Bobby Brown

Tragedy strikes another family member, this time Bobby Brown’s 28 year old son. TMZ is reporting that Bobby Jr. was found dead Wednesday in his home in the L.A. area. Police investigating but at this point they do not believe there was foul play involved. Bobby Jr. was the half-brother of…

The Bobby Brown Story Part 1 Last night we gathered around the TV as a family to watch the eyebrow raising life story of Bobby Brown. For the better part of three hours the story unfolded in the only way it could being associated with Bobby Brown: complete and utter…

Wherein We Give Robert Barisford Brown His Propers — If you’ve followed me/ #MusicSermon for any significant amount of time you already know that I am unashamed of the gospel of Bobby Brown. I passionately evangelize about the kang…of stage. Bobby might be a punchline for drugs and bad behavior now, but your man ain’t pull Whitney Houston for…

On June 20th, 1988 New Jack Swing officially became the aesthetic default sound of R&B/Black music. Shortly afterwards, this very same sea change took over the Pop charts. …

When Whitney Houston drowned in a hotel bathtub the night before the Grammy Awards in February 2012, fans were devastated — but not necessarily surprised. The golden-voiced superstar, whose first seven songs hit №1 on the pop charts, was open about her decades-long struggles with drugs and alcohol. Now Whitney…

Disclaimer: I wrote the following story during the 2016 election cycle. This story was written at a time when conventional political wisdom stated that an inarticulate and impolitic businessman with no political experience and multiple fraud and sexual assault allegations pending against him could not possible best a former First…

Bobby Brown had effectively beat the sophomore jinx in 1988 with the timeless New Jack Swing album Don’t Be Cruel and raised his profile even more the next year with “On our own” from the Ghostbusters II soundtrack. …

Due to some scheduling conflicts over the weekend, days three to six will be posted tonight. I know I posted a song associated with New Edition members on day one, but Bobby Brown deserves some shine on his own. “Every Little Step” is the first Bobby Brown song I can remember even though it came out when I was less than a year old. I can thank my dad and brother for that. It’s still catchy nearly 29 years later and you can’t help but to love Bobby’s outfit and dance moves. And we can’t forget the famous Gumby haircut, which apparently was an accident.