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To: KLP who wrote (167635)	5/25/2006 3:45:24 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

what happened to Ruben? Haven't heard from him in awhile... "Barrino and Studdard are in hip-hop purgatory. Thanks to record executive extraordinaire, Clive Davis, these two were sent the way of Missy Elliot and R. Kelly; that is, to Hip-Hop back-alley. That has been a horrible disservice not only to Barrino and Studdard, but to the music-loving public at large. Studdard was sent barreling down the low road of hip-hop/rap/hat-sideways/BET on Saturday afternoons, rather than the better path of his idol, Luther Vandross. Barrino, who made "Summertime" (written by the Gershwins of Tin Pan Alley) her signature song in the competition, was last seen seated in the front row of a recent AI show, but was never introduced or acknowledged. Summertime, apparently, has come and gone for the remarkable songstress. A movie is forthcoming about her life from Lifetime Television, but, will that translate into Clarkson-type sales for another "R&B" offering this fall? Not if it contains the same kind of material from her first disc." Message 22478908