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Don't Be Cruel was to Bobby Brown what Control was to Janet Jackson -- a tougher, more aggressive project that shed his "bubblegum" image altogether and brought him to a new artistic and commercial plateau. With "My Prerogative" and the title song, Brown became a leader of new jack swing -- a forceful, high-tech blend of traditional soul singing and rap/hip-hop that's also associated with Guy and Brown's New Edition colleagues, Bell Biv DeVoe. Brown had been a strong advocate of rap since his days with New Edition, and on Cruel, he did even more rapping than before. But for all the tough-mindedness he exhibited on his new jack hits, the charismatic Bostonian hadn't lost his love of sentimental, old-fashioned R&B romanticism -- and he definitely excels in that area on his hits "Every Little Step," "Roni," and "Rock Wit'cha." Much of Cruel was produced by the ubiquitous production/songwriting duo L.A. Reid and Babyface, who've often been accused (and rightly so) of taking a formulaic, cookie-cutter approach to R&B. But here, their work is never less than inspired. © Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Antonio "L.A." Reid, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jon Gass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Babyface, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Brown, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Daryl Simmons, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Kayo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio "L.A." Reid, Producer, Mixer, Rap Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Karyn White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Gass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - KENNETH "BABYFACE" EDMONDS, ComposerLyricist - Babyface, Producer, Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Brown, Rap Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Riley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - GENE GRIFFIN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - DENNIS MITCHELL, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Robert Brown, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Brown, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - Edward Theodore Riley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
L.A. Reid, Producer - Kayo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio "L.A." Reid, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Darnell Bristol, ComposerLyricist - Karyn White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Gass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - KENNETH "BABYFACE" EDMONDS, ComposerLyricist - Babyface, Producer, Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Brown, MainArtist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Daryl Simmons, ComposerLyricist - Antonio "L.A." Reid, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Jon Gass, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - KENNETH "BABYFACE" EDMONDS, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Babyface, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Brown, MainArtist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kayo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Antonio "L.A." Reid, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Karyn White, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jon Gass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Babyface, Producer, Mixer, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Brown, MainArtist - Jr. Louil Silas, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Teddy Riley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - GENE GRIFFIN, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - DENNIS MITCHELL, Mixer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Brown, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Louil Silas Jr., Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Denten, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Brown, MainArtist - Larry White, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Lee Peters, ComposerLyricist - Jay Logan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Denten, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Brown, MainArtist - Larry White, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Louil Silas Jr., Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Peters, ComposerLyricist - DeWayne Sweet, ComposerLyricist - Dennis Wadlington, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mitch Gibson, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gordon Jones, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Brown, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Antonio "L.A." Reid, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jon Gass, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Babyface, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Brown, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Don't Be Cruel was to Bobby Brown what Control was to Janet Jackson -- a tougher, more aggressive project that shed his "bubblegum" image altogether and brought him to a new artistic and commercial plateau. With "My Prerogative" and the title song, Brown became a leader of new jack swing -- a forceful, high-tech blend of traditional soul singing and rap/hip-hop that's also associated with Guy and Brown's New Edition colleagues, Bell Biv DeVoe. Brown had been a strong advocate of rap since his days with New Edition, and on Cruel, he did even more rapping than before. But for all the tough-mindedness he exhibited on his new jack hits, the charismatic Bostonian hadn't lost his love of sentimental, old-fashioned R&B romanticism -- and he definitely excels in that area on his hits "Every Little Step," "Roni," and "Rock Wit'cha." Much of Cruel was produced by the ubiquitous production/songwriting duo L.A. Reid and Babyface, who've often been accused (and rightly so) of taking a formulaic, cookie-cutter approach to R&B. But here, their work is never less than inspired. © Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:52
- Main artists: Bobby Brown
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1988 MCA Records Inc. ℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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