Ralph's singles were B+ singles. Singles that carry you after you drop the A song and blow up. He never had an A song the way BBD and Bobby Brown had.
Your favorite solo effort of NEW EDITION members? Why isn't Ralph a bigger star?
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Sbp
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Exactly
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
You're like the second or third person to say this...do y'all realize how huge "Sensitivity" was?
-Sensitivity finished number 29 in the end of the year end billboard top 100 chart for 1991.
-Poison finished number 4 in the end of the year end billboard top 100 chart for 1990.
-My Prerogative finished number 2 in the year end billboard top 100 chart for 1989.
Sbp
Superstar
Sensitivity made a lot noise but he needed more hits and better album cuts to reach superstardom
Not gonna let yall do this to riz
datnigDASTARDLY
catching pigeons
fukk you OP 
and yo stupid poll...I can't choose between my boys breh 
and yo stupid poll...I can't choose between my boys breh
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Um...that's still great!
And, it peaked at #4 on the Hot 100.
And, it was the #1 R&B song for 20 weeks in row.
29 compared to 2 and 4 basically explains my original post in this thread.
What chart has them at number 1 for 20 weeks in a row? Because for the top billboard R&B singles, Sensitivity was only number 1 for one week.
I need to see the receipts on this. All that R&B in 1991 and that song was #1 for 20 weeks?
I need reciepts.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Man this is hard to decide....
FeverPitch2
Superstar
The reason Ralph's shyt didn't blow is because his shyt sounded like a New Edition album. With Ralph being the lead singer of NE, we identify his voice with that sound and sucker for love subject matter. All the other dudes came with a new sound on their solo shyt. Bobby was on some lite funk, Rick James, Jr. shyt. Johnny could hold down the mature shyt better than Rizz because he had the voice for it all day. nikka ate those slow jam tracks, then held his own with the uptempo joints. BBD took New Jack Swing and ran wild with it. So for the NE fan, each NE offshoot had something new to offer that they hadn't heard before, except Ralph's. People say he waited too late. Nah. Had he dropped that album earlier, the results would have been the same. I take that back. If he woulda dropped that album in 1986 after Bob left, it woulda blew crazy. But 1987/88??? Nope. Ralph didnt need to try to act hard or act extra freaky, but what he shoulda done was dig deeper and talk about his life and his world. Something more than just "I love you girl Never do you wrong Make you happy" shyt.
TheBoyDuddus
Pro
Don't be cruel album
Black_Panther_JS
Superstar
Don’t Be Cruel is 1 of the greatest R&B/Soul albums I’ve heard
Johnny Gill is second
Then Poison
Then Ralph’s
Johnny Gill is second
Then Poison
Then Ralph’s