The Whole Delivery

As all three parts of "The New Edition Story" has aired on BET, only fitting that this week's Flashback Fridays takes it back all the way to 1984 before the original band with all original five members "broke up" 3 years later. This, not "Candy Girl," served as their Top 10 single in the States. It's of course the pride of Roxbury, from those several towns in Boston that a LOT of people not from Boston knew existed, but always existed. It's "Cool It Now" from New Edition, your Flashback Friday choice for this week. This is The Whole Delivery. 

Yeah, I know you are going to laugh at this one. From all the way back in 1983, the first selection for "The Flashback Friday" to kick off "The Whole Delivery Friday" this week is none other than New Edition's innocent, euphoric young love hit "Candy Girl." I swear, just watching this made you automatically label them the next "Jackson 5", as was the plan by songwriter Maurice Starr in this piece . And that may have come from even loyal J-5 fans at the time who didn't want to say that for the new group in town. Nevertheless, this classic had to be brought to your attention to kick off this Friday in such an ill fashion. Your first Flashback Friday selection of the day, New Edition's classic "Candy Girl."