The Resume

(1988- )
Brothers formed act in Jersey City, New Jersey
Attrell Cordes, Jr. - aka Prince Be (May 19, 1970- )
Jarrett Cordes - aka DJ Minute Mix (July 17, 1971- )
Recorded 'Set Adrift on Memory Bliss,' 'Paper Doll,' 'I'd Die Without You,' and 'Being So Not For You (I Had No Right)'

Why they might be annoying:

Mixing rap with layered harmonies, the hip hop community dismissed them as 'aesthetic hippies.'
They sampled Spandau Ballet's 'True' for 'Set Adrift on Memory Bliss.'
They went on NBC's cheesy summer replacement show 'Hit Me Baby One More Time,' and won.

Why they might not be annoying:

Their father died when they were young and were raised by stepfather George Brown, founding member of Kool & the Gang.
Their younger brother Duncan was just 2 years old when he drowned.
'Set Adrift on Memory Bliss' hit the top of Billboard's Pop Single's chart in 1991 in the U.S. and hit #3 in the U.K.
They donated their $20,000 prize money won on 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' to Child Diabetes research.

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 10 Worst Beatles Song Covers (Ranked: 9)
• A.M. and P.M.
• Brit Awards' Best International Breakthrough Act (Ranked: 1992)
• Cornrows and Dreadlocks
• Dual Profiles
• Duos
• Fish Eyes
• I am Known by My Initials
• I Sampled Tom Tom Club's 'Genius of Love'
• I'm in the Band With My Brother
• Look at My Hair in Pig Tails/Braids
• Mustaches
• My Song Hit #1 on Billboard's US Singles Chart [1990's] (Ranked: 1991)
• NBC's Hit Me Baby One More Time [2005]
• New Musical Express' Top Albums [1991] (Ranked: 11)
• New Musical Express' Top Tracks [1991] (Ranked: 19)
• Profiles 18001-18250 (Ranked: 18174)
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 04]
• Tops of the Pops [UK] Guest Performers
• VH-1's 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs (Ranked: 81)
• Wire's Top Albums [1993] (Ranked: 11)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 55 Votes: 14.55% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 33 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 82.61% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 29 Votes: 65.52% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 300 Votes: 59.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 68.57% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 79 Votes: 73.42% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 129 Votes: 75.19% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 102 Votes: 55.88% Annoying