Haptic communication the message is that is being sent by the initiator. "If a word of praise is accompanied by a touch on the shoulder, that’s the gold star on the ribbon," wrote Walton. Moving from one haptic category to another can become blurred by culture. There are many areas in the United States where a touch on the forearm is accepted as socially correct and polite. However, in the Midwest, this is not always an acceptable behavior. The initial connection to another person in a professional setting usually starts off with a touch, specifically a handshake. A person's handshake can speak
Word to the Mutha! and Gill are credited separately on the single rather than collectively as New Edition. The song samples "A Star in the Ghetto" by Average White Band and "The Jam" by Graham Central Station. A music video was filmed in and around the Roxbury Housing Projects in Boston, where five of the six (excluding Johnny Gill) New Edition members grew up. Word to the Mutha! "Word to the Mutha!" is a song co-written and performed by American contemporary R&B group Bell Biv DeVoe. It originally appeared on their debut studio album "Poison" under the title "Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and