and making 75% of the money, all of a sudden it's like, wait, something's got to change. >> we were generating so much revenue and the stuff. where is all that money? >> perlman had taken 'n sync to the top of the charts. in 1999, when the group wanted to search record labels, pearlman sued, threatening to take the band's name and block them from performing. 'n sync countersued. >> it was scary that if we separated from lou, we would lose johnny wright and all of our connections, lose our record label, we would lose all these things and end up back at square one and singing, you know, at the downtown high school. >> in the end, lawsuits were settled out of court. >> right now it's basically about the fans and our music, and we're so proud that all our fans came out to support us. >> signed to a new record label, justin and 'n sync turned their attention to the release of