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5 R&B Groups Who Vanished Overnight! · The Demia Avery Show

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  Hello, hello, hello everyone. This is
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  Demia Avery of the Demia Avery Show. So,
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  listen, they had the hits, they had the
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  moment, they had record label deals,
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  they were the ish back then. Everybody
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  talked about them. Everybody talked
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  about their song, sang their song,
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  couldn't wait for their videos to come
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  on, all of that. And then they just
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  disappeared. So, today we're going to
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  talk about just a few. We're going to
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  talk about Moch and Steph. We're going
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  to talk about Groove Theory. Uh who
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  else? Rough Ends ideal as Yet. We're
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  going to talk about these groups and
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  let's see what really happened. Lights,
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  camera, action. Let's shine tonight. Big
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  dreams, big names, and the Vs.
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  We'll talk passion, purpose, power, and
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  goals.
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  Stories you ain't never been told.
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  Hey. Hey everybody. Thank you so much
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  for joining back in with me today. We're
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  going to talk about some of the groups
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  in the '9s. Now, if you're a '9s child,
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  well, not necessarily the '9s baby, but
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  if you were like in your teenage years,
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  going into your college years, or even
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  some adult years, um you enjoyed the
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  music. It was all about the lyrics. It
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  was the performance. Hey, it was the
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  performance. It was about a lot of
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  groups. It was about har har har har har
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  har har har har har har har har har har
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  har har har har har harmony and you'd
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  have to actually be able to sing and it
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  was just you had to get on stage and you
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  had to to put on some type of
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  performance, you know, before things
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  changed a little bit. But the '9s was
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  absolutely one of my favorite eras of
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  music. Now, for every
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  um artist that became legends, like Boys
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  to Men, I'm going to say Drew Hill
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  because they're legends to me. Um people
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  like that. For every legends, there were
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  also those that made a great impact with
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  one or two songs. You might have seen
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  them do a little tour here and there,
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  but that their main thing was those one
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  or two songs, but even when you hear
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  them now, they bring back memories. So,
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  I want to get straight into that and
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  tell a little bit about why they may
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  have disappeared. All right, let's go.
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  Okay, so first up, we have Mochen Stef.
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  Y'all remember the song He's Mine? You
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  might have had them once, but I got him
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  all the time. You can't sleep at night.
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  And that whole thing was a was a groove.
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  I love Moch and Steph.
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  Okay guys, so let's talk a little bit
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  about Moch and Steph. Now the name Moch
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  and Stef wasn't just random. It was the
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  first two letters of their names,
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  Monifeh, Kenya, and Stephanie. These
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  three were signed to Outburst Records
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  and gave us one of the biggest hits of
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  the mid 90s. But after that, silence.
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  Now, why they vanished? Well, allegedly,
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  it wasn't their fault. It was the
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  business. Their label struggled to
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  promote a second single. And by the time
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  they were ready for album number two,
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  the buzz had died and the label
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  situation got messy. Allegedly, they
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  were dropped, disbanded, and reportedly
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  went back to their regular lives. A true
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  one-hit wonder in every sense of the
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  word.
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  All right, next up, we have the group as
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  Yet, oh man, the harmonies was amazing.
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  Last night,
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  I was inside of you. Yeah. Last night
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  while I made love to you, I saw the sun,
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  the moon, the mountains, and the rivers.
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  I saw heaven when I makes me love to
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  you.
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  I know I got the wrong the words wrong,
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  but but here we go anyway.
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  All right, guys. So, the next group is
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  As Yet. Now, these guys have vocals that
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  can melt butter. between last night and
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  their cover. Hard to say. I'm sorry.
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  They were everywhere in the '9s. And
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  they even went platinum. Now, why they
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  vanished, it's a lot of rumors, a lot of
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  people saying things, I don't know. But
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  allegedly, it was Ego and lineup
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  changes. Their lead singer, Mark Nelson,
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  who was originally in Boys to Men, by
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  the way, left the group early to go
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  solo. So losing the lead, I mean they
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  had all of them had great voices, so any
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  one of them could lead, but I don't know
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  if that just kind of just stirred the
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  pot a little bit. But combined that with
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  the constant restructuring at Leface
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  Records in the '90s, they kind of got
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  lost in the shuffle. They have reunited
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  in various forms over the years, and
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  they're still phenomenal, but they never
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  just recaptured that original 1996
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  magic.
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  Now, I remember when this song came out,
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  I was like, man, this they their vi it's
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  it's more about their vibe. But Amelu,
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  is that her name? Oh my gosh, that chick
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  know she can sing.
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  Tell me if you want me to give you all
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  my time. I want to make it good for you
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  cuz you blow my mind. I promise, boy,
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  that I'll be true.
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  You're the perfect. So tell me if you
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  want me to.
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  I've been doing my own thing. Love is
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  helping
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  bad time.
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  And to my surprise, I know y'all want to
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  hear from them. So here we go.
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  All right. So how about a little groove
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  theory? Yes. Amelu and Bryce Wilson.
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  Yes, they were great lookers. Um if if
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  you know what I'm saying. So anyway,
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  they had impeccable chemistry. Their
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  1995 hit, Tell Me, was smooth, cool, and
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  different. Everyone was waiting for the
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  second album to take over the world, but
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  it just never happened. Why did they
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  vanish? Allegedly, this is the classic
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  case of the breakout star. Alaroo wanted
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  to pursue her own creative path and she
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  left the group in 1999 for a solo
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  career. Rice actually tried to replace
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  her with a new singer named Makita Davis
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  and recorded a second album called The
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  Answer, but the label they sheld it
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  without a male. The theory just didn't
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  work. Al went on to having a great solo
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  career while Bryce moved into acting and
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  production.
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  Okay, so the next group up it. Look,
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  this was one of my favorite summer
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  songs, man. I didn't know all the words
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  to it, but I sure knew the the beat. No
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  more shopping sprees. No more late night
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  creams. No more. Y'all remember? Yes.
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  Yes. Yes. Rough ends. Let's talk about
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  them. All right, y'all. So, here we go.
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  Rough ends. Yes. So David Dainc Chance
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  and Dante Chai Jordan had the streets on
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  lock in 2000 with the song No More. They
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  actually scored a second hit with
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  Someone to Love You, proving they
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  weren't just a fluke. Why they vanished?
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  Well, allegedly, Creative Differences
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  split this duo right down the middle in
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  2004. David wanted to focus on urban
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  gospel and inspirational music, while
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  Chai wanted to stay R&B. They went their
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  separate ways for a decade, but there is
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  a happy ending here. They put their
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  differences aside, reunited around 2016,
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  and are actually touring and releasing
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  music again. So, this one is a parent
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  disappearance that actually got solved.
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  I love it.
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  All right, guys. So, this was the
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  perfect song for for people that was
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  like, you know, go ahead. You better get
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  on. You better go ahead. I ain't trying
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  to hear what you got to say. Y'all
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  remember think you better leave leave me
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  alone. Alone. Pack your bags. Get the
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  hell on. Yeah. Ideal. Let's see what
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  happened with Ideal.
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  All right, y'all. So, this is the last
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  group of the day. Now, this quartet out
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  of Houston is called Ideal. So, they
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  seem ready for the long haul. They
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  looked apart and they sound apart. But
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  after that debut album, they completely
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  ghosted us. Why they vanished? Well, the
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  rumors are and allegedly the industry is
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  cruel.
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  Ideal was signed to Virgin Records right
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  when the label was going through massive
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  changes in their urban division. When
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  executives get fired, the groups they
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  signed often get shelved as well. Ideal
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  got caught in that whole thing and they
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  were unable to release music but unable
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  to leave as well. They quietly disbanded
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  and unlike other groups, they haven't
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  made much noise about a reunion. All
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  right, guys. So, I hope you had fun
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  today. I hope you enjoyed this episode.
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  Make sure you hit that subscribe button
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  and we're gonna have much more fun, more
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  episodes like this. I hope you enjoyed
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  it. I talk to you later. Bye.