Did anyone hear the answer about who they think the best producers are??

Cinnie said:

Yeah. And? It's exactly what I would've expected them to say.

daingermouz2020 said:

Yeah,this is a tough one but I'm gonna go with LA and Babyface.

Does anyone remember in the summer of '92 when there was a "friendly competition" thing going on with both camps? Both teams produced a movie soundtrack for films that were being released that summer: 'Boomerang' (LA and Babyface) and 'Mo Money' (Jam and Lewis).The media tried to make it a competition,lol.

Both sides used the heavy artillery.Jam and Lewis brought Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross on board for their soundtrack,but I think La and Face won this battle the 'Boomerang' soundtrack is superior.

AlexdeParis said:

Well, just sayin... they are barely contemporaries if you consider Jam/Lewis were there long before Laface.

SoulAlive said:

The movie soundtrack is the only battle that LA and Babyface won if
you base it on chart success.

Hello! Ever heard of the S.O.S band, Cherelle, Alexander O'Neal,
Patti LaBelle, Herb Alpert. Hardly mediocre artists. The only
artist that L.A and Face worked with consistently that compare
is Toni Braxton and Johnny Gill to an extent whom also worked
with Jam and Lewis.

RnBAmbassador said:

can you be a lot more specific ....I'd never heard any of this stuff.

SoulAlive said:

The movie soundtrack is the only battle that LA and Babyface won if
you base it on chart success. I still like the Mo Money soundtrack
better. I thought it was a little more diverse with uptempo tracks
where as Boomerang was more laid back. I read an earlier comment that
L.A and face worked with more diverse artists than Jam and Lewis and
that their only meal ticket was Janet.

Hello! Ever heard of the S.O.S band, Cherelle, Alexander O'Neal,
Patti LaBelle, Herb Alpert. Hardly mediocre artists. The only
artist that L.A and Face worked with consistently that compare
is Toni Braxton and Johnny Gill to an extent whom also worked
with Jam and Lewis.

I like fruit.

Cinnie said:

It was only a few years.

Jam and Lewis by a million miles. Jam and Lewis were absolutely great in the 1980s. In the late 80s, LA and Babyface were decent but they sounded like a weaker watered down version of Jam and Lewis.

Of course in the 1990s, they were all horrible. Jam and Lewis went to shit hop and LA and Babyface went to adult contemporary.

1 minute mark:

Well, they won the hard-fought battle of Karyn White. Her first album (LaFace) had more hits than her second (Jam & Lewis). Of course, "Romantic" was her biggest pop hit and Terry got to marry her, so it wasn't a total wash.

Come to think of it, they also won the battle of Boyz II Men ("End of the Road" over "On Bended Knee").


They may have been relatively brief supernovas, but I'd say Bobby Brown and Boyz II Men deserve a mention.

AlexdeParis said:

All of this is true but i really was referring to artists that they worked
with consistently. Like Jam/Lewis producing 4-5 Janet albums, 4 S.O.S band
albums, 3 Cherrelle albums, 3 Alex O'Neal albums.
LA/Face did well in that regard with Toni Braxton. L.A face had lots
of hits i'm not taking that from them. I'm basically talking about
artists that were their own baby. Unfortunately for L.A/Face they
only got to do one album with Damien Dane. They had potential.

phunkdaddy said:

But they weren't together long enough to work with artists for 3 albums.

The Time >> The Deele

there it is!

Jam & Lewis all day.

ok jam and lewis were more musical babyface was more electronic they ushered in2 the new era of garabge music. i liked both cuz they both worked wit some of the best i looked 2 both when i wanted what i was in the mood 4 at that time so i look 2 both as the best

daingermouz2020 said:

*****

Reid had a penchant for eating pussy. He was always hitting (as in making pases) to married women or women that had/have boyfriends. He broke up Pebbles happy home. Her husband, George Smith, had them followed and under survelliance. Her husband was a bigtime car dealer out in California. He used to manage some musical acts back in the day. How unprofessional.Smith had put a lot of money into L.A. and Babyface.
Shanice Wilson went into his office because she was upset over LaFace's handling of her career. After her diva meltdown on L.A, and another dude came up to the office to pop L.A. for trying his woman that worked there. security was beefed up at the complex. He has bodyguards now because of the way he has pissed on people in the business from his days with The Deele foward. Let's not forget that he and Babyface had a major falling out over cooked books (finances) back in the day. Reid also tried Face's wife.
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RnBAmbassador said:

INTERESTING! If anything should ever happen to this guy ( I hope it doesn't for the record) The list of suspects will be off the charts.

Jam and Lewis by a million miles. Jam and Lewis were absolutely great in the 1980s. In the late 80s, LA and Babyface were decent but they sounded like a weaker watered down version of Jam and Lewis.

Of course in the 1990s, they were all horrible. Jam and Lewis went to shit hop and LA and Babyface went to adult contemporary.

The Time >> The Deele

there it is!

Does anyone remember in the summer of '92 when there was a "friendly competition" thing going on with both camps? Both teams produced a movie soundtrack for films that were being released that summer: 'Boomerang' (LA and Babyface) and 'Mo Money' (Jam and Lewis).The media tried to make it a competition,lol.

Both sides used the heavy artillery.Jam and Lewis brought Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross on board for their soundtrack,but I think La and Face won this battle the 'Boomerang' soundtrack is superior.