in the 90s r b girl group jade gave us beauty major sex appeal and girl next door vibes
right along with their undeniable vocal talent the trio had multiple hit songs and
gold and platinum selling albums but then it all stopped let's find out whatever happened
to jade both joy marshall and tanya kelly grew up in chicago but had different musical influences
joy was raised on motown while tanya had an ear for jazz vocalists like sarah vaughn and nat king
cole dale dai reed grew up in houston surrounded by gospel seoul r b bluegrass and country western
all three moved to los angeles at different times to make their dreams of super stardom come true
singing background for other artists and working on their demo tapes
even though joy tanya and i are the faces the world got to know as jade it didn't start out
that way there were actually two other women who originally founded the group angela slates
and deborah mitchell the first letter of their names j.a.d also made up their original name
enter cassandra mills president of the black music division at giant records
she was looking to fill the gap with artists that could bring something different to the table
and stand out among what was already popular at the time like tlc and swv around the same
time kid and play were getting ready to release their movie class ad and they also needed songs
to go on the soundtrack the song i wanna love you was brought to the group to be recorded
unfortunately politics of the music business got in the way and angela and deborah weren't able to
record the song the record label then decided that they should replace them with dai and tanya the
switch worked and the song became jade's first hit now they were hot and there was no time to waste
the next two years would go by in a blur they added an e to the end of their name and quickly
went to work on their debut album many 3 am studio sessions over the course of the next 30 days
produced jade to the max it dropped in november that same year and made its
ascension on the charts with not only the help of i want to love you but also don't walk away
their biggest hit to date climbing all the way to number four on the billboard hot 100 chart
the subsequent singles one woman and looking for mr do-right also helped to push the album
to platinum status and allowed the group to embark on their first world tour before they
could unpack their suitcases they ended up recording another album the very next year
but not in the studio bet's listening party a live performance album including their current hits
would serve as the group's sophomore album mind body and song their third effort came one year
after that the album produced two singles which did very well on the billboard hot r b hip hop
songs chart especially the second release every day of the week then the momentum came to a halt
tanya left the group in 1995 and even though the trio reunited for a couple times over
the years for some more movie soundtrack work this move spelled the end of an era for jade
so what happened in a backstage interview while on tour for the jay to the max album
the group spoke about the importance of understanding that the music business is
in fact a business and artists need to educate themselves and know what they're getting into
it seems that from the very beginning the dollars weren't making sense
in 2005 right around the time joy's solo album testimony and praise was getting ready to drop
she did an interview where she mentioned a book she wrote after the group split
that she felt inspired to put out due to her experiences with the record label
titled answers to the 20 most asked questions about the music business
she revealed that the label mismanaged their funds and as a result even though jade had sold millions
of records they still owed their label millions of dollars and they never got their share at all
she also spoke about the experience during a tedx talk in 2015. also during this time joy
worked a regular 9-5 job and raised a daughter tanya did some movie soundtrack work for disney
and tremar pictures before switching gears and starting her own interior design firm
designing multi-million dollar estates and homes from the construction end to the decorating end
she actually had a degree in interior and architectural design before she joined jade
over the years her stellar reputation has afforded her the ability to work on properties for many
celebrities like michael jackson tony braxton vivica a fox anthony anderson and sylvester
stallone die reed carved out her own path in music and became a featured vocalist for rod stewart's
band she's also contributed to numerous projects for other artists such as stevie wonder christina
aguilera and gwen stefani all three kept in touch over the years and in 2014 they decided that they
needed to get back into the game and reunite but this time with a new member miracle holloway who
would interestingly enough pop up as a contestant on the singing competition show the voice
years later dai at the time was still touring with rod stewart so she was unavailable they
debuted their first new song in almost 20 years baby love and announced that they were working on
a new album called continuum at the time of the making of this video it has yet to be released
the reunion also seemed to be short-lived because by 2018 while promoting her new solo
single love language joy did a radio interview with the luke and kami show
where when asked if there would ever be another reunion she responded people are doing their own
thing but you know we love each other we're just i guess at different places in our lives
like i said it would be great i'm down right now i'm just doing joy marshall thanks for watching
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