Why did he cut off LA Reid?
Babyface never totally laid things out, so I hope we get his direct perspective. but apparently LA had started going behind Babyface’s back business wise.
LA tried to give those Tevin Campbell songs to Usher and Dallas Austin said LA gave him a record label under Laface w/o Babyface’s knowledge (reminds me of the Suge/Dre dynamic). Babyface said that he was doing all the heavy lifting production wise and that LA was essentially just a businessman at that point.
that’s why the interesting part about that is right after their creative split, the first act LA brought in was Tony Rich. Some people say that Babyface was influenced by Tony’s acoustic sound (ie stole it on some Jay z sh!t). Tony Rich’s album didn’t come out until years later so people were thinking HE was Babyface.