Nivea And Lucy Pearl Would Both Like You To Step The [Redacted] Off

jharv | December 21, 2007 10:30 am
A trifling epidemic of boyfriend-stealing (I assume) resulted in these two fierce R&B hits appearing within two years of each other, forever to be grouped together by DJs and bloggers because they bear the same title and the same basic theme (if you stick your nose in other people’s property, there will be a hurting) despite major differences in approach (bubbly keyboard duet vs. smoked-out bass vamp). Musically, I’m going to give the upper hand in the early 21st-century “back up, honey” songwriting stakes to the grown folks trio of Saadiq, Penn, and Muhammad, but earworm-wise, Nivea and Jagged Edge probably take it.

Nivea Feat. Jagged Edge – “Don’t Mess With My Man” [YouTube] Lucy Pearl – “Don’t Mess With My Man” [YouTube]