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"Name some entertainers/artist who said F mainstream success. "


  

          

And I am not talking about artist who tried experiments and failed (which is usually followed by trying to return to their original form).

I am talking about an artist who became big, decided it wasn't for them and either walked away from it all or just went back to doing small stuff they were comfortable with.


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Name some entertainers/artist who said F mainstream success. [View all] , Buddy_Gilapagos, Thu Mar-19-15 11:59 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Erykah Badu
Mar 19th 2015
1
Yeah, I was thinking her, D'angelo, Mos Def, Lauren Hill, Dave Chappelle
Mar 19th 2015
2
      I don't think you can include L-Boogie or D'Angleo
Mar 19th 2015
6
      first of all Lauryn is not crazy
Mar 19th 2015
16
      based on the reporting of her antics if she ain't I don't know who is.
Mar 19th 2015
19
      then you don't know what is.
Mar 20th 2015
97
      sexist? LOL.. wtf. now THAT is crazy.
Mar 19th 2015
29
      crazy is as crazy does
Mar 19th 2015
38
      Her DJ AND Bassist told me countless stories. She's crazy.
Mar 19th 2015
65
      LOL. she's crazy
Mar 19th 2015
78
      She is not crazy, she is just terrible to her fans
Mar 20th 2015
120
      i wouldn't include Badu.
Mar 19th 2015
48
      Why Dave don't count? he seems like a perfect example.
Mar 19th 2015
21
      he doesn't count because he is the perfect example
Mar 19th 2015
23
      I missed the "walked away from it all". RIF
Mar 19th 2015
32
      I missed the "walked away from it all". RIF
Mar 19th 2015
33
      mos def? lol
Mar 19th 2015
42
           An indy produced for 12M that no one has seen.
Mar 20th 2015
92
                that M means million right?
Mar 20th 2015
113
dave chappelle
Mar 19th 2015
3
Rick Morranis
Mar 19th 2015
4
good one
Mar 19th 2015
39
Charles Grodin.
Mar 19th 2015
5
Plus Dennis Quaid became the perfect age to do Charles Grodin stuff.
Mar 19th 2015
13
anita baker
Mar 19th 2015
7
What happened to her?
Mar 19th 2015
31
      she pulled a rick moranis
Mar 20th 2015
85
           uh..she was blackballed etc by the industry
Mar 20th 2015
95
                RE: uh..she was blackballed etc by the industry
Mar 21st 2015
130
does lisa fischer count?
Mar 19th 2015
8
she still sings
Mar 20th 2015
79
      RE: she just eased the fuck back
Mar 20th 2015
125
Skeet Ulrich
Mar 19th 2015
9
Lisa Bonet, Randy Quaid
Mar 19th 2015
10
Kurt Cobain
Mar 19th 2015
11
Damn
Mar 19th 2015
20
Ouch.
Mar 20th 2015
108
chrisette michelle
Mar 19th 2015
12
who?
Mar 19th 2015
41
      ppbbtt-
Mar 20th 2015
126
Micky Rourke
Mar 19th 2015
14
Russell Brand has now patented this.
Mar 19th 2015
15
i was wondering
Mar 19th 2015
36
Chris Tucker
Mar 19th 2015
17
He ain't walk away from it all...he got too greedy and folks stopped
Mar 19th 2015
35
      Nah. He doesn't want to be a star. He collects them Rush Hour checks
Mar 19th 2015
43
           look up the offer Tucker tried to counter Tarantino/Weinstein when
Mar 19th 2015
46
                And who was the source of that story? Harvey Weinstein. Folk need...
Mar 19th 2015
53
John Lennon?
Mar 19th 2015
18
Aka the Bill Withers post.
Mar 19th 2015
22
yep.
Mar 20th 2015
109
      that was a great doc
Mar 20th 2015
115
           The filmmaker has a kickstarter for another doc. Please support.
Mar 20th 2015
122
Flip Wilson.
Mar 19th 2015
24
Curren$y
Mar 19th 2015
25
but he never tasted mainstream success
Mar 19th 2015
34
      meh, he was signed to Young Money initially
Mar 19th 2015
      yeah before it popped though...He was signed to No Limit first...
Mar 19th 2015
44
           yea, that sounds close enough
Mar 19th 2015
45
                Where the Cash At was big around here.
Mar 19th 2015
74
      meh, he was signed to Young Money initially
Mar 19th 2015
40
John Coltrane, Shuggie Otis
Mar 19th 2015
26
neither shuggie otis nor paul mooney had a shot at mainstream success.
Mar 20th 2015
110
      I think Shuggie Otis definitely had a *shot* at mainstream, commercial
Mar 20th 2015
112
      shuggie otis was before his time.
Mar 20th 2015
127
      Quincy wanted to work with Shuggie
Mar 21st 2015
132
MF DOOM
Mar 19th 2015
27
huh? That Iron Mask has made him more famous
Mar 19th 2015
30
      Is he mainstream though?
Mar 19th 2015
49
Sinead O'Connor.
Mar 19th 2015
28
fame walked away from most of the people I think of..
Mar 19th 2015
37
Ndegeocello
Mar 19th 2015
47
the correct answer
Mar 19th 2015
52
      no. no she couldn't.
Mar 19th 2015
56
      Stop bursting my bubble...lol
Mar 20th 2015
84
      not a 'pop' star, but rnb star
Mar 19th 2015
59
           i dunno that she could do that either.
Mar 19th 2015
60
                I agree with your other post even though Im tryna find this...
Mar 19th 2015
61
                     she was never big though.
Mar 19th 2015
62
                          true
Mar 19th 2015
63
                          no mention of her big hit with John Mellencamp?
Mar 20th 2015
94
                               that was an overall flop too though
Mar 20th 2015
96
                               yup.
Mar 20th 2015
104
RE: Name some entertainers/artist who said F mainstream success.
Mar 19th 2015
50
Nah, D just couldn't keep it together
Mar 19th 2015
54
think D walked away.
Mar 19th 2015
70
      pretty sure the drank and drugs had something to do with it
Mar 20th 2015
83
RE: Name some entertainers/artist who said F mainstream success.
Mar 19th 2015
58
Funny...I just finished reading this article on the Alabama Shakes...
Mar 19th 2015
51
Terrence Trent D'arby
Mar 19th 2015
55
He made several major labels albums after his hit debut with videos too
Mar 19th 2015
57
and they were all flops
Mar 19th 2015
67
Good answer
Mar 19th 2015
64
He made those albums.
Mar 19th 2015
66
      RE: He made those albums.
Mar 19th 2015
69
           Flopped but he was still a name and could've kept ...
Mar 19th 2015
72
btw Symphony or Damn was my shit
Mar 19th 2015
68
man listen.
Mar 20th 2015
93
      we saw his tour of that album..it was GOOD
Mar 20th 2015
98
He's touched! Have you heard/seen/read any of his interviews? This one.....
Mar 20th 2015
111
      yup. bat shit cray.
Mar 20th 2015
114
Funny thing with L Boogie she puts out ish that flops but we
Mar 19th 2015
71
*edit*
Mar 19th 2015
73
for now, the Joffrey kid.
Mar 19th 2015
75
Yep.
Mar 20th 2015
100
Radiohead and Bjork and Tool
Mar 19th 2015
76
Charles Hamilton
Mar 19th 2015
77
nah that nigga just went crazy
Mar 20th 2015
80
      THAT'S SEXEDIST!!!
Mar 20th 2015
88
James Murphy/LCD Soundsystem
Mar 20th 2015
81
^^^YUP
Mar 20th 2015
86
Eddie Murphy in regards to stand-up.
Mar 20th 2015
82
Sia kinda.
Mar 20th 2015
87
can we say Monique?
Mar 20th 2015
89
no.
Mar 20th 2015
90
that's not entirely true
Mar 20th 2015
116
      great.
Mar 20th 2015
117
Monique falls in the category of just blowing Mainstream success.
Mar 20th 2015
91
99 posts in and no one mentioned the 'Boys' - they did a complete
Mar 20th 2015
99
as far as I'm concerned, there could be 3,000 replies and it would be
Mar 20th 2015
101
lol
Mar 20th 2015
102
lol eh I like The Boys - they were one of the few boy bands that
Mar 20th 2015
103
180, not 360.
Mar 20th 2015
105
      RE:well you know what I meant haha
Mar 20th 2015
106
      I had a woman tell me her man did a 360 and totally changed
Mar 20th 2015
107
Kurt Cobain?? He didn't quite walk away
Mar 20th 2015
118
johnny Depp walked away
Mar 20th 2015
119
Briefly...he walked right back
Mar 20th 2015
124
I think Lou Reed qualifies...
Mar 20th 2015
121
Pearl Jam. They're still caking, but they walked away from mainstream
Mar 20th 2015
123
cat stevens
Mar 21st 2015
128
savion glover, bobby mcferrin ?
Mar 21st 2015
129
zach de la rocha
Mar 21st 2015
131
Alex Chilton
Mar 21st 2015
133

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