“Word to the Mutha” was the only single released from Bell Biv DeVoe’s 1991 remix album WBBD-Bootcity! and it peaked at #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. It was the first song to feature all six members of New Edition following the departure of Bobby Brown in 1985 and the addition of Johnny Gill in 1987. The music video was shot around the housing projects in the Roxbury section of Boston where the original five members of New Edition grew up.