How come Ginuwine didn't become a bigger star?

[bigbadbossup2012]

Ginuwine's first 2 went double...

I think they shipped double

 

[spliz]

I'm a big Ginuwine fan and i sill have this somewhere on VHS

@ 4:50

If I pulled up some of Mary J Blige's performances in the 90s u would think she couldn't sing for shyt. This means nothing.

 

[Big Blue]

He stopped working with Timbaland.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

If I pulled up some of Mary J Blige's performances in the 90s u would think she couldn't sing for shyt. This means nothing.

Find one of usher and i'll fall back. And despite any of this,usher is a much better singer

 

[BlackSuperman]

simple. he did drugs.

plus he was already 30+ at his peak. Usher was a legit child star.

That shows that I don't know shyt about Ginuwine.

 

[Craig Mack]

This is a very good and valid question to me, both G and uRsher were all the ladies talked about in high school

But that's true, he just never crossed over like that, and you can't blame it on the music/beats because Aaliyah was HUUUUGE with the same team

A lot of artists get in their own way and I'd say G was one of them..

Side note: 100% ginuwine is a classic, but that's the worst album cover of all time, shyt looks like a 1980's Sears catalog model

Maybe Gunuwine had bad management

 

[Booker T Garvey]

simple. he did drugs.

plus he was already 30+ at his peak. Usher was a legit child star.

The age thing I'm not rolling with because Nicki and beyonce are in their mid 30's and high schoolers love them

But I didn't know about the drugs though

 

[hoodheronova]

The Life ? If so I gotta relisten. Only his 1st 2 albums stay on rotation & a couple later singles

the life is in my top 3 greatest rnb albums ever. That shyt is a rollercoaster

 

[twan83]

he is a star for starters
he got mad good music
a lot of his songs i love aren't even singles

then u got where his parents died back to back that put him in the wrong place of mind

and whoever said there it is is not good is shyt is a real ass song

on the life album he got
role play
tribute to a woman
2 reason i cry
how deep is your love


on the senior
cheddar brings
on my way
bedda to have love

back to basics
far away
beta half
take a chance
want u to be
glaze in my eye

ginuwine just didnt cross over to other audiences simple as that and his age played a factor

usher came in like someone said younger and appeals to a greater audience since he has r&b/pop/dance in his music

either way both are good artist tho

that TGT album tho

Any fan of Ginuwine knows that the R&B singer was at his best when he worked with his friend and longtime producer Timbaland. Songs like "Pony" defined Ginuwine's sound and helped to establish him as one of R&B's hitmakers. But last year, in an interview with Vibe magazine, Ginuwine lashed out at Timbo for not being a part of his more recent music. Now, in an exclusive interview with BET.com, Timbaland put all the drama to the side, and when asked whether he would work with Ginuwine, Tim said that he would.





"I'd work with Ginuwine because I love Ginuwine. I’d work for him, not for the money, not to put a record out. Just for old time’s sake. Let’s do it for music’s sake. Let’s do it for what we were. Let’s do it for our friendship...our brotherhood," Tim said. But even though he's still willing to let bygones be bygones, Timbaland has some conditions. "I don’t want nobody in the room when I work with him this time. I don’t want no record people. I don’t want to say it’s coming out. I want to just do it, just because Ginuwine loves music."





Tim also hints that their "differences" seemed to stem from outside people getting in the way of their relationship. "I know how he might feel. He might think that we abandoned him," says Tim. "We never would abandon him. He’s like a brother. But when you get everybody else, mix different managers...it changes every dynamic."





In the interview with Vibe, Ginuwine claimed that he'd reached out to Tim to get the producer's help in promoting his 2009 project, A Man's Thoughts, which Tim produced a track on, but his friend was of no help. "Me and Tim were real close at one point. A lot of the times that I reached out, there were a bunch of excuses," he said.





On the contrary though, Timbaland says that he and Missy Elliott, who go back just as long as he and Ginuwine do, have never allowed anyone to come between them. "One thing me and Missy always did, anybody came in our life who’s new, we set ‘em straight, nothing comes between us...and that's what keeps us together and strong. Missy can come in and still tell me to this day, ‘Watch the people around you.’'

Timbaland Ready to Work With Ginuwine Again

 

[Craig Mack]

The age thing I'm not rolling with because Nicki and beyonce are in their mid 30's and high schoolers love them

But I didn't know about the drugs though

He was addicted to ecstasy & an alcoholic

 

[RicanFury]

that broom dancing clip alone makes Ginuwine better than usher

 

[re'up]

I was going to say dude was as big as you could be back then.....everyone LOVED Ginuwine in middle school, girls, guys, everyone....songs were everywhere, albums sold.....He didn't, for whatever reason continue like an Usher, but he was kind of an anomaly in that way, and it's not all talent, management, personal issues, etc etc that shape their careers....

 

[Ribbs]

He just cooled down while Ush continued to heat up. All stars fade some time and G's faded out after 2002. Maybe if he had a relationship with a singer from a female group, he would've lasted longer. But he married Sole. Also few cameos in movies might have helped too (Usher was in She's All That and The Faculty).

 

[UpAndComing]

Usher and Ginuwine, the Libra gods

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

his baby hair held him back