The song only peaked at #81 on the Billboard R&B charts. The official first single “Above the Rim,” a basketball anthem, also failed to catch on due to the timing. Instead, the group started out with the promo single “From the Back.” While not a bad song, “From the Back” just didn’t catch on, which is a shame as it has a nice groove. When Hootie Mack was finally released on June 1st of that same year, “Gangsta” and “Boot/Sneaka” were both notably absent. However, the group’s label didn’t release “Gangsta” officially until January 1993. The group even performed one of its most sought after songs “Boot/Sneaka” on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve Special. In 1991, the group made a memorable appearance on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, where they performed “Gangsta.” One would think the group was lining up a project for 1992 as they stayed in the spotlight. R&B was now filled with numerous groups who all wanted that number one spot. Dre’s The Chronic album had just been released, and gangsta rap had begun to dominate the airwaves. In 1993, the music industry was changing, and hit makers Bell Biv DeVoe hadn’t released anything new, officially, in a while. Now let’s take the time to revisit Hootie Mack! However, numerous delays led to BBD’s second album not achieving the same success as its debut. BBD had previously released a gold-selling remix album in the summer of 1991 entitled WBBD – Bootcity! The Remix Album. Expectations were high for the group’s sophomore album of new material. The Poison album found the group as the second most successful spin-off act from the New Edition camp when their debut sold four million copies. Bell Biv DeVoe members Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, and Ronnie DeVoe made history with their 1990 debut Poison release.
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