J5's song writing.

I still can't believe that he thought "Whats Going On" sucked and actually thought of shelving it in order not to let folks think Marvin was a militant negro.

In Motown's defense though, there was artist development. Sure alot of great talents got fucked till the spine but there were the ones who were given a chance to grow musically.

I cannot think of ONE major label nowadays with a recent artist development history.
,,,,hell, not with the type of contracts they're handing out.