The Resume

Born in United States
(1988-96)
1988 line-up:
Aqil 'A-Plus' Davidson
Markell Riley
Brandon Mitchell
Keith 'K.C.' Hanns
Recorded 'New Jack Swing' and 'Rump Shaker'

Why they might be annoying:

They are a two hit wonder.
Hanns left the group immediately after the release of their debut album.
They changed their name from Wrecks-n-Effect to Wreckx-n-Effect in 1990 after Mitchell was killed, the 'x' symbolizing his death (nice tribute).
'Rap's New Generation,' their third album, was received with a collective ho-hum, and the group (then a duo) disbanded.
They jumped record labels, from Atlantic, to Motown, to MCA, to obscurity.

Why they might not be annoying:

They helped kick off the new jack swing musical movement of the late '80s.
'New Jack Swing' hit #1 on the Rap Singles chart in 1990.
Shortly after the song made it big, Mitchell was shot to death at just 20 years old.
'Rump Shaker' was a huge cross-over hit, reaching #2 for weeks on Billboard's Singles chart, kept from the #1 spot by Whitney Houston's monster hit 'I Will Always Love You.'
The song went multi-platinum, which helped their 1992 LP 'Hard or Smooth' reach #9 on Billboard's Albums chart (and #6 on the Hip-Hop Albums chart).
'New Jack Swing' is featured on the popular, huge-selling 2004 video game 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.'

Credit: Scar Tactics

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Black Men Loved by Whites
• Blender Magazine's/VH-1 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs Ever Performers (Ranked: 27)
• Boy Bands
• Entertainment Weekly's 25 New Classic One Hit Wonders [1983-2008]
• I Died in 1990 (Ranked: 20)
• I Sampled Lyn Collins' 'Think (About It)'
• I Sampled M.I.A’s 'Paper Planes'
• I Sing About Butts
• I Took a Bullet
• I was Murdered
• Look at Me, I Got My Hands Up
• Look at Me, It's This Big
• Look at My Album Cover
• Motown Vocalists
• New Jack Swing Performers
• Profiles 29001-29250 (Ranked: 29043)
• Scar Tactics' Profiles [Series 09]
• VH-1's 40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 90s (Ranked: 14)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 23 Votes: 65.22% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 26 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying