ummy , ▁card board ▁des ks . ▁ ▁They ▁just ▁really ▁did ▁everything ▁on ▁the ▁cheap ", ▁says ▁att orney ▁Gary ▁St iff el man . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁began ▁to ▁attract ▁more ▁major ▁label ▁attention ▁when ▁E MI ▁attempted ▁to ▁buy ▁the ▁company , ▁but ▁was ▁ultimately ▁turned ▁down . ▁This ▁period ▁also ▁saw ▁Ralph ▁Simon ▁leaving ▁Z om ba ▁at ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁de cade . ▁ ▁Through ▁an ▁un spec ified ▁" eth ical ▁disag re ement ", ▁Cal der ▁and ▁Simon ▁ended ▁their ▁relationship ▁of ▁over ▁two ▁dec ades . ▁ ▁Cal der ▁bought ▁out ▁Simon ' s ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁company ▁and ▁subsequently ▁gained ▁full ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁company . ▁ ▁In ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁B M G ▁further ed ▁its ▁relationship ▁with ▁Z om ba ▁buy ▁purch asing ▁a ▁ 2 5 % ▁st ake ▁in ▁their ▁music ▁publishing ▁business , ▁allowing ▁them ▁to ▁sub - publish ▁Z om ba ▁compos itions ▁in ▁foreign ▁mark ets . ▁ ▁B M G ▁continued ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 0 % ▁purchase ▁of ▁Z om ba ' s ▁records ▁division ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁ ▁Building ▁on ▁the ▁success es ▁of ▁the ▁J ive ▁label , ▁Z om ba ▁began ▁expand ing ▁its ▁reach ▁by ▁purch asing ▁and ▁creating ▁new ▁labels , ▁and ▁by ▁creating ▁new ▁divisions ▁that ▁helped ▁expose ▁more ▁people ▁to ▁Z om ba ▁artists ▁and ▁services . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 8 , ▁Andrew ▁La uder ▁formed