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Michael Jackson called Berry Gordy and asked him to play the Scarecrow. Suzanne de Passe talked about this several interviews. By the Jacksons no longer being apart of the Motown family, Berry was reluctant on having him play the role.

The Wiz did change his life! He moved into his own apartment with his sister Latoya and got to live a bit ..Was going to Studio 54 having fun..But if it wasn't for The Wiz Quincy and Michael would've never happened and Thriller would never have happened!! Crazy!!

Great conversation. There's a lot of this that's missing from the DOC. There needs to be a complete unpacking of LUTHER & HIS DIVAS - including Aretha, Dionne, Diana, Cheryl Lynn, Cissy & The Gyrlz, Whitney Houston, etc. THE COLLABOS. Speaking of ROSS, the true measure of his adoration for ROSS was on her 1987 Red Hot Rhythm & Blues on which his dream truly came true as he wrote and produced "It's Hard For Me To Say" for Ross. Was quite the quiet storm hit in Savannah - to not have been released. Diana resurrected it when she was on OPRAH the final season (a couch serenade from Diana to Oprah) and she's added it into her live act - incorporating images of her long lost Motown family on the big screen behind her.

It a five star show Tina Marie was the bestest

they did it again in the 2000's at Divas live it was epic

Never knew Nitty Scott received that type of treatment from NY Times & bloggers. I really liked what she did with Joell Ortiz & Bodega Bamz on their Westside Highway Story project.

I attended MJ the musical last month it is phenomenal.

Why would you choose that Diana album out of all her many classic albums to critique....?

Why 1983? Try 1972 because the album Touch Me In the Morning was killer. I actually happen to Love side one of Ross and find the songs amazing…can’t stand side 2.

Don't forget about the song: State of Shock with Mick Jagger.

Shoutout to Flex and that face paint. #wholefthetowelinthepool

Great interview

This was a great and very informative interview. I loved this !!!!!!!

The sing Somebody's Watching Me was meant to originally for Lenny Kravitz as Rockwell was friends with Lenny Kravitz and he wrote it with him in mind but Lenny Kravitz said Rockwell sing it. So in essence the song could have been Lenny Kravitz, Rockwell and Michael Jackson on one somg together.

i’ve enjoyed this soooo much!! i’m a big Michael Jackson fan! i would love u to do more on him!!❤

I think they are going to do this in the upcoming Biopic, When they casted Latoya Jackson..👍

Muscles was the name of Michael's pet boa constrictor so it was not opposite of his religion to write that song, it was a clever play on words and he knew what people would think the song was about. When Michael worked with Sir Paul, McCartney was staying at a ranch in California while writing and recording. Michael went to that ranch and stayed with Paul there to work with him. Michael fell in love with that ranch and bought it, it became Neverland.

I love Drama's humor and he's aging backwards! Him and Ms Sphia to me represents the golden age of "Black Gay Atlanta". Black gay culture in Atlanta took a major hit after 2020 ... gentrification, sections, bad music, COST, and the drunken/drugged out/house fights destroyed it. Now many of us have just assimilated to more straight events and spots bc gays are literally everywhere here anyway and it's better experience overall. Or solo or group house parties

To Be Invisible

Happy home

Mister welfare

Ok!! Let's go!!!!!

diana's album was right on time for the sound of the day in pop music. Diana is a big fan of both gladys and patti. diana is a gospel singer first and so she loves that type of carrying on.

I love Diana Ross sing I wanna know what love is. I think she is more European. She js very classy. Patti is more hood. Her style is like that.

that was Brian Adams with Angela Bofil at the awards show.not Kenny Logans.

13:00 I loved that scene in *Truth or Dare* 💯 14:04 Madonna gave Jose & Luis the spotlight in the *Vogue* video & in every single live performance! She surrounds herself with the BEST, as she should!

for real

Great interview! Much love Rahbi!!!!

Hey Jay Ray, as you know, I am a huge Ross fan. Check out a song she recorded called "You Were the One" from 1978, and tell me who is singing background vocals on that missed Gem. Motown should have released this song. It would have gone Top 5 on the R&B charts and possibly top 20 on the Pop charts. It's very soulful, and Ross stretches her vocals just enough to still sound effortless. Her tonality and ease of bringing a song to life is something that very few artists can do. Check it out and let me know your take. One thing about Diana, even if some of her music was not commercialized, especially here in the States in which her 3 90s albums were sublime and did very well overseas, she has always worked with top notch producers and songwriters her entire career, and that says a lot. It says that she doesn't accept any shortcomings, and at the end of the day, like Frank Sinatra says, SHE'S GOING TO DO IT (HER) WAY!

The l Try Cd was sublime by Bofill. One of my favorites off that album was "The Feelings Love" Under the Moon, Angel of the Night, and That's What Makes the World Go Round, and we cant forget I Try! Angie was awesome! She was beautiful!

Angela's commentary was on point! When Davis transitioned her to more full-flege R&B and Pop was the downfall of her personal satisfaction with being in the Music Industry. She was more of a Jazz/Soul artist and if he did not move her career in the more poppy direction like he did Whitney, she would have contiuned to have success and would have been supported by the black community. FYI, Angie sang background vocals along with Patti Austin on Diana Ross Take Me Higher single. Angie had much respect for Ross and Ross reciprocated it!

This is a horrible comparison. In 1983 and to this day, Diana Ross is in a class by herself. She is the footprint of a True Diva. The singers you are comparing her to can not hold a candle to Ross success, style, showmanship, beauty, intelligence, articulation, and financial and business acumen, it's really no match. Ross is a American icon and she's a Global Institution! She's royalty in England, Switzerland, Norway, France, and Italy. She is a European Goddess, and she is highly regarded in Japan. The Japense loves her! She has a special kind of relationship with Japan and Australia! She is unmatched! FYI, on 8/11/2024, Diana packed the house in Amsterdam. 17k+ strong fans and a sell-out in Amsterdam. Her European tours are huge, and any special festivals or events in Europe make front page headlines, especially when she performed for the Queen of England in 2022 in Glastonbury. She was the headliner out of 15 to 20 different acts! That's her star power! She's not just a star, she's a Superstar and she still reigns SUPREME!

Loved the show abt a mighty blast from the past 😊

Amazing content!

amazing content

She keep it so real, love her for that!!

So exciting for a Nitty Scott interview in 2024 🥹🥹

This episode took me out!! I experienced all 3 of these albums in real time. I was all of 19 years old in 1983. I felt like I was on the podcast with both you guys. I subscribed and will be watching other episodes. Keep up the good work 👏

Diana Ross is everything to me. Her song I Heard A Love Song ( But You Never Made A Sound) has me in a choke hold lately 😂 also her song Stone Liberty from the same album. I’m old enough to UNDERSTAND NOW

A lot has been said about Diana but she ain't afraid to hand the mike to other great singers like some lesser stars/divas do. The reason is that she knows she's the ultimate Diva and the most successful black female star. Two years ago, Gladys came to Antwerp and couldn't fill a venue of 3000. Diana came last year and sold out a venue with 11000 seats, and the tickets cost double the price compared to Gladys'.

See you this weekend for this event!

Iv'e just discovered this channel and i LOVE it!!!. Although the Divas are all amazing, there's 1 Diva who stands HEADS AND SHOULDERS above the rest.........MISS DIANA ROSS!!!. She's a PIONEER, TRAILBLAZER and GLOBAL PHENOMENON and set a pathway for all other Afro American female entertainers to walk through. Her 1983 concert in Central Park is STILL talked about today!!!. At 80 years young, Miss Ross looks and sounds amazing and her legacy and music will stand the test of time. From Jim in Glasgow, Scotland.

14:48 huh? in fact she started back doing the shoulder blade choreography and the full if breakdown starting from 2022. Did you watch the essence show>

12:39 i actually disagree because she portions out her shows with numbers that she participates in choreography and doesn't more than her older shows because she is 58. She is still giving us heavy dance moments that she has always given us but the age factor comes into play of her doing those choreographed numbers back to back on tour. For example, in her very earlier tours (janet. tour, the velvet rope tour and all for you tour) she did a whimsical concept medley act filled with songs (usually with Escapade, When I think of you, Miss you Much. Runaway. Love will Never Do Without You) that she didn't dance on stage with the rest of the dancers but it allowed her to sing and do popstar things like what Kylie, Katy Perry, Spice Girls etc do during their up tempos. She would then do 20-30 mins of back to back heavy choreographed numbers before doing a ballad section to cool down. In recent years however she equally disburses those songs in her tours now so she can get ample time pace herself between dance heavy numbers. Also the essence show is only one hour from the 2 hour together again tour show which has alot more dance moments. Obviously Janet doesn't want her whole tour professionally filmed exclusively for Essence so she took out some songs out hopefully for the release of a concert special in the future

i would've loved to apart of this convo

i love y'all. This is SUCH A GOOD CONVERSATION. I'm Patrick L. Riley - Author of "That's What Friends Are For: On The Women Who Inspired Me". I amplify THE DIVAS you honor here - and more. DIANA is mine. And I have to say I agree with the ROSS '83 commentary. That said, LET'S GO UP and THAT'S HOW YOU START OVER are BOPs, now... LOL. And word is she chose to work with Ray Parker Jr. for UP FRONT and LOVE OR LONELINESS instead of a suggested and being-worked-out PRINCE session or two. Was in RIGHT ON? magazine - at the time. LMAO. Okay, just one more bit of context: In many ways, DIANA's DRAMA of '83 dwarfed the music. This album came out between MOTOWN 25's taping/airing and THE HISTORIC CENTRAL PARK CONCERTS - Day 1 & 2 (and then the residual drama she dealt with to make sure all reconciled with NYC's budget since they did TWO DAYS instead of one). But after CENTRAL PARK, she would reflect on the HISTORIC NIGHT on THE TONIGHT SHOW with Johnny Carson and she did a SIZZLING "LET'S GO UP". Maybe that should have been the LEAD OFF SINGLE.

Why am i just discovering this channel ?!! This is what i need ! Glad i stumbled across! ❤

I’m so glad y’all gave Visions its flowers. That is one record I cherish in my record collection!

I grew up in the 80s. My family took one true road trip most summers. My dad had a collection of family-friendly comedy albums and other random cassettes (mostly oldies/classic rock) he'd always play. My sister (couple years older than me) hated all of it. But I didn't mind it.

@24:55 - Ford have some of the best factory audio systems out there. I just wish their cars were more reliable. My last Ford car stayed in the shop more than in my driveway.