Columbia Records Planning to Drop Jussie Smollett?

Singing goat? ??
I haven't watched empire since they started casting all them damn celebs. ?

I was waiting for the goat commenting. ? Leave Jussie Fenty alone. ???

Do I need to put my crotch on my desk. I went to bedside Baptist yesterday and this right here is giving this ole gal unclean thoughts.

You are right he looks like the dad from Moseha.

He does sound like a goat, never saw his appeal. That show is a stereotypical mess with a side order of Lee Daniels needs to fade away in the sunset like a crispy old vampire

LOLOL stop!

Bah Bah Black Sheep?

His vocals are not the business and the Empire crew is slow in realizing that. If they were smart they wouldn't showcase his billy goat singing as much as they do. Empire is hanging on by a thread in my house.

That thread been cut in my house. I catch the recaps now only. I may binge watch after the season is over.

If they were trying to make him a star off the show why didnt they release the album the first set of music they had...and in betwixt season uno and dos. Its never gonna happen now and it probably never will.

Yep. Gotta strike while the iron is hot. The fact that they didn't, either bad planning or the music really stinks.

I think some of those sex scenes were mad graphic to some folks. Then the stunt casting it was too much.

He should have put out his own single immediately following Empire, but Empire wanted him to push those show songs instead. Bad idea!!! He could have put two albums out by now and been done.

i know they announced it was going to be a season 3 last Jan...Im all for black shows too but they need a revamp and fast. Only but so many times Lucious is almost gonna die. Jamal mad at Lucious. Crazy son mad at Cookie. They all gang up on Lucious, Etc. they played those storylines out fast. Viewers like myself will get mad/bored and turn it to basketball or damn Unsung.

Does anyone watch Pitch?

Whoo!
Thank y'all. I got my momma a purpa fitbit.
Now I need one more thing so I won't get cussed out ... lol

I just started

Yaayyyyy!!!!! Come back and tell us how she likes it.

I think it stinks. You are correct 100%. This is Columbia Records owned by Sony. Music heavy weights have been signed to them and have run the company. They for sure know what they are doing...

I dont think so. I am waiting on that one too many. Empire is a hell no for me

I have nothing ..well , why jussie up there looking like he just sucked the skin of some meat ...He got that nicca I told you my oral skills were fierce look .

I snorted this apple juice through my nose.
I can't with you !

Love it. Not a big fan of Ginny. Like the wife better.

Aww. He has a really sweet spirit. I wish him the best.

I wanna know how he and Gabby Sidibe started kicking it, though.

Kicking what?

Columbia is making a smart move all of Jussie's music right now is owned by FOX. Columbia would be basically paying for scraps since he is singing every week on the show. Any song he would release would be confusion and since everybody know him as Jamal and not Jussie it would be a PR nightmare. Lol I can picture his album name " I AM NOT JAMAL".... hehehe

Correct. Cause he STAYED being on XXX show for ONE season.

Omg...????
Ima get Pamela on you!!

So who won the Brandy dolls? Monica?

Yep most of his pilot shows fail after a couple episodes. I'm happy for him.

rut row....and why did you have to mention that Lee Daniels is gay?? That info has BEEN out there!

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*waits on BlogPam to pop up and say SEE... I told you that word was used by gays*

???? yassss hun , I guess she was right

No ..please Dont

He has star power. But Sandra's right--that star power is so closely aligned with Empire that marketing him independently is risky, and labels don't tend to spend substantial amounts of money on risky moves.

One major problem his label faces: Jussie Smollett had no music career to speak of before Empire. He's not Usher or even Trey Songz: in other words, he's not an act who has proven music sales outside of any broadcast TV or film production. And his musical skill set is limited. He sounds like he's trying to imitate Michael Jackson and that's never a winning formula and truthfully, his sound is not remarkable at all.

Traditionally, actors who launch music careers while their show is still on the air tend to have limited or only short term success. Need proof? Ask Ralph Carter AKA Michael Evans from GOOD TIMES.

On top of that, Jussie is typecast. From here on out, he'll be Jamal Lyons.

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I think keke said somethinkg about her 1st

Untrue. Out of the closet artists succeed regularly. Ever heard of Boy George, George Michael, RuPaul?

And, as far as black music goes, everybody knows that both Luther Vandross and Fredie Jackson are and were gay.

Now I do agree that its much harder for an openly gay black artist to thrive in traditionally black music--i.e., R&B, Ne-Soul; Hip Hop--HOWEVER, Jussie is actually a Pop artist. The problem isn't his sexuality--the problem is his sound and his artist persona. He's not independently attractive for any serious record label.

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Git!!

This is my most commonly used gif for the rest of 2016 and until prolly around Feb. Thanks to bf baby cuz.

Frank Ocean is gay and people still seem to support his music.

His vibrato is PAINFUL to listen to. His voice is decent, but all that extra he does is shameful.

I think its the other way around.

Oh I see now...it's "Obama's niece" from bad girls club and BBW...yeah she's probably speaking from personal experience

She's always thrown shade but seems to be doing a little more to keep her seat on the show...anything for ratings

This made me cackle.

They hang out and appear to be really good friends

Gryl whoever put them 3 red drapery tiebacks from Burlington Coat Factory last week around Cookie's neck needs to have their azz whupped. I had to look at my curtains to see did anyone from his staff took one of mine's. I was like really.

Alvin and the chipmucks....

Always thought he was a bit overrated.

Or Jasmine Guy.

Taraji is the show. If Taraji ever decided that she didn't want to do Empire anymore, those ratings will drop as fast as a whore's panties. People tune in for Cookie not Jamal gay ass.

Jussie should just stick to acting. Why buy his music when we can hear him warble for free on t.v.???

His younger sister Jurnee always been the favorite Smollett. I love her show Underground

His voice is freaking awful, don't care. Every time he sang on Empire it made me cringe badly. Wish him the best in his acting career, but please don't offed people with your bleeting ??

Teddy Pendergrass wasn't gay.

I'm sick of hearing daddy don't love me songs.

How is he different? He's a black, gay male!!

Didn't he came out after his album came out??? And his second album didn't make much noise after that

I hope he wins!! It's enough that the people at the label don't support. By the looks of these posts, the people in his community don't support him either!! Good luck Jussie!!

So this is not the fault of a single mama? Ok, great

Which community is that?

Blacks can't be expected to support every single person whether they're good or not,,,shame man

LGTB should support him as well.

That was the only song of his I liked

Empire should let go of him too. His acting & singing suck.

Oh?!

Yawnnnn with the blonde haired Beyoncish gryt in the middle next. Been there done that. The only dark skinned woman that was in the middle and became famous is Diana Ross.

Exactly

Lol

Empire overall sucks and has very little direction.

Not surprised but sad for him as nobody wants to lose deals.

Jurnee's husband can saaaaaaaang tho!!!!!! I was like WHY is he not on there but he's a behind the scenes writer

He do sound like a goat.

I just can't ?? she terrible

I'm sure she'll love it!

We have the Tang mascot running the world. White people support their own! Gay, dumb, relentless...They fall in line. I'm supporting mine also!!

Maybe you but not everybody else. People call him Jamal in interviews forgetting his name. You may be checking for him harder then the average person...

I totally agree. Started with Sandra!!!

Riff Raff

The whole "Empire" franchise is an over-hyped, horribly-written mess. I love Taraji, though. I like Jussie, he's a brave and conscientious black man, we need more like him. I wish him the best BUT you'd have to pay me to listen to him sing. He needs to play to his strengths and maximize his 15 minutes.

Nah, Suga!???

I barely want to hear him sing on the show

Ppl still watch empire ?? Let's talk about the second season of secret and lies where Michael Ealy brought his A game I hope there's a third season they gone have to top this one cus I sure enjoyed it

Taye's not my taste and neither is Idris Elba but the latter actor would make more sense. TD is an itty bitty dude with a high voice. Put Idris in a suit and the Brit accent...yeah.

I'm weeks behind and have no interest to catch up. Same thing happened with How to Get Away With Murder. The competition is stiff in the TV world.

Peter Piper, you are so insightful, and I don't say this just because of this post. I read your posts and you can tell you are wise. Regarding this post, you are so right. You see what happened once George Michael got caught in the bathroom soliciting that undercover officer, he said fugg it, stopped the shenanigans, embraced it, and his career continued with his musical legacy is still intact.

Empire this season is sooooo much better than before. It's more "dynasty" and "dallas", a real soap opera IMO.

It's gone beyond old now, we get it. You're gay and yo pappy don't like you. You weren't hugged enough as a kid yada-yada lol

I've had a couple of singers get shelved. It's not unusual. I always suggest a singer try to learn to compose and understand production. There's not a lot of money in just singing anymore. A singer has an unreasonable tour schedule. I put my nephews onto production and they write the songs. Jussie had no depth as a vocalist. He had a flexible tenor voice that wanes onto monotony. Don't know who his coach is. They didn't earn their pay because in even 6 mos. he should've grown his craft.

I don't even know Jussie the hussy.

Daddy ain't shit btw lmao but at least them biracial kids are educated unlike their all white brother who felt he was entitled to the money and while I'm at it Mandy baby father ain't shit either he just disappeared lmaoo

Regardless of what ppl say an openly ghey man in the music business is still being shunned they ain't fooling me just ask frank ocean and Neyo

lmbo Amen!

They need a new fashion director because they don't dress as pretty they did first session.

He sure does sound like Billy the Goat.

Who?

i did not like secrets and lies. at least this season. i thought season one was a bit better but even that one grew boring. the series itself reminds me of a long drawn out lifetime film with only slightly better acting. ealy and phillipe's characters both do actions that requires one to suspend their sense of reality far too often for my tastes. as a rational person, i couldn't logically understand why ealys character continued to go to detective whoseherface when he was told not to. just seemed more as a plot device to move the story along more than anything and a cheap one at that.

they should have rushed to drop his album in season 1 when the show was all it. now ppl have jumped ship cause the show is all over the place.

Drop Empire next

Frank's style of music is different and before he publicly came out, he already had a well-established fan base. People didn't know who Jussie was. The only Smollett that people knew was his younger sister Jurnee who have been in the business since she was a child.

not sure if his music and the music he sings on the show is intertwined but the first season's were fire .... not anymore so much

Never. Terrence Howard signed a 7 year contract.

He's annoying af.

Exactly they so mad

Ohhh dang I thought you knew....
When people ON A BLOG ....are talking about a show...they may give away the ending...
My bad....LOLLLLLL