer II (2019)
    ?

  • @NewDestonations
    @NewDestonations ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding retrospective (and research) on a classic NE album, MDJ! However, it should be noted that "Let's Be Friends", also my personal favorite track from the album, was actually written by the dudes from Surface, famous for 80s hits like "Shower Me With Your Love", "The First Time", and "Happy".

  • @darkjackson1985
    @darkjackson1985 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    all for love is weird in that it feels both more mature AND more bubblegum than their previous two. but it does have some classic songs that i feel get overlooked like whispers in bed, let’s be friends, and a little bit of love

  • @Sign_Your_Will
    @Sign_Your_Will ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Let’s be friends was the third best song on that album of course behind A little bit of Love & Whispers in bed, but that’s let’s you know how fire this album is

  • @benjaminlee8586
    @benjaminlee8586 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Bro.. i really love the perspective you do on my favorite group. Is it possible to do one on Bobby (King of Stage) Album. Much love and respect.

    • @misterDjayMDJ
      @misterDjayMDJ  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you man. The King of Stage retrospective is coming soon. Stay tuned bro 🤝💯

  • @NewWorldRob
    @NewWorldRob ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love your channel man

  • @demontemorton6381
    @demontemorton6381 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great album but Bobby should have got more solo spots. His only solo song was so bubblegumish I bet he was so mad recording "Who Do You Trust" lol this album should have showed more growth as they were between the ages of 17-18 at the time.

    • @Malcolm_LaFlare
      @Malcolm_LaFlare 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The albums became more pop & less R&B as they progressed. Candygirl is a teenage album but its funky like King of Stage. All For Love seemed aimed at crossover 80s pop. They rap the least on All For Love.

  • @jaygotbandz8717
    @jaygotbandz8717 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    can u do bobbys self entitled or king of the stage album i would love for you too

  • @danladiojito9741
    @danladiojito9741 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    New Edition are usually my favourite, kool & the gang , Five Star & micheal jackson

  • @michaelcarter3477
    @michaelcarter3477 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where can I find that version of You’re Not My Kinda Girl in the beginning of this video?? It’s so good, but I can’t find it anywhere!!!

  • @ThePbrook1967
    @ThePbrook1967 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So when they went on American Bandstand, etc... What did they say why Bobby wasn't there?

  • @jordanrussell3591
    @jordanrussell3591 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when i saw the real footage of bobby continuing the song and the song stopped i was waiting for when mike hit him
    do any of y’all got it

  • @Kevgilly
    @Kevgilly 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15:21 where is this footage of the show in Oakland at? Where can I find it

  • @JamMack-ke3jw
    @JamMack-ke3jw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All For Love album was an ok album, but after WYATW it just stopped due to Bobby's leaving.then that's when MCA puts out Under the Blue Moon album.

  • @LeonCook34
    @LeonCook34 ปีที่แล้ว

    A little bit of love and whispers in bed is my jam

  • @benrichardson8099
    @benrichardson8099 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Let's face it new edition got screwed that was a great group and if they would have been on the up and up maybe bobby wouldn't have left hey nobody wants to work for free...

    • @FlyiDCG
      @FlyiDCG ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bobby said in his book his mom was about the money & like the BET series she applied the most pressure to Jump & Shoot. Jump & Shoot offered Bobby a solo deal in attempt to quiet the Browns, but that didnt work. Bobby then started misbehaving and the rest is history. Had they paid the group Bobby my have never left.

  • @lilkeenan
    @lilkeenan ปีที่แล้ว

    Imo the All For Love album was better then the New Edition (1984) album

  • @DaRealCW_
    @DaRealCW_ ปีที่แล้ว

    What was that last clip of NE with the black car from?

    • @megamanfan1500
      @megamanfan1500 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was from an episode of the old TV show "Knight Rider", where New Edition had a cameo. I believe it was 1986 if I'm not mistaken.

    • @benjaminlee8586
      @benjaminlee8586 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@megamanfan1500 They perfomed Count Me Out with Kitt doing the beats.

  • @Joh630
    @Joh630 ปีที่แล้ว

    14:47 is there a full video of this?

    • @AdaejahDixon
      @AdaejahDixon ปีที่แล้ว

      Where is it

    • @Joh630
      @Joh630 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AdaejahDixon i still haven't found anything 😆

  • @MpatheticNtrusions
    @MpatheticNtrusions 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All For Love is my least favorite and like Ricky stated it was a setback album. Those guys were older, more mature young men and they should've been transitioning the sound to reflect instead of holding them in a capsule.

  • @BrendaMoore-uy6vz
    @BrendaMoore-uy6vz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is Ralph Trevant looking for a new woman