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I have to say thank you to BBO family member KK for making us aware of the interview. A very special THANK YOU to Andrew Knyte for allowing me to post this interview. I urge all to read the entire piece, its a very good interview, here's just one of Bobby related parts:
" Who else? ... Bobby Brown. How could I forget this guy?
Bobby Brown was the heart and soul of it. Bobby Brown gave it - along with what Teddy Riley was doing, Bobby Brown gave it its motor, its heart. By the time Don't Be Cruel had done 8, 9 million copies, that and the movie New Jack City made NJS THE music of its age. That was it. Bobby Brown and his performances - he was selling out arenas in an hour. And by the time he did "My Prerogative," - I saw him in Chicago on the Heart Break tour - by the time he got to "My Prerogative" it would be ridiculous. You couldn't even hear the song at that point. It was really crazy.
I remember doing a piece on him for Spin Magazine, and I went around with him and we were at George's Music Room - it was actually Regina Daniels' husband - George and Regina Daniels are the defacto managers of R. Kelly. He had a place called George's Music Room somewhere on the South Side of Chicago. Bobby was there to sign autographs. They had about 10 cops out in front of this place. And in less than 20 minutes, and I'm not exaggerating, about 800 fans showed up. It scared me. It was frightening, because I was in the limo with Bobby and they started rocking the limo. The cops had to pull these girls off the car. It was really scary man. This guy was the Rolling Stones, he was The Beatles, he was, all of that wrapped up into one performer and he exemplified NJS like nobody else.
Teddy Riley and Guy definitely. But Bobby gave it a face, he gave it a heart, and he gave it that "umph" that was just crazy. He was like Elvis. He really was. That's who I can compare him too. He was the Rolling Stones, he was The Beatles, he was Elvis all wrapped up into one. And he made New Jack Swing what it was at that time. You didn't think about no other music. Hip-hop had to look to NJS. Pop had to look to NJS. R&B definitely had to look to NJS. Because of Bobby Brown. It was nuts man. So those were the people that I considered best represented NJS."
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