MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

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By July 22nd of 1990…

Bell Biv DeVoe gave us

some really important advice…

within their song: “Poison.”

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Bell Biv DeVoe came out of New Edition…

but “Poison” was not trying to sound like a boy band in matching suits.

This was R&B with Timberlands on.

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And that sound had real hip-hop fingerprints…

all over it.

Kool G Rap is sampled yelling “poison.”

One of the most quoted lines has a KRS-One connection.

And Hank Shocklee from Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad helped give the track its boom

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LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“Never trust a big butt and a smile
That girl is poison.” – Bell Biv Devoe

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