Old Heads can you confirm this: David Ruffin getting his chain snatched by Marvin Gaye

[mamba]

Marvin Gaye was the son of a cross-dressing fakkit. Marvin also had his booty dug out by his uncle in the bathroom.

DaGawd Ruffin, on the other hand, was a real nikka. He got beat like a slave with a whip when he was a child.

DaGawd would straight up ask Berry Gordy, "Where the fukk is our money, nikka?" when the other group members were too timid to make demands.

Marvin Gaye feared DaGawd. He didn't have the balls to stand up to DaGawd, even when he was digging out Tammi's guts. I know that had to make Marvin feel some type of way.

Where in the hell is our Ruffin smiley, brehs? That was a real nikka.

 

[I'm Billy FUCO!!]

 

[FreddyCalhoun]

I'm David Ruffin.....and these are the Temptations

 

[mamba]

While the Temptations and Supremes rehearsed for an joint appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show," David Ruffin became angry, because the set featured several boxes with the names "The Temptations" and "The Supremes," all across them but if those names came up thirty times, the name "Diana Ross" came up sixty times. Worst of all, her name was overlapping not just the Supremes name but the Temptations too. So visually, you had something like, "Diana Ross Temptations-Diana Ross Supremes and there was nothing the Tempts could do about it.

The real problem started when the two groups started rehearsing and realized the Tempts songs and the Supremes songs were arranged in different keys and Diana could not sing in David's key. As usual, after the rehearsal Diana started complaining about the whole thing and when the Tempts left and came back to rehearsal the next day they all knew she must have run and called Berry Gordy because everything had been changed. Overnight, somebody had transposed the Tempts charts into Diana's key and rehearsed the band to play the new charts. The guys were shocked. They hadn't worked with Diana in a while and they weren't used to seeing her treated almost like a solo star with her own separate staff and everything. Little did they know, Diana had the nerve to be upset because she had the audacity to think that the Tempts were riding her coattails.

David whispered to Mary Wilson, "Is this what goes on all the time?" "Yes, said Mary, "she always gets her way."

Later, before the actual show, David told me. "Watch, Tony. When I get up there tonight, I'm gonna give that phony wig-wearing bytch a run for her money." I didn't know what he was planning but I knew David could murder Diana vocally and he did. He did exactly what he was supposed to do as far as his dance steps and movements were concerned but when it came time to singing, he did a whole lot of ad libbing and completely threw Diana off. Diana was livid by the end of the show.

real nikka

 

[Majestic Pape]

This thread made me go back and watch The Temptations movie (shouts to YouTube).

David Ruffin was a true gift from the fukkery gods.

 

[Trajan]

LMAO at the thread title. Who on the Coli is old enough to confirm some shyt that went down in the 70s?

 

[PortCityProphet]

i never knew there was a temptations movie. just thought it was the 5 heartbeats

 

[alpo]

i never knew there was a temptations movie. just thought it was the 5 heartbeats

 

[PortCityProphet]

after a quick youtube search i remembered the movie now, don't even know if i ever watched the whole thing 5 Heartbeats is on way more often

 

[Self_Born7]

Theres rumors in Motown that Marvin Gaye murdered tammy terrel.

man she was bad as shyt. I aint know james brown used to knock it down, literally and figuratively.

 

[ADK]

Underrated thread.

 

[spliz]

Theres rumors in Motown that Marvin Gaye murdered tammy terrel.

No..the rumor was David Ruffin...not Marvin Gaye...

 

[Soundbwoy]

real nikka

that performance was gawdly

 

[spliz]

i never knew there was a temptations movie. just thought it was the 5 heartbeats

Temptations was the more well made movie...watch the dvd version tho...the vhs and tv versions are missing scenes...

 

[AJtheOne]

Not to derail the thread, but that movie made David seem like one of the GOAT nikkas

"Without David Ruffin, y'all ain't NOTHIN'!!!! Buncha fake-ass Temps!!! "

Dude was hilarious, even when he was cracked out and tryna buy drugs

David: "Here's 2 tickets to my show this Saturday....I'm-a be there "

Drug dealer: "Today is Sunday, nikka "

David: "Oh .......well I guess I AIN'T gonna be there, then .........I missed another show? "