Riff - If You're Serious

[BrownKniqht2]

people might not belive me on this but the ight skinned one is ma DAD <3

[legatotechniques]

best

[carmele1980]

Thanks for uploading. I've been looking for this song for the longest. These guys are too talented to not have blown up.

[YaBoy22]

@carmele1980 Yeah, they are coming out with something else soon.. Two of them are my Cousins.

[NEXPAR]

This is the way I remember hearing it on the radio but I had a cassette single with a "Soul II Soul" type beat to it but there was not mention of it being a remix. This song should be on some "Old School" compilations.

[iluvmesumme1]

FAIR EASTSIDE HIGH...........

[jahfire1979]

@iluvmesumme1 I was sooo going to post that same comment! It's nice to see someone on the same page, lol!

[theincrediblejuice]

Where can I get this song?

[daveibukun]

Lean on me.

[loretta1737]

What happen to this group

[2008snuggles]

@ bobbmademusic101... I know some of them too but know Chill personally... my dad sang with him ina quartet group

[karzymimi42]

damn the good old days!

[Bobbymademusic101]

My StepDad Knows them personally,Patterson New Jersey !!!!

[jayblac]

FAIR EASTSIDE

[vixenslothario]

@jayblac damn right lol!

[LaRatio]

I saw these brothers in concert They opened for LL Cool J on his Mother Said Knock you out tour.

[jimboslice1994]

EVER SINCE "LEAN ON ME" I HAD TO GET THIS ALBUM. THEN I GOT JACKED BY A FRIEND SO HE COULD TAP SOME ASS. NOW I'M ALMOST 30 AND I RUN INTO AN ORIGINAL CD NO SCRATCHES FOR A $1. SHIT U ALREADY KNOW WHAT I DID WHEN I GOT HOME...."TAPPPED MY GIRLS ASSSS"!! ALL NIGHT

[Jasmine199317]

Pure talent I love it!

[LadiHnH]

WOW!!!!!! THIS GROUP WAS SO TALENTED!  THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS ALBUM WAS PURE TALENT

[dwj91]

@musiclover77able

They do have a video for this.

[dwj91]

Makes me so mad that groups like Riff NEVER got the recognition the TRULY deserved!! This is a real group!!! EVERY ONE OF THEM COULD SANG!!!! REAL R&B!!!! MUCH RESPECT!!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE GROUPS OF ALL TIME!!!!!

[BXBOMBERFOREVER]

the early 90's was the best years I have ever lived.. in 1991 i turned 21..as far as Riff, these brothers sang with major talent, I wish I knew what is up with them now.. Nas says hip hop is dead, and so is the real 90's R&B that I will always love for the rest of my life..

[PopCulture20]

@BXBOMBERFOREVER hahahaha I find it funny when Nas said ''Hip-Hop'' is dead, he forgot to include R&B as well as other genres.

[deziremenow143]

I was so INLOVE with them!

all their voices were pure magic!

one of the best male harmonozing groups ever besides B2Men!

[jaclarus]

They have such GOOD Voices can't wait for the new music to hit the stores just wish it was going to be all 5 young men. Maybe this time they will Blow  up big time.

[alfamail2016]

fair eastside

[honeywatcrew2]

Srry it's *walk through the storm*

[41dhenry]

@hon eywatcrew2

My question is, they are not all together what happen to Kenny. He is the lead on this song, this is what I say about groups(one lead). This group have all singers, anyone can lead on a record(great)!

Everyone needs to know about Riff-one of the best groups.

[honeywatcrew2]

These wonderful men are my cousins & uncles!!!! Keep a look out for them cuz there coming back out. In fact their new video is up it's call Walk through the rain. Please go watch & comment ur support is always needed. Xoxoxoxox

[Deenewme]

I USED TO LOVE THIS JAM!

[xxCoolbreeze]

that was nice. damn i miss the 90s

[lovegooforever]

dude, call her

[wtarsha]

Ha ha ha "lean on me" fair east side.

[jennmarshdevil]

This song reminds me of my boyfriend. the 90's had the best music for R&B groups

[aaronanthony100]

Very respect lyrics1 Good stuff.

[Nevermind7771]

YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

[Vitalaufolauleka]

UNDERATED RnB GROUP OF THE 90's!!!

[kyesha000]

look at my father anthony at the bottom left next to the light skin one

you rock daddy

[simplythebest40]

You might as well say that Mr. Clark discovered them. They use to sing the school song over the PA. Back then they were called "The Playboys". Eastside HS in Paterson had some talent. Riff and Darnell V from Shai. Wow!!!

[smurfsgot1]

kool times

[th3azscorpio]

this sounds soo sweet and sentimental, i wish they made sweet songs like this today.. music has really turned to shit over the past 20 years :'(

[STLEO1]

@th3azscorpio Yes indeed i send this song to my love in Ghana Africa

[th3azscorpio]

@STLEO1 ghana is wassup!

[lakerfanuno]

this is the beat

[Bubbybee187]

i love this group

[CascadeKid2010]

lol the light skinded one always in the middle HAHAHA like a spotlight.

[xanglat]

Really nice song !

Beautiful voice

Thank you very much for posting

[mabonga1001]

thank you.

[AKI03143]

可愛いんだよね｡初々しい感じも｡

[garggleandspit3]

Good tune. Those voices... song birds from Eastside High. LOL Oh if they could have really taken off. I had this single on tape.

[crimjqt83]

aww yes

[NewJackPanther]

Absolutely nice. Makes my heart beat more for my girl.

[jpcanes]

Stellar!!

So many memories!!

[mizchei1]

Loved RIFF in the '90s!!! Thanks for posting.

[mbecker090501]

takes you back and leaves you there

[north5880]

I remember this song when it was moving up the charts in early 1991. Went top 10. It still is reminscent of '70s soul groups like the Dramatics, the Stylistics, Blue Magic, the harmonies of that groups in that early '90 song. Sounds like it could have been recorded in1973 or 1974 when those groups were popular. Still beautiful with the harmonies. Thanks to whoever found this song collecting dust in the archives for years and put it on YouTube. One of the underrated groups.

[gtvl77]

i slept with my 9 th grade teacher to this....ahhh yes horny memeories

[Jahrael357]

LOL

[scootigger]

lmasso

wow... hopefully you weren't in the 9th grade at the time.

[jjtiojohn12]

damn I was like 1 when this came out, wish I had have witness this culture. after listening to this I really have a deeper appreaciation for new jack swing music especially teddy railey that mans a genius!

[prettybabysolomon]

I was 14 when this song came out Classic!!!! It reminds me of my first love...

[SAYBOW69]

ya there were in "lean on me" biggest hit was "i wonder why i feel like my heart is failing me" loved that song! had casette? lost, but still got vhs tape of it from bet! but not on utube? cant belive they cant dig up that one?

[DaTLaObOIDeE]

Riff ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^­^

[yellonsexxy]

lol they were in lean on me

[iKevinCorpus]

oh shit i think i saw them on Lean On Me.

[odog65]

damn right myraann I sent a young kid who loves to sing and he wants to do a song with R & B and rap I sent him Judy's got a boyfriend by riff and some Boyz II Men and ol bobby brown

[redsealuv]

I still got this tape LOL. I could never get rid of it.

[khorck]

damn!!!! those were those days! snap!

[Karasu2010]

you know, they are supposed to be back together and trying ot get back into the r&b circle right?

[myraann]

Fair East side!! Love riff! New album PLEASE!! come show the new cats how to

H-A-R-M-O-N-I-Z-E!!!!

[scootigger]

I know that's right!!!

They don't know how to do it.

[xkaya09]

THE MAIN GUY GOT SOME MEGA LISP

[pesante5]

This use to be the shit lol

[lxolxo7]

Hello, this cut was, and will always be "THE SHIT"! These brotha's got robbed! When will all the corporate greed and politics stop.? It won't, yeah, I know. This group should have blown up big time, but they didn't.! WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anw510]

I agree...this was the good shit back in the day LOL. This group should've been more popular than they were. Their music was great!

[jusfaso]

makes u feel like cryin right??? shit makes me feel like cryin....effed up!!!

[YuNgRiCh408]

@lxolxo7 i feel u on dat dey should of blown ^ bt in ma eyes dey 1 of da best groups

[lxolxo7]

@YuNgRiCh408 Word Up! Nice to hear we feel the same. Peeese!

[FlaggFamMusicdotcom]

@lxolxo7 so true..its sad

[PrettyToez07]

True!!

[kika3111]

Holy Shit! I was a sophmore in high school! Damm shows my age....what happen to music like this! the music was the best from 1990 to 2005...

[aisatan1234]

omg i said the same thing the exact same dates

[lxolxo7]

BET!!! ;)-

[ladyshay322]

not me i coulda probably stopped in 2002. yep i was done

[kjgarvin]

Thanks for posting I forgot all about this song.

[moemann37]

Thank God for U tube. I've been trying to find this song for years.Before today ,I had'nt heard this cut since 1992.

[lxolxo7]

Yes, yes, and Amen! I can repeat your words exactly, well sort of. Thank God for U tube!!!  "I've been trying to find this song for years! Before today, I haven't heard this cut since 1992." Even after I got turned on to the net, I still couldn't find this jam.? Part of the problem was I never knew who the artist was?! They used to bump this jam daily on a local station I listened to, but they never would say who the artist was?!?!? I never forgot about this "Slow Jammy"! More lata'...

[coolymac]

they had bad promotions and a shitty deal cause these cats could sing and nobody really heard them.

1990, damn time flies like a mutha.....

[toshia333]

1 of the most underated r&b groups of the

90's. Thanks for posting!!

[PrettyToez07]

Yeah...VERY underrated!

[lalachanel]

I love this song, gives me butterflies, makes me think of my hubby

[ghlover2001]

bottom left is fine!

[sexygurl3200]

red bone one is fine....omg...luv all yall tho

[dimpleslovesya]

and he had a flat top!!!!!!! what. shorty fine! red bone fine!

[dimpleslovesya]

i used to like that lightskinned dude. fo sho!! yo. he fine!!!!!!!!!! thay don't make lightskinned dudes like that no mo.

[DrOCkABlEs]

What ever happened to these guys?

They had so much talent... FAIR EASTSIDE! :-)

[musiqnatik]

Haaaaaa!!! THATS why they look so familiar!! I was like 6 when that movie came out so I didnt kno they were an actual group!

[spiffyzgrrl07]

this song juss makes me SMiLE =]..

"and this means to you wat it means to me..OH BABY"..my favorite part..

[Kikibells]

OK I'll confess, I loved this song soooo much that I stole this casette from my b/f in 92" For months he kept asking wtf happend to his Riff tape and I just kept sayin "iono" :] hehe. This casette was the bomb!

[naniroses]

such a beautiful song, i dedicate this to my baby

[TigerCrazy73]

I had this album......played it to death!!

[AprilONeil1984]

I always love the song April's Fool by Riff

[RossyGrossy]

ohh damn they were in lean on me. sing the school song!

[BlackROB401]

I just found out they were actually a group!

I remember them from Lean On Me & I'm over here watching old skool videos & seen it was them. These brothas can sing, for real!!1

[ninosimone]

i still have their tape lol i like this group alot.

[kadeem1122]

Went to school in Paterson NJ with them. Miss there music!

[kamialah]

that light skin one is so cute.

[writtenbyme23]

woooow, its been 10 yrs, i never thought id see them agin!!!

just sitting on the poarch wit my mom, it came to me, i ran in to play it and there it was!!!

wooow thanks poster

[DawgcityClev]

This is why R&B is dead. People don't sound natural anymore. Listen to this, then go pop in this trash of today.

[angelabrandy]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Amen

[smoovt69]

is there a video for this??

[jabron1973]

woah, i just saw this video on VH1 Soul. i forgot this song ever existed. this brings back memories of REAL R&B SONGS with REAL SUBJECT MATTER.

[mstynitty]

Me 2!!!! I really luved them in Lean of Me...that scene where they were singin in the bathroom does something 2 me...LOL!!!!!

[penntaker]

Great slow jam! One of my all time favorites.

[mstac1974]

Oh my God! I have been looking for this song for so long, but I couldn't remember the name of the group. I love this song to death! I wish this group could do a reunion tour or something. Thanks to the person who posted this!

[NickFRESHBoogie]

this song sounded extremely good on radio... you know when you COULD listen to a radio station and record songs off of it?

thanks for posting. extra points to somebody who posts the video!

[rochella327]

Yes I remember those days of putting tissue in the corners of the cassette tape to record the radio and pausing to cut the dj. Today the radio plays the same songs every hour. I wish we could freeze the 90's music era

[Specialdark23]

Another good song by Riff! They should have been bigger!

[AntShields]

Yeah Riff was the essence of good ole 90's

R&B. Miss the sound, just brings back so many good memories, I was a junior in highschool. I was and still am singing and was doing my thing back then. Always appreciated their music and good music does stand the test of time. They are from Paterson NJ and my cousin who also sang used to run into thm hanging out on the streets!

[spiffyzgrrl07]

i MiSS GROUPS LiKE THiS..

[36index]

It's the East Side High boys from "Lean on Me"

[rubylady1]

OMG!!! I have the last few minutes of this video recorded on my ol skool VHS tapes from Video Soul back in da day! I have been looking for this so thanks for posting...a lot of people don't even remember this group except for being the group that sanged the alma mata in Lean on Me:-(

[mizzmini45]

well i was just a small kid when they were out, but its pretty cool to know they were actually a group. I just remember seein them on lean on me- the movie.. and just recently found out they were actually a group! pretty cool

[dimpleslovesya]

i know, one time i was watching vh1 soul, and they other vid came on, i was like they a group? i was happy as crap, because i was in love with the skinned one. lol

[spiffyzgrrl07]

i hadd tha same thing happen to mee..i was watchin tha same channel wen there *everytime i hear my heart beat* vid came on..lol

[2muchclazz]

like dis song

[Skizixx]

Oh the memories. Riff and this song are tops. A great couples song! Oh 1990, why did you have to leave?

[sjacobson1]

"I cant believe we just met" was top ten of all time R&B love songs. Best era of all time for love songs.

[dimpleslovesya]

i love this song soooooooooo much! great record. nice and smooth. i love the way it ends to. i have the cd i love " all or nothing. but anyway great songgggggg!!!!!!!!!!

[NtheAlps1]

Does anyone have "There'll Never Be" by this group. That was my jam.

[corenthios]

This is the shit right here. I've been trying to find this for a minute. Huge thanks!

[smoovt69]

HAD TO FAV THIS ONE!!!!!

[sunsman1]

I've been tryin to find this song for years!

Im glad some people still remember.

[house105a]

Does anyone have "Little Girls" also by RIFF? I like as much as this one

[deionmercer]

i love that song "little girls" cant find it no where

[dimpleslovesya]

" i like all or nothing"

[Cokohot4life]

eww

[13LackBerry1]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[jayjay2333]

you are the SH!T for posting this song!!!!!!

[2sexxyfaya]

nice song,but I don't remember it

[egsperring]

does anyone have "i can't believe we just met" this album is awesome i hope i neva eva lose this cd.thnx for post

[deionmercer]

oh my god i love that song i cant belive we just met....

[AnkhHero]

You talkin bout old school. I haven't heard this song in so long.

[nick7477]

I love this song. I was 14 in 1991 when this came out. I was in high school. This is a beautiful ballad. I remember seeing them in "Lean On Me" back in the day.

[kingly0577]

I was the same age in 1991. I can remember being pressed to have this girl I liked to dance with me at the homecoming dance to this song. Memories for days :-)

[Kikibells]

Yeah I'm going through early 90's nostalgia right now too. I was 18 in 1991 and I bought this cassette, mainly for one of their other hits, but ended up falling in love with THIS song instead :) I really, really miss the early 90's when R&B was about good, clean music without having a rapper come in the middle to screw up it. miss those days and glad I was part of it..

[puppyluv0]

really really luv dis by riff]if you're serious]are ya really serious bout everythin

[manny32085]

nobody I know remembers this song but me great song

[patches643]

great song

[cosmobrown41]

One of the best songs ever!!!!

[TIFFTIFF56]

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEEE this song irmember them in lean on me

[SHAW05]

they were in the movie lean on me

[secretguy132]

I still have this cassette single! Talk about a trip down memroy lane...

[waxassasin007]

I think of U-Men and oaktree clothing.

[tubenasd]

i loved this song. had it on my slow jams tape back in the 12th grade.  U know they were the dudes that were singing in the movie w/Morgan Freeman "Lean on Me"

[CRAZYTRAE]

I think they're on the soundtrack album as well. They did vocals on a song called " Everybody Is Somebody".

[TIFFTIFF56]

that was a good harmonizing, fav part inthe movie, and the light skin one is FINE

[lknight33]

Great song haven't heard it in awhile. They had a video for this to. Thanks for posting

[cheren28]

I had this album and I loved it.

[CRAZYTRAE]

Damn shame this song isn't on iTunes. I remember the radio played this to death in the summer of '91.