Quote from: ........ on October 20, 2015, 11:59:22 AM
There are so many bad decisions made NOW when she's not under Mathew
and y'all give him too much power. If the general public wanted to buy Kelly's music
Mathew was not going to stop them. Furthermore he was Kelly's manager which entitles him to 20% of her earnings, why would he sacrifice his own money to stop Kelly? The fact is Kelly is where Kelly should be. To be honest she's HUGE for her to not be the lead singer of the group.
I think it was very important for every facet of the group, including solo success, to showcase Beyonce as the STAR. When it looked like Bey could maybe, just maybe be surpassed in terms of solo success, they did what they could to undermine her. They would never be ok with Bey taking a backseat to Kelly's breakout success. Plea'.
That said, Kelly has made terrible choices all her own since then, and can't sing well live anymore, so that's on her.
I just think a lot of her confidence issues stem from the way they came up in Bey's shadow. If you listen to early DC records and Wide Open, Kelly wasn't far from Bey talent-wise. Bey's talent was honed and sharpened in a way the other girls weren't allowed and, before you knew it, she was leaps and bounds ahead of them.