A couple exceptions aside,
Gold features every charting solo
Bobby Brown single, in addition to
New Edition's "Candy Girl" and "You Don't Have to Worry," as well as two tracks featuring
Brown,
Glenn Medeiros' "She Ain't Worth It" and
Ja Rule's "Thug Lovin'." The surprise omission is "Something in Common," the 1992 duet with
Whitney Houston, even if it wasn't as much of a hit as expected. The unsurprising omission would be "Drop It on the One," technically a B. Brown Posse single (included on the compilation NBA Jam Session), a minor hit where
Brown makes like a member of
Onyx and, in retrospect, resembles a precursor to gruff-voiced
Freeway. The set isn't quite as definitive as it could be, as it favors a previously unreleased mix of "Rock Wit'cha" instead of the original version, and some casual fans might have a gripe with the flitting back and forth between single versions, radio edits, and album versions. Basically an expanded view of 2006's
The Definitive Collection, this is as close to thorough as most two-disc artist overviews get. You might still need
Don't Be Cruel, one of the very best late-'80s R&B albums, but that would be it. ~ Andy Kellman