Rate Your Music score: 2.74 out of 5!
I'm surprised this lost hit doesn't have a better Rate Your Music score, because I remember it being praised by the vast majority of the American public. Back when this song was a hit, I got in a big argument with a family member about its degree of popularity, but I think reaching #21 is good enough.
There's lots to say about this legendary R&B trio from Boston. One day we were in a Pizza Hut, and someone noticed that a young man working there looked just like Bell Biv DeVoe's Michael Bivins! He had the same glasses and everything.
That was also around the time Bell Biv DeVoe was part of a big Taco Bell promotion. Taco Bell distributed collectible 32-ounce plastic cups featuring artwork created by the group. One day, my mom's car broke down in front of a local shopping center. Employees of a nearby Taco Bell brang out a Bell Biv DeVoe cup full of water to put in the radiator.
I ended up with that cup, but it only lasted a few years before the base of it started cracking. Then somehow part of it melted on the inside of the door of the stove.
It turns out the cup was part of a charity drive, so now I feel guilty because Taco Bell gave us the cup instead of having us buy it. Other acts who participated in the Taco Bell campaign were the Scorpions, Diana Ross, George Michael, and M.C. Hammer.
I was inspired to include "Gangsta" on this blog by something that happened a few months ago. There was some big rally or protest. I don't even remember what it was about. It drew counterprotesters who drowned out speakers by erupting into a chant that sounded exactly like that from "Gangsta"! What I'm talking about is the chant that starts at 26 seconds into the above video and is heard several times throughout the song. It wasn't words being chanted, but just one note that was held for a long time.
You take me as a prankster, but that really did happen!
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