The front picture of card #110 here was also used as the back photo of Yo! card #1, and the crouching shot on the back is also the front of Yo! card #2.
Ha, the write up on card #110 seems to be a paraphrased version of #109, both insinuating that the group had been unable to make the kind of music they had been yearning to make for an extended period of time, until finally rectifying that creative disconnect on their debut record, Poison.
Key information that could have been provided is that these young men had previously been a part of the group New Edition. I was confused back at card #85 New Edition thinking they were a rare act on the checklist to get a MusiCard despite not being an active entity (outside of the Legends/Concerts subsets). But yeah, like Brett Alan suggested in the comments of that post, turns out New Edition never officially broke up, they just sort of drifted into a hiatus in the early 90s as they found success with their endeavors outside the flagship group.
Bell Biv DeVoe has likewise never really split, but they haven't been making much new music either. The guys keep busy with New Edition reunions, and "Poison" seems to be a staple at those concerts.
CUSTOM CORNER
So I had all that above drafted up ready to go in early August, but things got hectic at the end of the month and I forgot and broke my streak of monthly MusiCard posts.. Dang. I'll try to double up at some point to still hit 12 posts on the year.
I guess part of the delay was that I was having trouble deciding on a custom corner act to pair with Bell Biv DeVoe. Boyz II Men would be an obvious choice, but I think I'll table them for another time. I also considered another artist with the initials "BBD", that being a modern band I like called Big Black Delta (which I'd ballpark compare to a cheekier Nine Inch Nails). But ultimately I think the common thread of a hit song titled "Poison" being released around the same time was enough to mock up a well-deserved MusiCard for Alice Cooper.
Alice Cooper's "Poison" came out in July '89, so he beat Bell Biv DeVoe to the punch, as their "Poison" didn't come out till the following March. Funny enough, a similar thing happened a couple years later when a bunch of songs titled "Creep" became popular around the same time (TLC, Radiohead, Stone Temple Pilots).
Anyways, thanks a bunch for reading and please feel free to leave your thoughts on Bell Biv DeVoe and/or Alice Cooper in the comments below.
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