B team did A team in breh.....accept the facts
Can someone please explaining to me how Amerie got black balled by beyonce
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Like I said
Amerie has never had a platinum album, she barely touched gold on all of them
Here's the reality...
Amerie dropped in 2002, barley went gold, and had the highest charting song only reach #23 on the billboard hot 100
Beyoncé dropped in 2003, went 4x platinum, had 2 #1 hits, a song that was #3 and a song that reached #4 on the billboard hot 100. (4 songs in the top 5)
Since people keep using Rich Harrison as the deciding factor I'll mention that her other #1 hit was produced by Scott storch, in fact storch also produced that #3 and #4
It's safe to say that the competition between them that people speak of actually never existed
Rich Harrison seems to be the reasoning y'all use which his hilarious because out of the 8 hits she had on her first two albums he is responsible for only 1.
Ima let y'all cook though
Amerie has had at least three albums...sometimes it's not a conspiracy. She just didn't pop.
That's all it is man. 1 thing was a huge song that was EVERYWHERE so you can't say the promotion wasn't there, they definitely put money into her. Unfortunately for her that album barely touched gold and she was dropped. Labels can't stop fans from buying albums
Amerie has never had a platinum album, she barely touched gold on all of them
Here's the reality...
Amerie dropped in 2002, barley went gold, and had the highest charting song only reach #23 on the billboard hot 100
Beyoncé dropped in 2003, went 4x platinum, had 2 #1 hits, a song that was #3 and a song that reached #4 on the billboard hot 100. (4 songs in the top 5)
Since people keep using Rich Harrison as the deciding factor I'll mention that her other #1 hit was produced by Scott storch, in fact storch also produced that #3 and #4
It's safe to say that the competition between them that people speak of actually never existed
The fanbase that mattes at heart to urban rnb artists and producers is the urban fanbase.....and there was definitely competition between them two amongst the urban fanbase.....Beyoncé sold that way because she also brings along her fair weather pop fanbase from destiny's child.....but at the core of urban Rnb Beyoncé was #1 with Amerie holdin a close #2 especially around 04/05.......it's the reason 1 thing still gets spins today.....she was a bonafide extremely popular artist.......especially amongst the urban core..........
Truth is record companies are really just music investors today as opposed to when they used to be music enthusiasts back when.....so Beyoncé is alone and reigns because financially she is the safe bet for investment value.....record companies are low risk high reward minded today.....and Matthew knowles sold Beyoncé as that. They blackballed the industry breh.......her daddy was havin investment dinners wit the high label execs while other artists like (Amerie and hilson) were in the studio or doin shows/clubs........b team wasn't playin fair bout the dough......just like Diana Ross schmoozing to Barry Gordy back in the day.......ain't nothin' new......but it's the fans that suffer from lack of options
........then they brainwash some of the public to become "internet b hive" followers so they don't pay attention to the lack of diversity .......facts
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What people also fail to mention is that Amerie and Rich Harrison was in a "relationship" for a minute, shyt went south between them, and so did their professional relationship.
That industry shyt gets weird
Jone2three45
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That's cool but let's not act like Amerie and Keri Hilson had the potential to be the type of entertainer Beyoncé is.The fanbase that mattes at heart to urban rnb artists and producers is the urban fanbase.....and there was definitely competition between them two amongst the urban fanbase.....Beyoncé sold that way because she also brings along her fair weather pop fanbase from destiny's child.....but at the core of urban Rnb Beyoncé was #1 with Amerie holdin a close #2 especially around 04/05.......it's the reason 1 thing still gets spins today.....she was a bonafide extremely popular artist.......especially amongst the urban core..........
Truth is record companies are really just music investors today as opposed to when they used to be music enthusiasts back when.....so Beyoncé is alone and reigns because financially she is the safe bet for investment value.....record companies are low risk high reward minded today.....and Matthew knowles sold Beyoncé as that. They blackballed the industry breh.......her daddy was havin investment dinners wit the high label execs while other artists like (Amerie and hilson) were in the studio or doin shows/clubs........b team wasn't playin fair bout the dough......just like Diana Ross schmoozing to Barry Gordy back in the day.......ain't nothin' new......but it's the fans that suffer from lack of options
Also it ain't like Beyoncé doesn't have the total package. Looks, above average voice, and dancing. That's hard to beat.
amerie is the better singer. i dont really care that shes a better entertainer if im trying to buy her albums
The fanbase that mattes at heart to urban rnb artists and producers is the urban fanbase.....and there was definitely competition between them two amongst the urban fanbase.....Beyoncé sold that way because she also brings along her fair weather pop fanbase from destiny's child.....but at the core of urban Rnb Beyoncé was #1 with Amerie holdin a close #2 especially around 04/05.......it's the reason 1 thing still gets spins today.....she was a bonafide extremely popular artist.......especially amongst the urban core..........
Truth is record companies are really just music investors today as opposed to when they used to be music enthusiasts back when.....so Beyoncé is alone and reigns because financially she is the safe bet for investment value.....record companies are low risk high reward minded today.....and Matthew knowles sold Beyoncé as that. They blackballed the industry breh.......her daddy was havin investment dinners wit the high label execs while other artists like (Amerie and hilson) were in the studio or doin shows/clubs........b team wasn't playin fair bout the dough......just like Diana Ross schmoozing to Barry Gordy back in the day.......ain't nothin' new......but it's the fans that suffer from lack of options
Amerie wasn't holding down no damn #2 spot. if anything Alicia keys was 1 and Beyoncé was 2, not to mention Mary and Mariah were still moving units and touching platinum. Like a said 1 thing was a huge single but her album still struggled to go gold. Stop making amerie more than what she was, she was never on that level.
being an entertainer is her strong point. thats the reason why her fans always front load that in any conversation regarding her
music wise, she does nothing for me.
Y'all stans 
for Beyonce all you want but the music industry is shady AF. Everything said is true, Team B was swagger jacking and when originators made a huff, the industry said 
It's not the fans who decide which artist pops off, it's the machine. The machine is the record labels, radio stations, media entities & producers. Lady gaga, ariana grande & iggy should be the BIGGEST examples of the machine forcing pop stars onto fans. It's not about talent, it's who can sell records & merch. Also whoever gives "favours" behind closed doors. You heard LA Reid said tierra marie over rihanna, guess who made it? riri can't sing for shyt.
for Beyonce all you want but the music industry is shady AF. Everything said is true, Team B was swagger jacking and when originators made a huff, the industry said It's not the fans who decide which artist pops off, it's the machine. The machine is the record labels, radio stations, media entities & producers. Lady gaga, ariana grande & iggy should be the BIGGEST examples of the machine forcing pop stars onto fans. It's not about talent, it's who can sell records & merch. Also whoever gives "favours" behind closed doors. You heard LA Reid said tierra marie over rihanna, guess who made it? riri can't sing for shyt.
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Lol at brainwashed Beyhive chicks who refuse to believe that Beyonce is a selfish scheming piece of shyt behind the scenes. Ya'll as brainwashed as Trump supporters.
Champagne Kudo
Shyness Boy
What's the source on that shyt about Toya being on Dilemma? I coulda swore Nelly said that he put Kelly on because his sister wanted her on there or something
He said it in his behind in the music iirc
