![]() ![]() “Tell Me,” which first appeared on the soundtrack of the 1996 film, Eddie, peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the R&B chart. They came in hot with their debut single “Tell Me,” a melodious promise to deliver hot steamy love at all times. Dru Hill’s quintessential R&B songs (“Tell Me,” “In My Bed,” “Never Make A Promise,” “5 Steps,” “I Should Be…”)ĭru Hill’s breakthrough was fueled by tantalizing love songs and signature dance moves. The focus in this introduction, however, is Dru Hill’s best songs from 1996 until 2002. Despite the shifts in line up, though, they’re still making music. ![]() The quartet became a trio at times, or a quintet, and then eventually back to a quartet. There were label and group member changes throughout the years. Listen to the 25th anniversary edition of Dru Hill’s self-titled album here.ĭru Hill’s road through stardom wasn’t always smooth, especially after their sophomore album in 1998. That’s where many first saw their signature dance moves, like the Dru Hill bounce. Dru Hill also provided unforgettable visuals to match their tunes. They were in their late teens and early 20s when they entered the world stage, but they crooned grownup tales of love and sex. Their debut album, Dru Hill, dropped in 1996 and went platinum on the strength of singles like “Never Make a Promise,” “In My Bed,” “Tell Me,” and “5 Steps.” The group often drew comparisons to Jodeci and Boyz II Men – influences they were happy to claim – and like many of the greats before them, their rich complex harmonies, rooted in soul music, met at the intersection of gospel, blues, hip-hop, and R&B. They created a massive buzz after a few years, and landed a record deal with Island. The quartet got their start at local and regional talent shows. In 1992, high school friends Mark “Sisqo” Andrews, Larry “Jazz” Anthony Jr., Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin, and James “Woody” Green formed a group eventually called Dru Hill, after Druid Hill Park in their native Baltimore. Notice, nobody in Dru Hill fixed themselves to say Jodeci and Boyz II Men needed to join forces in order to beat them because they knew the chances of them getting washed into Dru-blivion against either group by themselves would be too high.You can not discuss the best 90s R&B songs without mentioning Dru Hill. ![]() (Silk, Shai and Backstreet Boys were still waiting outside the ring deciding if they were going to jump over the ropes or just chill because that’s a whole lot of smoke and they ain’t sure if they want any of it yet.) I can just see the “Baby, I’m beggin'” free-for-all happening in the ring right now, and just when you thought one group was about to emerge victorious, HERE COMES H-TOWN WITH THE CHAIR!!! In fact, why even stop with these five groups? The battle could take place in the middle of a random desert where the wind is blowing fiercely for whatever reason and some of the groups’ members are standing in an open-shirt Michael Jackson pose while others are lying belly-down in the sand with their arms extended into an open-hand reach. Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing all of these groups -Jodeci and Boyz II Men included-get together for a “whooo-yeah” royal rumble on the Verzuz stage. 112 and Jagged Edge already battled it out against each other in a May Verzuz, but apparently, them “Dru World Order” boys don’t think either group, individually, has a catalog worthy of head-to-head competition and would have to Voltron themselves into a mega tag-team group in order to enter the Dru dojo for a friendly nayhoo-off. ![]()
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