Originally Posted by
Glenpwood
They did a nice job on the show but they did leave out a few things I felt could have added dimension to the music side. No mention of her appearance on the Waiting To Exhale Soundtrack with Wey U, which is probably how a lot of casual listeners would remember Chante outside of R&B circles. They also left out the tale of how Diddy heard Chante's "If I Gave Love" from Rodney Jerkins and loved it so much much that he demanded it for Jennifer Lopez. When Rodney refused he created a copycat track, If You Had My Love, plagerizing himself that launched J-Lo's music career and cut Chante out of her big crossover single.
I do agree with the sentiment in the episode that the lack of an R&B promotional department at MCA effectively hastened her demise at radio. All the pop pandering on the last two sets didn't help - see Straight Up. I also think they blew it when they put out Bitter as a single. Even with mixing out the N word, Billboard and radio programmers slammed her and the label for releasing it. All these things combined proved to be her downfall which is a shame because Chante is a real powerhouse vocalist who, when provided the right material like she was on the first two Silas sets, really shines.
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