IF YOU ARE GROWN & SEXY LIKE I AM THEN YOU REMEMBER MTV BLOCKS. IN THE SUMMER OF 1991, MTV CAME UP WITH THE GREAT IDEA OF PLAYING VIDEOS IN BLOCKS. THEY HAD THE ROCK BLOCK, THE RAP BLOCK, THE POP BLOCK AND MY FAVORITE, THE DANCE BLOCK. MISS WHITE WOULD FALL INTO THE LATER. WHEN HER SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM EXPLODED IN 1988, SHE WAS OFTEN CALLED THE JANET JACKSON WITH A VOICE. SCORING THREE TOP 10 POP HITS, TWO OF WHICH WERE HUGE POP/DANCE RECORDS, THE COMPARISON SORTA MADE SENSE. THE FACT THAT SHE WOULD GO ON TO WORK WITH JIMMY JAM AND TERRY LEWIS FOR HER SOPHOMORE EFFORT DID NOT QUELL THE COMPARISONS. NOW BACK TO THE MTV BLOCKS. THIS VIDEO WAS ONE THE MOST PLAYED VIDEOS AT MTV DURING THAT SUMMER. THIS WAS ASTONISHING BECAUSE EVEN IN 1991, MTV SELDOM ADDED R&B RECORDS TO THEIR PLAYLISTS. THE EXPOSURE HELPED THE TUNE REACH THE TOP SPOT ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100. IT WOULD BE THE PEEKOF HER CAREER AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE BEGINNING OF THE END. THE FOLLOW-UP SINGLE FAILED TO BREAK THE TOP 10 AND OTHERS FAILED TO EVEN BREAK THE HOT 100. SHE WOULD GO ON TO RELEASE A THIRD UNSUCCESSFUL ALBUM BEFORE DISAPPEARING. THIS VIDEO AND SONG HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART AS THEY WERE THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE SUMMER OF MY LIFE. THAT'S SAD, THE SUMMER OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN I WAS 15. NOW I NEED A DRINK. BUT I WILL LISTEN AND DANCE TO THIS SONG WHILE I POUR!
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