Most Honest Moment In Music History! TLC - "We Are Broke As Broke Can Be" | @GhettoFlameTV
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- T-Boz, Left Eye & Chilli Speak The Truth About Being Broke After Selling Ten Million Records. Excerpts Taken From TLC's 1996 Interview After Performing At The Grammy Awards & Winning Two Grammys...
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Prince once said "if you don't own the master, you're just a slave." His solution was to start his own record company and cut out most of the middleman.
Thank you for bring up Prince! A lot of people forget how much he protested the greedy domineering predation perpetrated by the music industry. And is part of why he changed his name to a symbol
Masters and publishing then you straight,i think🤔
Is not easy to have ur own company bro. It means you have to pay everything in advance. The touring. Staff. Etc.
@@mansamusa1848 just because it's not easy doesn't mean it isn't possible but I see what you're saying.
Then they walked him
“Trust me, you can sell 10 million albums and be broke if you have greedy people behind you.” Damn and what’s sadder this is still happening to this day, I think. Much respect to these lovelies for speaking the truth because that’s what matters. RIP Left-Eye 💕
Literally!,
Did they get trick into signing a contract ? Or why are they still working with the greedy person
10 million records is a huge achievement but the record label is going to recoup ALL songwriter & producer fees, touring & marketing costs and any other costs before the artist gets paid. Bare in mind too, that TLC didnt write any of their hits.
Because the same ppl/religion ow s and operates the music industry, banks, retail, processed foods, runs the Gov't, it's all part of their religion. Look at their last names and look into it.
There problem not ours. stupidity is the word I would use. Know your surroundings at all times .
That's why Prince fought so hard to change it. It's all about who owns the art. Prince said "Own your Masters or else the Master owns you"
Ray Charles move
And that's why they killed him
And that's why they killed him
And that’s why they killed him
And that's why they killed him
These women, these black women, these ARTISTS! These BLACK ARTISTS... were so BRAVE... they were speaking up for the whole industry when they did that.
Michael Jackson spoke of it and I think prince did too.
*Activates the race card.
@@beachnagger9723 shut up
When Lisa said, can't get into, she's was talking about what it REALLY TAKES to become rich and successful in the music industry. Because they're (TLC) are one of the through back female groups who never sold themselves to the industry.
If your inferring that white people did this to them, you may want to take a HARD look at her BLACK OWNED record label they worked under. They screwed these BLACK women artists.
I wanted Lisa to slap the hell outta that guy who said "HELLoOOo!"
That's mad disrespectful. 😤
I wouldn't say Disrespectful
Because he did her called her name
Like 2 or 3 Times
I think it was disrespectful. He made it seem like she was stupid by saying hello like that, reminds me of what someone would do if their trying to embarrass you in front of the whole class 🤨
@@KikiW89 1 time before he said hello like that!! If it were me, I would've checked him!
Ain't nothing change Dave Chappelle 2020. Show me the money.
@@kevincruise3521 Oh.My.Gosh. Yessss exactlyyy! I swear, that’s happened to me in class before; mad disrespectful 🗣
"You can sell 10 million albums and be broke if you have greedy people behind you"
Oof
Seems confusing to me. You sign with a record label company that has 0 control of your finances. Their parent companies Arista and BMG took all the money and there was nothing Pebbles Record label could do about it. It's like how tech giants such as Amazon and Google buy smaller companies that have good ideas, All the profit those companies generate are now owned by the parent companies. 4
I read this comment as she said it😂
Petit what great people the music industry has been shady with contracts. It makes sense . They owed them .
@Robert B Those were my thoughts on this topic,too
-greedy were both, the artist & the record company, but one was smarter this time
-yes, it is understandable that they are looking for somebody to blame and their situation is "sad" and they definetly deserved better...
@Robert B What if all the contracts are crooked ? The artists have no choice. Sign the exploitative contact or remain unknown.
Left eye just trying so hard not to cuss everyone out right now lol
FREAQU not sure his color had much to do with his tactic. Otherwise I totally agree. Passive aggressive comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors.
@Cobb Knobbler it's the ignorance such as you that people need to refrain from cussing that person out. Nothing to do with ghetto and nothing to do with color.
@Cobb Knobbler so what your neanderthal brain allowed your ignorant mouth to say is that being Black and showing self-restraint is considered "ghetto"? Wow. I didn't think it would be possible to actually be dumber than a box of rocks.
Demonic Sinn try not to get worked up over someone posting ignorance. Not worth it.
Cobb Knobbler wow! Aren’t you just a box of rainbows!
Lefteye's silence speaks volumes. She knows how dangerous it can be to speak up about greedy theives. She was a force to be reckoned with. I miss her.
I still do not think her death was an accident, my poor lisa.
Me either, I don't think her car accident wasn't an accident!!
What you mean, she's the only who died since then.
@@theofficialVEVOformu she was murdered because she was about to tell everyone about Dr. Sebi and how he had physically healed her naturally without medication. She had a very huge fan base and Big Pharma couldn’t have her reveal health protocols that would cause them to lose money.
How can y'all say her death wasn't accidental? If that's the case then y'all saying that you think T-Boz and Chilli had something to do with it. Because how they didn't get killed and she did???
They look so sad and let down
After a small statue worth less than what they've done. I would too.
We should feel sad and let down
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I would to if I was broke as a motherfucker
Simply Sno they holdin all them Grammys and platinum albums yet were broke... I would too.
That reporter was sooooo rude; ‘lisa, lisa, helloooooooo lisa’
Honestly
He got on my nerves😠
Dilara Right! Rude as hell!
Dilara exactly! I wouldn’t of answered his questions. I would of told him to F off!! These girls are so beautiful and talented. This video makes me sad.
she almost got cursed the hell out. Lisa wasn’t in the mood.
They had the worst deal in history. Beiber has made 100 million. Tlc made like 60 grand each during 1995-1996 when they sold 11 million copies in Canada and USA alone. They were so huge then.
Pebbles their manager screwed them. They were signed to like 3 companies.
Same thing happened to N-Sync
Well they should have read their contract then
Tobias Hørsted True. Record companies say things like "We're taking a chance on you. We're spending millions to make you famous. We get the first two albums and you go on to be rich and famous after that. And if you don't like it we got 3 more girls that can do the same thing"... A good manager should know if he's got a talented group and fight for a food deal. Sometimes managers are bought off by record labels though and the artist is truly alone...super shady business.
It was more "Take It Or Leave It", also they were so desperate and trusted Pebbles beyond 100% they didn't think she would betray them. The only Girl Group that came out of their Celebrity financially was Banarama in the UK who kicked the door open for every UK Girl Group that came after them and Girls Aloud who were bought together on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. Hilary Shaw was their Manager and did a great job. In fact Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud "Managed" them for Two Years doing it all, The Balancing of the budget, the payments, paying bills on time, and that was saying alot because the other four didn't know anything about Business. They weren't allowed to Write and Produce their own songs because of the Contract, but they made up for it in Commercial Endorsements like Nintendo, Samsung, Silk Shampoo, and Kit Kat Bars. They even had Dolls in their likeness. They did Solo Work as well but Cheryl Ann Tweedy became the most successful. In Girls Aloud she had 21 Top Tens, Four Number Ones, and Six Platinum Albums, as a Solo Artist she had Five Number Ones and Three Number One Albums. Keren Woodward who was once involved with Andrew Ridgeley of Wham said that because she and Sara Dallin wrote alot of their Songs, they get Royalty Checks every couple of months.
man.. Left eye was so damn gorgeous
Her spirituality was astounding. She was woke a looooooong time ago.
I know!
Yes she was. So sexy 🔥
All 3 looked good!
@@luciousbattlecat2618 which one
This moment changed A LOT in music history, along with Prince dropping his name for awhile. Artists are more independent than ever now
This still happens. In music, in film, in books, in business. That’s people.
Really ? Look at Britney
@@beatemuller3690 her situation is an extreme one and not the standard, but also horrible
No there not, it's even worse now because of streaming
You are a VERY naive human being.
Who was their manager? S/he had the nerve to give dirty looks after robbing them. lol
R & B artist Pebbles
PEBBLES..always hated that bitch
@@SpikyDane No I did some digging. It was chick named Pebbles who used to be a singer back in the day. She became their manager and robbed them clean. This little bit of info from her bio says a lot about the kind of person she is: "Her second marriage was to Oakland contractor George L. Smith from 1985 until 1987. The relationship began as an affair when Smith's wife of twenty years Darlene was battling cancer. While married, Pebbles began having an affair with L.A. Reid, which led to her divorce from Smith."
@@SpikyDane da fuc
@@SpikyDane um. No. Not a jew ???... I get what you mean, but no lol
the girl on the right is like the middle one's anger translator
Obama's speech was awesome
She's called T-Boz.
@Gizzmose2002 it's a joke form key and peele tv show. Look it up! Don't take the internet so serious bro...
How about all of you STFU about Obama on a post about fucking hip hop music dumbasses, you don't see minorities commenting on country music vids about how Trump is a POS & his wife used to be an escort...
The girl on the right?!?! Just don't speak on things that you don't know about
Yo they really owned the 90s for real
And super sexxy too! 🤤
My era!
How? They had one hit.
Robert Kraft maybe those were hits where you lived, in europe they were pretty much only known for waterfalls, and maybe that no scrubs song. They certainly didn't 'own the nineties' over here. You made me laugh too with that.
Well you live in Europe you dumb fuck lol.
lefteye did not want to be there
Christina Green All three ladies didn't who would not blame them.
She was keeping herself in check, she was pipin hot bruh
Da fricking granny in biohazard wont die dammit Right
At all!!!$
Tboz is so unintentionally funny 😂
"Lisa, HEEEELLLLLLOOOOOO, Lisa..."
That was one of the most disrespectful moments of the interview...
Last guy treated Left eye 👁 like that got his house burned 🔥🔥🔥🔥down
Shut up.
Yes, she was terribly disrespectful by initially ignoring him. She even had to ask for him to repeat the question because she didn't listen the first time.
why listen to a disrespectful asshat reporter first tho
No one cares.
Left eye = starts own label, dies
Aaliah same thing.
It happens alot.
Wtf Samus Idk ! They all slaves
2pac. Same.
That's right
@@jimjones3287 yesss
Wtf Samus Idk ! ... who was their manager?
Left eye energy was silent but deadly like I feel her anger
Did u c how she looked them chili intervened😫
@@shanteljoseph43 chili fine as FUCK
Yea I felt her energy as well
@@mauricemotors8207 😫
What’s with the interviewer/reporter/ whoever they are addressing her the way they did ???? @ 2:42-“…HELLOOOOO…you wanna step up to the mic?…” that tone 😡I wish she would’ve just walked off.
I am so proud that they stood up for themselves. I can only imagine how much they were intimidated to keep quiet about things. This is courageous! This is bravery!
20+years ago these girls went outside and spoke the truth. Good on them for their strength and balls bigger than most of the rappers. The industry turned their back, if this happened now, that manager who looked at them angry and disc company would be cancelled. The hypocrisy of the society we are living, is ridiculous
the fact that it’s 2023 and this still happens is sad
I'm starting to legit think Lisa was murdered now that I'm older, awake, and unplugged.
Ivan Perez you are on youtube, how are you unplugged 🤣🤣
Lmao gape, right ?@??@ kids out here talking about being "woke" and "unplugged" while still on the mainstream internet getting information.
You do know you only see 4% of the internet, right? Your search bars are bought. All of them.
@@d0meh1t 1. I'm not a "kid". 2. I mean "unplugged" from the proverbial Matrix that is our society/world/paradigm/reality. You can still be consciously unplugged and watch videos like this. Ever hear the age old expression "Know thy enemy"? You guys both sound real ignorant. That "#woke" was a term coined by our own government. But I am truly awake none the less. There is only one truth. That truth is Christ. Anyway you guys take care and God bless.
Ivan Perez 👏👏👏👏
Right after she signed to death row
Still love them. The record label industry destroyed itself because of greed. The artists always got the short end of the stick. Contracts are always in the labels favor and recoverables come out of the artists pocket. I was there. I was shocked when I found out. Needless to say I didn’t stay long. I didn’t want to be a part of this.
5th Harmony ended like that too because they didnt know and its just sad but its the truth. Thats why they always be like "Make sure you read your contracts" or even "Get a lawyer" because you'll be stuck
True....Lauren always said it
They knew, just didn’t care for fame.
True but lauren was the only one to acknowledge it and Camila probably left the group because of it
@@saleem9634 I thought Normani was saying that too I know Lauren did... Lol
@@jjayguy23 Right! This whole thing took place in 1996 . This was a music industry earthquake that we are still feeling the tremors from. How could any musician from then to now not know and still allow themselves to fall victim to this kind of nonsense ?!! It's willful ignorance and Fame lust.
left eye looked so good damn I miss my sister ,Rest Easy Lisa 💯😢
Miss her too 😢💖 There will never be another Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez 🌹
Jerome Kaino The one with the hat
Lamont King i kno shes super cute
Jerome Kaino disrespectful bum
Left eye? Illuminati. Bye bye now.
People have no idea how dark and sinister the music industry really is, it's not an adventure like they paint it to you, and yes in most cases they require people to sign their name in blood
Music industry is devil shit selling soul for money etc
yea.they take thse young ppls money& souls.
Hollywood gotta sell your soul
Metaphorically.
Please don't be honest...
People like to be lied to...
Just watch lisa lopez's eyes, it tells it all....she was real in her disapproval of the industry! She was real and will always be one of my favorite female lyricists. Love this very honest interview.
chef Kelly her face has "this some bullshit" written all over it!
0:03 - "Oh, you tryna say we short?"
They may have been broke in the bank, but were, and still are wealthy in character. These girls deserve nothing but respect. #revolutionaries
The greatest comment on this entire thread
they were talking about the microphone when she moved it down
“you can sell 10 million albums and still be broke if you have greedy people behind you” factss 💯💯
This is messed up! They’re still the most memorable female artists since the 90s and they deserve not only the recognition but the money they worked hard for!!!
Pebbles over there giving them the side eye. She been" exposed"😭😭😂😂😂
D'Shawn McCoy No, She Wasn’t Their Manager At The Time, They Let Her Go During The End Of The First Album, Before ‘CrazySexyCool’.....
greedy people and traitors - thats the history of mankind ... :(
is so vomitive. i cant understand stupid people doing so, not going that far and beyond at music industry, i mean, i see this shit happening in my own job.
@Cactus Jack You do realize TLC was managed and produced by black folk, don't you?
@@natasha83196 You do realize nobody brang up race right? The white guilt chile
Left eye was so BEAUTIFUL 😍
This is Grammy in February 1996. Back in time when they were soooo huge in 1995,1996,... 1999,.. until sad 2002 .. it’s a golden memorial era❤❤❤💛💛💛💜💜💜 They are my all time favorite and .. TLC is forever!!!!!!!
So much truth. The music industry has really made big bank off of the artists and it’s still happening.
Big bank take little bank. If you spending it how you accumulating it?
They stole 75 million from master p and that wasnt in the contract they just took it because he was getting too much money.
There was an article written by a muso a while back talking about what actually happens with record labels signing on bands to ridiculous contracts where they wind up owning them lock, stock and barrel. To the extent that when the contract might end, they can't sign onto another label for years.
like britney spears situation
Their evil as can be. They rape the artists financially mentally and in many cases physically
Ion like how he was talkin to Lisa like that👿 I love TLC🫶🏽
TLC was railroaded. They should have been millionaires!
Look how depressed they look when they're not talking.
T-boz and chillie looked like they were gonna kill somebody
Pebbles was their manager who was married to LA.....do the math.
And Is now a pastor ..: kinda says a lot ...
Sounds like Pebbles got off to a rocky start?
Pebbles was singer before TLC came along and also married to L.a. reid and when pebbles decide to do 360 deal singing them to pebbles production company and Record label for L.A. reid.
@@Marcmadness99 Pebbles was married to L.A. Reid.
@@lionelkennedy1394 EXACTLY
Dayummmm Lisa does not wanna be there!
Naw I think she was ready for that smoke.
She does, but not in a good way
I saw the movie and Pebbles did them in. I would have never thought she was like that. You dont know people. Love TLC.
Warren Doris Transphobic bitch
Potterhead man u bugging with all of that transphobic talk!!! God made you who you are and the people who switch their sexually are denouncing his perfection and trying to create their own....did it ever occur to you that maybe these people could have been really bad people towards men/women in a previous life and maybe God made them return as a man/woman as a punishment to humble their once wicked ways??? I hate when you LGBT COMMUNITY FOLKS have these inner demonic thoughts and try to force the world to accept and embrace your demons...next thing you know it will be rights for people who sex children or kill people ; like the inner voice within them was their all of their life and we should accept their weirdo behavior and who they really are inside right??? SMH don't get mad bcuz nobody wants to befriend or accept a demon when they see one... bcuz y'all are the crazy ones
Reggie Noble Yeah and la Reid was fucking them all him and baby face they is the real crooks, Pebbles was the scapegoat smh
Michele Greene I wouldn't have paid her no one mil, per letter idc idc we would've been called something else 😂😂
Michele Greene whats the movie called?
You can tell by body language when the reporter said “Lisa,.. Lisa,.. Hellllloooo, can you come up to the mic.
Chilli turned and looked at T-Boz and smiled like “ Awwwww shit girl, you know Lisa crazy “.
Left eye was definitely the wild child out of this group.
Lol you can tell that’s what that was by their facial expressions
The Grammies are a cover up.. what can you do with a Grammy? You can’t feed your family with a Grammy
I’d melt it and sell it
Could probably sell it on eBay but yeah I get your point
@Zu Qu true lol
@@slushpuppie19 part of the contract is you can't sell it. You have to offer it to them for 1 dollar first.
Chile's pre-amble alone let you know she was going to give it you RAW AF
That shit was so genuine, they was 1000% real wit it
I can't wrap my head around the fact of the situation that at that time there were actually people that managed them and knew that they were not properly compensated and were better off than their artist and didn't think that they wouldn't say anything or that those conditions might even force them to leave. That greed is blinding.
To bad they didn't have a go fund me back then. They would of been set.
jason moore lol....I'm done with you. But you're right. Fans would have made sure of that.
They did dumbass, anybody could've easily donated to them
Legitwolfpack they didn't have go fund me back then.....this was in the 90s....your really dumb
OMG sounds like the smart one is about to get outsmarted. Yes they didn't have a website "GoFundMe" but the concept of a fundraiser has been around for centuries you fucking idiots. Hence why I said they did have one.
@@Legitwolfpack Give me a link?
Another cool thing about TLC, when the industry was crying about Napster, they were one of the few artists that saw the potential good in it saying it could give artists control of the distribution of their music. They were ahead of their time.
they have so much sauce bro damn 🤦🏽♀️ they all look so fye
The guy calling Lisa is making me mad!!!
TLC: we sold 10 million albums and still broke!
Toni Brakston: hold my beer!
Ivan Bryan Toni Braxton***
Ivan Bryan: What fuckin’ beer? She can’t afford that!
An album a pop is $10. That’s roughly over 100 million, but of course the deduction of studio time, then fees for production, etc.. This was around the same time Prince was fighting for the rights of his music with Warner Bros., only they were with LaFace records.
This is why artists such as Chance The Rapper, still hasn’t signed a contract with major record companies, because he already studied the game and he ain’t trying to get played.
artists make money by doing concerts, they get hardly anything from selling albums.
They same women who said " no more scrubs "
Same shits happening to Fifth Harmony now... 12 years later and there's little to no change in the industry. The industry is constantly taking advantage of artists and it needs to stop.
Maeve Wolff . Wow , really ? How they tricked them ? With contract again?
First , They ain't nothing without camilla that's why she more popular then the group when she became a soloist and second fifth harmony is dead
I guessed that why Normani the most talented one out that group tho.
And they also happen to be with epic 🤔
Maeve Wolff their fault for not being able to read the fine print
LEFT EYE was my favourite...I love her nickname "LEFT EYE" ..such a cool name.She'was sooooo cute.
Rest in peace LEFT EYE.
T-boz later told the story of how left eye later orchestrated the hostage situation when they ran up in a meeting tooting guns to clive davis and LA Reid with some girls she had just got of jail with lol Left Eye was a true Philly chick to the core she played no games you can tell she was piping hot during this interview
snit 91 yes and Monique been blackballed every since she let Tboz tell that story
snit 91 Nina Simone did something like that
snit 91 they show it in the movie “Crazysexycool.”
snit 91 toting not tooting
Beauty Fole ever not every, what are they teaching y'all in school. don't say melanated are incapable of learning, because I'm melanated too.
Strong girls. They stuck together. Look at all the other girl groups that were ripped off and taken advantage of.. They ALL broke up. 3LW, 702, Xscape, Total, etc. etc... TLC in my opinion sticks out as one of the VERY few (if not the ONLY) girl group that did not separate despite turmoil. And in a way, you have to thank Pebbles. She did them in but at the same time, she mentored them to STICK together no matter what. Their relationship with her was bittersweet.
Honestly, they were and kind of still are one of the most unique girl groups in the industry. It's difficult for them to be looked at as one without the other.
Kitty LissieGirl true
SupaDupa FlyGuy THEY DID HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS THOUGH. BUT YEAH THEY STUCK TOGETHER.
Yeah... but they did eventually split up, not by choice, but because of Lisa's very upsetting and shocking death... 😭
Energy never dies. There was never a split.
They were so brave for doing this. As they stated, the evil behind the scenes were already trying to silence them and put dirt on their name.
Yes speak truth....
And proof that natural bodies are beautiful ❤️❤️
As a man I do miss seeing beautiful woman with there natural God given bodies.. all I see now a days is blow up women with no facial expressions
Yes 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Amém girls, real man likes real woman's.
@@kreizpal10 Yes and to make it worse they stare into their stupid phones 24/7
@@hugoquaresma467 and not those big obese things
And to think this even happened to the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC after this smh
This is what makes the Spice Girls so remarkable: they locked it down and made sure they got paid for everything they ever did, even firing their manager once they found out he was taking more than he was entitled.
AND RECENTLY one direction. Why the fuck is this still happening?
Mc Hammer too
The Spice Girls sounded so immature and no depth, and only Sporty Spice had the good voice and could do alot of her own producing that gave her a nice, modest solo career before app based pennyslot music took over. TLC became very coincidentally satisfied after September 6th, 1996.
Lauren Henley That’s why many artists always say ‘read your contracts’ with a lawyer, it’s sad.
Lol Tboz is literally me. She's just upfront and keeping it cool.
Fuck a Grammy pay me💰💰💰💰
Frederick Guerin right, I got bills to pay and people to feed plus Motherfuckers I really don't trust or care for on the pay roll.😅
sell the grammy to a failed musician hahaha
Frederick Guerin 💯 award rich: Cash poor--Jason Black
You can tell they pissed af! Especially Left Eye. I remember being little and watching Behind The Music VH1. Lisa specifically broke down how musicians got paid in the industry during cd sells. 💯
Yes,saw that as well,New Edition was treated the same way,most artist are though,sad stories
I love how the nailed this part on the movie!! 😍
The way that guy spoke to Lisa was rude hellloooo over here 👈 his whole time was rude
Thought I was the only one that noticed?
Right, rude as hell
It wasn't rude to me. You guys being very sensitive
oshone Shokpeka no he was rude trust I’m not sensitive I fact I pride myself on not being offended by anything and offending absolutely everyone 😂
@@scouser2010ify ok
“Why is the industry designed to keep the artist is debt?” - Jadakiss, “Why”
The issue is more about the artist taking a deal that isn't good for them. Never mind the fact that people who aren't good with money will always spend it faster than they make it...
The “talent” isn’t wise with their finances. Nobody is forcing folks to buy lambos, lol
MrVanderbilt25 - it’s called GREED!🤑
Well. Truth is. Since you don’t know your true power as a gifted individual and don’t know how to express it to the world on your own, you choose to sign a contract for Jewish people in power to do it for you. Since they hate you anyway, and it’s there business why would they give you most of the money? Can’t make a kingdom inside another mans kingdom. So, while your here in the USA, be happy with what you while you got it cuz the system won’t be here for long. Thank you for you time and goodnight🙏🏾
I dont have much sympathy for hardcore drug dealers
You may find it's not only black folks that get used & taken by those uppers ..
and that's back in the day when peeps actually paid for music, imagine in 2019
Holy crap, can't evne imagine eee!! I know a lot of artist openly put their whole albums on youtube at drop date because money isn't in the product it's in the person they sellin afterwards.
You do realise that it was easier to pirate music in the 80s and 90s than it is today, pop a cassette in and you can easily record, no DRM etc.
It was much easier back then, much much easier.
trufiend138 you obviously have ZERO experience in the industry. They make a shit ton in streaming so long as they do it themselves. If they allow a manager to take a cut, then a distributor, etc. they make less. There’s a reason independent artists make 3 times what signed artists do online.
Actually many things have happened that benefit the artists, all kinds a new bills and laws passed.
Also since digital analog emulation technology has advanced we are seeing more bedroom producers making expensive studios obsolete.. Its a level playing field now.
Don't sign contracts and go solo - you'll do fine.
@@GD-kx7dh No you won't do fine. You ass still gonna be broke. The music industry is broke it has does it is long gone. Technology is in control of the music industry. People are so worried that Tech will control the world. Well think about this, Tech already controls the music/media industry without us truly realising it.
I'm kinda surprised Left Eye was the only one to die young after that.
Good on them for outing the greedy music industry. Sad that nothing has changed. 😒
Agreed, but they got what they wanted after her supposed crash unfortunately. TLC was no longer popular and people stopped talking about them so they could no longer cause the music execs any grief by telling their story. Sad af to be honest.
@@amymbeauty8765 Lisa died in a car accident. Aaliyah died in a plane crash.
@@Heavenloughlin Yes I know! Meant to put just crash, not plane crash lol
Those entertainment companies are who want you to vote democrat.
@@andya2665 I want to know, was there a reply that referenced political stances (at the time you responded) that has since been deleted? What influenced your comment?
Man i love left eye. Watch her journey before she died what a woman
Don’t they know you always read the fine print when signing contracts. The problem with these artists is they go out and do what they love doing singing dancing and performing and let everyone else in the background run their lives. Meanwhile their manager is making all sorts of deals and taking advantage of them. The manager loses the money and they have to make it back so they create a tour. And so on it goes until the artist wakes up. This has been happening before TLC were even born.
It's interesting how these reporters who's been in this business, are still surprised that an artists says they're broke. How many stories are out there of the record companies, promoters, managers etc. with unfair contracts.
The reporters act surprised to sell their articles and stories, but they know long before the public does.
The questions were ridiculous.
It's the equivalent of shoving a microphone and camera in a victim's face while they are in an ambulance.
They all know but play dumb to keep the general public believing in fairytales. Or, it could just be standard questioning to allow them to expand. But, that's what we have to deal with in a capitalist system, sociopaths and psychopaths who worship money and will do anything to make sure those around them get little or nothing. If not for such people we wouldn't need so many laws and a socialist hybrid system to combat human stupidity and greed.
Even the king of pop Michael Jackson was in debt. That in my opinion was because he did not care about money but did care to help others. For example he was the biggest charitable celebrity and it is on the Guiness world record. His mom used to say that he would ask her for money to give it to a homeless person. If this counts for the afterlife he is surely in heaven.
They're just faking it.
I have seen this clip quite a few times and I love how well the ladies handle themselves. And I love the way Lisa Left eye just stands to the side looking relaxed and chilled letting Chilli and T Boz handle things until she is called upon to speak.
These ladies handled it in a very professional manner. You could tell that Lisa wanted to be straight forward, but she kept her cool.
I never realized when I was young how beautiful they are.
was really annoyed when that guy said "heeellloooo, lisa."
who talks to someone like that unless they know them?
Good on him. She was the first one to be immature, by ignoring him.
@@hughm1383 lmfao. That's good she ignored him, sometimes media will switch your words around.
He probably was a pest anyways.
A white man.🙄
@@hughm1383 she had no obligation to pay attention to him tf are you on?
@@syd1197 of course she was obliged to pay attention; she was in a press conference and his question was specifically directed to her. The whole purpose of a press conference is for celebrities to talk to the press.
1:26 you can see Lisa eyes open wide when chilli said “we are broke” I feel like Industry did them wrong with there money they worked for and they weren’t allowed to tell the world 😭
But that's what the girls signed up for. They didn't read their contracts. You can't blame the industry for that.
The music industry is still doing this as we speak 2021 it's just worst now
Yup. To make it in hip hop/R&B, the women MUST show a$$ & t:tt:es, the men & women all have to rap about sex (like they doing something nobody else is doing), and the rap has to be patty cake retarded with dope beats. That’s the “Me Too” movement in the music industry.
You’re a misogynistic creep. Women don’t always have to be sexually liberated to make it. People just speak freely now just like they used back in the 90s. All of a sudden men want to act the women are outrageously vile in the hiphop community when women just talk about the stuff they want to.
It's still happening WTF
@@karmag4244 why do you say "that's the me too movement of the music industry"?
Jesus loves you
The look left eye gave when she left the mic!😂
TLC...the most thoughtful, caring, female represent. I’ve seen these girls several times and every time I’m uplifted and filled with strength n joy. Rest in pease Lisa, my name sake. Gone far too young. Your sweet partners never replaced you and never will. Forever in our hearts....💙🙏🏻
Lol left eye looked like she was talking herself down like “ Listen Lisa not today “ 😂
SHE WAS...
LIKE JEAN GREY BE FIGHTIN AGAINST PHOENIX
she looked like she was ready to fye that journalist up
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣this had me rolling cos it's TRUE
This is hilarious. Lisa is gangsta af
@@notWhiteFerrari Tf is fye ?
They were young and signed a deal for fame rather the money
It was sad that they were so successful yet broke due to the terrible terms of their contract. Their situation reminds me of what Lou Pearlman did to the Backstreet Boys and Nsync; he made more money than the groups. Luckily, his greed caught up with him and now he is in prison since he was also running a Ponzi scheme. Pebbles in now more or less in obscurity.
Henry Rieken New Edition went through the same thing with their greedy ass manager Maurice Star.
Joshua McDowell fr
Henry Rieken ...that's why you should have a lawyer who can read over that contract before you sign.
Trusting people is shocking in life sometimes
People often only see the possible benefits and not the loop holes. So they sign and get caught up in the holes which is difficult to get out of without a good lawyer in which they usually can't afford. This happened to the American Idol singer I think her name was 'Vonda' or something. I'm sure I got the name wrong but you can Google that idol. She was the runner up to 'Carrie Underwood'. Well anyway she got caught up in a nasty contract I think for five years with no success. And til today no one remembers her. Sad.
TLC CALMLY, and COLLECTIVELY EXPRESSED THEIR FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. TLC uses their EXPERIENCES AS A VALUABLE LEARNING LESSON TO ANYONE WHO IS TRYING TO BREAK INTO MUSIC BUSINESS AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL.
The whole reason Hollywood created awards shows was to make artists not complain about the raw deals they receive.
Industry didn't like this frfr
"you can sell 10 million albums and be broke, if you have greedy people behind you"
Hmm, I wonder what kind of people are behind the music industry. 🤔
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Satanists
Not sure what you are insinuating but a short google search will tell you exactly who their record label in 1996 was. It was owned by Antonio Reid and Kenneth Edmonds. Their manager was Perri Reid. You can look all of them up. There’s no need to “wonder” who they were.
@@snatcherofpeachs They weren't asking for "who", they were asking for "what kind"
@@TheHuskyK9 I know what the comment said. The answer to both "who" and "what kind" are Antonio Reid, Perri Reid, and Kenneth Edmonds. TLC just said themselves they were greedy, what more is there to wonder about? We know exactly who they were and what kind of people they were is evident by how they screwed TLC and the group's own words.
A vague nebulous "people behind the music industry" didn't screw TLC over, their record label and manager screwed them over. There's no conspiracy and nothing to "wonder" about.
One name: PEBBLES! Suge Knight reportedly did something very similar to Tupac Shakur! In the boxing world it was known through out the years that Don King was allegedly ripping off the likes of Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and many others.
I remember hearing that they had to get a cab to one the award show's. I still believe Left Eye was killed by the elite just like Ayliah.
Klass Act how was she killed if it was a car accident?
And she was in the car with her friends
What was she doing in/with her life that the elite would even target her anyway? This "elite" that everyone talks about...how powerful this organization is, how they more or less run everything that happens in this world...
Why would they go after Lisa Lopez. I would think she would mean very little to them. She posed no threat. What's your reasoning behind your elite theory?
Gina Thompson look at how much money they were making people. They were obviously about to expose people the industry for real. Biggest selling female band at the time I think. And she was the most outspoken one. It might've been any of them and was a warning to the other two. Shit up or this will happen.
Klass Act exactly what they say u worth more dead then alive... Come on people when will y'all wake the hell up..... And because she was in the car with full of people u really think they give a fuck....? Look what happened to Aaliyah
When Tupac "died" apparently, his Mom found out that Death Row owned ALL of his stuff (house, car etc.)
The backstreet boys all got scammed as well. Surprising all this shit went on and they got away with it.
Same people screwing everyone over through the MSM today. Can we trust their word? Hell no
:(
Michael Jackson was 500m dollar in debt at time of his death, the media made it seem like he couldn't control his finances and was a heavy spender but we should all know Sony took all his money so he had to take loans.
Let's give thanks to TH-cam
The hurt and sadness in Lisa's face is just heartbreaking
Look how beautiful they look with barely any makeup on .. n that’s how girls should wear makeup …
Only a clown should wear make up. Why are ppl painting their faces like clowns is beyond me
With Grammys in hand..""WE BROKE"..That says everything about the music industry.
@Tom Reedy What are they, English teachers?
@Tom Reedy Proper English LMAO Get Laid
Their record label is slave drivers.
Just tired of these record execs. Robbing these artists!
Not really the record labels give artist cash upfront along with all other kinds of perks and opportunities and you have to pay those back which normally takes atleast an album and a tour (at the very least) also in the 90s a lot of artists weren't hiring "entertainment lawyers" like they should have been and signing bs contracts essentially fuking themselves
"The record company's the pimp, the artist is the ho, the stage is the corner, and the audience is the trick."
- Ice Cube
Opal Holly Yeah I guess we are all tricks in our own ways if that's the case lol. Much respect Cube!
@ Opal Holly SAY THAT 👏👏
When he was still rapping, while doing an interview on the David Letterman show, Ice Tea, said the very samething.
Lol cube should know...fake gangsta..go and make more shitty movies cube .
But the industry gives you a chance to be rich and famous. You have to take crumbs and build like Beyonce did with Destinys Child. Yes they sold alot of records but it was a partnership that they agreed to. I hate when artist blame ignorance on the record company. I dont see Beyonce with her 200+ million complaining about money. Or did we forget about MC Hammer selling over 10 million albums too? He legendary broke. You have to sustain your success for a long time and create your own path with the money and power you slowly get. You cant just come in the game and be rich. Even Frank Sinatra said he was broke as fuck with 5 or 6 hit songs on the radio in the 30's and 40's. Without the music companies your music would be known to you, your friends and some people at the local pub. I busted my ass for years to get a high paying job, shit dont just come after a few years of work. In 2019 though, all you need is a youtube channel haha
I swear you can just FEEL everything going on in Lisa’s head. The anger, the sadness, the agitation, the fear.. It took EVERYTHING for to bite her tongue. You know she wanted to grab that mike and rip on the industry. These ladies were such a huge part of my childhood and such positive influences. Man times have changed.. RIP Lisa. We will always love you
RIP??????????
@@sweetiepie949 yoy didnt know she died
@@sweetiepie949 she died years ago ;( car accident in Honduras
Yup! That's why the reporter was egging her on. He was trying to poke her into letting the floodgates open
Reporter would've sent me. I feel her fire she held it in, I commend
The industry did them so dirty. It’s disgusting
It really is, but they all are gonna rot in hell
AMEN. AND NOT JUST THEM
NOT BY A LONG SHOT.
Laface records did lots of these artist wrong.
@estylz1967 that was a 360 deal
@estylz1967 they and lot of artists were in 360 deals back then
The manager could give all the dirty looks he or she wanted, they were going to speak their truth no matter what.
"their truth" like it was anything more meaningful than a crappy contract
Remember youngsters! Prince signed a crappy contract too. That's why he wrote slave on the side of his face. And change his name into a symbol. Entertainment is a very painful industry.😢
Their truth is sooo much more.
The manager will be destroyed their soul is going to a dark place for eternity unless they go public & ask for forgiveness
Manager is most likely female, well at least thats the role played in the movie
This is why artists are producing their own music and using social media to distribute.
Just like Tom MacDonald and Nova Rockafeller!
You should check them out!
I promise it'll be worth it!
😂😂😂 this foo said tom macdonald
no one is self made
Indigo where was social media back then?nowhere to be seen!
Yep exactly. Never sign to a label kids
The bravery is insane.
They didn’t have social media to fall back on.
This is why they are unicorns to music history.