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Post by timmy84 on Jan 22, 2006 21:49:21 GMT -5
LOL, gotcha, (((Hitsville))), but I'm just ticked off right now... "America's Greatest Living Poet"? Yeah, right. LOL Yeah, his bandmates are poets. LOL
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Post by fantagurl on Jan 25, 2006 17:01:57 GMT -5
I always thought he was a little bit overrated when it came to the Miracles, but what made me lose the little respect I had for him was the Sister2Sister interview he done in August last year. When asked why he thought so many Motown artists were not doing well financially his answer was 'Cause they spent their money on cars and bling and forgot to pay Uncle Sam!' I believe the correct answer should have been 'Because Berry was taking the bulk from their pockets and I was helping him' AMEN!!!!!!!!!
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Post by fantagurl on Jan 25, 2006 17:06:21 GMT -5
I know, right!?! Knowing he WAS the label's vice president and yeah you wonder if Smoke had TOO MUCH love from/with Berry so much that he just said, "look, you niccas ain't doin' your part, Berry signed you guys, do what you told..." that's why Marvin & Stevie made the move for it like "man, f*ck them uptight a$$es!" Damn, I never thought there'll be a day when we'd be sh*ttin' on Smoke! DANG! But of course I know there are people who probably couldn't stand Smoke or BILLY ROBINSON (let's just call him what his moms called him - William "Billy" Robinson). Cheating on his wife with Diana and probably cheating on Claudette with more women. That's why she had his babies. So he can do whatever it is that he was doing. Anyway, any of you guys got his biography he wrote with David Ritz? LOL I read his book.Smoke was seriously on a guilt trip.His book was sort of boring.
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Post by timmy84 on Jan 25, 2006 18:34:58 GMT -5
Dang, it was that bad, huh? LOL Well, y'all guys done gave me the idea to type out an article Smokey did recently about his "redemption from drugs", his new home, new wife and that "gospel" album he put out. It was from EBONY from 2004 around the time of Black Music Month with Usher on the cover, lol.
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