Recently i was listening to "only for you", not their best album but still pretty good, and I'm sorry, but Vanity6's album doesn't even come close, and Apollonia6's sure doesn't either.

they really are--the mary jane girls can sing vanity/apollonia 6 under the muthaphuckin table.

Of course you two get suspended from this forum after those remarks

Of course they are, who would dare argue otherwise?

Obviously,the Mary Jane Girls could sing better than the Vanity/Apollonia girls.And,in the end,the MJGs had more hits and overall success.


But I still love Vanity 6 and their first album

yeah...we agree...

Even though MJG are better singers, they never made an album or - mostly importantly - a video that was better than Vanity 6.

Let's face it - they both were cheescake girl groups that were mostly there to give you a hard on; not blow you away with vocals like Chaka Khan or Teena Marie

Thus Vanity 6 wins the overall rating - and would walk away with it if they had made more than one record.
[This message was edited Wed May 14 7:45:20 PDT 2003 by LaMont]

lovebizzare said:

Brenda is on her way over to kick your ass.
And let's be honest, anyone in their right mind should know better than to piss Brenda off!

MJG in a Breeze.the Cool thing Rick James did with them was allow them to Sing&also have Songs that were more than just a Beat or Hook.I liked Vanity 6's debut but aside from "Nasty Girl&if a Girl Calls don't hang up" they don't have alot going on to Mess with MJG IMHO.I'd take "In My House" Alone over 85% of the V6&A6 Material in a Breeze.

LaMont said:

Hmmm...I would argue that the debut Mary Jane Girls album is at least as good as the Vanity 6 album.Strangely enough,both groups made disappointing follow-ups.The second Mary Jane Girl album 'Only Four You' (1986) is saved only by it's awesome lead-off single "In My House".The Apollonia 6 album has it's share of problems too,but that's another thread...lol...

Yup! Definetely better singers and more songs!!!

Did you guys know that there is a third album by the Mary Jane Girls that has never been released? It's called 'Conversation' and was produced by Rick James in 1986.The problem is,Rick was feuding with Motown at the time,and this created a tug-of-war situation with the Mary Jane Girls.Rick left the label and wanted to take the girls with him.As a result,the album remains locked in the vaults.



Hopefully,one day,Motown will finally release it!

DavidEye said:

cool!

Anybody who was a Prince fan in the early 80s were aware of the musical rivalry & the strong animosity between Prince & Rick James. Remember Rick coined the phrase "Punk-Funk" and Prince I think fell under that musical style as well. When Rick caught wind of V6 he probably thought "I could show him up" and came up with MJ Girls . I think he created a group in answer to The Time called Process & The Do Rags also.

PhilG said:

Rick actually claimed that the idea of a sexy girl group was HIS idea.But Prince beat him to the punch when the Vanity 6 album came out months before the Mary Jane Girls.In 1982,Rick was also planning to do a movie about his rise to fame.It was to be called "Spice Of Life".But,it never got off the ground and then Prince came out with the 'Purple Rain' film a few years later.So,it was always a case of Prince getting projects done before Rick did.

DavidEye said:

Rick had the Girl Concept as far back as 1979.His Girls were Called the Colored Girls&then became the Mary Jane Girls.Rick mentioned "Spice of Life' as early as 1981 when Don Cornelius Gave Rick a Soul Train Tribute Show which I still have on Tape.as a matter of fact&I Know you remember when Right On! Magazine use to have Tribute Issues to Artists&Rick had His back in either 82 or early 83.well anyway there was talk of this Film.Rick also back in 85 was suppose to Have Mary Jane Girls Records debuting but it didn't happen.Peace