Bell Biv DeVoe

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American musical group R&B group hip hop group music group

Bell Biv DeVoe is an American R&B/hip-hop group formed by New Edition members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe, best known for their influential 1990 hit "Poison" and their role in pioneering the new jack swing sound.

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Label Occurrences
Bell Biv DeVoe canonical 15

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
R&B group ⓘ
hip hop group ⓘ
music group ⓘ
activePeriod 1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
2010s ⓘ
2020s ⓘ
albumReleaseYear Poison ⓘ
surface form: Poison (1990)
associatedAct Bobby Brown ⓘ
Johnny Gill ⓘ
New Edition ⓘ
Ralph Tresvant ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debutAlbum Poison (album) ⓘ
surface form: Poison
formedFrom New Edition ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
new jack swing ⓘ
hasAbbreviation BBD ⓘ
hasMemberRole Michael Bivins – rap and vocals ⓘ
Ricky Bell – lead and background vocals ⓘ
Ronnie DeVoe ⓘ
surface form: Ronnie DeVoe – rap and vocals
hasOrigin Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
knownFor pioneering the new jack swing sound ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
member Michael Bivins ⓘ
Ricky Bell ⓘ
Ronnie DeVoe ⓘ
mottoOrSlogan Never trust a big butt and a smile ⓘ
notableAlbum BBD ⓘ
Hootie Mack ⓘ
Poison (album) ⓘ
surface form: Poison

Three Stripes ⓘ
notableSong B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)? ⓘ
Do Me! ⓘ
Poison (album) ⓘ
surface form: Poison

When Will I See You Smile Again? ⓘ
notableWork B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)? ⓘ
Do Me! ⓘ
Poison (album) ⓘ
surface form: Poison

When Will I See You Smile Again? ⓘ
parentOrganization New Edition ⓘ
surface form: New Edition (as spin-off group)
recordLabel Biv 10 Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
songReleaseYear Poison ⓘ
surface form: Poison (1990)
styleCharacteristic fusion of R&B, hip hop, and swingbeat ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Edition → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Robert Barisford Brown → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Ricky Bell → memberOf → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Ronnie DeVoe → memberOf → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Ronnie DeVoe → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Ralph Tresvant → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Michael Bivins → memberOf → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Michael Bivins → foundingMemberOf → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Michael Bivins → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Michael Bivins → musicGroupFormed → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
new jack swing → associatedWithArtist → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
subject surface form: New jack swing
Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture → performer → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
The Bomb Squad → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Hank Shocklee → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Eric Sadler → associatedAct → Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ