The LP made the lower reaches of the R&B charts. While balancing New Edition reunions and other projects, Bell Biv DeVoe explored a more hip-hop-oriented sound on their third album, 2001’s BBD. Bell Biv DeVoe, also known as BBD, is an American music group from Boston, Massachusetts, formed from members of New Edition, consisting of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe.The trio’s 1993 sophomore album, Hootie Mack, yielded a minor pop hit with “Something In Your Eyes” and managed only gold sales.The follow-up, “Do Me!”, also reached No. Poison’s title track topped the R&B singles chart and crossed over to No.(It’s since been certified quadruple platinum.) A 1991 remix album, ( WBBD-Bootcity!: The Remix Album ), went gold. 5 on the Billboard 200, and went platinum within weeks. BBD’s 1990 debut album, Poison, hit No.They did so at the suggestion of producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, who’d become superstars on the strength of their work with Janet Jackson. Album cover of Three Stripes Three Stripes by Bell Biv DeVoe Album cover of 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Bel Biv DeVoe.
Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe formed BBD while New Edition was on hiatus in 1990.Formed by members of the R&B boy band New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe arrived in the early ’90s with a sound they described as “mentally hip-hop, smoothed out on the R&B tip with a pop feel appeal to it.” This innovative approach yielded such hits as “Poison” and “Do Me!”