- Love 4 J Knight
- Remixed: Kool & the Gang
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- Danny’s Second Face
- The Fix Is In
- Buggin’ Out Over Bugnanas
- Welcome Home Danny
- Badu’s Sloppy Attempt at an Album
- Fading into Popularity
- Drugged Expectations
- A Trip Down Memory Lane with Jordan Knight
- Same Joey Mac
- When Bad Albums Happen To Half-Decent Talent
- It’s Good to Be Troubled
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- A Chronicles Legend
- Building New Kids Legend
- A New Kids Xmas
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- Will You Be Under Lyrical Mind Control?
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- To Believe or Not to Believe…
- Guns ‘N Roses: When They Rocked
- Monáe and Her Out of This World Debut
- Have to be in the mood for XTC
- It Has All Gone Right
- BEP: When There Were Three
- The Foolishness of Monkey Business
- Long Live The Dutches of Crap!
- The Retardation of BEP
- If Only It Truly Was the End
- No Real Shock, Still Searching for Value
- Is There Still Room for Musiq
- A Shockless Attempt At Creating Value
- Not So Lifted
- Erykah’s Underground World
- Failed Renegotiations
- Reliving the Magic That Is the Commadores
- Arguing With A Tree Is Fun
- Monáe’s Audition is “Cute”
- In the Heights Soundtrack
- Has Shakira Been Downgraded to be the New Beyonce?
- Is It His World, Or Is He A Squirrel Trying To Get A nut In Ours?
- ATBAN Klan Dismissed
- It’s Official: I’m As Bored As He Sounds
- Does Richie Still Have What It Takes?
- Falling In Love with Boyz II Men All Over Again
- I’m Sold On Blue October’s History
- What Is The Answer?
- It’s Time For Cypress Hill To Be Shut Down
- Swiss Beats Creates Hyped Mediocracy
- It Needs To Be Treated Just As Raydiation – With Hazmat Suites
- Next Stop – Snorezville
- A Soulful Life
- The Amazement of Nina Simone
- Buble: The Crooner of Remakes
- Sweet Music Created Out Of Bitterness
- Hamilton’s Made His Point
- End of an Empire
- Breaking Through The Madness
- No Go For Coco
- Are Boyz II Men The Remedy?
- Schooling Listeners but Not Preachy
- Keeping My Hands All Over Maroon 5
- Joy or Misery?
- The Id of Gray
Album: Hangin’ Tough
Artist(s): NKOTB (New Kids on the Block/The Block)
Drop Date: September 6, 1988
Blades: 9
Review: The follow up album had the fellas attempt to bring a bit of maturity late to their vocals and videos were finally being released for them. The guys were shot all around Boston as they crooned to You’ve Got It (The Right Stuff) and showed each member doing their thing. Jordan Knight was marketed as the lead for the song and Joseph McIntyre was the second lead.
Dubbed as a chart-topper (#1) the video soon allowed it to stay in that position for a period of weeks. The black ‘n white video soon became a trademark for the following hit single – I’ll Be Loving You (Forever). A very seductive love tune that had all fans swooning and envisioning their prize singing it to them. The guys brought their playfulness to this album. This sleeper album picked up attention in late 1988 and the guys were soon a hit all over the world.
The upbeat tempo of Hangin’ Tough reintroduced the audience to the rap styles of Donnie Wahlberg (the bad boy of the group). He was able to take lead of both song and crowd once he was turned loose. This video had the guys staged at a concert and Wahlberg was able to reenact his energy from the video shoot each night live at their concerts.
This album was a little less Bubble Gum but still sugar sweet – in a good way. Out of the early materials produced by this band, this album was a favorite for me in the late 80s. For the memories and the times that they were created this album gets a solid 9 blades from me.
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