Don't Be Cruel (1988)

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Jun 2, 2024

Title: Don't Be Cruel
Artist: Bobby Brown
Genre: R&B
Released: 1988

Tracks:
1 - Don't Be Cruel - 7:25
2 - My Prerogative - 4:51
3 - Roni - 5:58
4 - Rock Wit'cha - 4:49
5 - Every Little Step - 3:57
6 - I'll Be Good to You - 4:25
7 - Take It Slow - 5:22
8 - All Day All Night - 4:40
9 - I Really Love You Girl - 5:30

Overview:

It should have come as no surprise that, after leaving behind the strictures of the classic boy band New Edition, Bobby Brown would re-emerge as a prototype of New Jack Swing sex appeal. DON'T BE CRUEL might be somewhat tame, however, as it was still a few years before the era of unabashed rumpshakers like Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison." But the hard funk slapped over melodic, synth-heavy production gives tracks like "My Perogative" and "I'll Be Good To You" a mature, club-friendly quality sorely lacking in his former group's sunshiney tunes.

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