From the “10 minutes of Google research could have avoided all of this this” files: R&B singer Ginuwine has launched a lawsuit against a one-time pal who claimed to own a record company willing to offer the Batchelor “$1.75 million to record his first album with King, including a $500,000 advance,” according to the AP. And raise your hand if you’d be suspicious if one of your friends suddenly offered you nearly $2 mil:
Because King Music Group Inc., which has “no corporate record” in four states and has yet to cough up a dime, while Ginuwine “could be sued if he made records for another company while under contract to King.” While I feel for Ginuwine (and also think he was kind of a dumb-ass in this instance), I have to admit I was pleased that his misfortune reminded me that his birth name is “Elgin Baylor Lumpkin.” Which sounds like a cartoon villain. Who sings about wanting to live and love inside your jeans.
Next up on the countdown, it’s E.B. Lumpkin with “Blow Me on the Toilet”…
E. B. Lumpkin is either the pseudonym of a Mad Magazine writer, a
guy who writes angry letters to the Farmer’s Almanac, or he doesn’t
exist at all. I refuse to believe it’s the name of the guy who wrote my
favorite slow jam of all time.
I guess Elgin’s oeuvre has sadly eased into what the kids call “old-school.” Me? I call it the music Timbaland made before he was a total prick.