History Music / NewEdition

* IntercourseWithYou: “Do Me!” by Bell Biv Devoe, "Rock Wit'cha" by Music/BobbyBrown, "Rub You The Right Way" and "My, My, My" by Johnny Gill to name a few.

** New Edition is this to the Music/TheJacksonFive. So much so that three days after Music/MichaelJackson died, the Creator/{{BET}} Music Awards held [[InMemoriam an impromptu tribute]] to Jackson and asked New Edition to perform a Jackson 5 medley. ''The New Editon Story'' miniseries can also been considered a modern-day successor to ''Series/TheJacksonsAnAmericanDream''.

* BreakupSong: “Is This the End”

** The music video for "N.E. Heart Break" has a few celebrity cameos, including [[Series/TheCosbyShow Malcolm-Jamal Warner]] (who directed the video), {{Music/Heavy D}}, Robert Townsend, Shanice Wilson, and more.

* IntercourseWithYou: “Do Me!” by Bell Biv Devoe

In December 1985, under pressure from MCA and their management, the group voted Bobby Brown out, due to behavioral problems (a move they regretted years later according to Michael Bivins). Brown left in late 1985 to embark on a successful solo career in 1986, while New Edition continued to promote All for Love as a quartet. In spite of their financial and internal conflicts, New Edition continued to peak. During this era of the group's evolution, the group appeared in the episode of Knight Rider titled "Knight Song", performing "Count Me Out." As 1986 wound to a close, they recorded a cover of The Penguins 1954 hit "Earth Angel" for the soundtrack to The Karate Kid, Part II. The song peaked at #21 and inspired the group to record Under the Blue Moon, an album of doo-wop covers. The group continued for a time with four members, but eventually recruited singer Johnny Gill to record their 1987 album Heart Break. The group went on hiatus in 1990, while its various members worked on side projects, such as the group Bell Biv [=DeVoe=]. Gill and Tresvant also recorded successful solo albums.

* ''New Edition'' (1984)

* ''Heart Break'' (1988)

* ShotForShotRemake: The third episode of ''The New Edition Story'' opens with a full remake of the first verse and chorus of the “If It Isn’t Love” video, including their choreographer’s monologue and the bottom-corner video credits. Said episode also features short shot-for-shot remakes of [=BBD=]'s "Poison", Ralph's "Sensitivity", Bobby's "Every Little Step", and Johnny's "My, My, My".

* ShotForShotRemake: The third episode of ''The New Edition Story'' opens with a full remake of the first verse and chorus of the “If It Isn’t Love” video, including their choreographer’s monologue and the bottom-corner video credits.

** New Edition is this to the Music/TheJacksonFive. So much so that three days after Music/MichaelJackson died, the Creator/{{BET}} Music Awards held [[InMemoriam an impromptu tribute]] to Jackson and asked New Edition to perform a Jackson 5 medley.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: And ''how''. Nobody in New Edition was on the same page post-''Heart Break'', mostly due to their egos from solo stardom getting in the way. The animosity in the group was just barely staying under the surface [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfErzjCigwQ in this early 1990 Video Soul interview]], and it fully boiled over by the time of the ''Home Again'' tour, culminating in Bobby and Ronnie starting a full-scale brawl on stage, someone getting shot, and Mike and Bobby leaving the group again for another few years.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: And ''how''. Nobody in New Edition was on the same page post-''Heart Break'', mostly due to their egos from solo stardom getting in the way. The animosity in the group was just barely staying under the surface[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfErzjCigwQ in this early 1990 Video Soul interview]], and it fully boiled over by the time of the ''Home Again'' tour, culminating in Bobby and Ronnie starting a full-scale brawl on stage, someone getting shot, and Mike and Bobby leaving the group again for another few years.

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Played with. After the Heart Break tour, lead singers Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant began work on solo albums. The three remaining members then formed the hip-hop group Bell Biv [=DeVoe=], which was distinct from New Edition’s R&B style. Gill, Tresvant, and Bobby Brown later toured under the group name, Heads of State. New Edition as a group, though, has always included the core four of Bell, Bivens, Devoe, and Tresvant.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Many R&B and pop boy bands have modeled themselves after New Edition at one point or another, but Boyz II Men is considered their direct successor, [[InvokedTrope even naming themselves]] after a New Edition song. It doesn't hurt that Mike Bivens helped groom them into superstars.

* AWildRapperAppears: Mike Bivens and Ronnie Devoe often perform this role for the group, most notably on “Cool It Now” and “Hit Me Off.”

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Played with. After the Heart Break tour, lead singers Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant began work on solo albums. The three remaining members then formed the hip-hop group Bel Biv [=DeVoe=], which was distinct from New Edition’s R&B style. Gill, Tresvant, and Bobby Brown later toured under the group name, Heads of State. New Edition as a group, though, has always included the core four of Bell, Bivens, Devoe, and Tresvant.

* {{Expy}}: New Kids On The Block were basically a white version of New Edition, also created by Maurice Starr. Starr would go on to use the New Edition formula with multiple groups, including Perfect Gentlemen, Classic Example, and The Superiors.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Many R&B and pop boy bands have modeled themselves after New Edition at one point or another, but Boyz II Men is considered their direct successor. It doesn't hurt that Mike Bivins helped groom them into superstars.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: And ''how''. Nobody in New Editon was on the same page post-''Heart Break'', mostly due to their egos from solo stardom getting in the way. The animosity in the group was just barely staying under the surface[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfErzjCigwQ in this early 1990 Video Soul interview]], and it fully boiled over by the time of the ''Home Again'' tour, culminating in Bobby and Ronnie starting a full-scale brawl on stage, someone getting shot, and Mike and Bobby leaving the group again for another few years.

* Candy Girl (1983)
* New Edition (1984)
* All for Love (1985)
* Under the Blue Moon (1986)
* Heart Break (1988)
* Home Again (1996)
* One Love (2004)

* [[ManInWhite Men In White]]: The "Home Again" album cover

* ManInWhite: The "Home Again" album cover

* TimePassesMontage: The New Edition Story uses their touring performance of “Is This the End?” to transition the group [[TimeShiftedActor from pre-teens to young adults]].

* TheBandMinusTheFace: Played with. After the Heart Break tour, lead singers Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant began work on solo albums. The three remaining members then formed the hip-hop group Bel Biv [=DeVoe=], which was distinct from New Edition’s R&B style. Gill, Tresvant, and Bobby Brown later toured under the group name, Heads of State. New Edition as a group, though, has always included the core four of Bell, Bivins, Devoe, and Tresvant.

* TheCameo: New Edition briefly appears in ''Krush Groove'', a RomanAClef about the founding of Def Jam Records.

New Edition is an American R&B male music group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, that was most popular during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock and Boyz II Men. At the height of their early popularity in 1983, the group consisted of Ronnie [=DeVoe=], Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, and Ricky Bell. Early hits included songs like 1983's "Candy Girl" and 1984's "Cool It Now".

* One Love (2004)

'''New Edition''' is an American R&B male music group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, that was most popular during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like Music/NewKidsOnTheBlock and Boyz II Men. At the height of their early popularity in 1983, the group consisted of Ronnie [=DeVoe=], Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, and Ricky Bell. Early hits included songs like 1983's "Candy Girl" and 1984's "Cool It Now".

'''New Edition''' is an American R&B male music group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, that was most popular during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like NewKidsOnTheBlock and Boyz II Men. At the height of their early popularity in 1983, the group consisted of Ronnie [=DeVoe=], Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, and Ricky Bell. Early hits included songs like 1983's "Candy Girl" and 1984's "Cool It Now".

Returning from their first major concert tour, the boys were dropped back off to their homes in the projects and were given a check in the amount of $1.87 a piece for their efforts. Tour budget and expenses were given as the explanation as to why they were not paid more. Due to financial reasons, New Edition parted company with Starr in 1984 (Starr responded by promptly creating the group NewKidsOnTheBlock; essentially formatted after New Edition, but with [[ButNotTooBlack white teenagers]].) The group, meanwhile, hired the law-firm of Steven and Martin Machat and sued Streetwise for relief from a contract that was unenforceable as well as materially breached by Streetwise. The Machat's won the legal game and then secured the group a huge recording deal with MCA after holding a bidding war among all the major recording labels. The band, in need of management, signed with Steven Machat and his two management partners Rick Smith and Bill Dern. The management company was called AMI and AMI proceeds to break the group both in the urban and pop world. MCA, through the production affiliate of AMI, Jump and Shoot, released the groups self titled second album the same year. Eclipsing their debut album, New Edition spun off the top five hit "Cool It Now" and the top twenty "Mr. Telephone Man," and went on to be certified double platinum in the United States.

* One Love (2004)

New Edition is an American R&B male music group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, that was most popular during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like NewKidsOnTheBlock and Boyz II Men. At the height of their early popularity in 1983, the group consisted of Ronnie [=DeVoe=], Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, and Ricky Bell. Early hits included songs like 1983's "Candy Girl" and 1984's "Cool It Now".

* "Candy Girl"

In December 1985, under pressure from MCA and their management, the group voted Bobby Brown out, due to behavioral problems. Brown left in late 1985 to embark on a successful solo career in 1986, while New Edition continued to promote All for Love as a quartet. In spite of their financial and internal conflicts, New Edition continued to peak. During this era of the group's evolution, the group appeared in the episode of Knight Rider titled "Knight Song", performing "Count Me Out." As 1986 wound to a close, they recorded a cover of The Penguins 1954 hit "Earth Angel" for the soundtrack to The Karate Kid, Part II. The song peaked at #21 and inspired the group to record Under the Blue Moon, an album of doo-wop covers. The group continued for a time with four members, but eventually recruited singer Johnny Gill to record their 1987 album Heart Break. The group went on hiatus in 1990, while its various members worked on side projects, such as the group Bell Biv [=DeVoe=]. Gill and Tresvant also recorded successful solo albums.

Returning from their first major concert tour, the boys were dropped back off to their homes in the projects and were given a check in the amount of $1.87 a piece for their efforts. Tour budget and expenses were given as the explanation as to why they were not paid more. Due to financial reasons, New Edition parted company with Starr in 1984 (Starr responded by promptly creating the group NewKidsOnTheBlock; essentially formatted after New Edition, but with [[ButNotTooBlack white teenagers]].) The group, meanwhile, hired the law-firm of Steven and Martin Machat and sued Streetwise for relief from a contract that was unenforceable as well as materially breached by Streetwise. The Machat's won the legal game and then secured the group a huge recording deal with MCA after holding a bidding war among all the major recording labels. The band, in need of management, signed with Steven Machat and his two management partners Rick Smith and Bill Dern. The management company was called AMI and AMI proceeds to break the group both in the urban and pop world. MCA, through the production affiliate of AMI, Jump and Shoot, released the groups self titled second album the same year. Eclipsing their debut album, New Edition spun off the top five hit "Cool It Now" and the top twenty "Mr. Telephone Man," and went on to be certified double platinum in the United States.Brown left in late 1985 to embark on a successful solo career. The group continued for a time with four members, but eventually recruited singer Johnny Gill to record their 1987 album Heart Break. The group went on hiatus in 1990, while its various members worked on side projects, such as the group Bell Biv [=DeVoe=]. Gill and Tresvant also recorded successful solo albums.

New Edition is an American R&B male music group formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1978, that was most popular during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like NewKidsOnTheBlock and Boyz II Men.

At the height of their early popularity in 1983, the group consisted of Ronnie [=DeVoe=], Ralph Tresvant, Bobby Brown, Michael Bivins, and Ricky Bell. Early hits included songs like 1983's "Candy Girl" and 1984's "Cool It Now". Brown left in late 1985 to embark on a successful solo career. The group continued for a time with four members, but eventually recruited singer Johnny Gill to record their 1987 album Heart Break. The group went on hiatus in 1990, while its various members worked on side projects, such as the group Bell Biv [=DeVoe=]. Gill and Tresvant also recorded successful solo albums.

Candy Girl (1983)
New Edition (1984)
All for Love (1985)
Under the Blue Moon (1986)
Heart Break (1988)
Home Again (1996)
One Love (2004)

"Hit Me Off"
"I'm Still in Love with You"
"You Don't Have to Worry"
"One More Day"
"Something About You"
"Hot 2Nite"

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