Name a "superstar" who is independent? And why in God's name would she want a 360 deal...??
Are yall gonna handicap Mike Jack's success because he got jumpstarted by one of the best producer and songwriters of all times?
What about Janet for working with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis?
Having a great team around is part of the equation of becoming a superstar...But at the end of the day, you need the "it" factor, and Beyonce has that.......
It's a million pretty light skin girls doing cover songs on youtube. You need to send the links over to Sony's A&R, since that's all it takes.
I'm sure they would love to have another artist generate them 100s of millions of dollars over the next 15 years...