While touring with New Edition, lead singer Ralph Tresvant also performed in the stage play ‘Man In Her Dreams’ and released his third solo album called ‘Rizzwafaire.’ The first single and video was ‘My Homegirl’ which was a wonderful R&B ballad.

In 2006 the group was selling out venues on there ‘Spend the Night with New Edition’ tour, which was sponsored by Lincoln Motors.

The group received a national audience when their initial story was told on VH1’s ‘Behind the Music’ which showcased the up and down career of the group. Bobby Brown was featured on Damian Marley’s song ‘Beautiful’ and Johnny Gill contributed his song ‘You for Me’ for Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Reunion Soundtrack. Having cut ties with Combs and Bad Boy, the group continue to perform concerts in 2005 on their ‘Behind Closed Doors’ Tour. The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard Albums Chart and managed to go gold selling over 600,000 copies but thanks to disagreements on the direction of the group the project was essentially shut down after the 1st single ‘Hot 2Nite.’ The album included a number of great songs including ‘Come Home With Me,’ “Newness,’ ‘Start Turning Me On,’ ‘Re-Write The Memories,’ ‘That’s Why I Lied’ and ‘Leave Me.’ Take a listen to the ‘One Love’ album below and explore some great music by New Edition. They wanted to be New Edition, not a younger version of themselves. The only problem was the group didn’t want to sound younger, they wanted to be who they were. The album was filled with strong songs showcasing the groups vocal ability with a younger R&B, Pop and Hip-Hop sound. The group signed a record contract with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in 2002 after he caught one of their shows in Boston, that would eventually result in the release of the ‘One Love’ album in 2004. New Edition regrouped in 2002 without Bobby Brown and starting touring with En Vogue in venues around the country.

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