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Increasingly,
it became a problem for Boyz II Men, especially with the rise
of Southern hip-hop in the late 1990s who had a lot more kind of flavor
and juice in their music, but also represented
a certain kind of Blackness that they couldn't really represent because they were
representing something anachronistic, that was a throwback to another era
it became a problem for Boyz II Men, especially with the rise
of Southern hip-hop in the late 1990s who had a lot more kind of flavor
and juice in their music, but also represented
a certain kind of Blackness that they couldn't really represent because they were
representing something anachronistic, that was a throwback to another era
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Increasingly,
it became a problem for Boyz II Men,
00:00:03.962 --> 00:00:07.924
especially with the rise
of Southern hip-hop in the late 1990s
00:00:08.997 --> 00:00:10.677
who had a lot more kind of flavor
and juice in their music,
00:00:10.076 --> 00:00:12.887
but also represented
a certain kind of Blackness
00:00:12.971 --> 00:00:14.848
that they couldn't really represent
00:00:14.931 --> 00:00:17.225
because they were
representing something anachronistic,
00:00:17.308 --> 00:00:18.748
that was a throwback to another era.
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Uncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.
