Timmy84 said:

^ Nah, still 44 minutes left.

oh ok 9pm I so want them to put it online quick

nursev said:

Timmy84 said:

^ Nah, still 44 minutes left.

oh ok 9pm I so want them to put it online quick

lol yeah new episodes is on at 10 so you have to wait until after 11.

Timmy84 said:

nursev said:

oh ok 9pm I so want them to put it online quick

lol yeah new episodes is on at 10 so you have to wait until after 11.

damn ten my way-guess ya'll will post about it

nursev said:

Timmy84 said:

lol yeah new episodes is on at 10 so you have to wait until after 11.

damn ten my way-guess ya'll will post about it

You know how we do lol

Timmy84 said:

nursev said:

damn ten my way-guess ya'll will post about it

You know how we do lol

just waiting for MNP to go to work

Just watched, good stuff.

silverchild said:

This episode was pretty good. The part about his death made me cringe. For those who haven't seen it, you'll get what I'm saying. Tragic and fucked up!

For real. Also proves that the person Leon portrayed in the miniseries was a caricature of the real "Ruff".

Timmy84 said:

silverchild said:

Timmy84 said:

For real. Also proves that the person Leon portrayed in the miniseries was a caricature of the real "Ruff".

Yep. I can't even stand to take that miniseries seriously, unless I want some good drama. The "real" David was a tortured one for real. But I can't help but think that there is something more to his death. $5,000 dollars in a suitcase? WOW!

I kept thinking something did happen to him on the way to the hospital but we'll never know. Tragic. But yeah that miniseries is garbage.

silverchild said:

Timmy84 said:

For real. Also proves that the person Leon portrayed in the miniseries was a caricature of the real "Ruff".

Yep. I can't even stand to take that miniseries seriously, unless I want some good drama. The "real" David was a tortured one for real. But I can't help but think that there is something more to his death. $5,000 dollars in a suitcase? WOW!

Yeah, what happened to that suitcase.

missfee said:

Timmy84 said:

I agree. David was a charming man for a reason.

Also can I just talk about his voice for a minute? Like oh my God... his high notes gave Minnie a run for her money but it was still manly, you know what I mean? I never heard a man sing that high that easy!

And that's what got him the ladies! Let's be honest here, David surely didn't have the looks, he looked a hell of a lot better than Bobby Womack, but David was still on the fugly side...but that didn't matter, when you got a sexy voice and know how to use it, mix in a little charm and you got pussy flying everywhere!!

Are you serious?! I found David Ruffin extremely attractive. There is nothing like a tall, sexy, black man. with a sly grin and nerd glasses. With his looks and his talent, he was the full package for me. This "Unsung" showed footage of David at home, on his horses. Really liked that. But, yeah, I always thought he was hot and THE temptation.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

silverchild said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah, what happened to that suitcase.

Whether it was that utterly-inaccurate miniseries or this special, that is the million-dollar question. I don't like making speculations, but in my neighborhood, somebody would jack you if you had over a hundred dollars. The part where Dennis says he got a call from one of Ruffin's men, saying that he OD'ed troubled me too. [Edited 3/5/12 20:28pm]

i just got home, it's 10:19pm. what have i missed?

silverchild said:

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Yeah, what happened to that suitcase.

Whether it was that utterly-inaccurate miniseries or this special, that is the million-dollar question. I don't like making speculations, but in my neighborhood, somebody would jack you if you had over a hundred dollars. The part where Dennis says he got a call from one of Ruffin's men, saying that he OD'ed troubled me too. [Edited 3/5/12 20:28pm]

Me as well. I mean the only good part about it was that it was true that they had to have been close friends for someone else to call Dennis and give him the news. But still, the circumstances were so grim. Sounds like they really were struggling to help him kick his habit.

Otherwise, that voice of his was magnetic. And still is till this very day.

I was irked to see Otis up there talking, yet again looking like he went to a Halloween shop for his outfit.

I liked how David's children told about how he made a true effort to be a father to them and even called them when he was on the road.

It was especially sad though when you learned of the child abuse he endured but never really spoke about.

David Ruffin, Jr. is hott

[Edited 3/6/12 5:09am]

silverchild said:

Timmy84 said:

For real. Also proves that the person Leon portrayed in the miniseries was a caricature of the real "Ruff".

Yep. I can't even stand to take that miniseries seriously, unless I want some good drama. The "real" David was a tortured one for real. But I can't help but think that there is something more to his death. $5,000 dollars in a suitcase? WOW!

He had a total of 50.000 dollars (remeber they wanted to give him 5,000 in cash and a check for 45.000.00 but he wanted all of his money in cash)..

missfee said:

silverchild said:

LittleBLUECorvette said: Whether it was that utterly-inaccurate miniseries or this special, that is the million-dollar question. I don't like making speculations, but in my neighborhood, somebody would jack you if you had over a hundred dollars. The part where Dennis says he got a call from one of Ruffin's men, saying that he OD'ed troubled me too. [Edited 3/5/12 20:28pm]

Me as well. I mean the only good part about it was that it was true that they had to have been close friends for someone else to call Dennis and give him the news. But still, the circumstances were so grim. Sounds like they really were struggling to help him kick his habit.

Otherwise, that voice of his was magnetic. And still is till this very day.

I was irked to see Otis up there talking, yet again looking like he went to a Halloween shop for his outfit.

I liked how David's children told about how he made a true effort to be a father to them and even called them when he was on the road.

It was especially sad though when you learned of the child abuse he endured but never really spoke about.

David Ruffin, Jr. is hott

[Edited 3/6/12 5:09am]

"looking like he went to a Halloween shop for his outfit."

I was thinking the same exact thing.... He was looking like he was a part of Parliment Funkadelic....

This episode was really kinda sad I mean the abuse and the way he died-seems he was just a torn soul with a beautiful voice. His children spoke up for their father well though. Even David Jr. spoke well of him even though he abused him. This Unsung has made me mad that Otis Williams would allow the movie to be made with all that bullshit that wasn't true Everybody knows David had issues, but it seems he wasn't as bad as the movie portrayed him to be. His children had every right to be upset about the movie. Still love Leon and the other actors though, but damn "Ruff" wasn't that bad Otis Williams needs his ass whooped for sitting up there in those big ass glasses wtf! Seems they kinda portrayed him as a womanizer and a drug addict in this one I guess they did the best they could with the subject though. Dennis Edwards respect for David was really surprising and beautiful. You would think him and David would've had beef considering that he replaced him, but seems they had mutual respect for each other and that's cool.

This was a very sad show. There were the drugs, abuse, & hard childhood that David didn't want to talk about. Tragic, and difficult subject matter. There were extreme highs and lows in his life. He had the money and fame with the Tempts, but the drugs took him all the way down.

I laughed when they showed the mink in his ride though. He was very extra.

MadamGoodnight said:

This was a very sad show. There were the drugs, abuse, & hard childhood that David didn't want to talk about. Tragic, and difficult subject matter. There were extreme highs and lows in his life. He had the money and fame with the Tempts, but the drugs took him all the way down.

I laughed when they showed the mink in his ride though. He was very extra.

indeed he had his own style, but yeah it was kinda sad. If anybody is Unsung it is truly David Ruffin.

MadamGoodnight said:

This was a very sad show. There were the drugs, abuse, & hard childhood that David didn't want to talk about. Tragic, and difficult subject matter. There were extreme highs and lows in his life. He had the money and fame with the Tempts, but the drugs took him all the way down.

I laughed when they showed the mink in his ride though. He was very extra.

and the Gucci cars. What was it Lincolns? I forget what kind of car it was that David Jr. said his dad had two of.

I was kind of surprised they didn't mention anything about the tour he had not only with Eddie Kendricks and Dennis, but also the tour with Eddie Kendricks and Hall & Oates.

His funeral seemed so sad. Watching Dennis singing so hard that it looked like veins were going to pop out of his head was touching.

Speaking of Eddie Kendricks I wanna see an Unsung on him-undoubtedly the greatest falsetto singer ever. Wonder if he was a hot mess too

[Edited 3/6/12 9:30am]

nursev said:

Speaking of Eddie Kendricks I wanna see an Unsung on him-undoubtedly the greatest falsetto singer ever. Wonder if he was a hot mess too

[Edited 3/6/12 9:30am]

Yes, you took the words right out of my mouth, we need to see an Unsung on him as well. I believe he had better success at a solo career than David did. I'm not sure if Eddie was into drugs or not, according the miniseries, it implied that he dibbled and dabbled here and there but not a full blown out addict like David was. So who knows. But Eddie sure was a dresser. If David spent his time on buying luxury custom automobiles and horses, then Eddie sure put that same type of energy into his wardrobe.

missfee said:

MadamGoodnight said:

This was a very sad show. There were the drugs, abuse, & hard childhood that David didn't want to talk about. Tragic, and difficult subject matter. There were extreme highs and lows in his life. He had the money and fame with the Tempts, but the drugs took him all the way down.

I laughed when they showed the mink in his ride though. He was very extra.

and the Gucci cars. What was it Lincolns? I forget what kind of car it was that David Jr. said his dad had two of.

I fell out! He was before his time, & these rappers didn't have nothing on David Ruffin! He was an OG. @ his Gucci car. I didn't know if that was a Caddy or a Lincoln though.

David said the Tempts can have station wagons if they want to, they can ride in his cars

missfee said:

nursev said:

Speaking of Eddie Kendricks I wanna see an Unsung on him-undoubtedly the greatest falsetto singer ever. Wonder if he was a hot mess too

[Edited 3/6/12 9:30am]

Yes, you took the words right out of my mouth, we need to see an Unsung on him as well. I believe he had better success at a solo career than David did. I'm not sure if Eddie was into drugs or not, according the miniseries, it implied that he dibbled and dabbled here and there but not a full blown out addict like David was. So who knows. But Eddie sure was a dresser. If David spent his time on buying luxury custom automobiles and horses, then Eddie sure put that same type of energy into his wardrobe.

the movie never really showed to much about Eddie His smoking and a little cocaine is all you saw I wonder if his death was horrible due to the lung cancer or if he even had any other demons besides those two things. He seemed like a overall nice guy and cute too

nursev said:

MadamGoodnight said:

This was a very sad show. There were the drugs, abuse, & hard childhood that David didn't want to talk about. Tragic, and difficult subject matter. There were extreme highs and lows in his life. He had the money and fame with the Tempts, but the drugs took him all the way down.

I laughed when they showed the mink in his ride though. He was very extra.

indeed he had his own style, but yeah it was kinda sad. If anybody is Unsung it is truly David Ruffin.

True. I had never seen that before, but sure enough, it was thick fur on the floor of his car.

nursev said:

Speaking of Eddie Kendricks I wanna see an Unsung on him-undoubtedly the greatest falsetto singer ever. Wonder if he was a hot mess too

[Edited 3/6/12 9:30am]

Intimate Friends is one of my favorite songs. That falsetto was killer! Yes, he needs an Unsung as well.

MadamGoodnight said:

missfee said:

and the Gucci cars. What was it Lincolns? I forget what kind of car it was that David Jr. said his dad had two of.

I fell out! He was before his time, & these rappers didn't have nothing on David Ruffin! He was an OG. @ his Gucci car. I didn't know if that was a Caddy or a Lincoln though.

David said the Tempts can have station wagons if they want to, they can ride in his cars

I know right, David was a trip!

One thing I'm glad that was brought up during last night's episode was the fact that David was one of the first (if not the VERY first) to speak up about how Motown was paying (and treating) their artists like puppets. Even though his lawsuit was unsuccessful, at least he had enough balls to speak out against old man Gordy. Despite all of David's insecurities, it seemed he really wasn't afraid of the one man everyone else acted like they WERE afraid of. For that, aside from all of David's shortcomings, he gets much respect from me.