It’s later presented that their love is for an older woman they believe is ashamed of her feelings towards a younger cat. “Girl I ain’t got nothing to prove I ain’t got nothing to lose I’m just a man that’s sooo in love with you,” the boys sing. Jazz and Woody trade lines about their devotion to their ladies, giving them anything and everything they desire. The group keeps it real on the second track of the album, defining their outlook on love. In celebration of the album’s 20th anniversary, we’ve ranked the tracks, keeping in love, soul and flow in mind. “Whatever You Want” taught us about the importance of consent, while “Never Make A Promise” gave us hope that prince charming was real. There were also the top-selling singles like “Tell Me,” “Five Steps” and “In My Bed,” that flooded Quiet Storm segments and your high school dances.

“Do You Believe in Love?” questions the rules of the feels with a reminder that “there ain’t no guarantees in love,” making the quest that much rewarding. But, we’re the last part of the generation where it’s about the artist that made careers for everybody else artist development, the right records, putting us with the right producers who would teach us a lesson, we’re the last of it.” Whether it was hindsight or only ungratified creative goals, the group went on to produce the highly successful sophomore LP Enter The Dru, but internal conflicts and label switches crashed the innocent waves created on Dru Hill. “Nowadays, you kind of just go in the studio, make a record and it’s whatever, spend a bunch of money to make people think it’s good when don’t nobody know what the f**k you talking about. “Even though we didn’t understand totally when we first started, people made sure we became marquee artists and they gave us lifetime records,” Nokio told The Source in April. Unbeknownst to them, their ideas would frame fantasies of love we’ve never knew existed. Unlike the rest of the millions of black teens growing up in America, the guys were forming their stance on love, sex and relationships on wax. If you could actually sing to a girl while selling fudge in an all-white uniform, that was a challenge.” Nokio’s urge for the group to take control of their sound would be heard on their self-titled album, Dru Hill.

“If you could make that cool, and we did, it was the first lesson in show business.

“Dude, selling fudge is not the coolest thing in the world,” Sisqo told Rolling Stone in 2014. Before leaping into the spotlight, the teens used their gigs as fudge sales boys to flip lyrics about the delicious treats into serenading ballads. The quartet known as Dru Hill might have had a similar come up as New Edition (gospel singers tempted by the chords of secular sounds) founder Tamir “Nokio” Ruffin with Mark “Sisqó” Andrews, Larry “Jazz” Anthony, and James “Woody Rock” Green knew they had voices, but unlike their peers, they were true creatives. Blast From The Past: Sisqo Talks Dru Hill Then & Now

Dru hill the love we had