Boyz II Men

[David]

Anyone else liked them? I personally really really liked them. Waht was your (if any) Boyz II men song??

I liked "One Sweet Day" with Mariah... and "I'll Make Love To You"

[isiahthomas]

Only cd i liked by them was their first one CooleyHighHarmony. After their first cd, i stopped listening to them cause they started singin too many love song ballads. I miss songs from them like MotownPhilly. My favorite love song by them is Uhh Ahh on their first cd. Wayna Morris was in the movie Uninvited Guest with Mekhi Phifer, Mari Morrow, Malinda Williams.

[Dean Winchester]

I liked them when their first single came out, and then they became the 90's r&b Air Supply/Barry Manilow

[musicradio77]

The songs, "Motownphilly", "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday", "End of the Road", "I'll Make Love to You", "On Bended Knee", "Water Runs Dry" and "The Four Seasons of Loneliness" are true Boyz II Men classics.

[jamesanthony]

They're talented, but they tend to sing through their noses at times. Also they're in a sense only as good as their material some of which has been mundane, some awful, some OK, some pretty good.

I like I Will Get There from The Prince of Egypt and A Song for Mama from Soul Food the best. A lot of their romantic songs don't suit them at all.

[MonarC]

I really miss BoysIIMen. I wish they would reunite. I loved "One Sweet Day" with Mariah, End of the Road, Bended Knee, and ect.

[jamesanthony]

Originally posted by MonarC
I really miss BoysIIMen. I wish they would reunite. I loved "One Sweet Day" with Mariah, End of the Road, Bended Knee, and ect.

They never broke up. They had a CD Full Circle out in 2002 which had 2 charted singles Color of Love and Relax Your Mind with Faith Evans. I think the CD even hit the Billboard top 10, but radio has moved on from them, they peaked several years ago.

[MonarC]

Yeah I never hear their music on the radio. I love their voices.

[jamesanthony]

Originally posted by MonarC
Yeah I never hear their music on the radio. I love their voices.

They still play their older and newer stuff on the radio a lot, but the problem is that the days when top40 radio played a wide variety of music is gone, maybe for good. They get airplay on what is called urban adult contemporary radio which is older r&b music acts ranging from maybe gerald levert and india.arie mixed in with old motown, philly soul, patti labelle etc. If they have a slow or more pop sounding song it would play on adult contemporary radio alongside Rod Stewart, Shania Twain, Lionel Richie etc. Go to rronline.com or get the magazine Radio and Record to see which stations in your area fit these formats of airplay. These guys will probably not have another mainstream top40 hit because they're considered too old (funny I think they're only about 30 years old!) and top40 markets music towards 18-35 year old listeners.

They probably still make a lot of money though from their records though. I don't know the full economics of things but I think that acts who are no longer mainstream top40 can still do quite well because the record label spends less money promoting them and there is not as much pressure on them to sell as many albums as the "hot" acts like Usher, Beyonce etc. Plus if the act is talented enough to draw fans in concerts and through greatest hits albums they can still get by quite comfortably. Of course having a good record deal helps too.