80’s R&B star Damion Hall may have made headlines recently for proclaiming there is “no group greater than Guy,” but producer extraordinaire Jermaine Dupri is throwing his opinion in the chat by giving the crown to New Edition.
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Still hot on the promo trail for his documentary ‘Magic City: An American Fantasy’ (set to premiere on STARZ on August 15), JD dropped by the ‘Joe & Jada’ podcast starring rappers Fat Joe and Jadakiss to dish on the project as well as his career-at-large.
Though his conversation with the duo was decorated by his regale of work with Usher (‘Confessions‘), Mariah Carey (‘Emancipation of Mimi’), Monica, Da Brat, TLC, and others, a surprising highlight came courtesy of tapping into the “greatest group ever” hot topic.
“New Edition is the greatest group in music history period. They’re the greatest group to ever come out – White, Black, I don’t care what it is. They’re the greatest group to ever come out,”he relayed before defending his argument. “Reason being, everybody went solo and went Platinum. This ain’t happen with the Jacksons, the Four Tops, the Temptations, the Backstreet Boys, or NSYNC.”
Despite their solo and group accomplishments, JD argued the sixsome – comprised of Bobby Brown, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill, Ronnie Devoe, Ricky Bell, and Michael Bivins – is not given their due from critics or music historians.
“We should treat New Edition better; they are the greatest musical group to ever come out. I’m talking [better than] The Who, The Rolling Stones, all these artists and all these bands,” Dupri shared.
And while Joe and Jada refuted with their respective picks Boyz II Men and The Beatles, Jermaine stood his ground.
Undoubtedly a debate starter, press PLAY on the clip above to hear JD’s full homage to NE.
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Sounds like a reasonable opinion. Only one minor correction, 3 of them had solo careers but the other 3 went trio as opposed to solo. But he’s correct in that no other group spawned so many separate platinum selling acts and yet come together as a platinum selling group as well. I can’t put them ahead of the Jacksons though since they were so heavily influenced by them and Michael and Jermaine were two huge acts to come from that group. I’d say the Beatles, the Eagles, and the Bee Gees are other notable examples of bands with members to have successful outside projects.
This is actually true statement; New Edition is the only group to claim and hold the supergroup title. Ralph Tresvant , Bell Biv Devoe , Bobby Brown and Johnny Gill , have all shared platinum success in their solo artistry projects.