How many of ya'll know Jermaine Jackson dropped a Ether like diss track towards his brother Mike in the 80s?
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Then mj pull up on him with that switch 
RickyDiBiase
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For all Michael’s faults he had more talent in his morning shyt than that Max Headroom looking c00n has in his 60+ years on this earth
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Thought everybody knew this. We had a thread about it years ago.
I think we had a thread where we talked about Michael hopping through his mother's basement window to get at him for this
Epic Records chief L.A. Reid’s memoir, “Sing to Me,” is out today and has a lot of great stories. At last we get the truth about a lot of artists including Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson.
Reid’s chapter on trying to produce a record for Jermaine Jackson in the mid 1980s is hilarious and sad. He and Babyface (Kenny Edmonds) had signed Jermaine to LaFace Records and were about to record the tracks. Jermaine moved his family to Atlanta and though that, in the shadow of “Thriller” and “Bad,” he might get his own moment.
Not so fast. Out of the blue, Reid and Edmonds received a call from Michael, asking them to drop everything and come to Los Angeles to work with him. The pair flew out, telling Jermaine he’d have to wait until they returned from a business trip. Michael, Reid writes, tied them up for two weeks and not much came from it. When Jermaine discovered where they were, he was furious and demanded to be let out of his LaFace contract. Reid told Michael how upset Jermaine was. Michael’s answer: “He’ll get over it.”
Back in Atlanta, Reid and Edmonds calmed Jermaine down. They made their record including a single, “Word to the Badd,” in which Jermaine raked Michael over the coals for his shoddy treatment of his brother. The single was picked up instantly by all the top radio stations. Reid received a call from Michael.
You have to stop this,” he said. “You’re the head of the label. You have to kill this. This isn’t good.”
Reid writes: It wasn’t my fight and I wasn’t going to referee a fight between the Jackson brothers. I told him that it didn’t matter if I agreed with him, the matter was between him and his brother and I couldn’t help. Jermaine was insistent that his record be released. Apparently Michael and Jermaine held a meeting at their mother’s home at Havenhurst. I wasn’t there and I don’t know what happened, but when they came out of the meeting Jermaine called me. “We resolved it,” he said. “The record stays out.” Then Michael called back. “Jermaine and I had our conversation,” he said, “but I’m telling you, you really need to stop this. This is not good.” Two days later, the record disappeared off the air, as if it had never been there in the first place. I don’t know what Michael did, I don’t know if Michael did anything, but it went away in a flash.”
Mike was like fukk him
Reid’s chapter on trying to produce a record for Jermaine Jackson in the mid 1980s is hilarious and sad. He and Babyface (Kenny Edmonds) had signed Jermaine to LaFace Records and were about to record the tracks. Jermaine moved his family to Atlanta and though that, in the shadow of “Thriller” and “Bad,” he might get his own moment.
Not so fast. Out of the blue, Reid and Edmonds received a call from Michael, asking them to drop everything and come to Los Angeles to work with him. The pair flew out, telling Jermaine he’d have to wait until they returned from a business trip. Michael, Reid writes, tied them up for two weeks and not much came from it. When Jermaine discovered where they were, he was furious and demanded to be let out of his LaFace contract. Reid told Michael how upset Jermaine was. Michael’s answer: “He’ll get over it.”
Back in Atlanta, Reid and Edmonds calmed Jermaine down. They made their record including a single, “Word to the Badd,” in which Jermaine raked Michael over the coals for his shoddy treatment of his brother. The single was picked up instantly by all the top radio stations. Reid received a call from Michael.
You have to stop this,” he said. “You’re the head of the label. You have to kill this. This isn’t good.”
Reid writes: It wasn’t my fight and I wasn’t going to referee a fight between the Jackson brothers. I told him that it didn’t matter if I agreed with him, the matter was between him and his brother and I couldn’t help. Jermaine was insistent that his record be released. Apparently Michael and Jermaine held a meeting at their mother’s home at Havenhurst. I wasn’t there and I don’t know what happened, but when they came out of the meeting Jermaine called me. “We resolved it,” he said. “The record stays out.” Then Michael called back. “Jermaine and I had our conversation,” he said, “but I’m telling you, you really need to stop this. This is not good.” Two days later, the record disappeared off the air, as if it had never been there in the first place. I don’t know what Michael did, I don’t know if Michael did anything, but it went away in a flash.”
Mike was like fukk him
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Born2BKing
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Was it like the Biggie and Pac beef of the 80s? 
This is old news.
Jermaine was hurt and frustrated that Michael was basically sharking his producers. Jermaine was trying to mount a big comeback and was working with Babyface and I think LA Reid if i’m not mistaken. Michael basically put the call in that he wanted to work with them instead and that caused them to start giving MJ all of their best ideas and production.
Jermaine was FURIOUS and released Word To The Bad. Michael tried to call Jermaine to hash it out but Jermaine refused to speak to him. Then one night MJ got word that Jermaine was having dinner with their parents and he MJ came through dolo and CLIMBED THE ROOF AND SNUCK INTO ONE OF THE BEDROOM WINDOWS came downstairs to both surprise and confront Jermaine.
They hashed it out and as a result Jermaine switched up the lyrics on the song so it wasn’t so much a diss.
Jermaine was hurt and frustrated that Michael was basically sharking his producers. Jermaine was trying to mount a big comeback and was working with Babyface and I think LA Reid if i’m not mistaken. Michael basically put the call in that he wanted to work with them instead and that caused them to start giving MJ all of their best ideas and production.
Jermaine was FURIOUS and released Word To The Bad. Michael tried to call Jermaine to hash it out but Jermaine refused to speak to him. Then one night MJ got word that Jermaine was having dinner with their parents and he MJ came through dolo and CLIMBED THE ROOF AND SNUCK INTO ONE OF THE BEDROOM WINDOWS came downstairs to both surprise and confront Jermaine.
They hashed it out and as a result Jermaine switched up the lyrics on the song so it wasn’t so much a diss.
