Rare Whitney houston interview/ 1990.
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- A rare 1990/1991 interview from Whitney houston during her promotion of her then new album Im your baby tonight. enjoy. *IF ITS SEEMS CHOPPY , THATS BECAUSE I HAD TO EDIT OUT MUSIC VIDEOS THAT THEY INCLUDED.
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No singer in this world will ever compare to this girl and i absolutley believe that. Truly gifted by God
John Palermo I agree. Although I never liked her MATERIAL (too pop and beneath her actual talent) I remain fascinated and transfixed by her VOICE. Especially as a LIVE singer. She is untouchable. An anomaly.
You are So Right!
They Should have NEVER Killed Her!
💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
She is the G.O.A.T... that’s all that needs to be said
Celine Dion has surpassed Houston
She had a beautiful speaking voice as well, she looked stunning in this interview.
Terelon- I've always said that she had a beautiful speaking voice!
Wow
Her speaking voice changed considerably post-Bodyguard.
❤❤❤her voice is everything so soothing and sweet💛❤💛❤💛
I just love her smile. She was so beautiful
whitney was so beautiful, people don’t talk about her beauty enough
So true... they’re so focused on the last years of her life. She really lived out all her dreams. She came and did what she came here to do... 🙏💖
She was such a gorgeous women ❤️. #WhitneyHouston
Because her voice overshadowed her beauty. She was one of the most beautiful in the world.
Wow
Almost every interview someone mentions her beauty 😂. I’m confused . In her prime she had a plethora of men after her along with being the leading lady in The body guard.
"I've paid my price, there's still more to pay!" I don't think people understand just how much she understood her own situation.
She sold her soul or it was sold for her by Cissy Houston and she knew it was going to be hell, hence the drug usage to escape from the reality of it.
She was very wise beyond her her years
That is a price no one should ever have to pay for fame and a musical career.
Wow she is so deep and knows the entertainment well.
She was so beautiful
The Greatest Voice of All
Completely agree! What she can do with her voice is pure magic.
You gotta love Whitney's realness I never heard of a celebrity ever speak like Whitney about idolizing others she did not believe in that and not putting people on a high pedestal like she said because you may be disappointed when you find out your favorite celebrity not what you thought they are that's what I really love about Whitney her honesty and she always was straightforward she did not hold nothing back she had the whole entire package I mean beauty classification and a heart of gold, one of the most angelic sweetest voices of all time its like God Himself touch Whitney with her voice and he blessed her well every single interview of whitney I love it because you really get to know her and not judging her by the media but getting to know the real person that she truly was and she was different from the others she was one in a billion and no one can ever and I mean ever take her place she truly missed and love forever!!!!!!
that is so true. im so glad that we are able to appreciate her and not worship her because she has paved the way for all women in the industry.
I know right, I miss her too she was taken away to soon.
Maria H. Exactly but people nowadays they take that to another level of praising an Entertainer and thinks getting that they are human beings just like us I love Whitney with everything in me but I know she was no God or anything like that and she knew that herself and she said it so eloquently and telling people do not praise her nowadays artists don't even speak like her
Wow
What she's saying here is common sense . I'm a pro musician myself and never gave a shit to talk to any notorious ppl like Pat Metheny, George Benson, Herbie Hancock etc. Simply because they're MUSICIANS just like you. Fans are afraid they don't have much to tell them and i feel them in a way (apart from the idolizing thing). What would have been interesting to me is having a conversation with her without all the gang around, which obviously couldn't happen.
She was a gorgeous next door girl she tried to maintain through her life . If you read between lines she hated all of that fame circus and the reason why she kept saying she's a "normal" person in every single interview, so her statements make sense.
she was so down to earth, balanced and focused
Whitney reminds of a little sparrow. She was truly delicately pretty. All of her strength was in her Voice and her love for others. Too bad so many around her couldn't honor all of this. 😪
FINALLY SOMEBODY GETS IT. She long for a 'PURE' love and MOST people arent capable of giving that kind of love. People tend to love selfishly and with restrictions.
@@joohsay it is so sad that the ppl around her didn't see her for that. She should still be here. 😢
I totally agree with her when she said her voice matured but did not change during this time. Go back and listen to the album "Whitney Houston". She sounded very young but good. She sounded awesome on "Whitney"...(!987-1989). But "I'm Your Baby Tonight" and "The Bodyguard" was her prime as far as her voice was concerned.
As years went by she had more bass in her voice, if I can call it like that.
It was because of smoking and crack. That lowerd her range, and make her voice more deep and "full" but finally that damage her chords. Her speaking voice was very high.
@@whitneyandmariahremasters8597 you forgot about the excessive touring, and having a baby. It just wasn't drugs. They worked her to death
@@whitneyandmariahremasters8597 her speaking voice wasn't that high. It was as deep as Maria Callas' speaking voice.
That lipstick color is everything
She is not gone. Is just that we don't see her anymore. But, she is still here.
Amen! You speak the truth! She's still very much here...we just can't see her right now!!!
Perfectly said,she is still here and around although we no longer see her but hey she is still here AMEN
Always makes me proud to be her fan. She has the realest personality, the most gorgeous face, hottest body, smart brains, and of course that voice (both speaking and singing)
The interviewer asked some really great questions! Whitney seemed very comfortable and at ease and it was a nice interview with good rapport. Her speaking voice was just as sweet as her singing voice, though you got no sense of the depth and power she could command when she wanted to. It always amazed me how such a huge sound came out of such a petite and slender body. She was our singing angel, always remember and much missed!
OOOH I use to love her speaking voice back then, before it deepened
Not only it depend but started cracking around 2009
That’s her interview voice and you have to remember she was 26. She also developed respiratory issues and sounded winded in the end.
Beautiful smile and teeth X RIP
+NADAL HI WHITNEY'S UPPER TEETH WERE IMPLANTS, YOU CAN GOGLE IT !!!
smh no they weren't.
CharlesBarry after years of dope dummie.
The teeth in this video are her real teeth. She got dentures after 2009 after she divorced Bobby and tried to get her life together. BUT before that time she had the teeth she was born with.
+Ed Miller where's the article
I wonder if Whitney actually knew that she truly truly truly truly was the best singer this planet has ever seen I mean just pure god-given vocals her voice was absolutely a gift from God nobody can tell me otherwise while I love many singers in the world none compared to Whitney Houston
No. She didn't know. "Learning to love yourself is the greatest love of all". She never learned to love herself. Whitney had low self esteem. She never realized how wonderful she was. Sad, but true.
@@churchnelly548 She knew her talent was god given and she knew the affect's she had on the people who supported her but like she said everything comes at a cost. The self destructive behavior was her way of wanting all the fame and fortune to be over subconsciously. She was very aware what she was doing to her voice but somewhere along the way she wanted to escape and alleviate her internal struggles more than she wanted to sing so the drug addiction continued to get worse. Escaping her reality was her number one priority, not her voice or career.
@@destinee971ify You pretty much summed up what drives 99% of all addictions. Feeling trapped in a painful reality, with no obvious way out. People always think the addiction IS the problem, but it isn't, it is actually a "coping" strategy for a much deeper problem.
Will God ever gift us such a talent again.... I used to think no, however I believed God loves us too much to deny us joy so, instead there are many unappreciated voices out there, denied to us by this BUSINESS.😢
Will God ever gift us such a talent again.... I used to think no, however I believed God loves us too much to deny us joy so, instead there are many unappreciated voices out there, denied to us by this BUSINESS.😢
She's so adorable. I love you Whitney. RIP. It's 2022. Your music lives on.
She was so grounded at such a young age. It makes you wonder how and when it all started falling apart.
Ha ha, but she started her career with him. We can only wonder what would have happened if she had signed with another record label. We can only wonder. :-(
Michele Simms-Burton well she started doing drugs with her brothers in the mid-80s right around the time it met clive. i'm whitneys biggest fan and i feel like he definitely pushed her but he did not start her downward spiral. everything just went downhill publicity and critically when she got with bobby. bobby didn't use any hard drugs except for alcohol and weed until he met whitney. while they both were deeply in love, they were toxic. i love whitney more than anything but those were her choices but her death was just not right. people said she looked better than ever before her death- and on the autopsy (opposite of beliefs) she was alive before she drowned so that means she didn't have a heart attack from her undiagnosed heart disease like her mother and many others believed. i believe her death was staged because she didn't drink often and she didn't like it but there were wine bottles all over making it look like she drank lots. and there was white powder everywhere? that's just not something whitney would do and combine all those drugs meanwhile she sang gospel a couple nights earlier. something with the people around her (including evil pat houston who changed the story many times) knew what happened and killed her.
Kenz I agree , and I won’t stop sharing my opinion on how I think the death of Whitney was weird as hell .. I think , Ray J , Pat, Brandy , Clive , and a bodyguard Pat made Whitney have who was Micheal Jackson’s old bodyguard and he wasn’t shit either ... I think they all had something to do with Whitney’s death and I won’t stop thinking that 💯
Kenz i said the same thing. I really believe someone killed her. They even said a music executive stay under her heard bumping but they didn’t want there name mention. Someone killed her. I really believe it. It was 2 meals in there with champagne and beer. Something just not right 😢
sharon curry im not “pretending” about anything. i am stating things she has said or her own family has said. i was providing information about how her life met its end. there is no reason to be disrespectful.
There's no one else like this angel"
one of the few people that can rock a grass green and still look cute lol.
LOL @ "grass green". Too funny! I really enjoyed this interview. I miss this lady and hate that we don't get to see these moments in today's world.
I'm convinced by 2009 she was replaced. yes I'm serious. her shoulders her nice and petite. in 09 she seemed taller and shoulders wide, face similar but different structure and a lisp, and inferior vocals. 4 get the media. I know what I hear and see in the Holy Spirit.
folks believe what u will but I see it.
Umm Take a close look at mariah carey, I believe the same thing has hapoened to her. yes replaced. look closely before u judge me.
+Terrence Malbrough I disagree with you. Whitney had a lips in her later years because of a lot of dental work. Many of her teeth were replaced. Whitney also had several cosmetic surgury and her voices changed a lot over the years because of ageing and lifestyle choices (smoking). Whitney was the same all to end in 2012. She was a hard working, kind and loving person who did so much good for other people and sang with the greatest female voice in our lifetime. RIP Whitney.
+michael mottlau Whitney NEVER had cosmetic surgery. She got her breast done in the 90's. That's it
+Michael L. Marshall I think their may have been a nose job too.
So real and down to earth -- I miss her.*
Great interview. Whitney certainly did take time out for herself. She took long breaks between work. She liked her time off and she deserved it because she always put out great music.
I was always impressed by her proper use of grammer when she interviewed. Now I'm sure she wasn't so militant about it while at home with friends or family, but it goes to show that she was very cognizant of presenting as the educated young woman that she was with just enough intellect & thoughtfulness in her answers. The press probably really enjoyed interviewing her- the ones that knew how to really do their jobs & not fumble around in nerves from being unprepared or star struck. Fantastic interview in my opinion.
Whoever met Whitney Houston was blessed
I met Ms Whitney years ago @ Fortunoff 's in Wayne NJ where I workedback in late 80s
she was so gorgeous ,gracious,with no makeup on .I asked her for autograph she said she doesn't give them . She will always be greatest female singer next to Barbra Streisand &Judy Garland
Whitney Houston was in my most honest opinion “the real deal” with respects to her musical abilities and overall personality despite her struggles with addiction!!! I will always love and remember her❤️❤️
Her lipstick is beautiful
She is amazing.
She's the best ever! Love u much Nippy!
She and Aaliyah both have that soothing speaking voice in common
aaliyahcomeback True, but that's where the vocal comparisons end between the 2 of them lol.
+Master Superblaster That was unnecessary....also because they sang completely different genres of music :/
Master Superblaster Definitely Whitney !
Whitney was an Aaliyah fan. She specifically chose her as the lead in sparkle and wanted her to do the entire soundtrack as Aretha dif with the original.
Master Superblaster Whitney said she loved Aaliyah’s VOICE. so stfu w all the shade
To this day .. I still refuse to believe that she's gone already ...
Your girl seemed so relaxed in this video. Whitney, aside from being the greatest female voice and most awarded performer with those still unbeatable 7 consecutive #1 hits, was really just the girl next door. She had her strengths and she had her faith along with her weaknesses and demons, like all of us. I wish she had somebody who loves her through everything. No, I am not knocking Bobby and have nothing against him, but I wish she found a man who perhaps wasn't in the industry who would look past her image and see her as sweet and vulnerable Nippy. I wish her story played out differently than what it did but it was all in God's plan. The greatest, most brilliant and beautiful singer to grace our eyes and ears. Love you, Whitney and I will see you in paradise someday :)
Great interview! I love how she was so comfortable and she was always great with being compeletely candid and tell it as it is. Thank you for uploading. 🙏
Whitney had such immense talent like no other.
Whitney was so wise when speaking of admiration for colleagues.
I’m a Leo like Whitney & I feel a strong connection to her music I understood her when. Nobody else does she’s a real Leo she died from a broken heart man not drugs look pass that & you see a beautiful woman that’s really a Diamond in the rough I understand you Whitney I wish I could’ve saved you 🥺🖤
thank you so much for sharing this!
Today we don't even have 1/2 of her in singers today. THAT WAS RAW NATURAL TALENT AND GOD gave her to us. She said "singing is like speaking". Whitney became so big so fast the BODYGUARD blew her up. NOBODY is prepared for that kind of talent. She was very young told what to do what to sing. ON ANYBODY that can take a toll. She was an addict and anybody who just dabbled in drugs when they were young try getting a endless amount of money, people always in your business. It came to the point that she was famous for the tabloids ..IT WASN'T ABOUT THE MUSIC ANYMORE. People calling her family offering money to talk about her. Her father going on camera and saying shit (that broke her heart). The business can be cruel.DO YOU ALL REALIZE THAT WHEN SHE DID HER FIRST AWARDS SHOW HER AND HER MOTHER WERE BACKSTAGE AND ALOT OF KNOWN CELEBRITIES didn't want to speak to her because that's how showbiz people are .Clickish but she showed them didn't she!!!!!!! R.I.P. Whitney!!! your true fans will always love you.
She is so wonderful!!
she is so damn cute here!!!!!!!!!!!! my goodness!!!!
That's my auntie! I just love her. She knew she had it goin' and she wasn't worried about *nothin'*. I love these rare interviews, but I'd love to see more _Didn't We Almost Have it All_ performances or that lost _Run to You_ footage. I know they're out there. I loved _I'm Your Baby Tonight_, but I liked her counterpart's album better. Vocally, Nippy was at her peak in 1989. Two performances she did that year blew me away!
i beg to differ but i believe in 1992 and 1993 she was at her peak im every woman!!!
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Whitney Houston has a fantastic voice what a woman she has a Powerhouse voice and that's when and that Whitney
AMEN AMEN! NEVER "IDOLIZE" ANYONE! U CAN ADMIRE THE GOD-GIVEN GIFTING BUT ALL GLORY HONOR AND PRAISE IS TO THE LORD! REST IN ETERNAL PARADISE QUEEN OF MUSIC!
is not just the voice but this woman was intelligent have u listen to her interviews like i am obsess with Whitney
She was my first crush back in the days 😍
Thanks a lot for the video!
She was so mature for her age. Yet it didn't stop her from taking drugs. People are sooo complex. 😔
I think at this point we know she did drugs, as does 99% of the world's population. It isn't necessary to keep bringing it up.
@@ms.titianabab7133 Industry has nothing to do with it. Her brother Michael introduced her to drugs when she was 14 years old. Who mentioned anything about her skin colour????
I am a big fan of Whitney Houston. So pipe down. Drugs did not kill her.🙄
Interesting what she said about air conditioning drying out a singer’s vocal chords. You learn something new everyday!
I love whitney houston
thank you so much for uploading this :) !!
I wish she would read me bedtime stories😔❤
I miss Whitney so much and I never even met her. If everyone on Earth was kind like Whitney there would be no wars, no gossip, no racism, no envy. Some other celebrities that have that kind of kindness are Mariah, Meredith Viera, Julia Roberts, Cindy Lauper, Jim Carrey, Dave Chappelle, Adele, Alicia Keys, Michael J. Fox, Steve Martin, Luis Miguel and Oprah.
She was smart in every way! Dear Lord we want her back 😞
I enjoyed this interview very smart and intelligenct. She as myself have a church background. You went to church not just on Sunday you were there pretty much everyday of the week. An singing in the choir you sang at your Church and then at other churches.
ALL CREDIT AND PRAISE GOES TO JESUS FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL THE VOICE. REST IN PEACE WHITNEY I AM A REAL FAN LOVE YOUR FLAWS AND ALL
God knows I still love Whitney to this day! I can tell during this interview Whitney was high; yet, well-composed.
The interviewer asked some good, uncommon questions that somewhat differed from what Whitney was normally asked. . . . I enjoyed this interview. There was something about the way she answered NOT "Idolizing" anyone, and how she felt she's STILL "Paying" the price for her fame.
Baby girl was gone WAY TOO SOON!
CELESTE, in the ATL 🌼
How did you know that she was high in this particular interview??? Poor Whitney! If she looks tired, she's high...if she's happy, she's high..if she's irritating, she's high..if she's calm, she's high. Brrr since her addiction is well known, everyone became a drug's specialist.
She might have smoked a blunt but that's about it. She was really relaxed and clear headed here, so if you think she's high off coke, you are mistaken.
4:15 Nobody gives you time off. You have to take that in the entertaiment industry specificaly.
unique!!!!!! gifted by the almighty God
Whitney's very shot hat-phase...so stylish.
Beautiful Lady miss you continued to Rest in peace Love you God bless your soul.
This interview was made by the norwegian television. ( Norway in Skandinavia)
Whitney Houston era muito talentosa e linda bem singela 💋
I am fan of Whitney earlier music.angelic voice. The public wouldn't allow her to be herself.
I need the rest of this interview
honey. I'm a huge fan.if there was more it would be uploaded.that was the end of the interview
+whitney source ok honey
Whitney always reminded me of a deer in the headlights in interviews. She seemed jittery at times. And in some footage on red carpets always seemed to be looking over her shoulder, or a bit scared. While others like Madonna, just pitch up and demand the room. (but sadly with only 1% of Whitney's talent). Whitney was more down to earth and shy, and she didn't need to announce herself like other stars did. Her voice spoke for itself.
Yeah. Love you Girl 👌👌
.mama was sure right. People can be disappointing. Just remember. - THEY ARE PEOPLE After all ♥️♥️♥️
Eu fico emocionada vendo Whitney Histom linda maravilhosa voz linda potente nunca mais Estados Unidos vai ter uma cantora igual você foi será única potente voz Don Deus pra ela lindo
I love to hear her say 'but-umm." 😍
Good interview....
Air Conditioning is horrible for a singers voice.
deadwalke even non singers lol
what about drugs?
@@Marqui17 do you really need that to be answered
Whitney é inigualável nunca existiu ninguém com ela e nunca haverá ❤🙏✨🕊️👏👏👏!!!
You have to give it to this journalist. She stayed on the art and made her feel good
So dang on witty!!!!!!!!!!!!! Foreal mommy.
OMG ❤😢
Great voicw
Whitney had no clue how things would end for her and her daughter, jealous people all around her even family members we are still clueless how she died..to many questions..and Clive Davis what was his part in her death.i wonder if he had a life insurance policy on Whitney?.I think a law should be passed to make it public who had insurance policies taken on them I don't believe that CeCe Houston was Whitney Houston biological mom
5:29 is creepy which prize?
Fame and fortune always comes at a price, nothing you want in this life is free. The shady side of the industry, the media, the criticism is the price she had to pay for becoming a global superstar and Whitney was right, she had a lot more to pay. This was only the beginning.
She seemed like such a sweet woman.
Before the bodyguard era
I love her but I wish she wouldn't keep saying you know
marky24uk: why would you allow something that sully to bother you?
Lol ... you know? 😩😬🤣🤧🙄🤷🏽♀️
It wasn't about being married to Bobby Brown , I realize after watching many interviews with Whitney she felt the lost of her father and didn't care any more not realizing how fast her life became out of control and got away from her . She thought she could and couldn"t get it back to where she needed it to be .
Clive was a great hype man.
💕💕💕💕💕💕
What type of hat is she wearing?????
WHATS THAT song in the beginning of the video???????????
Mikal Black where do broken hearts go
Those reporters are annoying!!
Can u pls make this louder
so this is where mary mary got it from huh?10:08
R.I.P Nippy
I still think that Whitney & Michael Jackson should've MARRIED EACH OTHER and started their own music label TOGETHER! Then they could've started selling records for THEMSELVES! They could've also BRANCHED OUT into other areas of entertainment. Whitney was getting into producing movies during her career but she let her marriage to Brown hinder that. Now if she had DUMPED Brown back then and HOOKED UP with Mike, they could've put their resources TOGETHER and TOTALLY DOMINATED as a celebrity TEAM! Yeah, those two ICONS would've been the 'Beyoncé & Jay-Z' of their pop music generation!! Who else agrees with me?!
No, she should've married someone like Denzel Washington.
Hey, you obviously don't know what you're talking about, Denzel has been HAPPILY MARRIED to his wife, Pauletta for MANY YEARS now. It's like I've been saying for DECADES, Whitney was DESTINED to be Michael Jackson, the KING of POP's CONSORT, which I believe she is NOW in RETIREMENT!! Together, those two LEGENDARY songbirds are raising a SHOWBIZ DYNASTY of their own!!
@@saffirechanning7286 I support your theory!👍
@@junjungatbos3548 Hi there! I assume that you're referring to my theory about Whitney Houston & MIchael Jackson, huh?
this was before the bodygurad😂 before my love is your love world tours and yet she was Big and famous and no one new how big and famou she would become moreee
Very sad how he allowed the party to go on while Whitney's body lay dead above the hotel and let the body stay in the hotel for 11 hours. What an evil dirtbag!!!
Who?
Clive Davis
This is what happens when record labels changes you into something they're not. They'll give you an image that they feel is suitable to the masses
and one with mass appeal who can easily cross over globally.
You become a product that's marketed and sold
Not allowing the artists to be themselves. How much longer can they go around being a fake and phoney person who were created. Whitney was a tortured soul being pulled in every direction at the same time. I think she was tired of being this puppet on a string in which Clive Davis was controlling. From her hair to her wardrobe was
Clive Davis certainly knew all about selling records to the broad masses.
If you're part of a record company, I think it's valid to say that you're a manufactured product. You're a product and you're in the business of selling a product.
Even though Whitney is in a place where she can truly be at peace. I can't help but be selfish and wish she was here both her and Bobbi. 💜💜🙏🙏💞💞
Bro!!!!! LEMME FIND OUT MOMMY FREESTYLED THOUGH!!!!!!!! HAHA. MY 29 ANGELS. YALL. ARE A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🌞🌝
Clive Davis that evil demon.
Terrence Malbrough she made him a millionaire 3 times over and some! She said in a interview she wished she'd started her own record company she didn't know how famous she was going to become.
Eu sua fã Viviane
Alissa...she looked nothing like Lena Horne...
Nor had the fire of Aretha!!
so we're not going to talk about how clive davis worked her like some kind of property he owned until she lost her voice?
Lol. You guys are ridiculous. Whitney was a phenomenal voice, no question, but you idiots are out of your mind if you can’t realize that Clive Davis got her absolutely the best material and songwriters available for her at the time because he believed in her talent.
Actually Clive did not think she should do the last tour, encouraged her to go to rehab and refused to oversee another record of hers until she took care of her health and stopped smoking. The damage to her voice likely came from many places but two of the main ones were from smoking cigarettes and rock cocaine (I.e. crack) which can destroy the nasal passages, breath support, and erode the vocal cords irreversibly changing the tone of a singing voice. That wasn’t Clive. There was an 8 year period where she did nothing but make movies and record soundtracks which was against Clive’s advice. I love Whitney but from my experience the artists are rather self destructive while those leading their careers try like hell to contain and protect them. If you want to blame anyone for her demise it’s possible to find examples of family members fueling her drug habits and enabling her at certain points. Her whole family was on payroll. If she wasn’t working Clive would’ve still been rich. A few million isn’t that much for someone like Clive honestly I wouldn’t think. If she would’ve stopped working though, her whole family would’ve been out of a job. People are so quick to blame record execs. As for her being some kind of property of Davis’, she and her family requested a key man clause in her contract when she signed to Arista. In essence this meant that Whitney would only work with Clive and that’s it no one else at the label. Clive didn’t want this but the Houston’s made it a stipulation in order to sign. They wanted Clive and Whitney chose to do drugs. Not on Clive.
@@cordbarnes Thank you for the insight.
@@cordbarnes That's a lie. Clive was the one calling her asking her to do the album.
@@mariahyohannes I believe you are woefully misinformed… I’d be willing to explain the relationship of A&R, labels and the touring apparatus if you’d like. Regardless, don’t take my word for it… Maybe Cissy and Clive are lying too… maybe even Whitney was lying!!! 🤔 Would you like receipts? Direct quotes from all three below. I think they can clear up more than my explanations or resume might 💁🏾♂️
Regarding the Houston’s choosing Clive to helm Whitney’s career:
“[Whitney’s father] wanted Nippy to sign with Electra because of the money. But I disagreed. ‘It’s not about the money,’ I told John. ‘It’s about the future’… we signed with Clive because I trusted him to know what he was doing…” -Cissy Houston
“Even if you know you’re right, you’re better off [listening to the artist.] So if Whitney didn’t want to do something, we didn’t do it.” -Clive Davis
“So my mother was saying to me ‘You’re 18 years old. You need guidance.’ Clive was the person who guided me…” “I wouldn’t be with anyone who didn’t respect my opinion. Nobody makes me do anything I don’t want to do. You can’t make me sing something I don’t want to sing. That’s not what makes me and Clive click, because if it was, I’d have left Arista a long time ago.” -Whitney Houston
“Whitney would sign with Arista only on the condition that she get a ‘key man’ clause stipulating that she was to work only with me. If I left the company for any reason, she would be free to go as well. I was flattered of course…However, those kinds of arrangements always create problems at a record company... In Whitney’s case, however, I knew that my having worked successfully with artists whom she regarded as family [Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick] was the most compelling reason in favor of her signing with the label… I had been asked several times but I had never granted a key-man clause before. I wanted this artist so badly that I supported breaking precedent and RCA approved the deal…After I left Arista in 2000,… L.A. Reid, who now ran the label believed it was essential to keep Whitney after I left, so she signed a $100 million deal with the label for six more albums.” -Clive Davis
She and Clive did not reunite professionally for a project for nearly ten years after she signed with LA Reid. Then they reunited only for the recording of her final album. However, Clive had nothing to do with the the final tour. Regarding her last tour:
“I [believed] that she had put drugs behind her but I knew that cigarette smoking was something she couldn’t quit. Knowing how fragile Whitney’s voice was, I wasn’t happy when I heard about her plans for a world tour. She never discussed it with me, because I’m sure she knew what I would say. I’d imagine that money played a big role in her decision, but however much she made, the tour clearly was a mistake…I don’t know if Whitney thought that she could wing it and get by on showmanship…Whitney and I stayed in touch after the tour ended in the middle of 2010 and spoke repeatedly about the prospects for recording again. This time I told her very directly I would not go into the studio with her until she had regained her voice.” - Clive Davis
“It was like the PROMOTERS were making up for lost time or something, sending her all over the globe like that…unfortunately some of the other criticism Nippy was getting was justified. Her voice just couldn’t stand up to the rigors of so many performances but because tickets had been sold and promises had been made, Nippy tried to get out there and sing anyway…Just as it wasn’t Bobby Brown’s fault that Nippy did drugs, it wasn’t the fault of the music business that Nippy ended up struggling the way she did during and after that last tour… Nippy was a grown woman, and had always been taught to think for herself. Nippy made her decision.” -Cissy Houston
Would you also like a manuscript of the letter that Clive sent attempting to get both Whitney and Bobby off of drugs? I have that as well 😬