The Story of '80s R&B Group Troop

[@AmoMe2009]

Spread My Wings is a masterpiece hands down. That is my favorite song from them. Puts me in such a damn good mood. The production of that song is amazing.

[@cleftheart1969]

Thanks to chuckki booker

[@kerry-j4m]

The dancing in that video was next level too,still enjoy it till this day.

[@cleftheart1969]

@kerry-j4m IMO they were better than new edition

[@kerry-j4m]

@@cleftheart1969 I thought so too,but,New Edition went thru the same stuff that Troop went thru-first 2 managers doing them dirty-NE. I also thought Troop had the better dance moves before the creation of BBD ( even tho this was a spin-off group ) and those female back-up dancers for BBD were-NICE-too. I believe there's a mini-bio-video on those dancers on youtube.

[@danavixen6274]

Chuckii Booker is a GENIUS. Loved his solo hits alongside the ones he produced for TROOP! ❤

[@saj8]

1988 was a great year for hip-hop and R&B. That year can never be duplicated.

[@The_Office_Of_Eternal_Affairs]

You are not lying. That's when my childhood favorite group, The Boys came out.

[@toochietoochie7559]

NEVER!

[@latashaharvin618]

Rest In Peace Reggie Warren 🙏🏽❤.

[@DeeSunbae]

I will always love you. Spread my wings. All I do. Off the dome, top 3 songs I know from Troop!

[@glennjthompson332]

5th member of the group has passed away.😔🥀🥀🥀 (Reggie Warren)😢(March 15. 2021) health issues. He won't be forgotten..😞🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀

[@kikieaddy2576]

Ty 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@DevilOnlyKnitsLace]

I'm 57 now, but as soon as I hear anything from their first album-- I'm 20 again, and I can't get enough of them. It's so sad they never got the commercial success they deseerved!

[@toochietoochie7559]

💯

[@missshannon9790]

They came and performed at the college I was going to freshman year. I took a picture with the one with the long Jerry curl. I remember Troop. Shame they never took off.

[@nicolesherman8974]

The New Jack City soundtrack is forever a classic 🔥🔥

[@harveymcelroy9332]

💯

[@danavixen6274]

One of the BEST ever! Great movie too! ❤

[@danavixen6274]

All I Do is Think of You by TROOP is TRULY the BEST Jackson 5 cover I've ever heard! These guys made this their own. ❤

[@adrienne3272]

Facts

[@The_Office_Of_Eternal_Affairs]

The skinny one's voice was matchless. I wanted to sound like him when I was younger. The chubby one had the look. He was literally the teddy bear version of Thriller's Michael Jackson. Lol

[@danavixen6274]

@@adrienne3272 Frfr. I didn't know until recently this was a cover and I love the Jackson 5!

[@danavixen6274]

@@The_Office_Of_Eternal_Affairs Teddy Bear. 🐻 ☺️

[@beaniegee5129]

Happy 35th anniversary to Troop's sophomore album Attitude!!

[@dawnandrews9811]

"Still In Love" will ALWAYS be my all time favorite til this very day 2024❤

[@pjeff30]

I had no idea that "All I Do is Think of You" was a Jackson 5 song. Wow. (And I'm old. Smh.)

[@patricechavous2989]

Me either

[@angelinMem]

LOVE me some TROOP!!!!!

[@FearNOMortals]

I love Troop they have classics!

[@cindyc12]

Spread my Wings & All I Do are the jams... it's just sad how the great groups always allow pride, money and people to break them apart.

[@ShanecaRene]

RIP Reggie Warren 🙏🏾🕊️🤍

[@lovingmelovingus5404]

I will always love you, Spread my wings, and Still in love will always be my favorites! Love me some Troop❤️

[@lrs1519]

I was an adult when I realized that it was them AND Levert singing in NJC.

[@kikieaddy2576]

👉🏼✋🏼✋🏼

[@shay_lah]

their harmonies blend perfectly w/ Leverts in NJC ❤ its my favorite part of the movie 🙏🏾

[@tifgod3917]

I saw Troop in concert this last weekend ❤️❤️

[@AlanaGurl]

Spread my wings is still one of my favorite songs 🙌🏾

[@SoRealBeauty]

I saw a docu on them a couple years back, was kind of long, but it had interviews from all five members. It was free on the net so if you can catch it, it deserves a listen.

[@ShayBoogie679]

Spread My Wings is one of my favorite songs. I still listen to it to this day. I was around 7-8 when it came out. I didn’t understand the meaning of the song I just loved it when it came on. As I got older and understood it I see why I loved it 😊

[@cleftheart1969]

I wrote a teenage love story that contained troops music in it... I shared it with them on MySpace back in the day, and they loved it. They're so sweet

[@The_Office_Of_Eternal_Affairs]

Dopeness 🙌🏾

[@happygolucky7241]

Legends 💯 ❤️‍🔥

[@househead67]

'My Heart' STILL holds up to this day! 💯

[@thatbemefool]

I Will Always Love You & My Heart are the best songs ever and they’re never mentioned. EVER! I’ve never understood this.

[@FearNOMortals]

The vocals on I will always love you are unmatched! I totally agree!

[@darrylcarter3691]

I also noticed Troop also sang backup for Babyface on the songs on Babyface’s 1989 album Tender Lover.

[@ShanecaRene]

This is my absolute FAVORITE group of all time ever..I was so in love with lead singer Allen McNeil..I remember running my mama's phone bill up over $200 calling The Video Jukebox for All I Do Is Think Of You..I even got to meet Allen 21yrs ago and we're still cool to this day..we talk all the time on Facebook 💙

[@Rockhead84]

Wow! I didn't know that Chuckii Booker worked with Troop, but "Spread My Wings" definitely sounds like one of his songs (namely "Turned Away"). Their "Attitude" album has to be in conversation for one of the best New Jack Swing albums of the era.

[@MrBeautiful2908]

All I do is think of you and I will always love you. Those are my favorites.

[@blackamerican40]

I still play Mamacita from time to time. 😊

[@darrylcarter3691]

I love Spread my Wings. I found out Chuckii Booker produced the Song which makes sense since Turned Away sung by Chuckii Booker sounds like Spread my Wing.

[@bustingcaps]

still one of my favourite groups

[@jason4275]

Never herd of this group and i grew up in the same county as these guys and grew up in the 90's

[@FrancescaA00]

I didn’t know that was a cover song!! My older siblings loved them. When I think of those years as a little kid, I think of that song and New Edition of course.

[@hassanburton669]

Spread My Wings And Fly Away🎼

[@DeshaunD]

I saw them in concert when i was 4th grader ❤💙

[@DeshaunD]

And y’all *wild* for this pic of Chuckii 😵‍💫

[@charlita25]

RIP REGGIE 🙏🏽 🕊️

[@MoYeaitsMe]

Sis you don’t know how long I have waited for someone to do a story on them. There music used to take you into the highest heavens. You were ready to give all your love when you heard that lol. It just ran through the soul. Great video!! And thanx!

[@kerry-j4m]

Thank you for doing a retro-review on-TROOP-one of my favorite singing groups. I still watch their video-Mammacita-and listen to the song too. They should've had more success in the music industry back then,but,as usual their management torched them because of their lack of knowledge of contracts,publishing,etc,etc,..Wish you'd do a segment on the british group-5-STAR.

[@reneishabrooks5187]

I still love this group. Imagine having a cover that people think is better than the Jacksons version. LOL

[@lovinthis02]

Still love Troop ❤❤

[@TrvisXXIII]

Spread my wings was actually a remix, done by DJ Clark Kent, which he claimed was his first major recognition in the music industry.

[@AleapiaKuteFashion]

I am 80’s Baby 90’s Kid and l still think the best love songs came from the 80’s and l will always ❤ that 🎶 from that Era. Troop made it possible for the 90’s r/b groups to do their thang and be different always will love them. My favorite songs Are All l do redone by Troop and the Jacksons 5 the original version and Sweet November!.❤

[@beaniegee5129]

Great story on Troop

[@WeezyJeffersonYo]

Troop reminds me of being an innocent preteen in the late 80s. I remember frying out my relaxed bangs by spraying them with "Sun-In" and holding them over the lamp to activate it.😢 😂

[@niabelizaire3596]

Lol 🤣🤣

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

Troop was the group. Love their songs.

[@QueenImagoDei]

Ney-hoooo!🎶🎵😙

[@chancest.thomas5160]

"May Day Album" 🎶 1:57 tight kicks, fellaz 👟 Neva knew They were an acronym. MC Hammer hooked En Vouge & Troop up wit da REAL Bizness in Their contracts.

[@mikeybynature]

Girl, YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!! I swear I get excited everytime I get a notification about a new upload. Are you going to be able to post more in the community group?

[@KingBee77]

They are Legends! I will always have a couple of Troops songs in my playlist.

[@saj8]

Spread My Wings kept Whip Appeal from the R&B top spot.

[@darrylcarter3691]

And oddly enough, Troop sang backup in that song

[@charleswhit150]

I always got them mixed with ready for the world

[@jonjonharreld7602]

@charleswhit150 Lol...That's What's Up...We Really Love Ready For The World Too...One Love Fam.

[@NellieKAdaba]

Similar sound I guess.

[@73lyfe96]

DEEPA, is ridiculously Underrated

[@havehope646]

Love Itttt

[@NottyGurlStyle]

To this day...I still listen to their entire album❤ I love it so much...I love Attitude and all the tracks I never knew they had so many issues behind the scenes...

[@qsmooth7805]

Nice

[@kikieaddy2576]

I wouldn’t recognize none of them, but ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Troop. I didn’t know that was MJ’s song I was young real young. I did know that they were good.

[@msieeonTV]

I thought Troop was the group in the movie Lean On Me. You know, the boys that Joe Clark ordered to sing the school anthem.

[@therealmarlonbellamy]

Spread My Wings is on my playlist. Can we please get videos on the following groups: The Boyz Toni Tony Tone Guy Today Hi-Five H-Town Silk 1:36

[@BEAT-2024-W1s]

Rude Boys :)

[@Elwrt455]

My fave "Mamacita" and "My Heart"! Yhe piano intro to the remake "All I Do is Think of You" was cool and "Spread My Wings."

[@jonjonharreld7602]

The Real Story About Troop's Spread My Wings Is We Actually Wanted Chuckkii's Song Turned Away So The Song Spread My Wings Was NOT A Song Sylvia Rhone Told Us That Turned Away Was Going On Chuckkii's Album So We Told Chuckkii To Come Up With Something Like Turned Away And That's The Real Story About Troop Recording The Song Spread My Wings...One Love Fam.

[@jhonram2496]

Chuckii booker shouldve just been troops main producer heck they shouldve let him join the the group tbh lol

[@glennjthompson332]

Right!🤔

[@taureanmay1411]

7:12 i miss troop.

[@taureanmay1411]

7:36 nice 👍🙂 group, yes.

[@jonjonharreld7602]

Now The Real Story About Our Tribute To The Jackson 5 Song All I Do Is Think Of You No One From The Group Or Even Chuckkii Booker Ever Heard The Song All I Do Is Think Of You It Was Really My Idea For Us To Remake The Song All I Do Is Think Of You There's A Video Right Here On KZbin Arsineo Hall Asking Us Who's Idea Was It For Us To Do The Song Stave Says He Never Heard It Until Jon Jon Brought The Song To Him...And There It Is...One Love Fam.

[@lorethajohnson8140]

I don't know if anyone noticed, but Doja Cat has a new song that samples the intro to All I do

[@denniswells73]

Troop is my boys ..I know Reggie an Jon Jon .. Reggie was doing bad before he died an Jon Jon sings in the choir at church..there all living normal lives

[@KingBee77]

The era of MCM clothing line.

[@tb22k]

😅😊

[@Denniss7420]

How was their song 'Still in Love' not Mentioned??? "......Romeo and Juliet......." Everyone knows that song!

[@grandam]

1st!!!

[@justineebourgeois3420]

Troop > Backstreet Boys 🤷‍♀️

[@maryperry6573]

Were BSB even mentioned??

[@jhonram2496]

​@@maryperry6573no but black new jack swing artist are the blue print for white pop artist

[@seanlamar29]

Sylivia always in beef lol

[@kamronrhodes5151]

Do Smash Mouth

[@BEAT-2024-W1s]

what yall know about YOUNG GIRL & STILL IN LOVE? TROOP had the game on lock for a minute..they were like a more Gangster version of New Edition, but they could def hold their own vocally..s/o to @jon jon hareld