@@VODaddyFresh That's right. "My Prerogative" was the 2nd album. I almost forgot that bc the first one was kind of silent and didn't get much press nor play. But the 2nd made him a star and household name. I could Google it, but how many hits got platinum and gold on that album?
Bobby was thee first R&B singer to rap on his own tracks. It was unheard of in 89 & 90. He blended Hip Hop & R&B. Before Mary J. Before Aaliyah. Before Chris Brown. Before everybody else. Bobby did it first.
+broccolihart71 So True!!! i saw the "King of Stage " tour here in Chicago, in April of 1989, with Karyn White, and Levert, when B.Brown, entered the stage from the sky, sitting on a Throne, it was on one of my top 5 concerts, ever!!!
Robert Jefferson that's awesome...even when he did his cameo appearance in the Martin Lawrence movie "A thin line between love & hate" you could totally tell that, he missed the spotlight and the ladies were still jockin' hard.
+broccolihart71 That was a funny ass movie!!! i think when Bobby, had the auditions , for the club in that movie he was dancing, to Zapp's " Heartbreaker"
lindsay larsen Testify. Yessssss lawd!!! B Brown invented swag. There will never be another B Brown. Love the original "King" of R&B Bobby Brown for life 😍 😍😍
Regardless of his antics, Bobby was that dood. This song, along with Roni were the highlights of the album in my opinion. His singing voice was crisp on both and especially this. The lyrics were dope. They don't make singers like Bobby anymore. The swagger. The bravado. The style. Long live The King of Stage, Bobby B.
You know, it's clear just from this song that the man was intense and demanding of respect, so was Whitney, I think she actually loved Bobby and that's why it was so hard for her to quit him.
Bobby Brown defined the late eighties and nineties. He was so multi talented. He could rap,sing and dance. I loved the video every little step because it showcased his dancing skill watching him dance was mesmerizing. He doesn't get the credit he deserves because his personal life has overshadowed his talent. My teenage yr would not have been the same without him. Thanks Bobby for those fun summer times grooving and dancing to your music.
That was the media's fault for letting his personal life overshadow his legacy. When the Osborne's were being wild, they were praised but corporate media created a narrative of derision for Bobby and Whitney but always respected wyte trainwrecks regardless of the depths of their pathologies.
He defined the late 80s. By '93 Bobby was completely washed. He didn't adapt to the times like some of his peers. A shame as he should've been cleaning up during that mid-90s Hip-Hop/Soul era. I see people blaming "the media", that's nonsense. Bobby had it all and he literally p1ssed it away.
@@jnicemint Bobby's Don't Be Cruel came out in '88 and the album had 5 #1 hits on it. It carried through the next couple years. But Bobby got with Whitney and she ruined him. Sadly his career didn't last too long after that. It wasn't M.C Hammer that sabotaged Bobby's streak of good music.
Probably one of the best albums ever made. Everyone laughed at Whitney for calling him " The King Of RNB". But it had some truth to it -During the time when this Album came out Bobby set a high standard that no one else had ever matched. He could actually Sing, Dance, Write, and Rap on his own songs. Alot of artists cant do that today.
If Whitney would have said that in 88 or 89 would have made sense but she said that in 2000 when she won her Grammy and told the audience this award is for u the original R and B King by that time Bobby’s career was dead
@@demetriusjones9350 don't forget jam & Lewis helped to form the genre when they produced Janet's album control. Teddy Riley helped to smooth the industrial pop sound of control into what is now called new jack swing.
@@BahamasMusicLasers Actually I was 8 going on 9 when this dropped and strangely didn't like it then but every since my early mid 20's I love it. Lol!!
@@hargaisaowen7131 😂😂😂....thats what your facts are about...100 million views????...... No sir.....knigguhs already had this joint for years....even if some lame had a trillion views it still wouldn't out weigh this
Jackie Chan made his best films. No F****** CGI. If I wanted to watch cartoons I would be getting up at 7.30am on a saturday morning.. Even that's f**** Cartoons are on 24/7.. WWTTFF
In my opinion, this is Bobby Brown's best track out of his entire music catalog! The beats are awesomely kick ass, the keyboards are slickly produced, and the vocals are crisp and clear.
Alexander The Great I totally agree .. I've always thought this song is so fkin DOPE!!! The video isn't really too bad either so this shit's definitely timeless!!! So much fkin SWAG .. that's that new jack .. Teddy Riley shit.. I don't think either one of those guys get their just do .. it's like an era of lost music as far as "mainstream" .. a lot more of this shit still should get way more spins than it does .. you should still hear this track walking around the mall .. throwback stations on satellite .. they just don't play a lot of the new jack when every other band/Artist still get those spins daily!!??
Tony P If there were a way to restoring Bobby Brown to his former glory, I'd do it. I rather dislike seeing young stars hit big in their youth and just drop the ball on the rest of their careers. Say what you will about Mr. Brown, but he had "it".
This single version is excellent, but the album version, with the Cruel Prelude, is brilliant. The production is otherworldly and Bobby Brown's performance is perfection.
tilly willie Depends on what your definition of success is. He sold more records during his solo career. Yet, to this day Michael Bivins is worth more than all of them. That's what learning the business gets you. He doesn't sell records but he doesn't have to...he is a producer and makes money from his artists. I would rather be 2017 Michael Bivins than 1990 Bobby Brown any day.
These songs are a constant reminder of what was a good night out and the world being a better place and a shock of how the world isn't getting any better. Those 80s and 90s were the last real good days and I count myself fortunate enough to have been part of it.
You're absolutely right. I'm 54 and I think the same. 80s and 90s were the shit!! 2000 was lit too. Once 2001 came everything changed for the worst. Times are so, so terrible now. I sure miss those old days and that world.
+gui banks You and +cityofchamps66 are both right. This is new jack swing: R&B vocals and progressions/melodies and hip hop production and raps. Bobby sung and rapped in the same song, which was really unique at the time.
@@nathanmerritt1581 this was the first single. He hadn’t crossed over to mainstream success yet. His debut album pretty much flopped. He did have New Edition fame. When this song came out he was on the verge of blowing up, friend.
They dont give this man his props. Before Bobby, everyone was listening to Luther, freddie Jackson and others. He was The one who mainstreamed edgy R&B and the music game changed since then. He fought w Baby Face to add raps to the songs, no one was doing that, he turned out to be right and a game changer. So when Whitney was saying the king of R&B, the original bad boy, she was right. Dont Be Cruel is one of the greatest albums ever made period
You said it best. Love this comment! You explained it exactly as it was back then. We had Freddie Jackson! Teddy Riley and Babyface gave is THIS! It changed radio!
Bobby Brown is the reason I listen to Hip Hop and R&B.... As a kid I would play this album over and over and over again. Still fire after all these years!
When Bobby Brown broke away from New Edition a lot of naysayers weren’t sure he could make it on his own but he showed out and then some. He had a stronghold on the R&B arena at one time. He was that dude.
@@itsaplantlife9850 yes it does. So does marrying "America's sweetheart". Meanwhile Whitney was actually the catalyst for their drug fueled marriage. It amazes me that people overlook the fact that she was one effed up person, who effed up her family, her career, and her whole being. Sad.
DUDE YOUR COMMENT IS COOL,BUT I DON'T KNOW ONE GUY WHO HAS EVER SAID TO ME HE WANTED OR WANTS TO BE BOBBY BROWN.WHERE I'M FROM,REAL MEN DON'T EVER WANT TO BE OTHER REAL MEN.BUT AGAIN,YOUR COMMENT IS COOL THO.
Polish Sausage I don't think people give him the credit he is so as a performer, especially considering how influential he was in his time. I feel like people have forgotten about him.
I grew up listening to Bobby, he will always be my favorite and a role model for so many others that saw his ability to dance and sing. That was REAL talent.
i agree, im only 12 years old and out of all my friends im the only one that listens to his music. My friends say that im an old person but i just like to listen to music thats good because most of the rap artists talks a different language. rip whitney houston and bobby kristna.
This STILL bangs. That kick drum, snare and bass line is timeless.
The production genius of Babyface and LA Reid! 🥰
The brother is definitely talented ❤luv Bobby
& His moves 😮❤❤
Good Music 🎶 4EVER4LIFE 😅
timeless. tremendous
This whole album had nothing but hits...
For real sis!!👏🏾🔥🔥🔥💁🏽❤️❤️
Every single song!
Yes!!!!!
I know Bobby is the real king of R-N-B and the real king of stage
Salute to Bobby, LA Reid, Babyface, and Teddy Riley. Legends
This dude's solo career was so cold it ALMOST made you forget he started out in New Edition. The King of R&B!!
He has too much personality to fully shine being in a group. His departure ended up benefiting both him and NE big time
@@NewAb22good point
I can't stop dancing
Living down memory lane
'88
He killed it when he went solo. I mean his whole 1st album was full of #1 hits. Bobby was bad!!!
@@LeannaMiller-z5h* 2nd album, first album wasn't that great
@@VODaddyFresh That's right. "My Prerogative" was the 2nd album. I almost forgot that bc the first one was kind of silent and didn't get much press nor play. But the 2nd made him a star and household name. I could Google it, but how many hits got platinum and gold on that album?
Bobby was thee first R&B singer to rap on his own tracks. It was unheard of in 89 & 90. He blended Hip Hop & R&B. Before Mary J. Before Aaliyah. Before Chris Brown. Before everybody else. Bobby did it first.
that blend you’re referring to is called New Jack Swing 🔥
Nah.. Teena Marie did it on Square Biz..
Incorrect.The very first was Jody Watley ‘Friends’ with Rakim 😂😂😂
@@southernladybrown5092 Jody Watley did not do any rapping...
@@muhamkcorrect .... Bobby was HIM back then
He was on top of his game at this stage of his career.....untouchable.
+broccolihart71 Yup! Awesome huh?!
+broccolihart71 No doubt!!!
+broccolihart71 So True!!! i saw the "King of Stage " tour here in Chicago, in April of 1989, with Karyn White, and Levert, when B.Brown, entered the stage from the sky, sitting on a Throne, it was on one of my top 5 concerts, ever!!!
Robert Jefferson that's awesome...even when he did his cameo appearance in the Martin Lawrence movie "A thin line between love & hate" you could totally tell that, he missed the spotlight and the ladies were still jockin' hard.
+broccolihart71 That was a funny ass movie!!! i think when Bobby, had the auditions , for the club in that movie he was dancing, to Zapp's " Heartbreaker"
80s kids know..... at this stage of his career.....he was *UNTOUCHABLE.*
Right!!!
I am 83 kid
Yeah but it was brief.
Very, very brief 💀
I thought it was 90s? Too or sumink
He was UNFUCKWITABLE..
That beat is just ridiculous. This song stands the test of time.
thank you!!! absolutely ridiculous
The first 10 seconds give me goosebumps!!
The beat hit the speakers 🔊 hard
Produced by LA and Babyface. You can even hear the R&B group, The Deele in the background
Iconic beat definitely will get you moving 🕺
Rap, sing, dance. Bobby was cold!
And that bass be knocking on some 36 inch Alpine subs too this joint was 🥶 in the 80s
He also had just one great album.
@@m.williams4971 with 5 no1’s🤷🏿♂️
Cold
@@jasondawson92 I need a good ass speaker system to hear this properly mayne 😅
The confidence and straight up arrogance Bobby had is iconic. He was good. He knew it. I knew it. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You know it
He was a young man, that was just youthful boyish energy combined with his personality and hood 😂
Yeah he knew it, he was just out there having fun doing what he wanted to do
Yeah True 😊
And his dance skills are phenomenal! He Got SWAGGER!🔥🔥🔥😎❤
I thank God I live in a generation that music was about love and passion nowadays is about discussing sex,money and drugs
This is an 80s masterpiece. His finest hour.
Guess you maybe a very big fan of Bobby Brown 😊
At the time Whitney Houston seemed to be perfect match
Who copied who? The start of the video looks like MJ The way you make me feel.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Dope back then and still dope in 2024
You are all the way right
YES
❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🏆🥇💯✍🏽
Bobby brown had swag before people knew what swag was.
+lindsay larsen Yes!!!
Tell them again.
Yesssss!! Fact.
lindsay larsen Testify. Yessssss lawd!!! B Brown invented swag. There will never be another B Brown. Love the original "King" of R&B Bobby Brown for life 😍 😍😍
Doris Woods king of new jack swing you mean
what's cruel is that this song ends
Yes
💘
Lmao dude that is too funny
Truth😂🤣👍🏾❤❤❤💥💥
facts
Bobby was the MAN! Don't debate me. This guy rap, sing and dance, and had the looks. Truly a triple threat. Great times
You forgot naturally sexy.
The original singing nigga. Before Nelly
True true good times
@@ConanObrien22 Comparing him to Nelly... You're joking, right?
I could see why Janet and Whitney like him.
Probably one of the best R&B albums ever. Every song is a banger.
Most definitely!
YES YES YES YES 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Nothing but facts!!!
Regardless of his antics, Bobby was that dood. This song, along with Roni were the highlights of the album in my opinion. His singing voice was crisp on both and especially this. The lyrics were dope. They don't make singers like Bobby anymore. The swagger. The bravado. The style. Long live The King of Stage, Bobby B.
Bobby is da king of Swagger!
The talented ones are always a little rough around the edges look at Chris brown
Queen khah bobby brown is more Talented and has been around longer than Chris . But Chris is talented too .
Bobby still the same as Bobby but he's not my daddy !!!
I agree!
Man This album is 30 years old and still bang in 2020 yessss!!!! the old school Bobby.
32
Bobby brown...the baddest!!!
He Gave New Edition , A Run For Their Money. With Teddy Riley , Providing The New Jack Sound.....B Brown Was On Top
Yeah
Now it’s bang in 2k21
He sings, he raps, he dances and makes hits! Just one man! Bobby!
Sounds like Chris brown
Yeah he just didn't need New Edition anymore at that point
Yeah, he's real good when comes to the hits part
Bobby KILLED this track and his Don't Be Cruel Album should be considered an R&B legacy Album!
It is. It's listed as one of the 20 greatest rnb albums of all time.
No, he killed Whitney
The whole album kicked ass!!!
For real this Beat knocks hard with the kick drum and bass funk Hip hop new Jack swing
Am0 jjhui.p
Say that again...
That was his best Album
Right I still bump this cd ❤
Jesus, can't believe this is 30 years old..classics never get old though.
Omg its that old im only 36 and i used to love it as a kid lmao
Omg!!!! Y did u have to say 30 years??? I just turned 32!!! 😄
@@BlancoToldYou I can relate I'm 32 lmaoooo
Am 35 and can stop playing this song over and over again. I used to watch my elder brother dance to this song back in the days.
@@khayanafrazier9253 And I wasn't born yet
Bobby Brown is still UNTOUCHABLE and we still love his dancing and singing. We love you Bobby 2023
We love new edition straight badass group with each member had a slamming platinum albums
Sachea Tucker 🍒
As of 2023, he's touchable
❤❤those dance moves
@@baja8072❤❤❤❤
Music was so much better back than
💯No doubt!!!
Pure facts !!! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Everyone believes their generation of music was the best
Definitely!!!
Definitely 💯 way better music 🎶 back then in the 80s an 90s.
I love how Bobby combined his rapping, singing and dancing skills all in the same song.
His simply the best....till today his songs make sense
Chandros Evans you mean drake was him
@@HakimBoxer215 Yes Drake definitely.
People can say what they want, but the Man was a BEAST!!!!
BEAST!!!
+Sammie Smith : i agreed 88/89 this was the beat. I still rock this in my car every now and then
I just said the same thing, lol
💯💯💯
You know, it's clear just from this song that the man was intense and demanding of respect, so was Whitney, I think she actually loved Bobby and that's why it was so hard for her to quit him.
Bobby Brown defined the late eighties and nineties. He was so multi talented. He could rap,sing and dance. I loved the video every little step because it showcased his dancing skill watching him dance was mesmerizing. He doesn't get the credit he deserves because his personal life has overshadowed his talent. My teenage yr
would not have been the same without him. Thanks Bobby for those fun summer times grooving and dancing to your music.
That was the media's fault for letting his personal life overshadow his legacy. When the Osborne's were being wild, they were praised but corporate media created a narrative of derision for Bobby and Whitney but always respected wyte trainwrecks regardless of the depths of their pathologies.
I'm just now really hearing this song, damn this song dope.
The bass synth is slamming in this song
Every little step 💯✨️💣 🙌🏾
He defined the late 80s. By '93 Bobby was completely washed. He didn't adapt to the times like some of his peers. A shame as he should've been cleaning up during that mid-90s Hip-Hop/Soul era. I see people blaming "the media", that's nonsense. Bobby had it all and he literally p1ssed it away.
Bobby was the biggest entertainer in the world in this era ! He was on fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The 80s was so badass
After Michael Jackson!!!
MJ was
Hammer owned 90-91
@@jnicemint Bobby's Don't Be Cruel came out in '88 and the album had 5 #1 hits on it. It carried through the next couple years. But Bobby got with Whitney and she ruined him. Sadly his career didn't last too long after that. It wasn't M.C Hammer that sabotaged Bobby's streak of good music.
Probably one of the best albums ever made. Everyone laughed at Whitney for calling him " The King Of RNB". But it had some truth to it -During the time when this Album came out Bobby set a high standard that no one else had ever matched. He could actually Sing, Dance, Write, and Rap on his own songs. Alot of artists cant do that today.
^^^^ THIS
If Whitney would have said that in 88 or 89 would have made sense but she said that in 2000 when she won her Grammy and told the audience this award is for u the original R and B King by that time Bobby’s career was dead
@Annette Jenkins. You said well. Straight Facts
Abdu Robinson He will carry that title for life hun it doesn’t disappear
He actually could’ve rivaled Michael Jackson and that’s a fact
This aged extremely well
Good great music never ages and it's always timeless.
Csr 103.9
@@nathanmerritt1581Not just the music the meaning of the song.
You better believe it 🙏
Bobby kills this song still sounds good 30 years later.
Babyface, L.A. Reid and Darryl Simmons delivered a masterpiece of a track and album for Bobby, props go to the LaFace crew!!💯💯
Dont forget about Teddy Riley on My Perogative.
Darryl Simmons wasn't playing with the 🖋️ 😂
@@kemet80 n Mr nasty 😂
R&B from the late '80's to the early '90's was definitely on point.
The world was a much happier place with LA & Babyface....and Jimmi Jam/Terry Lewis.
Don't forget guy groove me 1988. Teddy started the new Jack swing era in the mid to late 80s
@@demetriusjones9350 don't forget jam & Lewis helped to form the genre when they produced Janet's album control. Teddy Riley helped to smooth the industrial pop sound of control into what is now called new jack swing.
Correct Kevin, RnB ruled
Love it :)♡
Bobby was on top of the world at this time.
He had to complete with MJ
+XRally So did Prince.
+Lori Manny Indeed.
MJ's style was a bit more pop...Bobby at his height was king of R&B. Great era of artists.
yup he sure was...
Bobby never featured a rap artist, he did own rap break. I still love me some Bobby Brown!!!
Bobby Brown never needed other singers to be successful, he is an independent artist, dances well, sings well, a real talent, complete singer
@@matheustyler4229 Yes! So true.
I with U not against U...👍😎
Og status
He wanted it all to his self
Being 50's and looking back just wanna said thank you bobby brown for all of those great memories being a teenager playing your great songs.
True that! 50 now I can still remember when I went to his concert.. ❤️ the BB
Shout out to those who got to enjoy the song when it first came out! This will forever be a classic.
🙋🏽♀️
Yes
mnnn I can only imagine what it felt to hear this for the very first time ... I envy you.great music
1988 Majic 102 Houston Texas
@@BahamasMusicLasers Actually I was 8 going on 9 when this dropped and strangely didn't like it then but every since my early mid 20's I love it. Lol!!
This song is very underated, i mean
the lyrics in this song is very well composed
Izzat muhammad it not underrated its very very popular
how do you know?
How does 15 million views qualify as underrated?
@@fobacious in comparison to what is getting over 100 million views, it is underrated.
@@hargaisaowen7131 😂😂😂....thats what your facts are about...100 million views????...... No sir.....knigguhs already had this joint for years....even if some lame had a trillion views it still wouldn't out weigh this
I am so glad I was raised in this era. Everything was best in the 80s and 90s.
Yes, it really was!!! The "information super highway" kids just don't know! That was life back then! )
Me too 80s /90s were the best 👐😊
Jackie Chan made his best films. No F****** CGI. If I wanted to watch cartoons I would be getting up at 7.30am on a saturday morning.. Even that's f**** Cartoons are on 24/7.. WWTTFF
Truth
That's why I'm working on a time machine. Just a couple more items needed and it should be ready by October.
In my opinion, this is Bobby Brown's best track out of his entire music catalog! The beats are awesomely kick ass, the keyboards are slickly produced, and the vocals are crisp and clear.
Yes Sir!
Babyface & LA Reid had the chops in hit making back then with writing & composing this. They were a team.
PlayaPotna1984 I knew that information, respectively.
Alexander The Great I totally agree .. I've always thought this song is so fkin DOPE!!! The video isn't really too bad either so this shit's definitely timeless!!! So much fkin SWAG .. that's that new jack .. Teddy Riley shit.. I don't think either one of those guys get their just do .. it's like an era of lost music as far as "mainstream" .. a lot more of this shit still should get way more spins than it does .. you should still hear this track walking around the mall .. throwback stations on satellite .. they just don't play a lot of the new jack when every other band/Artist still get those spins daily!!??
StaTiC MaJoR 20/20 Dope, kick ass, fabulous, awesome, and whatever word fits.
There is a reason they still play this in the clubs like it just came out yesterday! It’s a great song! Love Bobby Brown forever!
YE$-M@m! @nd thi$ is my jam t00.!
💙👍👍👍👍
This song plays in GTA San Andreas
Pure gold
take me to that club mannnn😍😍😍
That Bassline is addictive
Them basslines its on fiiiiiiiiiirrrreeee
20 million views speaks for itself. He could sing, dance, and rap with ferocious energy.
I had tickets to go see him and I couldn't go I was grounded I was 14 years old I'm 48 and I'm still jamming
@@nuracaicedo2632 LMFAO!!!!!!!!
Not being grounded 😂😂 Your parents were some haters!!
Back in the day when Bobby Brown ruled the world.
The greatest selling album of 1989, with 12 million copies sold. Dude was on top of the world.
Sadly enough, fell just as fast
1988, not 1989. He did win a Soul Train Music Award back in April 89 for Album Of The Year Male.
Donald Davis II Don't be cruel
Tony P If there were a way to restoring Bobby Brown to his former glory, I'd do it. I rather dislike seeing young stars hit big in their youth and just drop the ball on the rest of their careers. Say what you will about Mr. Brown, but he had "it".
"Cocaine is a hell of a drug." - Rick James
This single version is excellent, but the album version, with the Cruel Prelude, is brilliant. The production is otherworldly and Bobby Brown's performance is perfection.
L.A Reid and Babyface of La Face productions created a banger with this one...Brown was speaking of Janet Jackson in the rap...
Guess you maybe a very big fan of Bobby Brown
That intro notes give me chills...
Always. So fresh !
Me too and ths is 2022
Yaassss, best part! The whole album is one of my all time favorites....ahh, the memories...
Bobby Brown didn't even need New Edition. He was a rapper, dancer and singer.
I don’t know about that.. they needed each other. He had his own thing. NEW EDITION IS RONNIE, BOBBY,RICKY,MIKE AND RALPH
@@robinrozario4261 and JOHNNY
He acts too 😆
He didn't write those rap
@Chandros Evans credits of the song
Bobby gettin kicked outta new edition was a blessing in disguise, he blew up 100 fold
amtownsyou510
I didn't know he'd been kicked outta NE! Of course I haven't seen his bio.
Reminds me of ice cube and nwa
أنا من الجزاءر اهدي تحياتي الى كل عشاق بوبي
First bad boy of R&B...but he still could do no wrong music wise...sing, rap and dance just gifted.
R'n'B thug
Human Nature no the first bad boy of r&b would be David Ruffin
I think David Ruffin is the first bad boy of r&b BUT we can still give that title to Bobby ❤️❤️
Don't forget about Rick James "SupaFreak"...but yeah Bobby was bad!
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE TRUTH
He really was so talented. Dancing , singing and being cool. No one better at that time.
He had 'swagger' when the word hadn't been invented yet!
Before Chris Brown, Usher, Genuwine....... Bobby Brown was going triple platinum and selling out in concerts around the world...... classic
This album dont be cruel went platinum 10×
Patrick Harper plus he didnt have the help of the internet like itunes zune and all the other bullshit.
It was easier to sell back in the day.
Michael Washington
true dat. the artists would be limited to whatever the illuminati would like to be aired.
+Patrick.
Imo none of them guys you name come close to B Brown. His sound and style had a way of drawing you in.
Bobby was the triple threat. Sing, dance AND rap!!
He was the most successful after leaving New Edition.
tilly willie Depends on what your definition of success is. He sold more records during his solo career. Yet, to this day Michael Bivins is worth more than all of them. That's what learning the business gets you. He doesn't sell records but he doesn't have to...he is a producer and makes money from his artists. I would rather be 2017 Michael Bivins than 1990 Bobby Brown any day.
ReneeDreams #Truth
didn't Michael bivin sign boyz to men
ReneeDreams Facts 💯
+Lashaun Holt yep
This generation has definitely missed out of this kind of talent during there time. My goodness
James Brown, Bobby Brown, Chris Brown!
Whos here cuz they actually just fw Bobby 💯💯💯
Devin Cannon me 💯 💯 💯😊
I had no interest in watching the movie. Just here because Bobby was jamming!
Here for Bobby before the movies 😎...it's good that the kids are getting put on to legendary music
✋✋✋✋✋✋✋
Me💯
Bobby was Bobby in his youthful days. Oh my, what happened to music today? Who cursed the industry?
These songs are a constant reminder of what was a good night out and the world being a better place and a shock of how the world isn't getting any better. Those 80s and 90s were the last real good days and I count myself fortunate enough to have been part of it.
You're absolutely right. I'm 54 and I think the same. 80s and 90s were the shit!! 2000 was lit too. Once 2001 came everything changed for the worst. Times are so, so terrible now. I sure miss those old days and that world.
Still one of the best hip hop, dance beats ever
This is R&B
gui banks You say tomato...
+cityofchamps66 and i say cheetos
***** true
+gui banks You and +cityofchamps66 are both right. This is new jack swing: R&B vocals and progressions/melodies and hip hop production and raps. Bobby sung and rapped in the same song, which was really unique at the time.
there will never be another bobby brown, regardless of his life, we are left with bangers and memories
Still listening in 2021… one of my favorite songs of Bobby… God! I miss this era😔.. nowadays so much Damn garbage on the radio..it’s sickening!
Bro is still one of my favorite singers / performers of all-time.
I don't know about Ya'll, but who else is having a random late 80s new jack swing marathon
TSean Powell Lmao me
Thats exactly what I am doing right now...smoked some of Northern California’s finest weed, chillin having a random late 80s new jack swing marathon!
In 2018
Definitely me everyday.😅😅😅😅😅
🎶 You can New Jack Swing on my n*tz🎶 😅
Tony!
Toni!
Toné!
People forget that Bobby owned the game for a minute...
Lacy Anne lets see how you look after 26 years
He was the shit. All the girls in my elementary school were drooling over him back in the 80s
he still does haha
Yeah, then he released that bloody Humpin' Around...
Lacy Anne Don't be cruel.......He's in his late 40's now...We all get older....
Many people don't know how big Bobby Brown was when this jam dropped...
He wasn’t that big yet…stardom wise:
He wasn’t that big yet…stardom wise:
@@DjTIMEJDwhen this came out, he definitely was! He was pretty much at his peak at this time.
@@nathanmerritt1581 this was the first single. He hadn’t crossed over to mainstream success yet. His debut album pretty much flopped. He did have New Edition fame. When this song came out he was on the verge of blowing up, friend.
Well, in my defense, I was just one and a half months old when this song came out. But I love me some old skul vibes like this 😍
This guy was a true artist
I'm still listening to Bobby Brown in 2018. The 80's & 90's music will never get old 2 me no expiration date on good music like this
The music for my generation brings me back to high school
They dont give this man his props. Before Bobby, everyone was listening to Luther, freddie Jackson and others. He was The one who mainstreamed edgy R&B and the music game changed since then. He fought w Baby Face to add raps to the songs, no one was doing that, he turned out to be right and a game changer. So when Whitney was saying the king of R&B, the original bad boy, she was right. Dont Be Cruel is one of the greatest albums ever made period
This comment is SPOT ON!! 💯
Thank you!
You said it best. Love this comment! You explained it exactly as it was back then. We had Freddie Jackson! Teddy Riley and Babyface gave is THIS! It changed radio!
Preach!
I love Alexander oneal too even though he was before my time. x
bobby brown was a raw talent
At this time, I bet New Edition was cutting their losses.
Bobby Brown is the reason I listen to Hip Hop and R&B.... As a kid I would play this album over and over and over again. Still fire after all these years!
Back in the days where you actually needed talent to be famous.
TCB MO preach!
TCB MO I know right
ya know it.
TCB MO I miss the 80s and 90s
TCB MO Now all you have be able to say is ooouuu and you got a hit.
Don’t Be Cruel was a LANDMARK ALBUM
He was on the moon with this🌜
There was Thriller. There was Janet with Nasty...Then there was Don't be cruel....three songs that changed music.
All five singles released from the album were top 10 singles
The album dominated the R&B and the pop charts.
@Kevin Payton spent 6 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200. Best selling album of 1989
100% talent
❤️💋🔥💥💯😎
Bobby had the music industry by the balls once
Bobby owned 1988-89!
His dancing in this video was simply awesome
Guess you maybe a very big fan of Bobby Brown 😊
As a British born Nigerian I can remember this was played at every Nigerian party from 88-93.
Memories of my dad blasting this in his car , now my kids are bopping in the car to it ! 🙌🏼
When Bobby Brown broke away from New Edition a lot of naysayers weren’t sure he could make it on his own but he showed out and then some. He had a stronghold on the R&B arena at one time. He was that dude.
He was and is❤
Saw Bobby in concert in 89 and he killed it!!!
I was at the Humpin Arpund Concert Houston Tx..92
The boy had the IT factor. Hard to believe the Bobby Brown today was actually this guy.
I saw him in Chicago a few years ago. Now, he s fat asf.
well people change...
Grief does things.
@@itsaplantlife9850 yes it does. So does marrying "America's sweetheart". Meanwhile Whitney was actually the catalyst for their drug fueled marriage. It amazes me that people overlook the fact that she was one effed up person, who effed up her family, her career, and her whole being. Sad.
Masterpiece, October 2024
These lyrics are so on point! Thank you Bobby. Still gonna be bumpin in 2922
Today is the 30th anniversary of Don't Be Cruel!
Man B.Brown started this new badboy R&B then came R.Kelly..Usher..Chris Brown..etc..
You're doing well as do best you've been reported by Africa is still make friends
@@zucchiniyuan9131 Huh??? You make NO Sense!
9n.👎
Oh yess
Heeellllll yyyeeaahhhh
Idgaf what nobody gotta say Bobby Brown was bad and still is a strong man 🙏🏾❤❤🔥🔥🔥
This is forever in history. Sadly we always wait till someone passes away to give them credit. Bobby your are a worldwide legend.
One of the greatest albums of all time
Bobby was that dude. Girls wanted him. Guys wanted to be him.
@Master Pooshi not in a gay way of course.
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Guys wanted him too. Shessshh. He was ALL that!!!
DUDE YOUR COMMENT IS COOL,BUT I DON'T KNOW ONE GUY WHO HAS EVER SAID TO ME HE WANTED OR WANTS TO BE BOBBY BROWN.WHERE I'M FROM,REAL MEN DON'T EVER WANT TO BE OTHER REAL MEN.BUT AGAIN,YOUR COMMENT IS COOL THO.
@@sevinatenine4444 lol 😂
Bobby is the king of the new jack era PERIOD
this guy is amazing he is so under ratted.
Jake Miles.
Gloria Harris huh?
Jake Miles underrated? not really... dude was extremely popular back between 1988-1992, he fucked it all up.
Damn right he was under ratted... They didn't snitch on him
Polish Sausage I don't think people give him the credit he is so as a performer, especially considering how influential he was in his time. I feel like people have forgotten about him.
This album what a crisp sound. The internet does not do it justice. A true masterpiece of an album(CD)
This needs to be on a record player, tape, or CD. On some big a$$ 80s speakers.
I grew up listening to Bobby, he will always be my favorite and a role model for so many others that saw his ability to dance and sing. That was REAL talent.
Bobby Brown Album had at least 4 top hits on Don't be Cruel .
When Bobby was BOBBY !! 💃
Man he was the man in the late 80s and very early 90s
Still the jam in 2018‼️🎵✔️
Just wait until Woody McClain plays Bobby in the Bobby Brown Story. BOBBY WILL BLOW UP ALL OVER AGAIN I'M SURE
Nikkie Jeter lol
Nikkie Jeter I agree! I was thinking the same thing
honeybdream exactly
For real!! This song goes!
Yo Bobby never needed a rapper on his stuff. He just rapped and was good at it. Dude a legend!
This is another classic !
Can’t forget Bobby.
In 2015 this is still a BANGER!
yes it is!!!!
hell yea
+Chuey Martinez Yes it is!!
right!!!!
i agree, im only 12 years old and out of all my friends im the only one that listens to his music. My friends say that im an old person but i just like to listen to music thats good because most of the rap artists talks a different language. rip whitney houston and bobby kristna.