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  • Friday Throwback – I Wanna Sex You Up

    After being on Mission: Man Band, former Color Me Badd lead singer Bryan Abrams was shown as a drunk and as my buddy Speeddeezy put it, someone who ate the rest of Color Me Badd. But he still had that voice. As the lead singer of CMB, he was one of the voices of the early 90s. Though I Wanna Sex You Up wasn’t a US number 1 hit, if not for this song, I Adore Mi Amor and All For Love would’ve never hit number 1. Maybe the apex of their career was when they were the focus of an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 where they were horded by fans all over, and then invited a non-fan in Kelly Taylor into their room to chat. Yes, to chat. You mean they didn’t wanna sex her up? Well, I don’t think Kelly was into the 4 on 1 action.

    This song sampled not only Slick Rick, but also Betty Wright.

    • You had one guy who was a George Michael look alike and one guy who was a Kenny G look alike. Both in the same group!
    • Did you know that this song was originally on the New Jack City soundtrack?
    • Can you really make love until you drown? What are they, on a boat?
    • Does a song like this really need the running man choreography in the background?
    • And then the New Kids/New Edition choreography in the dirt?
    • Kenny G kind of got lucky there didn’t he? No game!

    I do hope that Abrams finds some success with Sureshot, the group created out of the Mission: Man Band show. The music business is rough. How Abrams, who had star written all over him, could miss for all these years is a mystery.

  • The Possible Effects Of Too Much Humpin’ Around

    Not to be mean-spirited or anything, but…
    Should we be freaked out that Bobby Brown allegdely had a heart attack earlier this week (at 38 years of age), or should we be surprised that it took this long to happen? (Of course, now Bobby is in the press refuting his attorney’s announcement that he had a heart attack…Lord help us all) This is in addition to the long-standing rumors that he quietly suffered a stroke a couple of years back (has anyone noticed how his speech slurs and he seems to speak out of one side of his mouth in recent interviews?, like the one on VH-1’s Behind The Music, as shown on the right)
    His attorney said that the R&B singer’s condition could be attributed to “stress” and “diet”. I’m sorry, folks. This one writes itself.
    Anyway, the seemingly Herculean former member of New Edition will apparently honor his commitment and do a show on Saturday as previously planned. He will also be touring with his former bandmates as they prepare for a 25th anniversary blowout in 2008 (25 years since “Candy Girl”? DAMN!!)
    Snarkiness aside, best wishes for a speedy recovery (assuming he’s actually recovering from something) to Bobby.

  • "At The Wrecka’ Sto’": New Releases 10-16-07

    After a couple of weeks with a plethora of new music-GOOD new music, you know there had to be the inevitable letdown, huh? Well, this week is it.

    (For me at least…my opinions may or may not be the opinions of the staff of musichelpweb or consumerhelpweb.com. But damn it, they *should* be!!)
    Anyway, this week’s two biggest releases come from Kid Rock & Jennifer Lopez, which would have been fantastic if this were the year 1999. In 2007? I dunno. Rock’s new album, Rock & Roll Jesus, finds him leaving rap/rock behind for good in favor of a pure rock sound. Nice to know he found time to record in between marrying Pamela Anderson and beating Tommy Lee’s ass. Meanwhile J. Lo (who is not at all pregnant) follows up her Spanish debut earlier this year with Brave, an album that features her signature pop/dance/R&B sound, which you & I know as Paula Abdul, circa 1989.
    It’s early October, and autumn *should* be in the air (yesterday’s temps of 90 in the Northeast tell me otherwise). So, how does one REALLY know what time it is? Artists have begun to release holiday albums in full force!! Among the artists spreading good tidings this week: Josh Groban, Patti LaBelle, The Isley Brothers, Michael Bolton, Yolanda Adams, The Smithereens, and of course, it just wouldn’t be Christmas without Mannheim Steamroller!!
    For you country/pop fans, LeAnn Rimes is all grown up and her new album, Family hits stores today. Rock fans might wanna know that this album contains a track with Bon Jovi. Everyone else might wanna know that LeAnn is officially smoking hot these days.
    Elsewhere, if you’re under 15, you might be digging on the new album by the Naked Brothers Band (you also might not be familiar with the phrase “digging on”…sorry…). If you’re still stuck in 2001, there are new albums arriving from Puddle of Mudd, Vanessa Carlton and Alter Bridge (who, in case you’ve forgotten, are Creed minus Scott Stapp). If you’re still stuck in 1991, you might wanna check out the new album by former Best New Artist Grammy winner Marc Cohn (remember “Walking in Memphis”?), as well as a new set from electro-dance pioneers Information Society. Hell-there’s even something for those of you stuck in 1981!! A new Debbie Harry record!!
    If you’re stuck in 1971, well there’s not much I can tell you. Ah…there are a couple new Clapton greatest hits packages!! See, something for everyone!
    Check out a list of all today’s new releases HERE: http://www.pauseandplay.com/09october2007.htm
    Sorry folks, I’m feeling snarky today.