Why Honeyz?

A few months ago I wrote this post about why I became an Alisha's Attic fan. I went off them in the end and moved onto the Honeyz who were the 2nd all female music act I owned any music from, after Alisha's Attic.

A bit like Alisha's Attic I was late to the party with the Honeyz. I remember them from the start but never bought their album until 2001. Around the same time I was getting more into R&B and watching "The Lick" with Trevor Nelson on MTV Base which no doubt helped.

I would listen to their album a lot but still considered them just another music act I like and listen to. I was still very much an Alisha's Attic fan even if I knew at the back of my mind that I was going off them.

In August 2001 the inevitable happened. Alisha's Attic's long awaited 3rd album was released and flopped and they were immediately dropped from their record label.

Around the same time though the Honeyz were back with new single "I Don't Know" which had been doing the rounds on the music channels. I've since learned group member Celena doesn't like that record but I think it's great. 

It was probably me going into the record shop to buy both CDs of the "I Don't Know" single that made the statement that I was now a Honeyz fan rather than an Alisha's Attic one.

Unfortunately the single flopped and it was rumoured they were too on the verge of getting dropped. Seemed half my luck as I'd only just become a fan, but it turned out to be true and the next single never got released, nor did the album. 

By the end of the year it seemed time to move onto someone else to follow. I bought 2 albums by female artists at the same time, the self titled Aaliyah album and "Whoa Nelly" by Nelly Furtado. Aaliyah was sadly no longer with us by this point so Nelly Furtado seemed the logical choice.

However it felt like I was forcing the issue this time. As much as I liked them album I didn't like it as much as I liked the Honeyz.

The 3rd all female act for me to own music by was En Vogue but they'd been around some time so didn't seem a logical choice.

The 4th all female act for me to own music by however almost seemed a perfect choice on paper. The act in question was Mis-Teeq. They broke through that same year and their album was just a few weeks old when I bought it. They were an R&B group who also did garage music, a genre I love. Why did I not move onto them?

Well as I look at the tracklist the only tracks I can hum to myself are the singles and "They'll Never Know". That shows how much I listened to the album. Then when they came back with their 2nd album I wasn't even keen on the singles.

With the Honeyz I can hum every track on their album and also every track on their unreleased 2nd album. It's rare for a music act to make a 2nd album anywhere near as good as their 1st but with the Honeyz I'd put the 2 albums on a par with each other.

Is the Honeyz music better than anything else I listen to? No.

Did they make better R&B than any other British act? possibly.

Are they the best female R&B act? absolutely.

Are they the best female act full stop? struggling to think of anyone better so yes.

The thing is when I look back upon my time as an Alisha's Attic fan I think silly me. The extensive Alisha's Attic collection I had along with fan club magazines etc has been sitting in a dark corner of my parents house somewhere for almost 25 years aside from the "Alisha Rules The World" album,

On the other hand I look back at the Honeyz and think yes they were good and still play their CDs to this very day.