Home / Music / Bobby Brown's peak was Don't Be Cruel, not BobbyMusic linernotes album music bobby-brownBobby Brown's peak was Don't Be Cruel, not BobbyBobby Brown’s commercial peak came with 1988’s Don’t Be Cruel, which established him as the King of New Jack Swing. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesDon't Be Cruel turned Bobby Brown from New Edition member into a solo starBobby is Bobby Brown's new jack swing playbookBobby Brown's Bobby came out in 1992 on MCAMCA released Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel in 1988L.A. Reid and Babyface led the production on Bobby Brown's Don't Be CruelExploreUltravox's Ultraviolet hit the UK Top 10 but marked a commercial decline.Weather Report's Heavy Weather sold over a million copiesViolator is Depeche Mode's highest-selling albumSakamoto's async imagines a Tarkovsky film that never existedBig Sugar was the house band at Toronto's El Seven Nite ClubPrevious Bobby is Bobby Brown's new jack swing playbookNext Bobby Brown's Bobby came out in 1992 on MCA