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NO LONGER THE “PRINCESS OF THE ROC”…

Monday, October 30, 2006

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Looks like Def Jam has lost another female artist. The “Princess Of The ROC”, also known as Teairra Mari, has apparently left the label calling it a “business decision”.

She made this announcement recently on her Myspace blog and has already changed her record label status to “currently looking”. Teairra’s first and last album “Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Mari” on Def Jam scored two hits for her last year, “Make Her Feel good” and “No Daddy”.


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Is this departure related to recent compliants about Jay-Z’s lack of interest many artists at the label? Mari was under the wing of the Def Jam president and he even personally escorted her to numerous press appearances during the pre-release of her album. But a short time after Mari’s release, it seems as if he was long gone along with Teairra.

Or perhaps it was just a personal and business decision not relating to Jay at all. Mari has stated that she is still on good terms with everyone at the label. Yet some can’t help but think that Mari was top priority at Def Jam for a very short amount of time.

I wasn’t a fan of her music personally, and I hated that “No Daddy” song. But, I always thought she was a very cute and talented young lady. As of now, Teairra is still at work on her second album, while looking for a new label home. We’ll see how her career follows through.

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76.

bill

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

on Monday, October 30, 2006 @ 7:38 pm

quick question said:
Bill, you are amazing. Im your stan. lol Please dont tell your wife I said that. lol

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Bill Said:

Ms.Sydney !
For NOW, I would like to dedicate my present favorite song to you Ms. Sydney..This is

Endow Me By Fantasia, Faith Evans, CoCo (from SWV) and Little Mo
Endow Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk4zk3uB_HE

Let the Lord use you !!
Yours in Christ
in HIS service
Bill

77.

LadyMahogany

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

The only song I play by her is Phone booth.

78.

LadyMahogany

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

The only song I play by her is Phone booth.No Daddy was horrible.

79.

ThinkAboutIt

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Truth is - people can blame Jay-Z and Puffy/Diddy for their artists not being promoting or selling - but, Consider this… if they would not have ever signed these artists would you even know them?

If they are so talented and if it’s all Jay’s and Diddy’s fault, then they should have a shitload of lables waiting to get at them right?

I wish her the best - but it ain’t an easy business.

80.

quick question

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

BILL!!! I know exactly where that church is!! My mom lives in Cedar Hill, and when I go home sometimes, I always see it. It is a beautiful church, but I have never been there. I will definitely have to go now!! BILL YOU ARE AWESOME!! Thanks for that info. And I’am glad you like my page. I just recently changed it to Aaliyah, but Kirk Franklin was up last week, and the song that played was “Imagine Me.” I cry everytime I hear that song. Kirk makes great music. Thank you for READING my page. lol You are the best!

81.

LadyMahogany

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

#12 that is a good question.

82.

Michelle Ramirez

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Personally I liked Teariarra’s debut she was doing her thing I enjoyed her cd. Especially “Lala” and “New Shit”

83.

Anonymus

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Jay decided to promote baby Godzilla instead of Teairra Mari although she’s a better singer than baby godzilla

84.

Iquitthisbitch

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

I would hardly call either of those songs a hit..Jay Z can’t be the one to blame for her failure…You have to be an interesting person or at least have talent and in my opinion she was not interesting and had very little talent…She should be looking for another career and not another label..So long, T-Error, So long

85.

b all the way

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

never heard any of her songs but good luck to her.

86.

kmniles

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Jay Z made a big mistake. The mistake was to bring out these two women at the same time. Once he did that he created a situation that was doomed from the start because one would be more popular and get attention more than the other, which would cause friction between the artists and their label and management.

Another thing I hate is Jay trying to make Rihanna a Beyonce clone. The outfits, clothes and booty shaking are just to similar to excape comparison.

87.

THE REAL BAMBI

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

#72 you make a good point.To be honest when she first came out I thought she was a little Ashantish

88.

Comton_Chick23

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Ri-hell-naw sucks, and Ciara sucks!!! TEAIRRA MARI IS BETTER THAN BOTH OF THOSE HALF-SINGING WENCHES PUT TOGETHER!! AND ALL YA’LL Ri-hell-naw lovers need to sit ya asses down and listen to that girl try and sing on “Unfaithful” then compare it to “Phone Booth” and u’ll see that Teairra is waaayy better.

@49 monie luv
Uh…not bad mouthing u, but Ri-hell-naw DID NOT GET BETTER PRODUCERS THAN TEAIRRA!!

Teairra had:
Cool & Dre (Say I)
B. Cox (Say Goodbye)
Kwame (On Fire)
Trackboyz (Tipsy)
Poli Paul (Dip it low)
Sean Garrett (Check On It)

Rihanna had:
Stargate (So Sick)
J.R. Rotem (Whoa)
Don Corleone (Give It Up To Me)
Evan Rogers (I Have No Idea What Songs He Did)

So u can see that Ri-hell-naw had the worst producers workin on this shizzy cd.

@72 Dangerouslyperri
Uh…Ciara can’t even be called a VOCALIST cause the wiatch is nothin but her own backup dancer. And if Teairra was from Atlanta then everyone who hates on her would have her album right now.

89.

*Jiggle~It*

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

I wish her the best. She sings better than Rhianna but she just is not entertaining. Neither is Rhianna so i don’t understand why she got more attention.

WHATEVA???

But, can somebody explain to me, why exactly is Roc-a-fella a “dynasty.” I would think of a dynasty as a group that keeps putting out hit artist after hit artist. What do they have??? Jay-Z.

A dynasty would most likely be Jive/Zomba(Usher, Ciara, Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake). Terra Mari should def do there. Maybe they can teach her hoe to be an ENTERTAINER.

90.

stinka

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

I guess it’s a good business decison because I have no idea who she is.

91.

stinka

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

artist cannot run successful record companies unless they can commit full time! that’s why puffy and jay z have the same problem.

92.

akamissj

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Thank you #9, you took the words right out of my mouth. I wasn’t aware that “No Daddy” was a hit.

But anyway, her album was actually pretty decent in my opinion. I think it was way too grown for her age, but other than that, it was cool. Personally (and this is just my opinion, folks) I can’t see her having a career without Roc-A-Fella or Def Jam. She’s only had one hit and while she can sing, her voice isn’t that great, and I kinda’ think the whole Roc-A-Fella thing was her hook but hey, I could be totally wrong. If this is really her dream, I hope I am. We’ll see…

93.

sexyredd

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

that ‘no daddy’ song was just dumb, i’m sorry, but it was

94.

Leti

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

It’s a numbers game..if you don’t sell..you’re gone..nuff said..it’s a universal law

95.

CHEEZITS

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Awww shit! It was only a matter of time. I dont blame her.

96.

keisheloca

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Let’s face it the girl is boring. She was to Ghetto, they wanted pop and cross-over appeal and she didn’t have it. Good luck to her though and quit all that cussing girl. Rihanna does have cross-over appeal. The better girl won

97.

archuletachick

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Who cares?? She wasn’t talented and her music just flat out sucked.

98.

yes

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

she’ll probably get picked up, ppl change labels all the time

99.

Sharon

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

@37…I totally agree w/ you and I’m a self admitted Jay Z STAN. You just can’t do both…CEO and artist. It’s completely unfair to your artist. I think it’s good to have an artist at the executive level but not running the whole ship.

100.

KONFUSD

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Why is it that labels always release the crappy songs? That No Daddy BS was poop. She had at least 4 solid bangers on that cd, besides Make her feel good, that went completely unheard…oh well…back to the drawing board for Teairra

101.

Auri

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

I wish her luck.Maybe she should try acting.

102.

Marie

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

SHE LOOKS LIKE A BRATZ DOLL,,,IS THAT HER IN CHRIS BROWN,,SAY GOODBYE VIDEO?

103.

Matthew

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

Oh well, you loose some you really loose some.

104.

Nat

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

ahh she sucked anyway so who cares!?!?!? i know i don’t

105.

Beautiful

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

No Daddy a hit?

Come on, the girl can’t hold a note

Boooooorrrrrrrring

106.

OH YES I DID

Monday, October 30, 2006 /

OMG! I’m so happy! I’m so glad they finally got this thing out of there, all she was was a load of excrete. I’ve been waiting on this day for such a long time! Her album was horrible, she is horrible-looking and she sounds horrible. I would NEVER call those songs “hits”, because, they never were. SHE WAS NEVER ON THE RADIO.

You can NEVER compare this witch to Rihanna because Rihanna even had her album released after this little vague non signifacnt person and she should have had time to do her thing but she failed to do so and the best girl won, Rihanna did. And now Rihanna is laughing all the way to the bank (and we’re jamming too!) while THIS TRASH is on a coach class flight to Detroit where she belongs. =D A good day for me! Also, Jay-Z did his thing but this girl just lacked anything to support the promotion. Rihanna had the whole pack… and she has had 3 top 10 songs (Pon de Replay #2, If It’s Lovin’ That You Want #10 and Unfaithful #7), 1 #1 song (SOS) & even a top 40 song (We Ride) and has plenty more up her sleeve. I don’t want the EX “the princess of the ROC” to return and make our lives miserable again. Oh yeah, that goes to Christina Mili… something too.

107.

Queshia

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

I have no clue who Teairra is..anyway good luck and keep the faith

108.

Shaft

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

I HATED..AB-SO-LUTE-LY..HATED..’No Daddy’.

that song was wrong for so many reasons

109.

aj29258310

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

She is cute, she will come back she’s still very young.

110.

DIVA

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

the princess just didn’t sleep with the boss so Jay canned her… he’s working more on rihanna cause rihanna is working more on him, lol…

Got Bey’s panties in a bunch and all…

Although I think Ring the Alarm was for FREE!!!

111.

afro jamaicano

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

haha talentless whore!! serves her right, look all u wanna be’s rnb is a big bitches sport!! unless u sellin a couple mil for big daddy record label ur not gonna get anywhere

haha peepher myspace pics, she’s lookin ruff now that she doesnt hav a professional stylist!

people want music w/ some substance, wuh do we care how a man makes u feel? wuh do we care if u dont hav a dad? get a life, learn to say “would u like to biggie size that for $.60 more?” b/c teairra u will def be workin @ mcdonalds

(this is kind of a pity that once i FINALLY lern how to spell her name she gets dropped from her label, haha thats life…)

112.

KJOURNEY

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

IT CLEARLY WAS OVER FOR HER WHEN JAY GOT SOME OF THAT CARRIBEAN BEAUTY BOOTY…….

BUT SHE IS PRETTY AND I LIKE HER VOICE HOPEFULLY SHE’LL FIND A PLACE THAT COMPLIMENTS THAT

113.

kelly

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

To me Jay Z is all about Jay Z. You see he is dropping his album and when his video came out they were playing it 50 times a day. Hell they even played his video twice on 106 and Park. I have never saw that done before. That let me know right there the power of MONEY. MONEY buys you a spot light that you can keep shining on you for as long as your money does not run out. People can sit there and tell me he did not do some behind the scene stuff to get his video played that many times on all these stations. I was about sick of the video at lest two days later. He is trying to brain wash you by having his videos played way more times then the average. Why would you drop your album around the same time your label mate NAZ is dropping his. I mean come on now. He could have dropped it like even 1 month apart. I would want all of my artist to get a chance. Especially if they only go one shot. It is to me all about ego when it comes to Jay Z. There are some people I feel that he does not want to shine at all (NAZ).
T should not have release that NO DADDY SONG. I hated that song. You will not see me driving around bumping that song. Her CD was $6.00 dollars when it came out. I think some labels sign artist and just put them on the shelf. Hey if they don’t use them at least they are not their competition.

Number 79 you were saying that if the artist were so talented wouldn’t all the record label be tryna get at them. Well all I half to say is you can be talented and they can be many reasons why a label will not sign you.

1. Maybe they already have to many artist and it is not in the budget to pay you to be there.

2. Maybe they already have someone on their label that fits your description.

3. Maybe they are not feelin you at that time and they just don’t want to be bothered with you. You are an investment and they are gonna make sure you can make there money back and then some.

4. I think record labels like to have a little bit of everything on their label. They prolly don’t want 5 Ciaras ( meaning all the chicks doing the same thing and sing the same kinda songs ) I am sure they want a little of everything. So who is Ciara’s competition? They may want some chick that can get with her and she is gonna have to bring when it comes to dancing. Who is T error’s competition? There are many chicks in the game that fit her image she is easily replaceable. Yeah T error can sing and she it cute but there are 50 more out there and more coming each day that are cute and can sing.

114.

BashyBoo

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

WHATS NO DADDY? NEVER HEARD IT PLAYING IN MY HOOD AND WHY DO THIS GIRL AND RIHANNA FAVOR EACH OTHER? WHY HAVE 2 RIHANNA’S WHEN ONLY 1 IS BRINING IN THE DOUGH? I’D LET HER ASS GO TO…

115.

Esha

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

She look like a jamaican ashanti!

116.

taurusga

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

I’m not quite sure how I feel about her music personally,but I did expect her album to do better than it did. I agree that she was not really promoted well. I think I heard or read somewhere that she writes some of her own stuff, and I’m always pulling for females in the music industry who take creative control…

117.

Justina

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

Ooooookay!!! Thanks Bill

It’s all coming back to me now…

118.

halcyonc

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

MARA…You don’t have to be a fan of Rhianna’s to know that she is doing well. These two ladies came out at the same time. I guess people just weren’t feeling Mari. Plus, she never got much promotion.

BILL…I believe what LL says is true. Jay only seems concerned with “Jay”.

TBROWN…Standing ovation!!!

KMNILES…I agree. Bringing them both out at the same time wasn’t a good idea-especially because they are selling the same image and music. There audience is the same. Not good.

ESHA…How do you “look” Jamaican? Please explain.

119.

hood_shit

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

Her album was LAME as hell and now that someone brought her no-talent ass up, I want my fuckin refund DEF JAM.

Besides, everyone knows that Jay rides with you when you up but he doesn’t fuck with you when ain’t shit poppin.

120.

seductiverose

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

*yawn* movin on’….shouldn’t we all kno by now that Jay-Z supports & advertises Jay-Z (c’mon ppl). Nas said the same thing and he obviously wasn’t bs-ing…

121.

Nicole

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

I agree 100% with #72. Teairra was just completely boring and unoriginal. She was basicallhy a watered down version of Beyonce and/or Ashanti. Other singers may not be the most talented but at least, for example, Cassie had a different look, and a song (Me & U) with a different sound that we weren’t used to. Same with Rihanna and Ciara. Teairra’s shit was just WEAK, just like Christina Milian’s was. Blaming it on the label doesn’t change that. If you wanna make it in this game you gotta come harder than that, end of story.

122.

Hotmomma001

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

@#37 & @ #23 said:

I totally agree with all that you’ve said there.

I even agree with LL Cool J. It seems Jay is good at promoting Jay. Same with Puffy. Bad Boy has been *blah* until recently…and I’m wondering how long these new acts will sustain. I’m surprised Danity Kane sold at all…but I digress.

My point? Being an artist AND an executive. Who achieves that balance in this business?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

If anyone knows anything about the sales industry, you will know for a fact: IT IS HARD BEING TEH SALES MANAGER WITH A QUOTA WITH SALESPEOPLE THAT REPORT TO YOU! You will always pick the BEST sales (promotion) for yourself and leave your subordinates THA CRUMBS!

(Lights dim, curtains close!)

123.

saddamnyouall

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

This is that bitch that made the song asking…”do I gotta tell a nigguh how to hold me”…..To respond….No you don’t, but you gotta stop callin’ me a nigguh! Dumb bitch! Thats good for her ass. Jay Z is a bitch!

124.

Tori

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

I never like teirra marie since i saw her. yaw better not start talkingabout ciara and saying that terria is better than her.cuz shes not. ciara probably can’t sing well but she can sing and she can dance. its not her fault that she puts out hits. and rhianna is the same thing. to me rhianna is somebody different than these other artist. terria is just is a one hit wonder. and all ya know that.don’t hate on ciara and rhianna just because that girls can’t sell any records.

125.

TeeTee

Tuesday, October 31, 2006 /

First and Foremost, if u don’t have this girl’s album, you shouldn’t comment. Her album was fire. She talked about some real shit and not thw average BS the rest of these hoes r talking about today. She should have no worries, she’ll find a record deal. Haters keep hating. Pretty girls like me and Teairra laugh at haters like ya’ll. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha ha Ha Ha!

126.

MsOpinion

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 /

Rihanna’s different cause she’s a from a small tropical island and has her cute Caribbean accent. Plus there is a good mix of reggae, pop and r&b on her albums.
Her music has sold well for a new artist:
music of the sun - certified gold on 01/11/06
pon de replay certified gold on 01/30/06
a girl like me - certified gold on 06/05/06 then certified platinum on 07/17/06

source:http://www.riaa.com/

127.

halcyonc

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 /

TEETEE…You should take your comedy act on the road. You are cracking up with those comments. You can’t be serious. HA!!!!

128.

ENVY

Wednesday, November 1, 2006 /

TEAIRRA MARI IS DROPPED I ACTUALLY CALLED A DEF JAM REP AND ACTED AS IF I WANTED TO CONTACT HER MANAGEMENT TO BOOK HER FOR AN EVENT AND THEY FLAT OUT SAID SHE IS NO LONGER ON THE LABEL!!! I LOVE TEAIRRA MARI SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH SHE HAS GREAT SONGS ESPECIALLY ACT RIGHT , PHONE BOOTH, AND MANY MORE AND SHE IS NOT ORIGINALZ/?? SO WHO HAS A SONG LIKE ACT??? OR PHONE BOOTH??? OR EVEN GET UP YO GANGSTA SO YEAH SHE DOES HAVE TALENT AND WHY HATE HER CAUSE U DONT HAVE A DEAL??? OR U JUST PRIDW URSELF OFF OF DOWNING PEOPLE DOING THEM!!!!!!!

129.

Lady J

Thursday, November 2, 2006 /

I mean no harm but I am not surprised that she has fallen off.

I just didn’t see her going too far because her talent was just ok. I was never a fan of hers.

130.

vixen

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 /

Don’t be mad at Rihanna or anyone else because she is leaving def jam. I’m no t a hater, but she only had 1 song!! She’ll be alright if she’s trully talented. Look at the artist not at her label mates.

131.

jenny

Friday, November 10, 2006 /

hot pics on one you can tell how much make up u put on

132.

mini me

Sunday, April 22, 2007 /

i know some folks be hatin on teairra and all i know is she can sing and she sing bout some true things so if u dont like it stop listening and stop talkin bout it cuz if u dont then u is really HATING!!!

133.

ballers wife

Thursday, August 2, 2007 /

who cares about tierre mari leaving the rock, jay z still has rihanna, tierra was a flop anyway.

134.

andy

Monday, June 2, 2008 /

Looks like Jay Z let himself be snowed by the caribbean creep rihanna and then she sucker punched him after she used him. When he should have been promoting his american sister he was out promoting an ungrateful can’t sing, can’t dance idiot who has now latched on to chris brown to use and abuse.

When are americans going to learn that foreign blacks mean them NO GOOD! 99% of them mean american blacks NO GOOD and that’s the hard truth.

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