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Topic subjectseemed like a good idea at the time..everybody wins...
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2524610, seemed like a good idea at the time..everybody wins...
Posted by scorpion, Sun Mar-13-11 05:05 PM
Joe: gets to make some extra loot, gets full control of his thang, and he gets to give Motown the finger for not letting the boys write and produce their own material

J5: gets to release their own creative output and prove themselves and songwriters, producers, and musicians

the girls: get to become stars with the First Family of Music on their team

the game prolly got twisted when:

a)Joe and some of the boys tried to put their bid in with the girls

b)Joe's inexperience as a label head and manager created more problems than successes...Joe's habit of jaggin off money prolly didnt help either

c)Motown caught wind of this shit--*references scene in Dreamgirls when the DJ throws Effie's record in the trash after "conferring" with Rainbow Records*

d)the song didnt hit--which prolly left errybody dillusioned and pissy...especially the girls who prolly hadnt seen dime the first and prolly ended up servicing Joe and his boys anyway cuz they thought it would be worth it in the end...