Monday, April 25, 2005
"Girlfriend," Bobby Brown (12/27/86)
Not just miles away from the Bobby of Bobby-and-Whitney, this is miles away from even "My Prerogative" (which was 2 years away). On King of Stage, his first album upon the New Edition coop, Bobby kept up the N.E. vibe with a largely swoony, puppy love-soaked record, led by his first solo single. "Girlfriend" was a pop stiff, but did was it was supposed to do, ultimately, in setting him up as an R&B star capable of appeal beyond the Word Up! set. It's a bit sugary-sweet, but not saccharine, a ballad sold by Bobby's personality (which, as we know all too well anymore, he's got a surplus of). B+
Not just miles away from the Bobby of Bobby-and-Whitney, this is miles away from even "My Prerogative" (which was 2 years away). On King of Stage, his first album upon the New Edition coop, Bobby kept up the N.E. vibe with a largely swoony, puppy love-soaked record, led by his first solo single. "Girlfriend" was a pop stiff, but did was it was supposed to do, ultimately, in setting him up as an R&B star capable of appeal beyond the Word Up! set. It's a bit sugary-sweet, but not saccharine, a ballad sold by Bobby's personality (which, as we know all too well anymore, he's got a surplus of). B+
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