No. 6 “Don’t Be Cruel” by Bobby Brown
If Keith Sweat’s debut album was the album that announced New Jack Swing was coming, then Bobby Brown’s multi-platinum LP Don’t Be Cruel was the album that proved the genre had fully arrived. Featuring the talents of Riley as well as L.A. and Babyface, it made the New Edition alum a superstar–and this single was one of Brown’s biggest hits.
