1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: All right, hey, we got we got someone. You're ready. 2 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: I'm so ready special guests on the line, I say, 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: are y'all ready? Here? We got we got special guests. 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: Three of the original members of the legendary group new addition, 5 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 1: and they joined us this morning to talk about the 6 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: Holly and thisisl pain did Uh biopic will bring the 7 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: life story. There's a bio pick of the group, the 8 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,559 Speaker 1: one and only new addition. Right now, we got the 9 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: boys from bb D put your hands together, Ricky Bell, 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: Michael Bippins and Rutted devote. What's up, fellows? We love 11 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: the beautiful chang. What's going on? Were sipping coffee right now, 12 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: sipp that coffee and wake up. But the movie is here. 13 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: We've been waiting on it. It's finally coming and let's 14 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: do this first. Congratulations two new editions for receiving the 15 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 1: star on the Hollywood Walker, Man, Congratulations, thank you, thank you. 16 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: What was that like yesterday? Man? It was overwhelming, man, 17 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: because so many fans flew out into Cali that ain't 18 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: never been to California before, and it was like it 19 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: was raining, thundering, and then it was stopped. But at 20 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: eight o'clock, Man, the line was two blocks of line 21 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 1: Hollywood Boulevard. Man. And you know the black women get 22 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: their head done with the weeds and all that, and 23 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:46,080 Speaker 1: they fought through it, man, and and and the thing 24 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: that it showed us is is that we don't raise 25 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Speaker 1: the generation of fans with us, man. And to see 26 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: them take this trip and stand in that rain, Man, 27 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 1: it says, spoke so many ms to us. Maybe it 28 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: was all overwhelmed. Man. It's amazing, man. And see our 29 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: names amongst other stars, man. And that was the furthest 30 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: thing from my mind when he started congratulations, well, congratulations deserved. 31 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 1: So it's going on tonight man. The New Edition story 32 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: as tonight on b T. It's a three part show 33 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 1: on tonight, Tomorrow and Thursday only on BT, and it 34 00:02:25,760 --> 00:02:35,959 Speaker 1: tells the history of the of you alls group new addition, Um, Bill, Michael, Ronnie, Johnny, Ralph, uh, Bobby, 35 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: you name it, all of you guys tell us about 36 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 1: the movie. Yeah, we're so excited, man, because been a 37 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: ten year process for us. You know, yes, she signed it. 38 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: You know I started talking to him right after Williams 39 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: ten years ago, and just now we're really happy that 40 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: it comes out, now that it's actually going to be 41 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: three nights, two hours a night on the tree. Like 42 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: Mike said earlier, were being introduced to a whole new generation. Man. 43 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: We really pulled back the curtain and let you into 44 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: our personal life, some of the some of the challenges 45 00:03:09,240 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 1: we face some professionally, you even you know personally and 46 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:16,959 Speaker 1: our personal relationships. Man. But we think people's gonna like it. 47 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: We went to uh, we had a private skinning last 48 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: night here in Hollywood, man that they were screaming and 49 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 1: laughing and you know, crying at some times. Man. It's 50 00:03:26,360 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 1: really an emotional right. How do you do you guys 51 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: like the I'm sure you do. But how do you 52 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: feel about the actors that actually portrayed your your your character? 53 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: You you yeah, they did. Yeah, they did an amazing job. Man. 54 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: You know, it was a little scary initially, man, because 55 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: you know, the chemistry that we pulled off over thirty 56 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,600 Speaker 1: three years, man, they only had less than thirty days 57 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: to pull off. Man. So when we look at the 58 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: dancing of lower did and that was probably the most 59 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: challenging part that they all had to overcome. But we 60 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: had the bigs, of course, which is you know, six 61 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: of them cats, and then we had the little Man, 62 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: which is five of them cats. You know, this booty 63 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: starts from nine eight and it pushes all the way 64 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: through two thousand and five. And initially the littles was 65 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:28,360 Speaker 1: putting the foot in the big behinditely. Listen, they ratcheted 66 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 1: the pressure rug Man and made it hard on them cats. Man. 67 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:35,359 Speaker 1: But you know they did everything that they were supposed 68 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: to do. They made the phone calls. I mean late 69 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,599 Speaker 1: night we would be on the phone with these cats 70 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: just talking to him about what the mindset was at 71 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,839 Speaker 1: various times throughout our careers. Man, And they all embodied 72 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 1: to carry the characters of Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph 73 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,720 Speaker 1: and Johnny and Brooke paying Man and the Mamas. When 74 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,600 Speaker 1: y'all see the Llamas on this joint ain't for night one, man, 75 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: I'm to tell you, but man, we are so proud 76 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: of the work man. It couldn't have been done by 77 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: a better castic characters. Now, the two that played Bobby, 78 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: are they all right? Because I know they didn't went 79 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: through something Yo, what he mcclaimed, he's been saying it 80 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: for the last I want to stay probably about you 81 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: know what has it been? Uh? Last May we started 82 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: filming and it took about thirty five days. I don't 83 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: think he's let Bobby go since then. It's about of fact, 84 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: man saying so uh yeah, it said a beautiful thing. 85 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,560 Speaker 1: I think we all up their game probably about ten 86 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: knotches from before they took on these roles. Man. But 87 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: you know, and it's funny because they have a little 88 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: thread or text thread or group me thread, and they 89 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: said they been talked with each other. That hasn't been 90 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: a change that they haven't said something to each other. Man. 91 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: So they started a brotherhood based our new addictions brotherhood, man, 92 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 1: And it's a beautiful thing. That's good. All right, let's 93 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: talk B B D. Man. The three of you guys, 94 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,279 Speaker 1: y'all continue to make hit after hit. Uh. You have 95 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: a new album, three Strikes, that will be released this Friday, 96 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: January seven. What inspired the new music? Man? UM? A 97 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: couple of things. You know, we um, we do a 98 00:06:20,520 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: lot of shows. We perform all year around, you know, 99 00:06:23,279 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: fifty sixty shows a year. UM. You know, being in 100 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: front of our fans all the time they've been asking 101 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 1: for it, and sometimes you know, in our shows feel like, 102 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: you know, we would like to have the music and 103 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:36,719 Speaker 1: you know, it just brings a new energy to switch 104 00:06:36,760 --> 00:06:39,360 Speaker 1: songs up, and that was one of the motivations. We 105 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: recorded the song run about a year ago with Eric Sermon. 106 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: He produced a song. Uh. We put it out over 107 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,000 Speaker 1: the summers Um July, and it took off for us. Man. 108 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: We got a really good response for it, and the 109 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: man got a little bit higher for us to make 110 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,239 Speaker 1: more music. So I think we just jumped in a studio. 111 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: In a matter of you know, three to four weeks, 112 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 1: we had a whole album. You know, we call it 113 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 1: three Strips as our first album in about fifteen years. 114 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: The way that it came together was really organic, you know, 115 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: similar to how the Poison album came together. You know, 116 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: we just came into the right song. Their age appropriate, 117 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: their groovy, that everything you love about don't give the 118 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: vote they got you know, they hip hop, beats um 119 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: with the old sexy melodies, catchy melodies, and you know, 120 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: we'll we feel like we're at the best as far 121 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: as our talents and performers right now. So we really 122 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,040 Speaker 1: feel like songs for song. If you match this up 123 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 1: with Poison, man, it's it's uh uh man, you know, 124 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: it's it's it's good man, it's so I would say 125 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: it even better performance wise and even funk the song 126 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: besides Poison, I think it's stand next to that monster 127 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: right there, man, but not also, you know, we get 128 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: out of Adam and and not only that, the first 129 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: single run. I'm not sure how many times I'm not 130 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: a blade it, but right now we're sitting in the 131 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: top ten. We're trying to get it to go number 132 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:10,280 Speaker 1: one at least another Yeah, we released another record to 133 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 1: the streets two weeks two weeks ago. It's a duet 134 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: between vell Bil Devon and st Z and that hast 135 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 1: so running. Yeah, that has already I was sold run 136 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 1: on iTunes and it's not even really heavenly at radio. 137 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: But we shot a video that were dropped in about 138 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: forty eight hours, so people are about to hear a record, 139 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:38,719 Speaker 1: a strong on the record that fits format radio all 140 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: the way across the boards that I think is a 141 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,959 Speaker 1: duet that ain't no one's really heard with a true 142 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,760 Speaker 1: male and the female groups in a long time. And 143 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: we just hope when y'all heard it didn't play it, 144 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 1: that the Steve Harvey audience dis embraced it because it's 145 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: really a great on joining all right, we've been waiting 146 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: for it. It's going down tonight. It is here, b 147 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: E T now PM A p M. Central. It's the 148 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: New Addition movie starting tonight, Tomorrow night and Thursday is happy. Y'all. 149 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: Don't know what this means to me, to all of us. Now, 150 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,960 Speaker 1: I was raised up with this here. I went to 151 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: Astra World in Houston to see. This is my fire heart, 152 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: this is my temptation. This is what this means to me. 153 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: This is New Addition. You don't understand what New Addition 154 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: means to He doesn't get the girls. You don't even understand. 155 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:32,319 Speaker 1: Maybe we've been waiting for this movie and I've been 156 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 1: loved with Ronnie, but I'm married now. Party all the dances, fellas. 157 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: We want to say, congratulations, long time coming. It is here. 158 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 1: It's a movie we cannot wait to see. It's happening tonight. 159 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 1: Congratulations of y'all once again. Man, thank you, thank you man. 160 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:57,600 Speaker 1: You know we could never be you know, man, we 161 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,599 Speaker 1: did not take up the credit. Man, because things to 162 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: happen in our lives that we we you know, that's 163 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: beyond our imagination. We could pray for, you know that 164 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,200 Speaker 1: probat beyond the imagination and I let alone, you know, 165 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: trying to play it. So we're just two grateful, man 166 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: and excited that people you want to hear our story 167 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: so long man and um, we know we're honored and 168 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: we can't wait for you guys to see it. Man. 169 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:25,240 Speaker 1: We're gonna be live tweeting, you know, during the show tonight. Man. 170 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: We want to hear the responsors and reactions what people 171 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 1: think about certain things. Man, So we honestly think that 172 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: you guys have them. B BT did an amazing job 173 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: and our protection, I do Williams, Push Robinson, Jeffy understand 174 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: they really took that putting about to work on very good. Well. 175 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: Congratulations once again. Man. We will be watching tonight nine pm, 176 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: eight pm Central on b ET the New Edition movie, 177 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 1: and we're gonna we're gonna, we're just gonna drop a 178 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:55,679 Speaker 1: little something like this just to finish us off. We 179 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: can I do it? Can I do it? That's right, 180 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: That's right. I've watched me on tell Ronnie I loved him. 181 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna okay all of them. I can hear 182 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 1: you loud and claric. We love all you guys. Congratulations, 183 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 1: no doubt, We definitely thank you, Thank you. We wanted 184 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 1: to let everybody know you can pre order that self 185 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 1: to vote three strip c D right now. It dropped 186 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 1: fully officially on Thursday night, after the last night of 187 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: the new edition biopic and that yo, I've been hearing 188 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: like that. It's like, is it biopic? Is it biopic? 189 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: Is it biopics? That's what I did, biopic, biopic all 190 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: that it's biopic, man. So we appreciate y'all and thanks 191 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:55,280 Speaker 1: for the love right back. Did you here Ronnie say 192 00:11:55,360 --> 00:12:02,720 Speaker 1: he loved me? Don't love you like that? He said it, 193 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 1: he don't love you like that.