kaptainkrunk said:

I think this comment is a little overboard. Teena would wipe the crack whitney
ass across the floor. Now whitney was great vocally in her prime. My problem
with whitney was the boring ass pop adult contemporary shit she was doing. While she was doing that shit teena was singing and playing funk and doing some
great r&b ballads. I hope i don't get chopped up for this but teena was making
more pure r&b records than whitney was. Let's be honest. I mean teena has only had one crossover hit in her career and that was lover girl.
Yes shadow boxing is a great song and i had never heard it before the org.
I would put teena slightly behind chaka and aretha in their primes but i
would give her the nod over whitney's dull 80's shit.

Imago said:

Lawd H'ammercy,I KNEW it was only a matter of time before somebody was going to post this...WHOO, what a loveable hot ass sticky MESS this was

isn't it amusing that when a white girl gains a lot of success, it's because she's white and palatable to the mainstream masses, but when she doesn't, it's also because she's a white girl?

You gonna have people cussin' at you with these threads, lol.

Rick looks like your Drunk Uncle Willie and he had nerve to be trying to unbutton his jacket and unleash those titties! Put them thangs away, Uncle Willie! And then, when he spanked himself...there are no words.

kaptainkrunk said:

I think this comment is a little overboard. Teena would wipe the crack whitney
ass across the floor. Now whitney was great vocally in her prime. My problem
with whitney was the boring ass pop adult contemporary shit she was doing. While she was doing that shit teena was singing and playing funk and doing some
great r&b ballads. I hope i don't get chopped up for this but teena was making
more pure r&b records than whitney was. Let's be honest. I mean teena has only had one crossover hit in her career and that was lover girl.
Yes shadow boxing is a great song and i had never heard it before the org.
I would put teena slightly behind chaka and aretha in their primes but i
would give her the nod over whitney's dull 80's shit.

benjaminira said:

I always thought that too. Especially when she went to war with Motown to own her masters or something like that.

Her case change the laws... I think it is called the Teena Marie law.

Wikepedia:

The Brockert Initiative, popularly known as "The Teena Marie Law," which set a precedent for artists seeking control of their careers by limiting the length of recording contracts.

She even slays it when singing house music!

phunkdaddy said:

Amen! Amen! AMEN DAMMITT! Speak the truth because the truth shall set you free dammitt!

It was like role reversal. God gave all Shitney's blackness to Teena and gave all Teena's whiteness to Shitney. When I hear Teena, I wanna throwdown. When I hear Shitney, I start looking for a glass of milk to dip her in.

errant said:

scriptgirl said:

I 100% agree with you. But, here lies the questions. Is it due to the color of her skin? We all know that she has the chops so, is the reason that she is not up there with the others that you have mentioned, because she is white and that there are still some out there that believe that only blacks people should sing "Soul Music"?

I figured that I would start the people cussin' tonight, Timmy.

I always thought of Teena Marie as a great musician/writer/producer but as a vocalist...average, much like Patrice Rushen.

Flowers2 said:

Aww, see there you go girl! This is my jam too!

I love Shadow boxing. That is the reason I had to go out and buy the whole CDs and not a greatest hits. Not every gem was a hit you know what I mean?

Imago said:

this shit awesome )

No, not at all.

Good doesn't equal great.
While we're on the subject of funky white girls,I honestly think Nikka Costa could be better than her too. That's more of a comparison right?
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Long before Vanilla Ice or Eminem, which are shit hoppers and really shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath, there was Teena Marie. However, if you notice when it comes to Vanilla Ice or Eminem, two white artists that were supposedly "so black", they went after white mainstream audiences from the very beginning and got them. In their personal lives also, they dated mostly white women and were mostly white in every other sense of the word or than their music. When it came to Teena, which was years earlier and much more daring, she didn't give a damn if the white audience liked her or not. She went after the black audience and she loved mostly black men also.

Teena was the real deal, she wasn't fake like the others just trying to make major money off of black folks' music. It just depends on how you measure success. Most of the white audience loves a white person making black music as long as that white artist remains one of them. Teena was a white woman but she was too black, not only musically, but personally also, for most white audiences. She flaunted it, made no apologies for it, and if they didn't like her for it, they could kiss her ass. She was definately a bad lady and a huge influence on myself.
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.I knew from some of your posts that I liked U, but that solidified it. (and U look pretty damned cute too!)
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Oohh, thanks for posting this!

OzlemUcucu said:

you shit awesome!

prodigalfan said:

I dont think this is her best song!

Imago said:

Lawd H'ammercy,I KNEW it was only a matter of time before somebody was going to post this...WHOO, what a loveable hot ass sticky MESS this was