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"Poison" is the debut single of American vocal group Bell Biv DeVoe, released as the first single from their debut album of the same name. The song, in the style of new jack swing , a late-1980s/early-1990s hybrid of R&B , hip hop and swing , was the group's most successful.
Poison is the debut studio album from American R&B/hip hop group Bell Biv DeVoe, released March 20, 1990, on MCA Records. The album peaked at number five on the Billboard 200 chart. By April 1995, it was certified quadruple-platinum in sales by the RIAA , after sales exceeding 4,000,000 copies in the United States.
"Poison" is the first single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's 1989 debut album Road to the Riches. It was later included on the compilation albums Killer Kuts (1994), The Best of Cold Chillin (2000), Greatest Hits (2002) and Street Stories: The Best of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo (2013).
"That Girl" began as a viral trend on TikTok [2] by a user sharing their objectives for the new year: eating more fruit and vegetables, and reading more books. In the spring of 2021, the term gained popularity and spread from TikTok to YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest through various formats including short form videos, extended vlogs, and curated Pinterest boards.
The song peaked at #18 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart [4] and was released as a 12-inch single. [5] As is the case with nearly all songs that the group released as a single for radio airplay, some of the lyrics were altered in the radio edit to remove the strong, profane language that dominated the original album version.
The song is about gold diggers who specifically target guys who possess items starting with the letter B. Specifically, these include "Broncos, Benzes, BMWs, bass, bangles, and "a pair of bars [chrome wire-spoke wheels] on a Cadillac Brougham". The chorus is sung to the melody of 99 Bottles of Beer.
"Poison" is complete with stuttering beats coupled with the singer's "liquidy" voice as stated by Sonya Eskridge of Sister 2 Sister magazine. [5] A writer of Rap-Up magazine noted that the remix of the song which was featured on the mixtape Big R&B Ego was "potent, but not quite fatal". [3]
McBride received the nickname "The Rap Girl" during high school, where she was known for freestyling in the lunch room. [7] She reached internet fame through "freestyle" videos uploaded to YouTube in 2011, and Twitter, Instagram, and Vine videos recorded in her college dorm at Middle Tennessee State University around 2015. [2]