Motown gave Mary a solo contract so she'd drop her lawsuit against them. Plain and simple. They had no intention of making her any other star than what she had been in the Supremes. When they fulfilled their end of the bargain, she was shown the door.

She should have either went forward with the lawsuit and said screw the contract, or played nice in hopes of getting her sophomore album out. I think we all can agree those tracks had the most potential of anything she's ever recorded.