Inside New Edition's Overdue Renaissance

Hard as it is to imagine today, when hip-hop and R&B are so closely intertwined, the arrival of the rapper as a commercial force initially posed a threat to R&B singers. After the hip-hop comet struck more than three decades ago, many crooners suddenly looked liked dinosaurs, and even some of the greatest vocalists on the planet never really recovered, at least on recording. It's

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