Ricky Bell of New Edition and Bell, Biv, Devoe Tells Life Story (Unreleased Full Interview)
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2023
- In this VladTV exclusive from 2018, New Edition member Ricky Bell sat down to discuss a variety of topics related to his storied music career. He talked about the formation of the legendary boy group before describing their financial hardships despite being on a major tour. Bell also detailed the circumstances that led to Bobby Brown being voted out of the group. After talking about Johnny Gill joining the group, he talked about Bell Biv DeVoe and their classic hit, "Poison." To hear how Ricky Bell overcame his issues with substance abuse and more on New Edition's legacy, check out the full interview above.
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This interview was filmed in 2018, but we never released the full interview until now. With the release of our new Johnny Gill interview, this seems like a good time to present the full interview for a fellow New Edition member.
I thought I saw this interview, why wasn't it released in its entirety?
Why is it just being released now?
Before "Ralph Rizz Tresvant" ... a tragedy!!
Bobby was him….. but he was getting hetting high,.,,,,,,,flat puts
Getting high
His wife is very supportive and respectful. Shout out to her for helping him through a VLAD interview.
Yeah without her there he would probably break down uncontrollably in tears telling HIS life story before he met her!😂
😂😂😂😂😂
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She’s supportive? Maybe I missed that part. She seemed very instrumental in his drug use.
@@DallasSan1 They suffered addiction together. She quite before him. She still with him apparently so That's support as well hater.
Take a strong person to admit his addiction and talk openly about it
How? I know a bunch of people that do that.
I absolutely LOVE the fact that she’s there with him. You never know what kind of emotional support someone may need. She’s been pretty supportive and letting him be interviewed. I can dig it. Respect to her for her being so patient with him. She’s totally loyal to him and his struggles. ❤
reminds me of Charlie Wilson and his mrs .....everyman needs a strong woman
@@issiewizzieunless they are not straight.
I am part of the Vann family an we grew up with the Bell family in O P P an I went to school with his bro Daniel Sis Lowrretta Sis Lawane an bro. Wayne we were like family living in the projects an we are very proud of him an may God bless him even more one 💘 the Vann Family .
@@KKelly-ng1nithen that aint no real man 😂
But.....she was doing it too. She is not a great supporter, and it seems he has not recovered.
It's great how Ricky Bell keeps a positive attitude despite being "robbed" of their royalties. I'm happy he's overcome his struggles with drugs and his hardships. Blessings for him and his wife.
That's why you have to be careful of who you allow to take you into the music industry and how they make you sign papers for your royalties that belongs to you. Don't just be in the music industry because you will come out broke.
Law should be that a lawyer must be present before signing any contracts especially for minors.
Yeah, shout out for your supportive wife. You can tell his level of appreciation, the honesty when he speaks, he's thankful. She saved his life. Wish them the best.. 👍
Ricky is a great storyteller. I really enjoyed this episode. 👏🏽
Indeed, and he has a beautiful voice.
I was about to comment the same thing. This was great
I love how transparent and honest he is. How compassionate he is. Hes a great singer and a good man. Congratulations slick rick on the new beginnings with new edition 🎖️✨💯
Aww ❤️ Ricky!! Big fan!! He got to shine more in BBD!! Straight legend!!
Ricky Bell’s voice is sooo smooth and UNDERRATED!!! He has an amazing voice that is beautiful & distinct! I love ALL his lead vocals on the BBD ballads! “Something in your Eyes” is a BEAST! 😍🙌💖🎉💕🧡👌💯💯💯
I totally agree!
@@mrdkhall33 🤗👌🎉
Yeah man
@@yeenkno 👌💯💯
"when will i see you smile again "did it for me
“Poison” was really ahead of its time. That song was one of a kind back then. Pure genius.
I enjoyed this interview. Having your wife by your side is a wonderful thing.
It's a beautiful thing when a man chooses to show his wife as his help mate and to have her by his side. That's LOVE 🙏❤️🙏💪
Glad to hear & see that Ricky is still sober and he looks good , God had a different plan for him , May he and his family continue to be blessed 🙏🏿🙏🏿
Amen🙏🏾
You can tell Ricky is REALLY in love with his wife......just look how he looks at her like: " I can look at you ALL day".....I LOVE IT!!
Yes, 14 yrs beautiful
Ricky Bell should still drop a solo R&B album...It'll be 🎶🎵🔥🔥🔥
Been there, done that, and it didnt even go wood😂
@@feshajackson321😂😂😂😂😂😂
With the fact that neither Ronnie nor Mike really sing, you could say he does that with BBD still.
He can’t sing that good lmao
I love ricky and mike they are the finest guys in the group
There's so much information I didn't know. I appreciate Ricky for being vulnerable and sharing his story. Great job on your accomplishment of being substance free. Keep up the great work 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Salute to Ricky Bell and Bell Biv Devoe and New Edition. Legendary artists 🐐 Their music was definitely a staple of my childhood. 🔥👏🙌❤️
His. Wife is so pretty she's a beauty pretty and classy and he's handsome they look good together
I'm 49 years old in May 13th 2024 new editions songs were amazing to hear when falling in and outta love....I LOVE YOU BOSTON BROTHAS......staples of class and love
Happy happy birthday in advance..continue to age with lot of good memories 😂
What an excellent interview. Very good to hear Rick’s point of view. What a beautiful soul and his wife is a just as beautiful. There relationship is sweet them holding hands on and off throughout the interview shows their love & respect for each other. Continuing Blessings to them both 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I can’t believe this interview kept my attention the entire time. Incredible! Very positive and informative! I wish them both continued success.
Literally grew up with NE from the start. My friends, all of us white, SoCal kids near Disneyland, loved these dudes. We’d do talent shows and perform NE songs. Ricky is not lying about those weird extended performances by Bobby, they once performed at Disneyland in the mid 80’s on a stage on Tom Sawyers Island. The place was going nuts, and once Bobby got going he would not stop singing, was humping the whole stage, the boys had to just keep doing the same dance moves the whole time. Lol. At that time they had a banging performance of Prince’s I Would Die 4 U. To this day my friends still call each other by our NE names. I am Ricky.
Great interview! Ricky Bell does not get enough credit in my book, but he is one of my favorite NE members!
Great Interview! Still keeping them in my Prayers! ❤️🙏
Good interview, I enjoyed Ricky's honesty. God bless him. I love New Edition & BBD 💜
My brother sang "Can you stand the rain?" Accapella to our Grandma Dec 1997 on her deathbed. She wanted to hear him sing and that's the song he sang
I like this man. He answers the questions and speaks very well. great history of getting into the record business at a very young age. I really liked bbd😊
He has such a beautiful smile 😁❤
New Edition is my ALL TIME favorite group!! I looooooove them! Thanks for this interview
Deeply Excellent and intelligent interview from the quiet member of New Edition. Thanks, Vlad! So far, you did Ricky and Johnny. So, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed tight for upcoming solo interviews of Ronnie, Bobby, Mike and Ralph. Or even better -- AllSix at once!
I love Ricky and Mike.
They are the tickets, guys. They are the Dick guys. They are the big guys out of the crew
What they've always said for decades about this industry has always been true. Its real fucked up when u got young people who have real God given talent and they get robbed out of all the money they earned.
Facts
Bro upload the full interview 5 years later
Poison is soooooooo BIG! i can say as a DJ even in 2023, if you play it at ANY gigi and hit the crowd with it the right way they go crazy !!!
All I can hear right now is, Tell me when will I see your smile again , cause I know I messed up baby and I know you're fed up suuuuga; aye aye!!!😂❤
“Never trust a big butt and a smile.”
Words for any generation to listen to.🔥
Never trust a contract and a smile.
Poison, poison, poison!!
Facts!!
For a person who's been hooked on coke, dude can articulate and express himself very well.
Pure coke doesn't mess u up as dope do.
Wish Johnny gill could. Was watching his interview and he could not get his thoughts out without stammering, pausing etc it was a chore
Really, I didn't know he had a drug problem. God bless him and his family. 🙏🏾❤️
One has nothing to do with the other.
Orchid Park, Roxbury,Massachusetts 02119 , old Dudley Square now called Nubian Square.
❤ I love and respect seeing his wife supporting her husband as she should. Look at how he keeps reaching for her hand and holding it.These comments pertaining to her are ridiculous. They've been married many years. She has supported him through his drug addiction and them being broke Etc. Ronnie is always with his wife too. Such a beautiful thing to see.
hey , HATERS WILL BE HATERS ! 💯
The group really should investigate the possibility of recouping those back royalties. They really should. If I were an attorney, I'd take their case.
I agree. I’m sure they would win at least some of their royalties from somewhere if not many places.
Streetwise went out of business unfortunately. I don't think they can.
Love love this interview! Ricky Bell has ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE
Hey Ricky is being respectful to his wife and he wanted his wife beside him that's a real brother and a man
Best interview yet old or new 💯
The look in their eyes when each one is talking shows that endless amount of love
This was a good interview Ricky dropped some interesting facts. with all of the ups and downs that New Edition went through Brooke stuck with them and could have left and said I'm done he is a great choreographer their choreography was always tight New Edition was a big part of my youth hood they were our Backstreet boys and Insync till this day they are my favorite group of all time.
Mines too❤️💯💕😍
I’ve always loved Ricky Bell!! My absolute favorite man in the group(s). He so well spoken and laid back. Love him❤
She’s right where he wants her to be. ❤
Great interview! You would never know this was old.
Love how Ricky gracefully corrected him on Brown 2nd album - Don’t Be Cruel ❤❤❤
Thanks for being so, so honest Ricky. You are a wonderful and very needed EXAMPLE for everyone in our nation to follow.
Awesome interview with Ricky Bell and his wife 😂❤😊
This was one of your best interviews. Honest and genuine.
Ralph’s voice was distinctive and it became that recognizable sound for New Edition… but don’t get it twisted, Ricky always been a BEAST!!! That riff at the end of the song “Poison” will always be fire 🔥
ALRIGHT HERE WE GO, WE HAVE RICKY BELL IN THE BUILDING, WELCOME TO VLADTV!!! This is your first time here, so I wanna start in the very beginning. It is, what it is, Ricky Bell, always a pleasure, until next time, PEACE!!!
Ricky....I loved the interview and your honesty
Great interview. Learned a lot. I wish the very best
I grew up on New Edition and yes I remember Bobby Brown lighting up but Bell - Biv - Devoe was Waaaaaaay better than almost everything that was out at the time FOREAL
I love New Edition, but Johnny Gill does something to me. Everything he sings I feel something all through my body and it paralyze me so badly in a good way that it makes me feel like I can't move. I still love New Edition. Nothing will ever change that.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What a great interview, Ricky Bell answered every question thrown at him like a champion. Also, he has a great wife and it obvious that they love and support each other. Great job Ricky keep up your great work. Much More Success.
Wow great interview. I always thought that Ricky had the best voice in the group. I hope that they get back the money that they deserve. Great group in the world always.👍🏿🙏🏾❤️
Kinda cringe-worthy asking a couple why they don't have kids. I enjoyed the interview nevertheless.
Right, that’s personally.
You feel ms. Robinson all up in ricks business and his wife 🤣
Very
I was stoked when Ricky confirmed Rick James was just like Chappell portrayed him. I was in Folsom prison with Rick and he Damm near hit me with the "I'm Rich James Bitch" thing in the phone line one day lol. I was a 23 year old gang member and didn't let him finish. Part of me wishes I would have, lol.
Great interview. A lot of memories kicked in. Good job
NE is the greatest R& B group… undeniable Talent … Mike, Slick, Ronnie , Bobby,Ralph and Johnnie💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I thought Ricky walked out of the interview after the videos stopped dropping. Bout time you released this… 4 years later.
Wonderful interview. I wish you both the best for your future and Thanks for your music.
I absolutely love this interview. Ricky is so awesome so many trials but you triumph over them and having your wife by your side supporting you is beautiful. May God continue to bless you both.
This was amazing! Loved the genuine story,
This is a wonderful man. I've always loved all these boys/men. They overcame so much to now be back! Blessed brothers ❤
Great interview. My favorite NE of all times. Thanks for being so real. ❤
Such a humble guy
Greatest R&B group off all time. V
Not even close the temptations are way better
@@BlazeDrumArtist Naw you buggin.
This interview l enjoy and l finish it usually l don't finish Valad interview. He look handsome and the way he looks at his wife is priceless. Valad this was good.
I absolutely Love Ricky Bell and he has always been my favorite member of new addition and BBD. I’m glad that their movie did so well and that they’ve been doing so well on tour. I have been a fan since I was a little girl when Candy Girl dropped. I hope these guys continue to get their flowers. Seeing the show with all six members in 2014 was hands-down one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.
You can tell that he loves her very much.
Great interview. Love his honesty
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Great interview all the way around
I have been listening to the new edition music for years and watched them on an episode of night rider. I still listen to their music today no matter what they went through has a group
Great interview, DjVlad‼️👏🏾
I love New Edition to this day.
I felt so sorry for Ricky because he depended on his music 🎶 friends, his neighborhood friends, his brothers, and he felt abandoned. I believe all turned left after that when the group separated. Then, the substance. Fast forward, he's looking great now 🥳🥳.
He deserves his royalties. He is a legendary artist. His deserves his flowers 💐. That's messed up. Contract, contracts, them contracts, hmmm‼️
DammmmmmN, after all this time, "Candy Girl" is a question mark ❓️ 🤔 wow 🤣😆🤣
I wish Ricky and his wife who supported him through his ups and downs nothing but the best 🌹🙏🏽💫
Awesome interview ❤
I am such an admirer of you all. ❤ New Edition.
Wow such a great interview stayed for the whole thing didn't expect it New Edition are legendary and Ricki such a humble down to earth guy like to see that his wife got his back 100%
"IT'S DRIVING ME OUTTA MY MIND"
Bet ya sing the rest 😂😂😂
Ricky ain’t lying…Three Stripes is their best album from beginning to end!
I'll always be a true fan of NEW EDITION, even through all the heart aches and break ups,trauma we know you all are human just like us, as a person in general im obliged to say you all were and still are in hi honor and will always be, thx for all your dedication to us, time,effort and true authentic talent
First time seeing this interview. I can see them both being there together. It is not just the music its their story together. Trials and tribulations and ups and downs and struggling together with their demons. I like the support they have for each other. This wasnt just a new edition interview its their own story together. I loved it and lesrned so much.
Beautiful interview!
Keep your head up Mr. Rick Bell. Great wife you have. Hugs Always ❤️🙏🏾
Great interview! Beautiful couple!!
Great interview
great interview ❤
Awesome Interview 👌🏽
This is an old video. Very good though.
Good interview❤
I LOVE how he LOVES on her. You see PURE LOVE in his eyes when he look at her. She’s his SAVIOR and WE ARE GLAD SHE DID💜🙏🏽🥰🙏🏽💜🥰
Great interview! 🥰🥰🥰
Love his energy and ability for self reflection.
Much love and props Rick! To say you're such an unsung talent takes a backseat to the attempting to tame that monster... and still come back. Much respect to your lady who held you fish while fighting her own issues. THAT, is ridiculous and should be celebrated!
New Edition has a Christmas album that came out in 85. It was good and Mike and Ronnie song lead on a song together
I truly enjoyed this professional interview. No back bitting. Just level of transparency and growth. Been a fan since ...... Let's just say we grew up together lol. Ricky you look well, God you and your union of Love!!!
Have to say these 2 fit together like a hand on glove. Match made in heaven
What is that 20 or 40 year anniversary? I believe so. I guess this is good timing for the release of this video. I love me some Ricky. I love me all of them but this is getting to know his personality a bit more personal. Thank you for sharing.
“I do need you” IS MY SONG I LISTEN TO IT EVERYDAY
My brother and his 3 friends use to perform as N.E. my brother thought he was Ralph/Bobby... Their Jr. H.S. won a concert for them to come whn Johnny became a member..My uncle made me a poster w their pics on it, this was abt 1988 I was 8 and still at 43 a diehard New Edition fan..BBD came out when i was a teen babeeeee they made me love them more