Lightning Strykez!
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They were okay. LeLee was kinda rough. En Vogue is definitely the best girl group of that era.
The best? In terms of what? If you're talking sales and crossover appeal TLC and SWV bested En Vogue during that era. I think in terms of longevity of their music I think SWV has got them all beat. Here, I can still hear an SWV tune of some kind still on rotation on the stations. Yet it's been eons of time since I heard En Vogue played or even requested. Their music unfortunately didn't age as well over time.
But in terms of elegance and certainly opening the doors for SWV and TLC to follow, En Vogue certainly set the standard--there's no disputing that.
They NEED to rename themselves SWB--for Sisters Wit Back. LOL

I guess they are really serious about making a comeback. If you youtube them there are like 5 million live performances from the last few months alone. They really are all over the place right now. This just came out...
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Seems to me if you are a singing group then everybody should be able to sing. Otherwise the lead singer can just be a solo artist and hire some background singers...
It depends on which formula you're following though. There were two sets of standards set for girl groups in the modern era: Supremes (with one lead) and En Vogue (all members with capacity for lead). Groups like Destinys Child were patterned more after the En Vogue mold. SWV definitely was set in the Supremes format. However, it's clear that even in the lead-singer format the background singers still have to vocal chops because the lead can't hold the backdrop too, ya know?