Boyz II Men

NKOTB, 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men - Izod Center - 6/13/13

NKOTB, 98 Degrees, Boyz ii Men Izod Center 6/13/13 Better Than: Justin Bieber's leopard print Audi. "This one goes out to all the sexy married women here tonight! I know there's a lot of you." Without any hint of irony or disappointment, Nick Lachey delivered these words. Truer words have never b ... More >>

New Kids, Old Media: How NKOTB Achieved Ubiquity in an Era Without Internet

Tonight in the Jerz (East Rutherford) and Sunday at Barclays Center, everybody's favorite boy band template New Kids on the Block take the stage for their tour with 98 Degrees and Boyz II Men. While most of our New Kids memories could be attributed to them having "The Right Stuff" on stage and in ... More >>

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 5/31/2013

For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar.

The Ultimate List of Free Summer Concerts in NYC, 2013

Get ready to plug this in your bookmarks, iCals, sticky notes, and religious shrines, because the ultimate guide to free summer concerts in New York City is here! Seriously, scroll down and don't be stingy - share with your friends. Concerts aren't fun without friends. Just ask the lucky gal above e ... More >>

New Kids on the Block

Six Superlative Summer Shows

Our music critic's picks for the season's hottest concerts

100 & Single: fun., Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen, And The Era Of The Snowball Smash

If you're a pop fan, I'm going to guess you like at least one of the last three No. 1 songs in America. In many ways, 2012 has been an entertaining year for discriminating chart-watchers, as a slew of left-field singles have made strides on Billboard's Hot 100. I've met people who love fun.'s "We A ... More >>

Live: Beyoncé Brings The House Down At Atlantic City's Newest Casino

Beyoncé w/Luke James Ovation At Revel Saturday, May 26 Better than: Slacking off. This weekend's four Beyoncé shows at the Revel Resort in Atlantic City—a multibillion-dollar casino that's trying to bring the high-roller feel of New Vegas to the Jersey Shore's most famous boardwalk— ... More >>

Radio Hits One: "Baby Got Back" And 20 Years Of Ass-Themed Hits

20 years ago, the Seattle-based rapper Sir Mix-a-Lot was doing pretty well as a mid-level star of the burgeoning west coast hip-hop scene, coming off of two successful albums and a series of rap radio staples like "Posse On Broadway" and "My Hoopty." In February 1992 he'd just released his third alb ... More >>

Beyoncé's Eye-Popping Video For The Incredible "Countdown" Has Arrived (Plus A Way To Make It Even Better)

Beyoncé's thrill-a-minute "Countdown" is one of the best songs of the year, riding a Boyz II Men sample, whirling drums, and a bravura vocal performance by the singer—plus liberal usage of the heretofore-unknown-to-me lovers' appellation "boof"—and zipping them all up into a giddy three ... More >>

20 Albums From 1991 That Can Still Be Thought-Pieced To Death Before The Year Ends

20. Tom Petty, Into The Great Wide Open 19. Skid Row, Slave To The Grind 18. Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque 17. Prince & The New Power Generation, Diamonds & Pearls

Live: Boyz II Men Slow Things Down At The Porsche Design Space

Boyz II Men Porsche Design Space Monday, September 19 Better than: Color Me Badd's 20th Anniversary. There's no overstating the way Boyz II Men shaped the R&B and pop landscapes. The group's songs provided the soundtrack for many a middle school dance in the 1990s; their harmonies acted as Hallma ... More >>

Radio Hits One: Adele Brings The Ballad Back To No. 1

​Adele's 21 has ruled the American charts for most of 2011, and it's done so almost entirely on the back of one song: the lead single "Rolling In The Deep." While the British singer was topping charts in her homeland and several other countries with the follow-up single, the ballad "Someone LI ... More >>

Live: Beyoncé Wants To Make You (And You, And You) Happy

Myrna Suarez​ Beyoncé Roseland Ballroom Sunday, August 14 Better than: Feeling lousy about yourself. While waiting for Beyoncé to take the stage at Roseland on Sunday night, the audience at Roseland was treated to a video on loop; among its tableaus was a video of Beyoncé, in a convertib ... More >>

Radio Hits One: The Long, Long Legs Of Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday

​A few weeks ago, my colleague Chris Molanphy broke down how "Super Bass," the late-breaking crossover smash from Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday, presented a rare example of a hit album taking months to yield a top 10 single after moving major units out of the gate. But at the time, I was patiently ... More >>

Live: Taking Back Sunday Bring It Back Together At The Best Buy Theater

Taking Back Sunday w/Thursday Best Buy Theater Sunday, July 17 Better than: Breaking up. The Best Buy Theater seems hermetically sealed from Times Square—to enter it is to completely remove yourself from the heat, which, in July, introduces stasis to the blood. You are rewarded inside with ... More >>

100 & Single: Pitbull Turns The Hot 100 Back Into A Boys' Club (For Now)

​If, like me, you've been putting together your annual summer playlist to pump at block parties and barbecues, you may have found yourself with a historically odd problem: a relative dearth of hits this year by dudes. After you've rounded up buzzy tracks by the Queens of Pop—from Adele t ... More >>

Beyonce's Odes to Joy

Restored and ready, the singer writes love songs to her life on 4

Radio Hits One: The Elusive Superstar Duet (Or Three-Way)

​ In last week's breakdown of Lil Wayne's chart ubiquity, I noted that while Lady Gaga's Born This Way and its singles seemed to be everywhere, she hasn't staked out much additional Billboard territory with collaborations. Her only charting collab of late is "3-Way (The Golden Rule)," a little ... More >>

Rock-Critic Pop Quiz: How Many Members Of Odd Future Do You Know?

​ Our panel of music experts has proven themselves less-than-expert on any number of legendary subjects--Metallica, The Clash, Boyz II Men, pretty much anything that doesn't have a Lindsey Buckingham guitar solo in it. So we thought we'd test their knowledge about current events. You can't cli ... More >>

Urlesque Bids Us a Sad Farewell With a Meme-Packed Video

Urlesque is officially closing up shop today. In an appropriate goodbye post, Jason Newman strung together the most popular memes of the last three years into a video backed by "The End of The Road" by Boyz II Men. Can you identify all of the memes in the video? Don't worry, we've got you covered wi ... More >>

Rock-Critic Pop Quiz: How Many of Boyz II Men's Five #1 Singles Can You Name?

​Thanks to new albums by The Weeknd and Frank Ocean, this is totally the month of hipster R&B. You can read our own Sean Fennessey's magnificent think piece on it , or maybe peep The Guardian's informative take on the "cult of Cassie" among chillwaver types, or maybe just follow Eric Harvey ... More >>

Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? American Idol Wobbles, R&B Thrives, And The '90s Rise Again

Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! At least one song on this record is really good!​Gent ... More >>

A Nation of Justin Bieber Fans Threaten to Kill Miley Cyrus on Twitter

Last night, the Canadian industry savior and haircut titan Justin Bieber overcame a cold and a guest appearance from Sean Kingston to sell out Madison Square Garden. The performance was being taped for an upcoming 3D biopic, and thus Bieber brought out the big guns: Boyz II Men. (Usher, Jaden Smit ... More >>

Obligatory Weekend Awkward Collabo Video Roundup: Conan O'Brien and Friends Say Farewell to the Tonight Show with "Freebird"; Jay-Z, Rihanna, and Bono Do Damage During the 'Hope For Haiti' Telethon

It took braver men than us to sit through the entirety of the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon--our taste for artist self-martyrdom/self-aggrandizement is minimal, and since we have no desire to talk to George Clooney or Stevie Wonder personally on the telephone by way of giving money to a desperatel ... More >>

Let's Just Take the Comment Section Below the New York Times' "Empire State of Mind"/World Series Piece as a Sign of Progress, America

Whatever the official sports etiquette line is in terms of fair play and sportsmanship, we can safely say the Yankees organization crossed it, did a fake line off it, and then lit it on fire last night, parading Jay-Z (in a Yankee varsity jacket), Alicia Keys (purple), and backing band (Yankee jer ... More >>

Spring Guide: With Fantasies, Metric Learn A New System

American Idol Hollywood: Tatiana Pees Herself, Everyone Likes a Black & White Cookie

Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. This week: "do or die" in Hollywood! Last day of Hollywood Week and it's "do or die," explains Ryan Seacrest. Tonight, contestants all have to sing solo, and they can use instruments if they want. Then at the end of the day, the judges ... More >>

Live: Jens Lekman Secret Set at Googie's Lounge

Raphael Saadiq, Celebrating Classic Soul Without Merely Aping It

Boyz II Men's Motown: A Journey Through Hitsville U.S.A.

New Jack Swingers come to the end of the road

The Chocolate Factory

The Show Must Go On and On and On

Doug E. Fresh leads a delighted Brooklyn crowd down a Frosted Flake–filled memory lane

Formed a Band

Savvy teens and Brooklyn noise-rock luminaries combine for some do-it-yourself doo-wop

Vision Quest

Get your avant-garde fix with plenty of experimental cinema this season

End of the Road

Lightness of being: Van Sant's existential Kurt Cobain movie is an opaque masterpiece

His Own Private Biopic

Gus Van Sant resurrects the ever enigmatic Kurt Cobain with a lyrical blast from the avant-garde

Safety First

Stocked with old favorites, a conservative Cannes proves Newton's Third Law of Motion

On Da Corner Worldwide

Hip-Hop, R&B, Dancehall, Crunk, Grime, er, Music by Black People

Good Morning Little School Girl

Taking a manifestly skillful, manifestly simplistic oeuvre seriously now that it's news

NY Mirror

NY Mirror

Serenading the Boys

Will You Scrub Me Tomorrow

Hot S**t for Teacher

Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop All the Way Home

Sells Like Teen Spirit

Pyramid Scheme

Oh Gods

Consumer Guide

Queen of Pop