Romeo, Batman, LDB
When my daughter was a pre-teen, she and her friends were crazy about Immature, the pre-teen boy R & B group. She must have been their number one fan. Immature came on the music scene in the early '90s. The trio was made up of Batman (Marques Houston), Romeo (Jerome Jones) and LDB (Kelton Kessee), which stands for Little Drummer Boy.
In 1995, I purchased Immature's album, "We Got It," for my daughter and she thoroughly enjoyed it. Upon picking up on her vibe, I began listening to Immature's music and liked it as well. In 1999, when the boys were a little bit older the name of the group was changed to IMX. In 2003, lead singer Marques Houston made his debut as a solo artist.
When I learned that Omarion is the half-brother of Marques Houston, I took notice of him and the urban pop group, B2K, of which he was a member. B2K (Boys of the Millennium) emerged in the pop market in 2000. Omarion, the lead singer, was accompanied by J-Boog, Raz-B and Lil Fizz.
B2K, J-Boog, Raz-B, Omarion, Lil Fizz
My daughter was also a fan of B2K but not nearly as much as she was a fan of Immature. Though this kind of music is certainly not aimed at my age group, I found myself listening to the music my daughter was listening to. I also began listening to rap music in 1995. Rap had been around at least 15 years before that but I had paid no attention to it.
When I watched B2K perform I noticed that they sing and dance with a lot of heart, meaning that they seem to love what they do and take a lot of pride in their work. However, it appeared to me that Lil Fizz did not put quite as much effort into his performance as did the other members and seemed to lag behind the others in his ability to dance. I'm not stating that was the case all the time but was so in some of the group's performances I observed. In spite of that, B2K has a great stage presence. The group broke up in 2003.
Omarion, 22, from Englewood, CA, is now a solo artist who continues to have a lot of heart in his performance. It shows in the video "Touch," from the album "O" (2005).
"Touch" (2005)
2 comments:
Yes! Another blog centered around music. I must say, like your daughter I was a fan of Immature, IMX and am now currently a fan of Omarion. The video for touch is great. I found myself trying to learn the dances to the video. I also love his song "Entourage" as well. It's very catchy.
i must tell u wat i feell abut the music called touch.i was very impresssed with omarion voice in dat music and i really luv the them two dance.i luv d music 2 d extend dat my brother beat me up cos i always busy listening 2 the music.i luv omarion so much.i wish 2 see him in future.he is sooooooooooooo cuteeeeeeee
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