Artist Former roster
New Edition
Started in 1978 in Roxbury, a Boston, Massachusetts neighborhood, New Edition wrote the R&B and pop boy-band blueprint and sits on the Bad Boy family tree.
New Edition is Boston’s gift to the world: Ralph Tresvant, Ricky Bell, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, Ronnie DeVoe and later Johnny Gill. Harmonies, choreography and hits that taught the industry how to present young Black talent without stealing its soul.
“Mr. Telephone Man,” “Cool It Now” and “Candy Girl” ruled dance floors and living rooms, and new listeners can still hear why.
They appear on this archive because the Bad Boy family tree connects across eras: Bivins and the Bell Biv DeVoe lineage, industry overlaps, mentorship, and the simple fact that you don’t understand modern boy bands if you don’t bow to New Edition first.
Still candy, still cool.
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