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Broadcast: 17/11/03
Death Stars  Listen to the documentary
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They are music's lost souls - the artists who leave the world at the peak of their youth and talent and pass into legend. To what extent are they being exploited beyond the grave? Is it right that material they may never have released when they were alive is re-packaged after their death?
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"What I started out doing was to try and respect an artist who happened to be my son" |
Mary Guibert - Jeff Buckley's mum
"Trying to negotiate our way through all of the initial reactions after Jeff passed was very difficult, so what I asked for was time. I went to the label and said 'There's nobody who's thinking clearly about this so give me six months to assess what's going on and listen to the music myself and let's come together to see what we can do that will actually honour Jeff."
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Afeni Shakur - 2Pac's mum
"What I started out doing was to try and respect an artist who happened to be my son. The way that I respect him is by seeing to it that his work is released, published and carried on."
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"They don't even know what beats they on! They don't even know if they like the tune" |
Andre 3000 - Outkast
"I know how artists are. I know about perfection. They don't even know what beats they on! They don't even know if they like the tune. Then they couple them with these new artists that I don't think Pac would even respect. The only person that has a right to do that is his mother."
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Dino Divali - A&R Executive, Sony
"When Universal put out the Aaliyah record last year we made sure that her mother was involved. All these people were involved in when the record was to come out. We are sensitive to that. You don't want to be looked upon like 'they're just trying to make some money!'"
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