“Spread My Wings” by Troop was produced by Chuckii Booker and spent two weeks at #1 on the R&B chart. BUT let’s talk about the choreography in the video… they killed it! So much so that it may even be safe to say they gave New Edition a run for the money! “Spread My Wings”– from the album Attitude.
20 years ago this week this song was #1 on The Billboard Charts. Definitely a song of the Summer of ’90. A fitting tribute to the J5. (more…)
One of the best facets of the You Tube phenomenon has been discovery. It is in the spirit of discovery that from time to time we will bring you those “jewels” that we discover while traveling around the You Tube Universe. Such is the wonderful series of interviews that Jarrell Mason has compiled in conjunction with njs4ever.com over the years with pivotal members of the New Jack Swing Era. Enjoy! (more…)
If you remember “Jukebox or The Box” (the music request TV channel) like I do, then you should also remember how much “All I do is think of you” was played. I had the biggest crush on Steve Russell and swore he would sing that song to me one day (clearly I was a young dreamer).
“Total Respect Of Other People” is the acronym for the Cali based group from Pasadena that got their start in the late 80’s after winning a talent show.
The group of five, Steve Russell, Allen McNeil, Rodney Benford, John Harreld and Reggie Warren, signed to Atlantic records and put out their first chart topping song “Mamacita” off their debut album entitled “Troop” in 1988. They later released the sophomore, certified platinum, follow up “Attitude” and gave us the Jackson 5 remake “All I do is think of you” and “Spread my Wings”.
These cats, in my opinion, were the one of [the] BEST groups out at that time. Even with comparison to New Edition they still had a very unique style of their own. Troop continued to put out music, releasing 2 more albums in 1994 & 2005, but soon after, decided to individually work on separate projects. As far as recent information, I know Steve Russell is writing and producing for some of today’s acts like Chris Brown and Jordan Sparks but the other talented members (shrugging shoulders)…
So, GFM wants to know, where are you? You are missed.
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Listen to more Troop after the jump.
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