...True story. Biv was dating my cousin back in the day. I happen to be with one of my aunts, we stopped by my cousin's place-had no idea that Biv was going to be over there but was told he may be by later on. Walk into my cousin's living room and there he was! I was in complete shock. I was already a huge fan of New Edition from like 2nd grade. So he speaks to me and then asks if I could sing, me being extremely shy -I was like no, not really. Had no idea that he was actually putting together a group from my hometown Las Vegas... And there you have it -702. I will never forget that day, as long as I live. Lol..Biv was super cool & he treated my cousin & her family extremely well. Definitely a solid all-around gentleman. Can't wait for the full interview to post. NE 4Life 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🎶
New edition and BBD ushered in a sound of music that is still playing today all the song writers and actual music makers from the culture became in huge demand new jack swing for the win. They made actual songs love songs and dance music from same people. East coast
Bell Biv Devoe should be studied - the style, the branding, the music, the choreography, the entire marketing package is absolutely the pivot in R&B groups to fuse hip hop and R&B- led to Jodeci, Boys to Men, Jagged Edge, the list goes on
Yes! True Talk! They were the template. I remember rushing to get the album when it first came out and my mind was blown. I thought Poison would be the hottest joint on there and it turned out EVERY joint was HOT!!!
I 👍 agree these guys were the blueprint for a lot 90s rnb groups TLC admitted to being a female version of BBD.. this group changed how rnb groups at that time should sound.
Actually, New Edition infused R&B with HIP HOP back in the day, especially with Cool It Now...... "Why you all comin' down on me, tryna tell me what life's, supposed to be!!"
@@qwammienewsome1357 Yes, that's true. They rapped on Candy Girl and Popcorn Love on the first album. They also employed Popping and Locking in their step routines. While they did add Hip Hop elements, it was done in a very bubble gum way. BBD flipped the script by infusing the rawness of Hip Hop in both sound and visual style that no R&B group had done before and changed the whole landscape.
BBD is definitely part of the soundtrack to my life. We used to be performing at party's out the blue,and only one of us could actually sing. Not to mention the style with the 1st record.
I remember where I was living and everything that was happening when Poison dropped. And I’m a pastor’s kid so I shouldn’t even been listening to that song. BUT I DID!!!
@@aaronsemien1350 NOPE! MJB's and BBD's first albums were New Jack albums! "12 Play" really mixed R&B, Hip-hop, Gospel and Pop together and served as a blueprint for everyone! SWV's first album was also New Jack
@@CeddyMackBaybee Well in a certain way I feel you BUT, when "12 Play" came in 1993 (after "Poison") the game changed forever! Diddy, Jermaine Dupri or other artists/producers will tell you that! Kelly's influence was HUGE
Hearing these dudes singing motown Philly is just too dope. Speaks to just how great 90s R&B really was, the artists, The groups and music are timeless. We need to hear more R&B singers/groups and producers on these platforms. Teddy Riley next up yeah?!
Smile Again, I do need You are & Something in your eyes are still in my R&B Music rotation. and of course Poison is That Move. Mike telling some great stories
The biggest anticipated project in my 50 years of life they premiered Poison video on video Soul and the radio and retail was overloaded with requests and boom 💥🧨💣..History
Blacks and Latins girls in The Bronx was doing dance routines to that song sun up, sun down. One of the rare occasions the whole block was united. The song will live in infamy.
If you look at when BBD came out it was positioned perfectly. They basically kicked the door down in the beginning of 1990(Feb/Mar)..really starting the decade with a sound that hadn't been heard before. The way "Poison" hits you musically is the same way that their entrance into the music scene hit the world..no one expected the background singers of New Edition to come like this. It was crazy! They influenced the entire 90's R&B scene by setting the tone with their release within the first couple months of the decade! They deserve their flowers!
I will never forget...Chillin in the living room with a group of my dudes waiting on the premiere song/ video...We just knew it was going to be trash....After the video played it was silence....My boy then said "that sh.....t was cold." ....History was made!!!
Thank you so much nobody ever gives New Edition the shine they should have been had from everbody !!! My Moma had The Temptations and I had New Edition... I will love them all my life, every girl who grew up in the new Edition era knows every lyric to EVERY song they ever song... I'M A NEW EDITION GIRL LIVING IN A CANDY GIRL WORLD !!
I remember as a kid when we used to dance to bbd poison running man dance steps and shuffle jump and dance moves , good ole classic smash called poison took over the world dance floors with a bang we watched it on television and it was steady on rotation on radio and older guys put us on that shit good
#mathhoffa I love your platform!! Everyone black knows how important the barbra shop was and still is so important to the black community. So do this interview in a barbra shop is awesome!! My grandfather had no sons. My mother was his only child. So on the weekends when my grandpop would go to the shop to get his hair cut he would take me and my sister😊. Years later when i had the first boy in the family he would take him to the shop too!!😊. As a little girl I learned a lot. My dad wasn't in my life as a child but my pop pop and the shop was. I know it helped shape me as a woman later in life. Married for 22 years😊
Yoooo!!!...yall niggas cutting up back to back bangers Biv & kid n play,so much respect for both they was my blueprint to learn how to talk to girls😂💯💯💯
Bro my whole life until quarantine I thought they said Spotted mad freaks in full effect… but they was shoutin out the producers Spiderman and Freeze 😂
Lmaooo ayo this Hoffa like third time shoutin out that “Loosen Control” song by Snoop Dogg. Whoever shawty was really did a number on my guy 😂😂😂😂 we all been thr
Biv is a good story teller. His attention to detail is impeccable
You are so so right!
Well said, I was thinking the same thing
Math not playing in 2023 with these legendary interviews! Our community is everything
Math is on 🔥!!
@@SheTwice 🫡
He has had a lot of folks I genuinely want to listen to. And I really only know of one or two times watching his rap battles…
Well said. Great comment.
I agree Biggah is smiling ear to ear! The most I have ever seen him happy 😊
I peeped that to . Out of all the guest they’ve had he’s having a fan moment . I ain’t mad him 😂
Biggah looking like me😂😂 I love it . Michael Bivins is so legendary 🔥🔥
Brings him back to good times. Being a kid or teenage.
...True story. Biv was dating my cousin back in the day. I happen to be with one of my aunts, we stopped by my cousin's place-had no idea that Biv was going to be over there but was told he may be by later on. Walk into my cousin's living room and there he was! I was in complete shock. I was already a huge fan of New Edition from like 2nd grade. So he speaks to me and then asks if I could sing, me being extremely shy -I was like no, not really. Had no idea that he was actually putting together a group from my hometown Las Vegas... And there you have it -702. I will never forget that day, as long as I live. Lol..Biv was super cool & he treated my cousin & her family extremely well. Definitely a solid all-around gentleman. Can't wait for the full interview to post. NE 4Life 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🎶
So you was in the group 702
That’s 🔥🔥🔥
702 was mostly Houston girls
Ricky Bell is so underrated. His vocals are top notch still. He needs his flowers for real
yep definitely the most underrated underappreciated vocalist maybe in history
And has some of the most important or memorable parts in the NE songs.
He wasn’t featured enough in the early NE albums. It’s a crime that he didn’t have more lead vocal opportunities in the early years.
And he still has the voice. Dude is criminally underrated
Facts the vocals he did on smile again is top notch
Yo this is the most i seen bigga happy
Son reliving his childhood hearing these stories 😢😅
New edition and BBD ushered in a sound of music that is still playing today all the song writers and actual music makers from the culture became in huge demand new jack swing for the win. They made actual songs love songs and dance music from same people. East coast
I thought the same thing. He was smiling in the picture 😂
Yea I ain’t never seen him smile this much
Forreal!
Mike is telling some great stories….. This was my era
Well then that makes u old as shit lmao like my momma age and im not young either 😂😂😂 salute tho
All facts💯
Yessir, I’m right there with you
Bell Biv Devoe should be studied - the style, the branding, the music, the choreography, the entire marketing package is absolutely the pivot in R&B groups to fuse hip hop and R&B- led to Jodeci, Boys to Men, Jagged Edge, the list goes on
Yes! True Talk! They were the template. I remember rushing to get the album when it first came out and my mind was blown. I thought Poison would be the hottest joint on there and it turned out EVERY joint was HOT!!!
I 👍 agree these guys were the blueprint for a lot 90s rnb groups TLC admitted to being a female version of BBD.. this group changed how rnb groups at that time should sound.
Agreed!!! 👏🏾👏🏾
Actually, New Edition infused R&B with HIP HOP back in the day, especially with Cool It Now......
"Why you all comin' down on me, tryna tell me what life's, supposed to be!!"
@@qwammienewsome1357 Yes, that's true. They rapped on Candy Girl and Popcorn Love on the first album. They also employed Popping and Locking in their step routines. While they did add Hip Hop elements, it was done in a very bubble gum way. BBD flipped the script by infusing the rawness of Hip Hop in both sound and visual style that no R&B group had done before and changed the whole landscape.
I never seen so many dudes smilin while hearin the stories. This golden fr. Master storyteller
Bigga just cheesing all through this interview😂 good to see
Bigga reliving his childhood 😭.....probably wish he could go back and stay in that era
Listening to these interviews, makes me go back and jam out man. BBD is timeless. The same can be said for everyone from New Edition.
Poison was a game changer. I’m glad they have that legendary track to their credit. Biv is the man
BBD is definitely part of the soundtrack to my life. We used to be performing at party's out the blue,and only one of us could actually sing. Not to mention the style with the 1st record.
I remember where I was living and everything that was happening when Poison dropped. And I’m a pastor’s kid so I shouldn’t even been listening to that song. BUT I DID!!!
Poison is a classic! “Never trust a big butt and a smile!!” No truer words! 🤣😂😭😩😫
Should be somewhere in the Bible
@@flyazzplayboy😂😂
That Poison album changed R&B real talk
NOPE! "12 Play" from R Kelly changed the game! But this album was DOPE AF 🔥🔥
Also Mary J. Blige What’s the 411? changed the landscape along with SWV first album. That was definitely the beginning of Hip Hop Soul
@@heatmentouchIt changed the game again AFTER BBD changed the game TBH
@@aaronsemien1350 NOPE! MJB's and BBD's first albums were New Jack albums! "12 Play" really mixed R&B, Hip-hop, Gospel and Pop together and served as a blueprint for everyone! SWV's first album was also New Jack
@@CeddyMackBaybee Well in a certain way I feel you BUT, when "12 Play" came in 1993 (after "Poison") the game changed forever! Diddy, Jermaine Dupri or other artists/producers will tell you that! Kelly's influence was HUGE
FRESH PRINCE episode with BEL,BIV,DEVO‼️🫵🏾
this was a whole vibe, plenty summers and bbqs and talent shows, you had to be there fam!!!
If I COULD LISTEN TO HIM TALK ALL DAY was a person. Biv got my full attention.
Hearing these dudes singing motown Philly is just too dope. Speaks to just how great 90s R&B really was, the artists, The groups and music are timeless. We need to hear more R&B singers/groups and producers on these platforms. Teddy Riley next up yeah?!
Poison will forever be played at all the events. They created a forever classic with that one
Saw New Edition, Fat Boys and Whodini in Tampa in 1985 at the long gone Curtis Hixon Hall. Great show from what I remember!
I don't know if you realize... But this is
CLASSIC MATERIAL!!!!💯👍🏿✊🏿
#MathHoffa
This show is killing it
BBD revolutionized the game! From fashion to music yo.
💯
Biv always been that dude
I was definitely one of those people back then who could not see Ronnie, Milke & Ricky coming out with a dope album.
I was WRONG !!!
It was really Ricky
Seeing Bigga singing along is dope...
Mike Biv has always been cool... It's good to hear him giving up some history... bring on the whole interview...
Smile Again, I do need You are & Something in your eyes are still in my R&B Music rotation. and of course Poison is That Move. Mike telling some great stories
That Poison album is a treasure. So many classic songs!
That Poison beat is one of my favorites
they change the game with that Poison. plus thats where i started beating up my desk in school doing that drum beat lol
Love this interview. Mike is captivating. #NEforlife
Bel Bib Devoe was the blueprint for the way R&B men were looking harder and dressing Street
The biggest anticipated project in my 50 years of life they premiered Poison video on video Soul and the radio and retail was overloaded with requests and boom 💥🧨💣..History
Blacks and Latins girls in The Bronx was doing dance routines to that song sun up, sun down. One of the rare occasions the whole block was united. The song will live in infamy.
This is really cool to hear Biv recollect!
I’ve Never seen Biggah this happy!! 😂😂😂💯💯💯 🫡
I remember BBD performed Poison on a New Years Eve show the year it rang off. My older cousin lost his mind in my Aunties living room 😂
If you look at when BBD came out it was positioned perfectly. They basically kicked the door down in the beginning of 1990(Feb/Mar)..really starting the decade with a sound that hadn't been heard before. The way "Poison" hits you musically is the same way that their entrance into the music scene hit the world..no one expected the background singers of New Edition to come like this. It was crazy! They influenced the entire 90's R&B scene by setting the tone with their release within the first couple months of the decade! They deserve their flowers!
Man this an instant block buster episode short 🍾
I fell off for a bit math...this interview put me back on..all the clips...can't wait for the full interview
Michael is a great storyteller. This should have been the BET movie under his eyes
This is definitely and enjoyable interview!!!! 😉 🔥
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ BBD❤❤❤ the best times in my life was set to you’ll music! Nobody ever talks about… is this the end!!! Favorite new edition song❤❤
…loved the impromptu harmonizing❤
sameNESS
I will never forget...Chillin in the living room with a group of my dudes waiting on the premiere song/ video...We just knew it was going to be trash....After the video played it was silence....My boy then said "that sh.....t was cold." ....History was made!!!
Yall got me bout to pull up some Bell Biv Devou classics!
Used to say wassup to him in Hawthorne when he slide through the city. He was always cool and would wave back.
Thank you so much nobody ever gives New Edition the shine they should have been had from everbody !!! My Moma had The Temptations and I had New Edition... I will love them all my life, every girl who grew up in the new Edition era knows every lyric to EVERY song they ever song... I'M A NEW EDITION GIRL LIVING IN A CANDY GIRL WORLD !!
I see the video quality and sound is waaaay better now. Makes watching and hearing these stories even better🫡
Yo Math and company is killin the net.
Thanks so much for Biv Chronicles.
I'M LOVING THESE DETAILS!!!! IT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING ABOUT THOSE RECORDS!! I HOPE HE TELLS THE BUSTA RHYMES INVOLVEMENT; I AIN'T GONNA SPOIL IT!!
CERTIFIED CLASSIC INTERVIEW!
This probably the best interview
One of the best from Math
I remember as a kid when we used to dance to bbd poison running man dance steps and shuffle jump and dance moves , good ole classic smash called poison took over the world dance floors with a bang we watched it on television and it was steady on rotation on radio and older guys put us on that shit good
'HIP-HOP .. SMOOTH OUT .. ON A R&B TIP .. WITH DA POP APPEAL .. TO IT' ..
Dope segment
A Legend!!!
The culture doesn’t treat the surprise success of BBD like the monumental moment it was in hip hop and R&B…..
This is one of the best interviews you all have done!! Keep up the great positive work!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
People always say Jodeci changed the look and sound of r&b by adding hiphop but actually it was bell biv Devoe
Poison’s beat is one of the greatest beats in the history of R&B and hip hop history, simple but effective!
#mathhoffa I love your platform!! Everyone black knows how important the barbra shop was and still is so important to the black community. So do this interview in a barbra shop is awesome!! My grandfather had no sons. My mother was his only child. So on the weekends when my grandpop would go to the shop to get his hair cut he would take me and my sister😊. Years later when i had the first boy in the family he would take him to the shop too!!😊. As a little girl I learned a lot. My dad wasn't in my life as a child but my pop pop and the shop was. I know it helped shape me as a woman later in life. Married for 22 years😊
Michael Bivins Dope Math doing his thang
That intro was lit. This clip was straight Fire 🔥🔥🧯🚒
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣he said “ that sh*t sound like Ray, Goodman, & Brown” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 i did not see that one coming😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂
the first CD I ever purchased was BBD - Poison. I can still sing/rap every song word for word on that album to this day!
I still listen to that song & it's #2023
Motownphilly a timeless classic from the day I first heard it to now! By girls 30+ years later love it too!
The "poison" scratch is Kool G. Rap.
I LOVE THIS INTERVIEW 🌴🏆👑❗️‼️💯
Poison still destroys any Boston party
Suree do
Salute to M.E.O.,,, y’all really stepping it up
Was waiting for weeks for the album. I played the poison single till the ink faded. And the full tape when it came out.
Love this!👏🏾❤️
Yoooo!!!...yall niggas cutting up back to back bangers Biv & kid n play,so much respect for both they was my blueprint to learn how to talk to girls😂💯💯💯
This interview is one of them ones! As a PE fan I was waiting for this story ✊🏾👏🏾💯
What was they singing in the beginning
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc A Boyz 2 Men joint
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xcmotown philly, boyz 2 men. bivens gave them their start.
Feeling this interview
"Feel like I'm Loosen Control and I don't eventually know..."
I do need you is my joint!!!! 🥰🥰🥰. Love the album!!!
Most Def the greatest show in the world!!!!
Track 15 on last meal got me thru my divorce real talk
Bro my whole life until quarantine I thought they said Spotted mad freaks in full effect… but they was shoutin out the producers Spiderman and Freeze 😂
That's the same thing Price told Morris Day when he went from a drummer to a singer;"just relax."
I love it great story legendary
Poison was created on my Block…
Shout Out To Freeze, Red Bandit, & Black Pete #EAstNewYork#Wyo
Mannnn that poison hit when I was I. The 5 th grade that whole album jam
Lmaooo ayo this Hoffa like third time shoutin out that “Loosen Control” song by Snoop Dogg. Whoever shawty was really did a number on my guy 😂😂😂😂 we all been thr
Excellent interview! Can't wait to see his story #NE4LIFE
This continues to be my favorite interview
Love these stories fr
That era was pure 🔥…He had to cringe on that harmony tho 😂
Bomb Squad rarely get their flowers for being dope producers
Biv is cool as a summer Breeze Salute !
Okay, the WW in the background was an eye sore and messing with the optics……but Math is on 🔥☄️🌋with these interviews! 🙌🏾
Classic!!!!!!!💪🏿💪🏿✊🏿✊🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
BBD's Three Stripes album is solid! The duet w SWV,'Run' is 🔥🔥.