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With its smooth brand of doo-wop/hip-hop, Boyz II Men has spearheaded the renaissance of the R&B vocal group, in the process revitalizing Motown Records (the band has become Motown's best-selling act, and its second album, Boyz II Men II, is the label's best-selling album of all time). The Boyz have sold over thirty million albums worldwide as of the first half of 1997, and have managed to capture plenty of awards--not to mention plenty of hearts--along the way. The Boyz II Men story begins in 1988, at the Creative & Performing Arts High School of hiladelphia, where Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, Nate Morris (no relation), and Mike McCary first discovered that the sum of their four voices was definitely greater than the individual parts. Besides singing at school More... (Submit New Boyz II Men Lyrics) (Submit New Boyz II Men Lyrics) Raving for it!!! | Reviewer: coffeephobia ------ About the song Time Will Reveal performed by Boyz II Men i really love this song. it makes me swoon. it makes me feel so in-love. love the version of BOYZ II MEN. really love their rendition. the lyrics, the tone, the music and the voice all fits like a puzzle. hmmm...fullness of life & letting go | Reviewer: Paulie ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men Personally, this song don't really hit me as in a death. This hits me more when I'm abut to leave those whom I truly love. LOVE YOU ALL LIMS!!...Hope we'll get to see all of you some day!! Till then, I'll be praying for that day!!...Paulieee boyz to men bio | Reviewer: richard ------ About artist/band Boyz II Men With its smooth brand of doo-wop/hip-hop, Boyz II Men has spearheaded the renaissance of the R&B vocal group, in the process revitalizing Motown Records (the band has become Motown's best-selling act, and its second album, Boyz II Men II, is the label's best-selling album of all time). The Boyz have sold over thirty million albums worldwide as of the first half of 1997, and have managed to capture plenty of awards--not to mention plenty of hearts--along the way. The Boyz II Men story begins in 1988, at the Creative & Performing Arts High School of hiladelphia, where Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris, Nate Morris (no relation), and Mike McCary first discovered that the sum of their four voices was definitely greater than the individual parts. Besides singing at school, they honed their harmonizing skills by singing on street corners and on subway platforms, billing themselves as Unique Attraction. Believing that things would start to happen for them professionally if they could just get heard by the right person, they charmed their way backstage at a 1989 show at the Philadelphia Civic Center, where they knew their idol, Michael Bivins (of New Edition and Bel Biv Devoe fame) would be. When they tracked Bivins down, they convinced him to listen to their a cappella version of the New Edition song "Can You Stand the Rain." Also present in the impromptu audience were Paula Abdul, Cherrelle, Keith Sweat, and Kid 'n Play. Bivins was definitely impressed by their singing: he gave them his phone number, and after they had pestered him enough, he became their manager and succeeded in negotiating a deal for them with Motown. Bivins suggested that they change their name, and so Unique Attraction became Boyz II Men, which is the title of a New Edition song off the Heartbreak album. The newly baptized Boyz II Men's debut album, Cooleyhighharmony--named after a 1975 blaxploitation comedy called Cooley High--was released in May of 1991. It didn't take long for the band to conquer the radio airwaves: the first single, "Motownphilly," vaulted up to No. 3 on the Billboard singles chart by July. The second single, a remake of "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" (the song originally appeared on the Cooley High soundtrack), hit the No. 2 position in October. To date, the album has sold more than seven million copies in the U.S. alone. In 1992, just as the excitement over Cooleyhighharmony seemed to be dying down a bit, the soundtrack of the Eddie Murphy movie Boomerang, which featured the Boyz II Men track "End of the Road," was released. The single hovered at No. 1 for a phenomenal thirteen weeks, beating an eleven-week record set by Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single back in 1956. The band's record was broken just a few months later by Whitney Houston, whose sentimental "I Will Always Love You" clinched the top spot for fourteen weeks. But Boyz II Men seemed destined to hold that "most weeks at No. 1" crown: the band tied Houston's record with the single, "I'll Make Love to You," in 1994, and then went on to surpass it the following year with "One Sweet Day," a collaboration with Mariah Carey that held solid at No. 1 for sixteen weeks.In October of 1993, the Boyz released the Christmas Interpretations album, a collection of both traditional and original Christmas songs. Their version of "Let It Snow" cracked the Top 40 for one week, entering in at No. 32, and the album itself hit the Top 20. By the time the Boyz released Boyz II Men II in September of 1994, they had become the poster boys for a new era of R&B music. Their magnificent vocals provided a welcome alternative to the lip-sync trash of Milli Vanilli and the white-boy rap of Vanilla Ice, and their looks and smooth ways made them instant teen idols. Magazines outdid themselves trying to come up with ways to categorize the four singers, and the results were pretty amusing: Wanya was generally portrayed as the hyperactive one; Nate, the serious one; Shawn, the mellow one; and Mike became known as the Barry White of his generation. But they had already come up with their own stage personas: Mike "Bass" McCary, Wanya "Squirt" Morris, Shawn "Slim" Stockman, and Nate "Alexander Vanderpool" Morris (the moniker belongs to a character from Morris's favorite soap opera). Boyz II Men II was recorded in a live-in studio called Granny's House, located in the Southwest desert . The band had attempted to record the album at home in Philly, but found that they were too distracted by friends, family, and neighbors to get anything accomplished. The first single from the album, "I'll Make Love to You," was a Babyface collaboration, and it spent fourteen weeks at No. 1. The second, "On Bended Knee," a Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis collaboration, immediately followed the first to the top of the chart, where it camped out for six weeks. Once again, the guys were breaking records: charting two songs back-to-back in the No. 1 slot put the Boyz in a very small and select company of artists who have accomplished the same feat--Elvis and the Beatles. The album itself debuted at No. 1 in the States, becoming the first Motown album to do so since Stevie Wonder's 1976 release Songs in the Key of Life. The record sold an amazing six million copies worldwide during its first four months in release, and eventually went on to sell more than eleven million copies in the U.S. alone. Boyz II Men II was followed by The Remix Collection in November of 1995. The album included an edgy remix of "Vibin'" that featured additional vocals from Treach, Craig Mack, Busta Rhymes, and Method Man; it also included the No. 3-charting "Hey Lover," an LL Cool J song for which the Boyz sang backing vocals. The band's amazing chart success and massive sales numbers were made all the sweeter when it racked up a slew of preeminent music awards, including Grammy, American Music, Soul Train, and NAACP Image honors. Boyz II Men performed before Pope John Paul II during his 1995 American visit, and sang the national anthem at the closing ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. In 1996, the band was inducted into the Philadelphia Hall of Fame. Following the release of II, the Boyz took a year-and-a-half break before commencing work on their next album. Not that they didn't keep plenty busy: all of them bought houses and spent time with their families; they also built their own recording studio, Stone Creek, outside of Philadelphia. Stockman made his solo debut on the soundtrack to Mr. Holland's Opus with the song "Visions of a Sunset." Nate Morris opened a unisex hair salon in Philadelphia called Morris' International Styling. At the urging of their frequent collaborators, Babyface, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis, the Boyz tried their hand at producing on their next album, Evolution, Which hit stores in September of 1997. The band wrote or co-wrote ten of the thirteen tracks on the album, though the first single, "4 Seasons of Loneliness," was written by Jam and Lewis. Three of the tracks--"Come On," "Can't Let Her Go," and "To the Limit"--were co-written and co-produced by the ubiquitous Sean "Puffy" Combs. The Boyz commemorated their pre-fame Unique Attraction days by including an a cappella version of "Can You Stand the Rain," the song that first brought th em to the attention of Michael Bivins. All that remains to be seen is what records the Boyz will break this time around. Complimentary "Boyz II Men" Ringtones Download "Boyz II Men" Music i'm holdin' it down 4 ya'll | Reviewer: yung_keev ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men this is dedicated to my dad overall and i just love it when i hear this song because when tears come running down it's not because of shame it's because of the enjoyment of the song and the im happy this song could let's me kno dat mi dad is pain free and is in a much better place and the memories dat come to me makes me think about him like he's still here wit me 2day. Yesterday is hard to say goodbye Nicole | Reviewer: Thomas ------ About the song Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men Nicole I loved you since kindergarden I miss you and I wish I told you how much I love you things have been hard on me without you around and I want you to know I love you with all my heart and I wish I could see you again and I hope we meet again someday precious | Reviewer: faith patra ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men losing someone so precious is not an easy thing,av lost quite a number of relatives and friends to disease,aacidents etc and i remember the first tyme i had this song,i was touched but blessed by it and truly its so hardto say gdbye to yestadai.am 4ever grateful 2 whoever thout abt writing dwn dis song.guess it ministers to many souls,mine inclusive.love ya ol Grandma. Cory. & Lakaysia | Reviewer: Brey ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men This song brings back many memories. Especially of my grandma and cousin cory. It really makes me cry when I think about Kaysia. she died a couple of months ago at the age of 15. I didn't really want 2 believe it. I didn't want 2 say goodbye 2 her. But I know I will see her soon in heaven. Luv ya gurl. I MISS YA'LL | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men This song touches my heart n makes me cry r almost cry evitime i hear it. I have loss alot of family n friends thoughout years n i luv n miss them dearly. This song goes out 2 des great ppl: My papa i miss u. My great-grandmother i luv n miss u. My god-brother i luv n miss u. My cousins i luv n miss u. My uncles i luv n miss u. My aunts i luv n miss u. My friend, Derricka (10~25~91 - 02~11~08), i luv n miss u; i miss ur laughs n smiles at skool. N many more i luv n miss yall. Also to Shannon Veal, i didnt knw u but i knw dat u were a great basketball player n a great friend n family member. I miss all yall n i luv u. This song goes to yall. Hope 2 c yall again. %*WIT MUCH LUV*% Oh my God, i like this song | Reviewer: Lole ------ About the song On Bended Knee performed by Boyz II Men Hi Guys. I think boys11men it's the best musical group. I like all the songs, specially "Al Final del camino", it's so romantic and very real. Songs are so specialls. This song it's so important to my life. Bye guys. this song | Reviewer: elexiz ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men This song is my favorite song ver it makes me want to cry every time i hear it. I love this song and whne i hear it it makes me think about leaving going to high school and missing all my friends I LOVE YOU MOMMY | Reviewer: Velez ------ About the song A Song for Mama performed by Boyz II Men both me and my brother fight with my mom alot. some times over stupid things that is not even worth it. but this song made us both realize how much our mother means to us and if it wasnt for her we wouldnt even be here. on mothers day my brother, cousin, and i are going to sing this to both my mother and aunt! I love you | Reviewer: keisha ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men I think this song is a wonderfull song even though itz sadd and it bringz back lotz of memoriez! The funny thing is, I've been to meny funeralz! My grandmother, my sister, my bestfriend, my cousin, and anotha close friend! And sum1 sang this song at every1 of them! That's how I've grown to like this song! I just want to say to my grandmother Corrine who died from cancer I love you and miss you dearly! The family is hurtin without you! To my bestfriend T WHYY?? Who was shot 5 timez in his back timez I love you and you'll alwayz have a place in my heart! The wood life is the good life! To my sistah Takia who was gunned down we didn't really spend time together but that doesn't matter I love and ill c you soon! To lil Zeke and Snick who were gunned down also I'm missin you guyz so much! Don't worry cuz karma is a mutha! I love all of you and make sure you guyz save me a spot up there! Watch ova me! I'm missin you! Muah! to my mom rachel a johnson/hunter and my 2 bestt friends ebony d hughes an joy m richmond rest in paradise | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men i lost the love of my life my mom wen i was 12 years old she died of cancer in the kidney an it spread 2 her brain an i hate this song so much 2 this day bt i jus sung it 2 my bae who jus broke up w me and now im realizing why i hate this song so much. and to my best friend ebony who was killed by an drunk driver she was only 18 years old just about 2 graduate an enrolled in college bt she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.And to my other best friend joy she was like my big sister she was only 27 an she died of cancer also but i know in my heart that ill see them again but this song just hurts my feelings everytime i hear it an no matter were i am i cry but i want them 2 promise me something that they will rest in peace 4 me love yall APRIL Mika & the Boyz | Reviewer: Shonee ------ About the song Will performed by Boyz II Men I love the fact that they sampled from another culture. They did my favorite artist (ans 2nd favorite song) justice! Mika Nakashima's version will always be number one, though. MY Mother | Reviewer: Mies ------ About the song A Song for Mama performed by Boyz II Men Im a teenager and me and my mom Argue alot. But this song made me realise how important my mom is to me and how much I love her. When its mothersday i am going to sing this song for her. for all of those who ever lost someone that they trully loved | Reviewer: nea ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men im sorry bout youre loses.im not rellating this song to enyones death,its justbeautyfull in its sorow.ive lost to manny people in my life but zhere is not enough lyrics to describe what i am feeling.be strong people,God bless!!! I MISS HER | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men I lost my friend in the seccond grade.. kinda wierd ain't it we were 7 and she was killed. Who would do such a thing??? So this song touched my heart and brought back memories of her.Her name was Clara.She was so gentle and sweet so y would someone kill her? She NEVER hurt anyone. So to this day I wear black. For I am still mourning. I miss her so. I will see her someday. LUV U STILL CLARA GB i miz her | Reviewer: tatiana ------ About the song It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday performed by Boyz II Men ma friend taylor died abotu 2 years ago. she waz hit by a drunk driver walkin from skool o miz her sooo much i cant tell u how much i want her here now i went through so much and she helped me get through it now i have nobodi 2 tlk 2, 2 comfort me, im jus a misunderstood person with out my bestie i love u gurl ill b there soon :-(......... Best Christmas present ever | Reviewer: deb ------ About the song Mama performed by Boyz II Men My boys made me a video of their lives and set it to "A Song for Mama" by Boys II Men for Christmas 2007. It is beautiful and I cry everytime I watch it. I love their little faces as babies and little boys and I am so proud to see what great men they have become. this song is so powerful | Reviewer: thomas ------ About the song I Will Get There performed by Boyz II Men It help me get throught the hard times that I'm going through in high school but I know I will get there with my friends and my family by my side thank you everyone You could review the artist/band Boyz II Men in Biography page You could review Boyz II Men album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Boyz II Men song by clicking the song which you like | | ||||||||||
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