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Contrariamente a lo que se dijo hace unos dias, parece que los Boyz II Men, immersos en la campaña de promocion de su nuevo album "Full Circle", han cambiado de pensamiento...
Philadelphia Daily News
August 1, 2002 Thursday
Philly group Boyz II Men want to set things straight regarding their supposed support of Oddball Pop Icon Michael Jackson's highly publicized battle against record companies.
No can do. They are not in Jacko's court.
Yesterday, during a teleconference call with members Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman to promote their new album "Full Circle," a reporter asked about what solutions they proposed in the fight for artists' rights.
"I just want to clear it up," said Morris. "We're not really into the whole Michael Jackson-music-industry-type thing."
Morris said that "nobody twists anybody's arm to come into the music industry." There are other ways of fighting for artists' rights, including educating a musician "before he signs his life away," he said.
The group's publicist, Ramone Bains, asked the inquiring reporter about the source of the alleged Boyz II Men support of Jackson - apparently it's been circulating for a while and was revealed in a press release. Bains asked for a copy of said release because, he said, it had been written without his knowledge.
Back to the Boyz. "I think it just looks so bad. When he [Jackson] was on top of the world, nobody in his camp was trying to reach out to the younger artists. It just doesn't look right," said Morris.
Still, the group, which recently signed with manager Johnny Wright, whose other clients include 'N Sync, loves "Michael Jackson to death," Morris said. "We're good friends with Mi- chael, [but] sometimes people make mistakes."
In the case of music-industry exploitation, however, Jackson "has 125 percent legitimate points," Morris stressed.
Te queremos Michael... pero vamos a sacar nuestro nuevo disco y no queremos malos rollos con quien tiene la pasta...
Philadelphia Daily News
August 1, 2002 Thursday
Philly group Boyz II Men want to set things straight regarding their supposed support of Oddball Pop Icon Michael Jackson's highly publicized battle against record companies.
No can do. They are not in Jacko's court.
Yesterday, during a teleconference call with members Nathan Morris and Shawn Stockman to promote their new album "Full Circle," a reporter asked about what solutions they proposed in the fight for artists' rights.
"I just want to clear it up," said Morris. "We're not really into the whole Michael Jackson-music-industry-type thing."
Morris said that "nobody twists anybody's arm to come into the music industry." There are other ways of fighting for artists' rights, including educating a musician "before he signs his life away," he said.
The group's publicist, Ramone Bains, asked the inquiring reporter about the source of the alleged Boyz II Men support of Jackson - apparently it's been circulating for a while and was revealed in a press release. Bains asked for a copy of said release because, he said, it had been written without his knowledge.
Back to the Boyz. "I think it just looks so bad. When he [Jackson] was on top of the world, nobody in his camp was trying to reach out to the younger artists. It just doesn't look right," said Morris.
Still, the group, which recently signed with manager Johnny Wright, whose other clients include 'N Sync, loves "Michael Jackson to death," Morris said. "We're good friends with Mi- chael, [but] sometimes people make mistakes."
In the case of music-industry exploitation, however, Jackson "has 125 percent legitimate points," Morris stressed.
Te queremos Michael... pero vamos a sacar nuestro nuevo disco y no queremos malos rollos con quien tiene la pasta...
