The Uptown Records Story Part 5: Not everyone at Uptown Records was a success!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2024
- The Uptown story starts with its founding in 1986 via a $75,000 deal with MCA for a compilation album and effectively ends with Andre exiting to run Motown Records with a contract worth millions.
Jimmy Jenkins, also known as Jimmy Luvs or “JLuvs”, had previously been the Vice President of Uptown Records alongside Andre’ Harrell.
Jimmy “Luv” Jenkins - “Andre was the visionary of every record label that came behind us. The blueprint was Uptown. Without him, the spirit of the party ain’t go be the same because through any tragedy or anything we always party. That’s how we grieve, that’s how we celebrated, and that’s how we love.”
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His memory and story telling ability is impeccable.
Amazing history and unfiltered
@@HalftimeChat definitely. I love it.
CW was a monster vocal talent , That Album is one of the best RnB of ALL TIME ! 😎👍
Nesto's single was dope.
Personality
Eddie F - Untouchable will always be remembered for the unreleased boys 2 men remixed single - I thank you😎😎
I think Chris's only album with Uptown, "Changes", is so underrated. It's actually a very good album. Uptown didn't do a good job with promoting it, which is probably one of the things that made Chris upset with Uptown.
I totally agree with you. There's so many good songs on that album, that should've been released. For example, "Good Love" with Mary J. Blige and my other favorite "Where Is The Love"
@@djkellykel3383 Yup. Releasing "Good Luvin" as a single would have done the album some good. My favs are "Don't You Want To Make Love", "When a Fool Becomes a Man", and "Please, Please".
But remember, he said we were getting ready to take Christopher Williams to number 1, but he messed up the plans by becoming unmanageable. Didn't attend promotions.
Tony Thompson had the same problems with his album due to drugs and not promoting the album in person, which back then was more important than how it is now
@@daydreamergurl5791 I think he wanna released the song where is the love as a single forreal
Just like With Black street, Teddy probably was holding Guy back from touring.
Christopher Williams legend
I definitely do not remember Nesto. Sidenote... I feel like Monifah is rarely mentioned regarding anything Uptown. Would be great to get her on here.
She was signed by Heavy D before he left the business side and returned to music. By this time most of the old guard had left before she was signed
@Halftime Chat yeah I know she was signed by Heavy, but I always thought she was signed at least by late 1994/early 1995 since her first album Moods...Moments dropped in 1996. I remember last year when Andre Harrell passed she did an interview where Monifah said Andre told her she could be the Black Madonna (😂). In any event I love that era and I’m glad I found your channel, you help bring back so many memories. 🙏🏾
I've got the Nesto 12" 'Personality" ....one for the crate diggers. Uptown for life !
Eddie F with the 'In Living Color' chords
Yes eddie f is that guy
Nesto Velazquez had that song Personality. It was so dope at the time it was released for local radio play in New York. If any of the tracks on his album had that type of flavor, Uptown Records dropped the ball by not promoting it.
It had radio play in Cleveland Ohio also and video play specially on video soul video lp also
👍👍👍 YEAH... Ronnie Henson "On Point" from Baltimore... that album was a sleeper
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Nesto definitely flew under the radar...dope song but came off like an Uptown & Christopher Williams clone 🤷🏽♂️
I MISS THE STORIES OF UPTOWN..IT WAS EXPERIENCE ...THE MOTOWN THING WAS MESS !!
I think Nesto was aimed at the latino soul thing that was going on for a hot second in the early 90's ( Barrio Boyz, Color me Badd, Nu flavor)
Color me badd was not latino soul
@@dscott4465 I misspoke but my point still stands. Color me bad lead singer is Mexican and the group features a diverse line up that mainly why I included them. They also had a major bi-lingual hit written by the lead singer " mi amor" that is undeniably soul.
@@OmarHudson lol color me badd is one of my favorite groups they are not latino soul. If you had said voices of theory then yes but not color me bad
@@dscott4465 ok well I am adding Voices of theoy..Lol. EVEN Tho they came out years later LOL
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
@halftimechat you’re doing good work over there in the UK 🇬🇧 Horace Brown had some bangers on Motown. Things We Do For Love featuring Jay-Z was crazy along with One For The Money and Why Why Why! His Uptown release Taste Your Love was a nice R&B groove that had R&B fans waiting for him to blow up! Fun Fact about Ronnie Henson is that my former deejay and friend Hobo Scratch from Baltimore brought Ronnie to Uptown Records/Motown. He was so excited about the deal because he was his manager and a former street team promotions guy. However, somehow he got cut out of the deal and Ronnie Henson never blew up anyway. I was actually in his video What Are We Gonna Do as part of the posse back then! Amazing how many years have gone by since all of this. Keep up the great work 💯👍🏽
Amazing backstory, thanks for adding that. Thank you also for your support 🙏🏾
Nesto released Personality and it was awesome ... Spanish version was Personalidad. Listened to the Album Sampler and it would have been a really good one...
Just wanna say keep up good wrd/vibe my guy as well as new subscribers😘
Thank you very much for watching and supporting 🙏🏾
Ronnie Henson........4got about that dude. I have his Motown album on vinyl. Might have 2 pull that out. I have a feeling that Uptown stopped working on Nesto's album 1nce they signed Christopher Williams.
...and there you go folks. Like I said, Christopher destroyed his own opportunities. he was "unmanageable."
No hold barred from saying what it was. Chris did everything in his power to destroy his career
Chris was sleepin’. Remember, he said don’t wake him, he’s dreamin’.
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I think Chris wanted the energy Mary was getting ....but that had to do with Mary having a different set of creative people around and his music was hard to fit in with the hip hop and r&b hybrids that were becoming the norm!!
He also wanted it done his way and clashed with management
@@HalftimeChat Yup. In Chris's Unsung episode, he admits to not wanting to be involved in music industry politics, not promoting himself to a certain extent, and smashing up Uptown's office when he didn't get the money he thought he was owed. I think Andre said that it was nothing that Uptown could have done for Chris after he blew up at the office.
He’s right guy never did a complete tour?!?
Teddy hated touring after Gene Griffin left but held everyone else from going without him
YEAH..I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE Nesto Velazquez SITUATION..THAT WAS A GOLD MINE ..IF THEY DID IT RIGHT...i HAD THE SINGLE..IT WAS ON FIRE...ASK JIMMY..DO HE KNOW HOW JAMES EARL DOING ..I REMEMBER HIM AT UPTOWN RECORDS ???
R.I.P James passed away a few years back, he was on my project back then #RonnieHenson
@@jaronhenson1097 ..HE WAS GOOD PEOPLE. I KNEW JAMES FROM COREY ROONEY AND PRINCE..THEY WERE MY MENTOR AT THE TIME.
Chris toured with Frankie Beverly and Maze on his 1st album the Promises joint. That’s why the second album was hard to find and audience. His following was already on the older Luther and Anita crowd...it was a bad time to be a great singer!! Hard to know how the listeners will react to the music!!
The one thing which artists tell you is that they know who the labels want to take to number one. Based on the records and promotion. Jimmy said they were going to take Christopher Williams to the top(promotion, marketing and radio) but he messed up by not playing ball
That changes album was classic it fitted that uptown era
The changes album was classic on uptown he mess his career up
You need to reach out and get formal Uptown Records Jeff Redd or The Gyrlz or Lil Shawn aka Shawn Pen or Kurt Woodley A&R Executive for Uptown Records for a full interview about Uptown Records??? @Halftime Chat
I'll keep trying 😇