The Natural Selection

Natural Selection was a duo that blended R&B and hip-hop for a couple successful singles and a self-titled album released in 1991. Elliot Erickson and Frederick Thomas formed the group in 1989. After their first recording, "Do Anything," caught on at the radio station where Erickson was employed, EastWest picked them up and gave the song a national release in 1991. That October, it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100, topped only by Mariah Carey's "Emotions." An album and two additional singles followed, but a planned follow-up never reached fruition. Erickson and Thom...