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R&B crooner Joe, seemingly, out of nowhere has taken aim at R. Kelly, blaming the singer for trying to ruin his career. Check out the report via Contact Music below:

R&B singer JOE has accused R. KELLY of pressuring radio DJs not to play his records - in a bid to scupper his growing stardom.

The Stutter singer released six albums with Jive Records over an 11 year period, but left the label earlier this year (08) after the company pushed back the release of his 2007 LP, Ain't Nothin Like Me, several times.

And the Grammy-winning star believes his rival labelmate Kelly was to blame, insisting he would call Jive bosses and radio stations and urge them not to promote the singer too strongly.

Joe says, "R. Kelly was very instrumental in making a lot of decisions when it came to my records being played on the radio.

"He would make a call to the radio station or to the label and say, 'Hey, this Joe record is too hot right now. Y'all (sic) need to pull that back.' And they would oblige. It's incredible that now I get the opportunity to, I don't know, maybe pay (R. Kelly) back in some sort of side bar kind of thing."

And Joe, who left Jive to release his forthcoming LP New Man through Kedar Entertainment Group, insists he is still a prevalent musician despite R. Kelly's alleged intervention.

He says, "I'm still very relevant in the game. But yeah, he did try to make some decisions when it came down to my records being on fire, and climbing up the charts and on the radio stations. He felt like they should pull back because he felt he was more important. And with their loyalty to him, they obliged."

Though I do support Joe, it does kinda seem like he's a little bitter about being...well...not all that relevant in the contemporary music scene and is taking aim at R. Kelly because of it. I mean, I find it a little odd that he's only coming out of the woodwork now. Anyway...

"He would make a call to the radio station or to the label and say, 'Hey, this Joe record is too hot right now. Y'all (sic) need to pull that back.' And they would oblige. It's incredible that now I get the opportunity to, I don't know, maybe pay (R. Kelly) back in some sort of side bar kind of thing."


He says, "I'm still very relevant in the game.


robert so crazy!

and joe i mean hes got a few hot songs but come on now.

Joe’s not really on my radar but he’ll always get a nod for this collabo with Chico.

Sounds like someone's jealous he didn't get peed on.

And also joe let r.kelly produce a record for him about 5 years ago which
he didn't seem to have a problem with then as long as he knew he was gonna
get paid for it. I just can't remember the name of the song right now.
Joe also musically have tried to follow r.kelly's path somewhat anyway and
as long as he was charting he didn't seem to complain.
I think joe fucked himself by making bullshit records with the G-Unit.
I know he has a new single now that seems to be getting airplay called ER.

R&B crooner Joe, seemingly, out of nowhere has taken aim at R. Kelly, blaming the singer for trying to ruin his career. Check out the report via Contact Music below:

R&B singer JOE has accused R. KELLY of pressuring radio DJs not to play his records - in a bid to scupper his growing stardom.

The Stutter singer released six albums with Jive Records over an 11 year period, but left the label earlier this year (08) after the company pushed back the release of his 2007 LP, Ain't Nothin Like Me, several times.

And the Grammy-winning star believes his rival labelmate Kelly was to blame, insisting he would call Jive bosses and radio stations and urge them not to promote the singer too strongly.

Joe says, "R. Kelly was very instrumental in making a lot of decisions when it came to my records being played on the radio.

"He would make a call to the radio station or to the label and say, 'Hey, this Joe record is too hot right now. Y'all (sic) need to pull that back.' And they would oblige. It's incredible that now I get the opportunity to, I don't know, maybe pay (R. Kelly) back in some sort of side bar kind of thing."

And Joe, who left Jive to release his forthcoming LP New Man through Kedar Entertainment Group, insists he is still a prevalent musician despite R. Kelly's alleged intervention.

He says, "I'm still very relevant in the game. But yeah, he did try to make some decisions when it came down to my records being on fire, and climbing up the charts and on the radio stations. He felt like they should pull back because he felt he was more important. And with their loyalty to him, they obliged."

Though I do support Joe, it does kinda seem like he's a little bitter about being...well...not all that relevant in the contemporary music scene and is taking aim at R. Kelly because of it. I mean, I find it a little odd that he's only coming out of the woodwork now. Anyway...



ARE U SERIOUS?????
I REMEMBER WHEN BOTH THESE NI**AS FIRST CAME OUT
ROBERT WAS ON AARON'S (AARON HALL OF GUY) LEFT NUT
AND JOE WAS ON AARON'S RIGHT NUT!!!!!

Is Joe that much of an important artist that we should care if R. Kelly peed on his airplay? I think not.

Joe had a few good cuts but he aint no legend or anything.

I smell...I smell...I smell...



publicity stunt.

so he f__ed you too?

Mars23 said:

This is interesting considering R Kelly gave Joe the song "More & More" which was on the unreleased Loveland album.

Hummm, I guess keep your enemies close.

I'm not surprised.
He sabotaged mine.
That's why, instead of being at the top of the charts,
I'm here,
commiseratin' wit'chu foo's.

But is R. Kelly really that powerful, especially these days with his reputation as a child sex predator? Why would the radio stations do something just because R. Kelly says so?

They all suck with that Plastic Ghetto Smoove Bullshit !
[Edited 8/13/08 18:00pm]

I guess he's just blaming R.Kelly for his non-sucessful carrer.

This is pretty hilarious considering I always call Joe "Poor Man's R. Kelly."

I like the 3 singles from his first album, "All the Things Your Man Won't Do," "...Player" (with and without Big Pun, but more with), "Treat Her Like a Lady," and "Stutter." "I Wanna Know" is OK and I don't really dig anything else.

JackieBlue said:

Always loved this one.

AlexdeParis said:

That was Joe's 2nd album.
His 1st one came out in 1993. I used to like "All or Nothing." He also wrote songs for other Jive artists like Hi-Five

musicman said:

You read that incorrectly. I was too lazy to type out "I'm in Luv," "The One for Me," and "All or Nothing," so I just wrote "the 3 singles from his first album."

I especially like the "All or Nothing" remix that samples "Georgy Porgy" by Toto.
[Edited 8/13/08 19:59pm]

I love Love Scene but Joe really need to stop trippin'.