It's about time someone recognized the great spoken word talent of Boyz II Men's baritone-voiced Michael McCary. Much like Barry White, this is a guy you'd want around on Whacking Day.
Here it is, the 11 best deep-voiced Boyz II Men monologues aka McCary's greatest hits along with some amusing commentary. Now excuse me while I try to find the talkboy "Home Alone 2" tricked me into wasting my money on as a kid so I can find out if these spoken-word pleas still work as well as they did in the 90s.
Bet you didn't know that "How Do You Talk to an Angel" by The Heights knocked Boyz II Men's "End of Road," which at the time had set a new record for most weeks at number one on the Billboard charts with 13 weeks, out of the top spot in 1992.
Yep, just let that sink in for a moment. America should hang its head in shame for that one, especially since it's a theme song from a TV show, and The Heights weren't even a real band.
They were a fictional band who were the focus of a Aaron Spelling produced TV drama series called "The Heights" that aired briefly on Fox in 1992 before it was canceled.
Coincidently the song became number one a week after the show's demise. They should have spent more time figuring out "How do you not canceled?"
"The Heights" was like the homeless man's "Glee" or maybe "Glee's" distant cousin that was a result of inbreeding on that weird side of the family nobody likes to talk about. Each episode focused on this "band" and featured one of their songs.
The Heights lead singer was Jamie Walters or you might know him better as Ray Pruitt, Donna's abusive boyfriend on the original "90210."
Judging from this, an important step in learning how to talk to an angel is beating up your girlfriend. You have to get that angel's attention somehow.
Since I always seem to hear this song in the supermarket, I'm going to assume that another key step for talking to an angel is shopping in a supermarket. I could really use an angel's advice when I'm making tough food decisions.
An angel could tell me if I should get Fruit Loops (regular diabetes)
or Frosted Mini-Wheats (diabetes with fiber).
Okay, I'm still not exactly sure how to talk to an angel, but if the song's any indication, it definitely involves a cheesy 90s saxophone riff in the background while I try.
It's always a good time to watch Boyz II Men's video "Motownphilly." Not only is it early 90s R&B in its heyday, but the video features the brightly colored sports coats and sweaters of the era as well.
It's clear that Lebron James must be a huge fan of this time period because he's single handedly attempting to bring that clothing style back.
Look at James at the 2009 NBA-All Star weekend in the picture below. With that bright yellow sweater, I'm not sure if he's there for All-Star weekend or auditioning to be the new fourth member of Boyz II Men. Hey, James has a deep enough voice to replace the bass guy who left the group.
The new member of Boyz II Men
That's not the only way the video appears to have inspired James. The pretend team pictures that James takes before games are quite similar to the group pictures taken in the Motownphilly video.
Does this mean the Cavaliers have joined Boyz II Men,
ABC, BBD in the east coast family?
Excuse me, while I run out to get bright orange/pink sports coat so I can be ahead of the curve if James succeeds in beginning back the early 90s.
