Originally Posted by
reese
Diana and Berry had clashed since MAHOGANY and she wanted more creative control. I think ROSS was the last album Berry had anything to do with. So wanting more control and more money probably would have been a key contract point. So if Diana had stayed, I'm not sure there would have been much difference in her output.
Also, considering Motown seemed to be having problems money-wise, giving Diana a big money contract plus hiring outside producers like Quincy Jones and Luther Vandross for albums that might or might not have sold big might have made Berry sell Motown earlier than he did.
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