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| 1 | Cruel Prelude | :39 |
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| 2 | Don't Be Cruel | Reid/Simmons/Babyfa | 6:52 |
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| 3 | My Prerogative | Griffin/Brown | 4:57 |
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| 4 | Roni | Babyface [1] | 5:58 |
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| 5 | Rock Wit'cha | Babyface [1]/Reid | 4:47 |
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| 6 | Every Little Step | Reid/Babyface [1] | 3:59 |
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| 7 | I'll Be Good to You | Brown/Griffin | 4:25 |
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| 8 | Take It Slow | White/Peters/Logan | 5:22 |
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| 9 | All Day All Night | Wadington/White/Swe | 4:40 |
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| 10 | I Really Love You Girl | Brown/Jones | 5:11 |
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| 11 | Cruel Reprise | :18 |
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Don't Be Cruel
Audio Compact Disc
Label: MCA
Style: Dance-Pop
Don't Be Cruel
UPC: 076742218522
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Original Release Date: 10/25/1990
Number of Discs: 1
- Bobby Brown
Main Performer
Alex Henderson
Don't Be Cruel was to Bobby Brown what Control was to Janet Jackson -- a tougher, more aggressive project that shed his "bubblegum" image altogether and brought him to a new artistic and commercial plateau. With "My Prerogative" and the title song, Brown became a leader of new jack swing -- a forceful, high-tech blend of traditional soul singing and rap/hip-hop that's also associated with Guy and Brown's New Edition colleagues, Bell Biv DeVoe. Brown had been a strong advocate of rap since his days with New Edition, and on Cruel, he did even more rapping than before. But for all the tough-mindedness he exhibited on his new jack hits, the charismatic Bostonian hadn't lost his love of sentimental, old-fashioned R&B romanticism -- and he definitely excels in that area on his hits "Every Little Step," "Roni," and "Rock Wit'cha." Much of Cruel was produced by the ubiquitous production/songwriting duo L.A. Reid and Babyface, who've often been accused (and rightly so) of taking a formulaic, cookie-cutter approach to R&B. But here, their work is never less than inspired. ~ Alex Henderson, Rovi
