
The Feat. Don’t Fail Me Now Edition
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
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The Girl Is Jazzy, but She's Nothing but Trouble
She ain't worth it by Glenn Madero's featuring Bobby Brown, reach number one on Billboard's Hot 100. Since his days in the 80s R&B boy band New Edition, Brown had been one of five singer performers in a group that included only occasional hip hop elements. When Brown broke out as a solo megastar in 1988 and 89, after the release of his smash album Don't Be Cruel, his hits began to include more rap elements. In effect, Bobby was acting as his own feature, inserting raps performed by himself into the middle of his hits.
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