R&B music lovers of the late 80’s and early 90’s eras probably remember the group, Today. They were discovered by Teddy Riley and consisted of members, Big Bub, Larry “Chief” Singletary, Wesley “Wes” Adams, and Larry “Love” McCain.

Their R&B New Jack Swing-laced hits were setting radio and the clubs on fire back in the day. They hit us with songs like “Him Or Me”…

And had us vibing to “Why You Getting Funky On Me”…

And they also gave us songs like “I Got The Feeling,” “Girl I Got My Eyes On You,” and a few others. Then BAM! Just like that, Today seemed to have disappeared off of the face of the earth.

What we do know is that one of the group’s members…the lead singer, Big Bub- who is like a triple threat because he also is a songwriter and producer- went on to make some major moves in the music game. But not before Motown Records offered him a position with a very successful R&B group that many artists would have jumped at the opportunity to join…but surprisingly, Big Bub declined their offer and here’s why…

MOTOWN WANTED BIG BUB TO JOIN BOYZ II MEN

Although Big Bub would have made a lot of noise and a lot of money if he would have joined Boyz II Men, for him it was bigger than fame and fortune. He explained that in his SoulTrain interview below…

BIG BUB ON WHY HE CHOSE LOYALTY OVER FAME & FORTUNE WITH BOYZ II MEN

Big Bub: “Motown didn’t want to push Today anymore, and they were asking me to join Boyz II Men, and they were originally a 5 member group. I had loyalty to my boys, and plus they are from Philly–nothing against Philly–but I’m from Jersey and I can’t be on a song singing Motown Philly (laughs); it just didn’t match or look good. But, the executives were putting all of their money on that group and I just couldn’t see myself doing that to my group mates in Today. I decided to go solo.”

ON IF HE REGRETS REFUSING TO JOIN BIIM:

Big Bub: “No, I don’t. I think Boyz II Men are very talented and I have a great relationship with them. It was a business move and I understood that. I had to stay loyal to my boys. If you’re not going to push us as a group, then I might as well do the solo thing.”

Well one thing’s for sure, we can’t knock a brotha for being loyal to his crew. Big Bub went on to have some solo R&B success and eventually became an executive at Motown from 1995 to 1997 under the leadership of Andre Harrell. Nowadays he’s still in the music game creating music and working with other artists. By the way, if you need a reminder of everything he accomplished in music, Big Bub has no problem making that known in his clip below. Do your thing Big Bub, we see you!

https://www.instagram.com/p/BKYdv0uD7s3/