Featuring production by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the album went gold. The album packed 19 tracks and was a more soulful effort. In 1993, they released their second album of new content, Time & Chance.

With the exception of Forever Love, a single that reached #15 on the charts, the album was disappointing. The album's last single, 'All 4 Love' topped the Hot 100 as well.Īttempting to cash in on their success, the group released a remix album in 1992 titled Young, Gifted, and Badd. The third single, 'Thinkin Back' peaked at #16 on the Hot 100 and 'Slow Motion' reached #18. Their second single 'I Adore Mi Amor,' topped both the Hot 100 and the R&B charts. 'I Wanna Sex You Up' hit #1 on the R&B charts and #2 on the Hot 100. Going triple platinum in the United States, the album eventually had five hit singles. was released in 1991 and was a huge success. Signed to Giant Records, the group's first album C.M.B. The group was discovered by Kool & The Gang's Robert Bell in 1990. And then Bryan had me come along and wanted me to write some stuff for them and we ended up with a song called “Ghetto Rainbows.” It’s definitely crossing of genres that you wouldn’t expect.Color Me Badd came out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the early 1990s and was comprised of members Bryan Abrams, Mark Calderon, Kevin Thornton and Sam Watters.

They knew everything about us, and they asked Bryan, and Bryan ended up recording some songs with them. RM: How did the Insane Clown Posse connection happen?Ĭalderon: They were both big fans of Color Me Badd. I remember the record company calling me and saying, “We need you guys out here in L.A. immediately - we need an album in two weeks.” … We had a song called “I Wanna Sex You Up,” and it was the highlight of the album. It was shortly after that the “New Jack City” soundtrack album came out, and it was cool because we were the only group on that whole soundtrack that didn’t have a name then. I remember being 19 years old and signing the record contract. It took us about two years to get signed. RM: What does “being discovered” look like?Ĭalderon: They waited till we graduated before they sent us to New York to do demos and such. … It was Giant Records who decided to take a chance on us.

At that time, there just multiracial groups. The record labels, when they saw we were a multiracial group, they really didn’t have anything to do with us. … Our manager at the time, he said “You guys’ name is Color Me Badd.” We were sold because we had multiracial members in the group. … we still weren’t for sure who we wanted to be, but we had to come up with a name because we had graduated high school. It was all about singing, music and trying to get the girls. Me, being Mexican-American Bryan, who’s white Indian-Native American Sam, who is a white boy, and Kevin, he was African-American - but we were all buddies in high school and we never looked at the color thing at all. RM: Where did the name Color Me Badd come from?Ĭalderon: There was something that we never realized as a group : we had different cultures in the group. … Everyone is just a little older, I guess, and that’s really all that is different. … Take, for instance, last night: York, Pennsylvania. We’re going to areas that we’ve never been before. Mark Calderon: It’s been really great, just going to different places all around the country. Richmond magazine: You are on a whirlwind of a tour how is that going?

We talked with original member Mark Calderon, who breaks down the origin of the group’s name and its unlikely collaboration with Insane Clown Posse. 4 at the Richmond Coliseum in a stop on the “I Love the ‘90s” tour. Color Me Badd, the R&B crooners from Oklahoma City known for “I Wanna Sex You Up” and “I Adore Mi Amour,” perform Nov.

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