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I thought Omarion was successful. Some of the rest you named had single hits here and there.
nah, omarion had a few hits here and there (namely icebox with that clean timbo beat) as well, but nobody was busting down arenas or going out their way to book him have him on the radio etc the same way they were with b2k. and yea, the rest had a few hit songs, even decent projects, but they were not successful in the same way they were in the goup
 

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:mindblown: WTF. I started listening to my Xscape again yesterday and all of a sudden I see this without knowing about it????

:feedme:
 

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Directv needs to get TVOne in HD. I don't even be checkin for that channel no more cuz of that shyt. Watchin that shyt in standard def is :huhldup:

FiOS needs it in HD too
 

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They didn't come right out and say it but R. Kelly stole their whole image for Aaliyah. nikka had the :shaq: face watching them little girls perform from backstage when they were on tour with him.
 

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I watched it last night. Tocha was 100% wrong. She let her dude get in her head and had her thinking she was bigger than the group (no pun intended). Kandi was always the baddest one in the group to me. Tocha was out of line when she announced she was going solo. She walked in the room and told Kandi she could do her model thing and told her sister and Tiny they could keep having babies because she's leaving the group :scust:.

Yeah she was on some foulness with that, and her mans was mad smug about it. :heh:

Can't wait to see that Kid N' Play jawn next week.
 

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They didn't come right out and say it but R. Kelly stole their whole image for Aaliyah. nikka had the :shaq: face watching them little girls perform from backstage when they were on tour with him.

HAAAA! I never thought about that.

Actually, I dunno if I believe J.D. when he says that he made them wear baggy clothes "because we wanted people to focus on their skills and not their bodies". :comeon:

nikka, get real. The TRUTH is, he was trying to copy Jodeci and make a female version of them OR, more likely, make four Mary J. Blige's. It worked at FIRST, but then it backfired when Biggie dissed them. Next thing you know, they sexied out....not that that was a bad thing, but it's still :stopitslime: -worthy for its obviousness.

:yeshrug:
 

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nah, omarion had a few hits here and there (namely icebox with that clean timbo beat) as well, but nobody was busting down arenas or going out their way to book him have him on the radio etc the same way they were with b2k. and yea, the rest had a few hit songs, even decent projects, but they were not successful in the same way they were in the goup

Dude still had a decently successful solo career though homie & he still going what are you talking bout :dahell:
 
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you named pretty much everything.

kandi is weird, she worked for the group, but no way i'd want to hear her solo for an entire album, but realistically none of them had the looks for solo stardom, and rarely does it work.

terry ellis - nope
dawn robinson - nope
t-boz - nope
left eye - nope
slim from 112 - nope (tho his album was dope)
coko - nope
marques houston -nope
omarion - nope

beyonce was the anomaly that happens once a generation - like michael or diana or even gladys

None of them had the "it" factor for it to work.
 

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:ohhh: Kandi fukking Jermaine Dupri and poppa Dupri (Micheal Mauldin) for solos:scust: :russ:.
 
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