It's Your Weekend: Awesome Music Video Wednesday...a day late

I know I'm a day late, but forgive me and enjoy one of the hottest performances you will see PERIOD.

Not only did Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson, and Terry Ellis all have strong, earth-shaking voices and model-esc good looks, they had the star quality and provocative talent that created one of the biggest girl groups of all time, En Vogue.

Formed in 1990, producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy conceived the group in hopes to resurrect the classic R&B image of "the girl group" with the elements of hip-hop for the new jack swing era. With a mix of red-hot sex appeal, sophistication, beauty and pop star success, En Vogue became a multi-platinum, Grammy nominated powerhouse that won more MTV Video Music Awards than any other female group ever.

The group went on to record many popular singles featured on their second album,"Funky Divas" including
"My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" and "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" (an Aretha Franklin cover).
Both songs were originally written by Curtis Mayfield. The songs went number one on the R&B charts. They even sang the chorus for "Whatta Man", by another hot girl group of the 90s, Salt-n-Pepa, for the hip-hop trio's 1993 album "Very Necessary".

In 1997, Dawn Robinson left the group for a solo career. The remaining members of En Vogue went on to record three more albums and gained a new member, Amanda Cole. Maxine Jones then left the group to spend time with her daughter and the quartet was a trio once more.

In 2005, the four original members of En Vogue and the ladies of Salt-N-Pepa were celebrated on VH1's "Hip-Hop Honors" and performed their conjoined hit "Whatta Man".

I decided to post a video of En Vogue's performance on Saturday Night Live in 1992 rather than post the music video of their 1992 single, "Free Your Mind". All you have to do is watch it to understand why. These women will rip you apart with their fierce and sexual attitudes. You can hear the audience react with hoots and hollers as the girls swing their hips and kick their long, luscious legs while they hit every note perfectly. The performance has gone down as one of the best on SNL ever.