Sisqó gets home and now knows for sure that “ Something is wrong/ ‘Cause it’s written all over face.” This is the end, he realizes, and he leaves forever. The first verse sets the scene: he’s “ got this feeling” that something’s off, and his friends intensify it with their own misgivings, but he still doesn’t want to believe it’s true. The plot of “In My Bed,” for example, the group’s first platinum hit, involves Sisqó’s suspicions that his girlfriend has been cheating on him. Many of the songs on Dru Hill tell love stories with an emphasis on all things sad: tales of loneliness, heartbreak and death.
Moreover, the group’s debut was remarkably and infectiously theatrical-that is, both hyperbolically expressive and narrative-driven. It was a good time for the all-male R&B group, with powerhouses Blackstreet, Boyz II Men, New Edition and Jodeci also raking in millions of sex-positive dollars during the era.ĭru Hill weren’t exactly innovators in this crowded field, but they could keep stride, vocally, with the best of them. Their debut LP was a certified-platinum success, its first three singles charting in the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and faring even better on the R&B charts. The group would sign with Island Records, who released their first two albums (not without a good bit of drama, which eventually required the intervention of the Reverend Jesse Jackson). Consisting of original members Sisqó, Jazz, Woody Rock and Nokio, Dru Hill formed in 1992 in Baltimore, the city’s Druid Hill Parks serving as the inspiration for their name.
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