Yesterday was Miss Patti Patti’s birthday so I had to find a jam to celebrate. Obviously she had a lot of hits before this one, but I think when this song came out I was old enough to know it was out and who it was by. Basically, I just remember being in the car on the way home from the bowling alley when it would come on and my parents would turn up the radio. Every single time. Because everybody loves Miss Patti Patti. And she did her good singing on this song too.
(and she still has the best black person nosejob in all of the entertainment industry)
The lead singer should become a star if they go solo, right? Diana Ross…Justin Timberlake…Patti LaBelle…Beyonce…so why didn’t it work for T-Boz?
Because she was making music like this. I’m not saying you can’t make a hit singing about masturbation (::ahem:: Tweet’s one song) but this song is kinda awful. I love that it exists though! The whole thing just makes me go “ooo this is bad and ridiculous…I’m mad everybody involved thought this was poppin.”
I used to love So So Def’s booty-bass albums. Wait. Why am I saying Used To? I regularly pull out those booty mixes and this is my summer jam. I love how her face says she is really doing something major while her body is basically just standing in place in this video.
Plus, I love old videos where Lil Jon is DJ-ing, before he learned how to randomly inject loud exclamations into everybody’s records.
So, how bout I didn’t even know this song existed? My only knowledge of The Good Girls is “Your Sweetness” which is really their only hit. This song is sooooo silky smooth though! This is like if Sade was a girl group who had a New Jack Swing producer. I’m in this phase right now where I really like seductive basslines on repeat and this totally fits the bill.
This is why the Internet is amazing. I would’ve gone my whole life without knowing about this and that would be a shame.
Raise your hands if you want this to happen again. Tevin and Gerald were obviously driving the song, but I think that’s the way D’Angelo wanted it, the whole Boy to Man contrast with their voices.
Also…how could anybody watch Tevin Campbell clapping at 2:40 and be surprised he eventually came out? ::chuckle::
When this came out, I had the biggest crush on Usher, or as we said down in South Carolina, Ursha. I just knew I could join his fan club and profess my love sincerely and it would be enough to turn him gay and be my boo.
Then he grew up, cheated on Chilli, made a kajillion dollars singing about it, and is forever ugly to me. Some people grow into their features, but Ursha grew out of his. He always looks like a cross between a turtle and a penishead.
So I’ll just pretend I’m ten again and watch this, back when he was cute.
Watch this video.
