Hell, he'll do for 20 minutes. He looks just like a good friend of mine that I used to sleep with from time to time. That motherfucker had the thickest dick I ever wrapped my hand around.

I failed to do a thorough job on research.

Above is registered sex offender Foster Sylvers' mug shot at the time of his arrest. He was charged with oral copulation (the victim unconscious of the nature of the act).

In 2004, he was supposedly in the process of having his record expunged.

Were the Sylvers biracial?

Were the Sylvers biracial?

lowkey said:

They weren't that obscure. I'm sure if the roads were reversed, we'd be asking the same question about the Jacksons (even WITH Michael's talent). You never know how history would've turned out. They actually came at a bad time BECAUSE of the Jacksons being so successful and Edmund and Foster sounding like Jermaine/Michael clones.

You know the same can be said for the "first family of soul", the Burke Family (the Stairsteps). Their material was composed in the early years by Curtis Mayfield and then later on they did their own compositions but they were another family that never got the accolades that the Jacksons got. I don't think no one would argue that there were more talented musical families than the Jacksons (Isleys anyone?). It just happened that not only did the Jacksons had Motown, but they had better PR and MJ was the right age to be exploited (as unfortunate to put it as, it's the truth).

Timmy84 said:

when people make arguments that so n so would have been bigger 'if it wasnt for' whoever was hot at the time that just tells me they didnt have what it took. the sylvers were a fad, they rode the jackson 5 /family act bandwagon just like many other groups at the time. when an act comes on the scene and creates their own lane record labels scramble to find 'the next' and thats what the sylvers were suppose to be 'the next jacksons. of course this is my own opinion but im speaking from the perspective of actually bein around at the time not from reading books. with me and my friends the sylvers came and went.

DesireeNevermind said:

Were the Sylvers biracial?

lowkey said:

That's a tad condescending, I was there therefore I know and you weren't so you don't. For what it's worth, I was around with you at the time.

There is nothing the Sylvers could have done about being compared to the Jackson 5, nothing. Other people's perceptions but their careers. Like the Jackson 5 the Sylvers didn't fall off a turnip truck and land a record contract nor find success overnight. The group first constisted of Olympia, Leon, Charmaine, and James aka "The Little Angles" had cut a record or two and had been appearing on varity show's in mid/late 50 and 60's. Did the Sylvers have the goods to sustain their decade plus career? No. But sometimes choices, circumstances, timing, and other variables beyond your control, can affect whether you succeed at all or if you are able to sustain success.(IMHO) I think those are valid questions. I think that's the point Timmy was trying to make and a very valid one. (IMO) I don't care if he's almost young enough to be my son.


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Here's the link to the thread where we talk about the Sylvers I, II, III classic albums.

http://prince.org/msg/8/317526