Don't Be Cruel

Artist	Bobby Brown
Format	CD
Label Name	MCA
Producer	Babyface, Bobby Brown, Gene Griffin, Gordon Jones, L.A. Reid, Larry White
Run Time	47:08
Song List	1: Cruel Prelude (:39) 2: Don't Be Cruel (6:52) 3: My Prerogative (4:57) 4: Roni (5:58) 5: Rock Wit'cha (4:47) 6: Every Little Step (3:59) 7: I'll Be Good to You (4:25) 8: Take It Slow (5:22) 9: All Day All Night (4:40) 10: I Really Love You Girl (5:11) 11: Cruel Reprise (:18)
Style.Categories	Contemporary R&B, New Jack Swing, Club/Dance, Urban, Dance-Pop, Hip-Hop

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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, All Music Guide