SWV sings Weak Acapella on Arsenio Hall

[TheBizzleski]

0:50 is soooooooooooo funny! lmfao... Im dying over here hahaha They made him get his up with one lil SOFT beautiful note

[chinkyeyes86]

WAT IVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR FOR LIKE 12 YRS....I LOVE IT

[muffieblanca]

ok so i think this is the blend. Lelee- low register Taj- middle-to-high register and Coko- High Register. am i right?

[mightymikec7]

taj has such a deep voice in the acapella background singing part

[mightymikec7]

when she said thanks biran..she is referring to brian alexander morgan who produced and wrote this song for them among other songs like rain ..correction when she said thanks brian

[mightymikec7]

when she said thanks biran..she is referring to brian alexander morgan who produced and wrote this song for them among other songs like rain

[MSlilgangster89]

ok just stop it. the reason destiny`s child out sold a lot of groups including SWV(even though they weren`t really hot at the same time) is DC was more pop therefore more commercial and easily appealing to everybody. swv was true soul meaning everybody isn`t gonna feel that unless you got some hit thats top ten on the billboard 100. SN# end of story

[MusicGod2008]

@MSlilgangster89 I agree! I don't think SWV & DC should be compared especially their lead singers Coko's voice is timeless!

[DjDezPHE]

THUMBS UP IF U CAN SEE DA ILLUMINATI PYRAMID IN DA MIDDLE

[Inferiortowho]

They all could sing.

[88Brian06]

Woot woot woot woot woot woot!

[justlikeiroc24]

AND THEY ARE SITTING DOWN! its hard to sing from the diaphragm sitting down

[rosebud5682]

@justlikeiroc24 ikr wait no its suppose to be hard ...but of course swv is so awesome it sounds like their standing up

[LadyLuvLukFreakNasty]

- Maaan , they harmony just brung tears too my eyes...

" Thumbs Up " If you still listein too this kinda music in 2011

[balej83]

destiny who??



[ggunittwan14]

@balej83 Destiny's Child, best selling female group of all time, and please, vocally Destiny's Child would easily destroy them.

[balej83]

@ggunittwan14 "best selling group" is not really an argument, lol nsync, best selling male group of all time. you mean to tell me that they have better vocals than boyz 2 men, dru hill, shai??? all better marketing and pop scene my man. either way i take nothing away from both girl groups, all matter of opinion.

[ggunittwan14]

@balej83 Right because I said best selling "female" group. Pay attention, and yes vocally they shit all over the groups you mentioned.

[balej83]

@ggunittwan14 lol..whoa easy my man, i'm sorry, you win! i'll agree with you; vocally they will shit all over those groups. hehe..i'm sorry i didn't mean to upset u via youtube. dont pound the keyboard too hard! lol

[cutenesscb24]

wow do you hear that harmony? OMG SWV COME BACK PLEASE!

[MusicGod2008]

@cutenesscb24 they are back and their album is almost done

[magnetglue]

@dromycatcher If they're wearing short shorts like they are, it doesn't matter to me if they are male or female. Good question though, thanks.

[19HotboiTez80]

I LOVE IT !!!!

[Troo44]

Beautiful Ladies!!!

[msyouso]

i remember back in school me and my female classmates would all sing this song like it was the national anthem this and karen white's superwoman, wow swv was great

[tyzenha]

sooo good

[DDDD1980]

They rocked that with perfect harmony. That's what I'm talking bout!

[biggmayne1]

I mad I'm in a coat and I still got chills.

[BigKRT]

NO THEY DNT WERE THE OLD MUSIC AT THT GUD MUSIC

[LilacStar82]

Ask the singers today to sing acapella on a tv show....

[TLS83]

@LilacStar82 haha ask them and they will cancel their appearance.

[MusicalLyrica]

@ they wouldn't embarass themselves like that ------------Arsenio brought a lot of talent to late nite tv in case people have forgotten

[jarbon5]

Love when they start singing the chorus. Have to say that if that was me hosting the show, I would've done the same thing. Their harmony was amazing!

[kandace45]

how did she do anything with those nails?!!!?!?! hahaha they was jammin tho.. love the 90s.

[SUXCESSIFY]

KLASSIC!!!

[jewelz2k5]

Bring back 90's music but please LEAVE those nails!! lol

[Kellystrong24]

AWWWW I miss these Ladies!

[hihosilverlining2]

fabulous

[nolanj23]

90'S HARMONYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!­!!!! COME BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACKKK­K!!!!

REMEMBER SHAI, BOYZ II MEN, JODECI, TAKE 6!!! LET'S GET IT BACK FLOWIN!

[damezydemo]

i remember that dog pee'd on COKO(lol)!1

[sstupidssmile]

I LOVE SWV

[Qluvz2beluved]

They were so cute! Omg Lelee and that smile :D

[imaCEObaybee]

i just got chills....why dont they make music like this anymore????

[AllieJ2006]

Arsenio is crazy, he's like OMG....LOL I have a new found respect for them, i didnt realize all of them can sing so well....Cant wait for the new album

[NoSuchThingAsTrinity]

OMG Tight harmonies

[tarrilove]

Amazing, I don't think people realized it then. But the other two were just as talented as Coko. It takes skill to harmonize! You need some vocal talent. Can't be a light weight and have tight skills like this!

[datrue7g]

WOW

[shaninr628]

this is amazing, i wish there was groups like this today

[stonedog23]

Miss these kinds of girl groups. SWV, En Vogue, Brownstone, Zhane, Jade, Xscape, etc. The 90s were hot with really talented girl groups. Saw SWV and En Vogue last summer and both are still flawless! What happened to the music?

[gplus46]

That was nice!!

[barton1941]

DAMN!!! NUFF SAID!!!!!!

[faynadia]

they are a REAL GROUP..they share the spot light equally and show togetherness..SWV ALL THE WAY!

[SexyJessi09]

dats beautiful... i think SWV was very underrated.... they were so talented

[babygirl77518]

That was awesome! Real talent is DEFINITELY what the industry is lacking today.

[Zeebo89]

lelee is pretty as hell! no wonder kci wanted a piece of her lol

[prettybrowngurl18]

@Zeebo89 Hold up: wait a minute!!!!!!!!!! K-Ci Hailey of Jodeci wanted Lelee? When and how u know this?

[Zeebo89]

@prettybrowngurl18. Girl it is common knowledge that KCi was messing with Lelee when he was with Mary back in the days

[704ondeck]

wasnt she messin with dennis anderson?

[Zeebo89]

@704ondeck. i didnt know about that

[pseud0rican]

That's why I love SWV.  Acapella and KILLED IT!

[TJCollins21]

Y'all see Coko's claws? :-)

[erdalea20]

now that is true singing, we need girls who can sing without editing their voices now a days!

[jarbon5]

I was doing what Arsenio did when I first heard this, this is just amazing!

[kpitt1204]

Can't mess with that! So confident too!

[BayKaramel]

Coko has an amazing voice....shes a true singer..unlike these fools these days! like ew!

[kyyote1]

Damn! Arsenio was blown right out of his chair. Yeah, those sisters do have voices. Acappela at that!

[thenickoloden]

You can always count on her to have some long fake nails!!!! But, seriously awsome job Coko!!!

[jankileo]

Mmm, mmm, mmm, that sounded so good! They did an outstanding job her:)

[fairygirltina4]

wow

[kwe2much4yall]

omg...damn...dey betta sing dat

[bambam704]

sing it dammit!!!!!!!!!!

[Busterbeam]

amazing

[magnetglue]

Love love love them. Wish we had girls like them today.

...but honey please close your legs!!

[letmespeak2u]

@magnetglue I was thinking the same thing...the closing of their legs.

[dutico]

@letmespeak2u Omfg that is exactly what I was thinking lol They sit like that in almost every interview/ tv appearence XD

[Zeebo89]

@dutico dats cos their tomboys ;)

[paulaifield]

@magnetglue I agree. It's not getting better however. Young female entertainers still feel it's o.k. I come from another generation that crossed our legs either at the ankles or over our knee. It's a turn off for me to see this but these young folks could care less what their grand-ma and her generation did. So many of them dance like they are at a stripper's club.

[onekhem2]

@magnetglue Her legs are fine. LOL

[LuvAngel100]

@magnetglue lmao

[dromycatcher]

@magnetglue

if they were men, would you say the same thing?

[miamivicepastels83]

@magnetglue she can open them legs all she want when you can sing like that. throw them legs open and them vocals out honey!! lol

[magnetglue]

@miamivicepastels83 Ha ha touche!

[Jenn1886]

@magnetglue LmFaO.....@honey please close your legs!! ok aint no respect for the vaginal region....LOLcomment

[Atlien3]

Im a southern white male, Coko will you marry me>?

[dothedamnthang2]

dear lord... coko can sing.

bless her

[brianjohns5]

OOO At 59 ! coko needed to get that tooth fixed!!!

[holla06]

stupid! lmaooo

[daynahdayn]

lol

[ethrence]

They just don't make music like this anymore....

[getemV]

totally agree wit cha

[DkChocolateLuv]

@ethrence DONT WORRY...AMMA CHANGE ALL OF DAT

[phskidterntfamous]

@ethrence and that is sad.

[sagehiphop]

@ethrence they are coming out again just did some promo pics look it up

[yqw1mfk]

@ethrence and they never will....nowadays...quick money regardless of talent...

[wl1903]

man i was so in love with Coko back then. something about her voice just does it for me.

[Machelle3200]

i remember watching this...that harmony was on point....

[classof07runit]

love they harmony. thts how you do it girls!!!

[dearprudence11]

her nails scared the shit out of me when i was little.

[iPR3tTYBaBY]

l0l

[vocalygiftd]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

you too

[shellshockkd12]

Yeah Brownstone's vocals OMG!!!!

[msunpredictable86]

Yeah brownstone is the bomb! Imagine if swv, and brownstone came together and sang on stage, whoa! id probably react like arsenio did on this video.

[MusicGod2008]

coko and nicci have sung together it was last year.

[devildog42798]

Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Are you kidding me I 4got how tight they were. I miss that type of vocal skills....Now its all studio work....but we do have a few still

[msunpredictable86]

Lol look at arsenio get up out of his seat like it was hot or something! Why? Because these vocals were great they blend so nicely together. It works like magic! Today's crews have nothing on any of the classic groups, Swv, en vogue, xscape, tlc, and lets not forget brownstone, they were great too, people slept on them.

[nubornsol28]

so  so true!

[msunpredictable86]

and lets not forget jade and zhane too. I forgot to mention them

[heartandsoul22]

I don't think its about how albums have been sold but as far as vocal performance is concern, Coko has more vocal depth and personality not saying Beyonce is bad but Coko voice has more.

[taddiefans]

There would be no DC w/SWV. Don't you have school in the morning, little boy?

[bairpaws]

Boy shut up! Coko will vocally murder Beyonce. I defend both Coko & Beyonce, but compared to each other Coko owns Beyonce & group wise SWV owns DC3..now if you want to go by popularity/record sales DC3 obviously owns SWV.

[Shon9tilR]

if desinys child song this acapella, they wouldnt sound jst as good,

[benaiah85]

you're right...they'd sound better.

[Shon9tilR]

no dc3 would sound worst

[benaiah85]

that's your opinion...in my opinion, they'd sound just as good. I even though I said they'd sound better, I take that back...and only because SWV paved the way for Destiny's child and other girl groups after them...just like the girl groups that preceeded SWV...and I'm a big fan of both groups. It's just inevitable that another group will come along and take it to the next level, which is what Destiny's Child did...

but again, SWV was untouchable in their day.

[Shon9tilR]

Ya but I dont care no more. Michael Jackson is dead. Fuck yo!

[stlouisbourne]

the lead singer is lookin good!!!!!!

[dutico]

You must be high smh

[Toney25]

Nah I disagree man swv is classic! I give dc3 props but they cant fuck with sisters with voices period!

[christelbaby101]

Beyonce can sing but Coko would kill her vocal wise

[LovelySoulDiva]

This is soooo good. DC cannot compete with SWV. SWV is much more talented, more pure.

[enjoythevision]

SANNNNNNNNG SWV!!!

[britnla]

they rocked that shii!!!!

[Angelfully]

We like it so what? Their voices mesh well, they are singing over each other. It reminds me of Destiny's Child in a way. SWv, TLC, DC are the greatest girl groups ever. I Love them, I grew up with them, and I miss them :(

[alvindalvin]

everyone needs to take their hearts out of it and just judge from there ears. All the aformentioned groups are good. But I've heard DC and they harmonize up and down the scales effortlessly. there's a confort zone SWV stayed in and it works for them. I'll buy an SWV album, but I'll go to a DC concert. Heck I even heard DC throw down just doing harmony excersizes backstage before the show.

[Angelfully]

I was responding to the person downing SWV vocals. It wasn't WOW but it was nice. I agree though, DC has the best vocals (along with En Vogue)

[xkaliber72]

DC aint fuckin wit JADE,EnVogue or SWV!

[Crusin08]

Nono 1182, if we want to talk "BASIC", tell me how hard is it for a bunch girls to get up and shout "NO, NO, NO (Destiny's Child), that's a harmony about as basic as it gets. And they had alot of follow up smash hits that had "BASIC harmonies" just like that one. And even with En Vogue, their harmonies aren't so dynamic and challenging to where other groups like SWV can't match. Strong, soulful, yet pop cultured harmonies is, and has been one of SWV's trademarks since the first album.

[CKB1987]

Don't pay no attention he just a hater. Any dumbass would know Coko could drown B out with one note!! And SWV harmonies are just as good as the rest if not better.

[Crusin08]

Sho' you right! It's a shame people can be so blind to real talent. But that'll be his burden to bear not ours!....SWV..CMON' Now...Who can hold them?!

[xkaliber72]

SPEAK ON IT!! bEYONCE WILL NEVER IN HER LIFE BLOW LIKE COKO!!these youngins are outta control!lol

[CKB1987]

I heard that thanks yo! But yeah I try to tell peeps but they just don't know REAL music like us!

[LilTeEz]

@Crusin08 im sorry his is a late comment as i have just found this but there is nothing basic about the harmonies of destiny's child hence them being one of the best girl groups of all time. swv have made their mark on the industry but have they truely been honoured as dc have? i think not. youtube dc when they are doing acapella songs. they bring power, soul, emotion and all with such tight harmonies. so there is nothing basic about what dc do.

[MusicGod2008]

@LilTeEz as a group, but as solo coko would vocally kill every members in dc including the overrated beyonce.

[ERGSEG]

@MusicGod2008 Amen.

[flymarco2]

well if that is true how come DC had more problems then swv,i think all of swv is more better then the original four of DC.

[Crusin08]

Correction...this is not a "basicharmony"..Do you know how many girl groups/groups period that have attempted this harmony and to this day still cannot bring it like SWV? I thought you knew!

[Shon9tilR]

I disagree, En Vogue they had a good harmony.

[Shon9tilR]

but still not as good as SWV, neither was Destinys child.

[xkaliber72]

slow down!! when it come to group HARMONIZING certaing groups can not be touched!!

ENVOUGE

TAKE 6

BOYZ II MEN(WITH MIKE ON BASS)

and Dru Hill doesn't get the respect they derserve!!

[Shon9tilR]

Im referring to female groups, male groups are differant. I dont know about en vogue and swv, thats a hard one. But for sure, those two top any other female group.

[xkaliber72]

they top any group after the 90's cause it's a few in the 70's 80's and that will destroy DC and any toher girl group that THINK they can sing.but most people today only go far back as envogue and have no clue about others like the Emotions and the Thee degrees.

[Shon9tilR]

Ya cuz thats wayyy back in time chile lol. But your right, theres groups that we're out before en vogue that sound better then en vogue. But sticking to en vogue and swv, they we're the best in the 90's and even till now.

[lsphoenix82]

Unfortunately, anybody born before 1985 knows all about how every damn girl group and wannabe singers effed up that song. On the flip side, I heard SWV do this a cappella as late as 2007 (2008?) and they can still nail it on a dime. "Basic harmony" my ass. Remember when Coko performed the song with 702? TRAGIC!!!

[dootiehole]

the little white girl JOJO that sings "Get out" did this song just as good as SWV

[sdseals2076]

race should not be an issue and they are damn good.

[Crusin08]

Uhhh No she didn't. I like JOJO's version and she did the song some justice, but nothing will ever be as good as the original unless SWV re-records it themselves.

[CKB1987]

AND.... Coko is not SWV I didn't say she was and SWV sounded really good hear and they can harmonize I've seen them LIVE so I know. As far as DC I havent seen anyone in that group that has the vocal power and abilities Coko does. EnVogue and SWV and in their own league DC came later. Don't hate on SWV cuz they sound good!!

[mokovelli]

HAHHAHAAA,,,,,ARSENIO...))

[CKB1987]

Nobody in DC can sing or has the vocal power like Coko!!!

[Shon9tilR]

they can sang!!!!!!!!!!!

[NuStartTV]

This proves to everybody that Coko was not the only one who could sing. It takes SKILLS to harmonize like that!!

[craysea]

te amo

[hungurr]

Arsenio's show was perfect for its time period. That whole new jack swing/hip hop era. I probably wouldn't watch it if it was on today. Today's music sucks. Nobody sings live anymore.

[Brohem76]

This brings back memories as a 90's child. The way they harmonized still remains untouched imo among r&b female groups.

[Boogers4dinner]

One of them had a crooked tooth! LOL

[erp6117]

lele was so sexy man

[ARCHONETTE8]

oooo wow amazing

[mikeyyeeha]

This is whenmodern R&B was at it's best. I miss those days!

[jorbarcar]

Me too, even though I am just 15 but I've lived long enough to know though and I wish it could come back

[virtuaplayer1]

Yeah, they got it going on and yall know its a fact

That they can perform live with no tracks.

That was great! Go Coko, go Taj go Lelee SWV in the house!!

[getemV]

yal girls betta go head now...dats real soul harmony...destinys child aint got nothn on yal...yal n envogue dat best

[petserous]

WHERES AALIYAH ?

[jackhammer250]

Thats not Weak Dude, The only thing that is Weak is she did nt try to make up a song along the way, only thing that was weak is it was short

[rodneyp08]

Reallt Cute Harmony !!!

[raheem2k9]

this is real sanging

[NappyMACDiva3]

I love this performace. I use to replay this tape over and over and sing along. I wish they had a show like Arsenio Hall on air now or even better if he still had this show. He had the best performers on his show and they did not lip sync.

[jackhammer250]

Actually they Did, Magic's Johnsons show was suppose to be the Heir Of Arsenio Hall's show but because of the ratings it never caught on. It was just as entertaining. But I have to admit Arsenio Hall Did put it down back in the day.

[NappyMACDiva3]

I liked MJ's show too. I use to watch it too. Now I rarely watch talk shows, etc. except OPRAH when she is talking about finances, health and well being.

[2muchsoul4rocknroll]

love it...love swv...love accapellas..

[Shon9tilR]

He jumped up on weak! He so stupid LMAO.

[Shon9tilR]

Shit, damn they sound good!

[ikkakubestbankai]

Now that don't make no sense. I can really see what's wrong with the industry today. They have talented groups of people singing,sometimes, but not real singing groups. That's why Danity Kane has 5 members, yet these 3 women would put them to shame; especially on harmony. P.S. I'm talking about live singing, not studio harmony.

dat was beautiful