Jessica really wasn't meant to be so bubblegum pop she was meant to be more ballad and gospel sounding but since she was so young the industry thought it was best to try and make her a carbon copy of Britney. Too bad.
Putting children in this kind of toxic competitive envirenments is a child abuse , and since when it was ok to use your children to make money ? That's child labour show business or not .
The thing with Jessica, she couldn't outdance Britney and couldn't outsing Christina. Also, she didn't have a number 1 song and album during her debut like the two did. Competition was really tough at the time. Mandy came and already knew her management need her to shift to acting.