Marlena Shaw Woman of the ghetto

[nblBer]

tame impala anyone?

[drania76]

Malena! The woman from the getto;)

[Nubianwings]

I played the hell outta Blaxploitation compilation album, turned everyone in the office into funky divas.. took them months to finally hide the album from me :D

[mrxhbh]

gengennen gengen ggen gg ,ggeg geggn ga ga ge ge geg

[SheenaFetishGilr]

Gracias.. Thanks.. merci.. dank..esker..ευχαριστίες..raib­h maith agat..obrigado..grazie..tak..d­ankie...

[NuthingButAgThang]

ghostface killa brought me here!

[Marcsafon]

@NuthingButAgThang

Hattie Cursey brought me here.

[hachosk]

ballantinessssssss como forma de vidaAAAA!

[RareOldGarage]

Fans of the BlueBoy remix, skip to 7:10 and get ready for the goosebumps! This tunes is amazing.

[BigTimeShowdown]

it's a goddamn miracle

[Digioser]

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE <3

[jesselyna]

Soul Remember me I'm the one who had your babies" rather then listening to the gegege geng geng gegeng part. "Remember me? I'm the one who had your babies", in reference to black maids ( usually raped ) raising white children for little pay in America.

[misspetedoherty]

Any one know if she ever made a session on stage with Nona Simone ?.... Would be soooo coooool !!!! I"ll send a reeeeeaaaaal groovy song to any one that can answer that !... It a tuff one !... Good luck !

[TheErnestocore]

@misspetedoherty GHETTO LIFE

[misspetedoherty]

@TheErnestocore There are plenty of band singing "Ghetto Life" But I couldn"t find any version by Nina and Marlena. Where can I found it ? Thanks

[Gordygrooveking]

@misspetedoherty

Don't remember the two on stage unless you know better?

That does sound groovy? Check out Marva Whitney - It's My Thing

Another headstrong woman!

[blackandtanful]

女性ｺﾝﾃﾝﾎﾟﾗﾘｰ･ｿｳﾙ･ヴｫｰｶﾙの至宝､ﾏﾘｰﾅ･­ｼｮｳ･･･ｷﾗｰ曲"WOMAN OF THE GHETTO"･･･ﾌｧﾝｷｰにｸﾞﾚｲﾄ熱唱! #jazzm

[chelsea1985lol]

good song

[dogboy34]

a little 10 cent piece or..... two.....CLASSIC!!!

[MrDroplick]

Yeah Man! HOW??? Kicking tune!

[Girlshine]

Awesome!!!

[lesruk]

Tame Impala've been here

[TheOriginal3G]

sang it it soul sistah...

[chickabonman]

i was born raised in a ghetto sing it wont u listen listen to me

[silladonat2000]

ganggagagangganggangganganggag­agagagangagan lalalla la lallalalalalala alalal

god damn such a shitty begininng because of that I hate such music

[Castro8175]

@silladonat2000 your wack

[glenn93454]

Simply brilliant production. Wow.



[mastesonmiguel]

mola



[shaneski75]

superb,,,,what a voice 

[mikeleza]

This is the best!

[giuseppeUT]

soul sister say it loud!

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

Blueboy,it's the 5th song from the top on your right hand side.That version is the

ULTIMATE dance floor song and nothing beats it ..................except this of course.

[DimebagsLeftToe]

TAME IMPALA!

[misspetedoherty]

Does anyone knows where to find THIS version ??? .... WHOW JE KIFF A DONF HOMIES !!!! .... Who's Guy guy guy ? anyone knows him ?? Thanks... Hy frrom France

[KenE252525]

Ahh that's where Blueboy stole that sample from!

[0812rory]

hear ye MrChrisayre

[chrisspectre81]

17 people don't know what good music is

[CaramelLitegloss]

This sister can sing*

[youngseddog]

For those who suggest there is no color or that we should be colorblind. I have a question what planet have you been living on? We need to acknowledge color and cultures and celebrate that which is good, great and beautiful in each...And call the bs...bs...regardless of where it comes/came from.

[Jcolinsol]

@youngseddog

"As a consequence of the slavish "categoryitis" the scientifically illogical, and as we shall see, often meaningless questions "Where do you live?" "What are you?" "What religion?" "What race?" "What nationality?" are all thought of today as logical questions. By the twenty-first century it either will have become evident to humanity that these questions are absurd and anti-evolutionary or men will no longer be living on Earth."

- Bucky Fuller

[bsyrmas]

@Jcolinsol even though i sort of strangely agree, this site is not intended for this sort of stuff. its the music and her voice that we concentrate on.

[Jcolinsol]

@bsyrmas

I agree

[ubmilitant]

sick of people going on about black women, its not about black or white, there is whites, asians, gypsys etc in ghettos, this is for the poor and working class not black people

[TheRotHound]

No such thing as Black or White, just rich and poor... Open your eyes people.

[sivasconunamotorobaa]

BALLANTINES!

[IllVilleProductions]

GHOSTFACE!

[djlemmyb]

2 Secrets for a song...

1 dynamics ( high / low volume) not the compressed to shit tracks nowadays.

2 bringing it from the soul!

[JesaStar]

@djlemmyb AMEN!!!

[waytoohappy1]

alrightttttttttttttttttttttttt­ttttttttt

[shmalec666]

Ej, no gęgacze normalnie...

[XerXesssssss]

This song.. OMG... so emotional.. *waves my arms in the air* Black women.. learn to love your tribulations and use them to your advantage. They make you stronger.  We are the strongest of all women. No one can deny that. For the win!!!

[GW2493I]

@XerXesssssss

I thinkt just women are the strongest, not only the black ones! I'm sorry but I'm not black and loooove this music and think I am, or at least can be strong as wel!! haha

[hajee1]

Fantastic!!!!

[mljansson]

I dig the sound it´s sooooooo cooooollllllllll

[Naszida]

This is so so so beautiful!!!!!!love it

[heybigspender88]

Marlena is as good as ANY funk/R&B I've ever heard. Generally it's a field with many fewer men than women, but seriously this song is all that's needed.

[dakarlion1]

Incredibly good!

[luvlae]

geng geng geng geng geng ...ajjaja muy buena

[supriya55]

finally.. finally found this!!! source of all those incredible samples in all those incredible tunes.

[blackloveincense]

Wow!

[trioptimumscapes]

class

[dlemma74]

Thought I heard it all in the way of dope funk, then the Youtube genie brought me to this song... Big Ups for this post!!!!

[MammaBang]

amazing every time.

[korazacp]

La Polla con Cebolla!

Lo Parte ésta mujer!

[voodoowop60s]

soul song perfection pure!!! :D

[ffm20zaheri]

cool song this song was sampled in the 90s

[Soulrebel64]

Wonderful song.

[joethepainter90]

Maaaaan,What a groove...Can ya feel that?

[lesphucc]

@joethepainter90 Yeah, I can feel it!! lol

[jabacule]

BEYONCE BITCH!!!

[Augustusfrank]

14 people never had real hunger in their lives

[jonah561]

beyonce sucks dick good

[SirFlexable]

beyonce is a top singer ....

[AhhaToo]

And Beyonce is not interesting, this lady is.

[krullulon]

@AhhaToo Why do you need to drag someone down to appreciate someone else? Beyonce is amazing. Marlena was amazing. There's room for everyone.

[AhhaToo]

It's all good.

[tidzja]

Wow she's great! Never heard of her beofre. Thank you Youtube!

[Xjoyce80]

It's not about hating todays music... is about appreciating and seek for the diamonds of the past where there were real performers and musicians, not construction of something unreal. After all, the good music is not for the many but for the few. Always have been!

[tidzja]

@Xjoyce80 WORD!

[the26thhour]

I used to go to a Funk Night, every week for years, from the beginning of the early 90's, a place for lovers of dance & this was by far the A1 song of the night, every Fri night. Even one of the Bouncers would get down to this one.

What a beautiful mesh of Equal Rights for both Race & Sex.

& Blue Boy can suck a fat one!

[manmeets]

@the26thhour Hey if it wasn't for Blueboy, I would have never of heard of Marlena Shaw! I give them props for that!

[the26thhour]

@manmeets

Fair enough

[susan8163]

marlena shaw gangagang sucks. so feaking tacky

[inthemix68]

birth of the groove!

[drejtoria]

now thats a song, whom i can play to my little girl princess

[10shutt]

is this where erykha badu got her style from??

[Billoudis]

kiggi kiggigigigigigigiigigiggiigi kiigigigigiiggiigig

[markidarkistark]

beyonce's aight....

[skywalkerbobby]

havent heard this in months... thanks for making my day!

[TontonDecibel]

du grand art ! 1.9.6.9. 

[capucineaime]

marlena shaw est une legende



[Tiagparma]

joplin sucks

[raveltaino64]

OMG!!!! i just heard/found the love of my life. thanks for posting this amazing gem ("sampled" by blue boy, by the way). awesome!!!!!!

[richybabydave]

this is amazing, the blue boy remix is also cool, i used to play both when dj'ing.

[savagetribefamilia]

GING GI-GI-GING GING GING!!!

[purtymonster]

@savagetribefamilia too funny gi gi ging gi gi ging ging ging

[MrKoofumhead]

Not fair to diss Bouncey like that, I bet most of her content is dictated by label execs!!!

[musicofthesoul85]

TV One should have an episode of UnSung featuring Marlena Shaw. She is truly a hidden gem, that needs her turn to shine!

[undeadgods]

if I was a music agent of some sort.....This is gold.

[v2ewdlf9]

she niceeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shaneski75]

music !

[cocodior]

some revolution music!!

[derag0]

real music

[asphyxed]

oh man, beautiful!!! lovely music, thanks for sharing!!

[martijnbmx]

So Stylish....

[ROMAJAM]

;-)

[kilosdevero]

IS FANTASTIC!

[JEZEBEL451]

Nice!

[davetaylorbluespiano]

Incredible!

[1dgirloriginal]

this song sets my skin on fiyah......pure poetry!

[CKRIS74]

Im affraid, this is my all time favourite...yep, all time of all tracks ever .

[MrChrisayre]

my mother raised me and my sister in a ghetto. she went hungry so we could eat. the ghetto was belfast, and my mother was a model in her youth. no rape. no suffering foolish groping fat rich types. she is the strongest man i know

[Prolo4Life]

@MrChrisayre I've been raised not in a ghetto, but what we could call Projects. It was in France in the 80's. My parents pretended not to like meat, I was the only one eating some.

Respect to all strong women, but please, don't run after the bad boys/gangsta if you don't want to raise your kids in a ghetto, with a father in jail... be clever!

[idemt]

Does anyone else think there's some connection with the " geng geng geng" and the Femi Kuti track of the same name?

[DilettenteDellation]

je croyais que c'était esther philips...

[kots75]

brillinat music!

wonderful voice!

[Oszych]

Whoah !

She's soooo great !

-Funky- da da da -funcky- da da da

ana Soul . . . Yeah !

Beautiful and energetic.

She is a genius !

[2blakandbold]

Before Badu....... there was you.

Marlena!!!

[MrAlcatraz320]

Fat Joe - K.A.R.

[outrageouznezz07799]

7:13-7:20 is where Scottish DJ Blue-Boy sampled for his hit "Remember Me" in 1996.

[jcotteri]

sounds like it

[monterey194]

correct

[4asovoi]

Wonderful!

[tiaan911]

Absolutely amazing. Where did you find this track? Does anyone know where the word "ging" in her scat originated from? I'd love to know. This song is obviously heavily politically charged.

[lordfluxington]

Source Wikipedia: "The original song is polemic to legislators delivered by a woman from a black American ghetto. Near the end is the line: "Remember me? I'm the one who had your babies", in reference to black maids raising white children for little pay in America."

[LaCiguapaRebelde]

Black women still raise white children for little pay. I´m pretty sure she was referring to being RAPED by the white men.

[1jjswiss]

@LaCiguapaRebelde

I completely agree! Why you've been given the thumbs down for pointing this out I have no idea!! Those down-thumbers need to read some history

[lordfluxington]

@1jjswiss ... possibly marked down because you are both wrong. My post wasn't about history, I was reffering to the often sampled few lines at the end of the song.

... want a soap box?

[MediaFilter]

...And in South Africa. And then firing these people from their jobs after years of looking after your kids. Like losing a family member. It is incredible how cold people can be.

[funkanova365247]

This is too funky!!!

[dasbootein]

c'est bon!

[themistdu]

beautiful!!

[LoveHeartLogicHead]

Few commentators making a contrast between music of this period and what is out there today.

There are ways around it:

* Make your own. Train yourself and do it.

* Listen to the buskers.

* Support local radio by subscribing.

* Seek it out online.

* Talk to people. The more, the better. The wider the variety, the better.

Complaining is the easy way out. Time wasted in this short life. How intelligent is it to have +14 thumbs next to "Beyonce sucks"?

[KLX1410]

@LoveHeartLogicHe Make your own. Train yourself and do it. - i shoud have been talented to cope with , i only want to listen

[LoveHeartLogicHead]

@KLX1410

If you only want to listen, just listen. <<<<< Is the only thing I have to say really. Simple (just listen) is sometimes the most difficult as well. No comparisons, no interpretations, *music*.

[fionndan]

@LoveHeartLogicHead Like you, I appreciate an eclectic range of quality music, and so I'm confident that you appreciate that Beyonce is a talented singer and performer. I have no idea whether she writes her own music but even if she doesn't she still has talent and does not "suck", although Jay-Z might disagree.

[DeftFlow]

@LoveHeartLogicHead  So well-spoken

[psych0d3la]

she is so beautiful.

and what a voice ! :)

[shaolynsoul]

thats shaolyn style...can you feel the drunken dragon fist?

[blocparty4life]

the picture at 3;10 is freaky

[romeobjnr]

Awesome! absolutely awesome...

[WhiteLionV1]

if marlena shaw and gil scott heron had a child it would have sooo much soul

[blkstarr77]

been trying to find street walkin woman

[KookyMiss2]

What a voice.

[Erkansf]

Awesome,Thank you for posting...

[tempermentallyill4]

i need th org version,,,its on blaxploitation but i cant find it....can any1 help

[antjuanoden]

SUPERB. THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!

[hazmck]

tune

[loly2303]

@KLX1410 u'r so lame

[KLX1410]

@loly2303 why do you think so? look my comment is the best!

[loly2303]

@KLX1410 u have 36 likes, whow, u're so cool!!! U must be very proud of yourself for being so popular on youtube -_-. There is a lot of jealousy and hate among ppl with no sucess or talent, so they have to hate on everybody to fell better. I guess u know the feeling. ppl like u shouldn't listen to the music. Music is love, soul, passion, an art. U have to have heart to understand it..

[KLX1410]

@loly2303 i understand beyonce music but i dont like it cos its shallow and comercial especially in comaprison with good vintage music

[ttdean]

@KLX1410 hi

[ikeyiki]

I've always loved this song, this live version is great!

[XerXesssssss]

Ahh I had to come back again........ compare this to the crap we have out today... Am in love with this song...

[jay1jayf]

the theme is great

[tiaan911]

What in your words is the theme Jay?

[jay1jayf]

what do you mean?

[NativeToungue77]

this woman is telling the truth on this song...

[Dreamsbeyondbelief]

I love music that tells a story or just says they way things are plus great music and a great voice Marlena Shaw is amazing

[lerfish]

@Dreamsbeyondbelief do you by any chance like hip hop then?

[XerXesssssss]

Ahhhhh.... educated again by youtube.... loving this song...

[GStrongRAW]

Great marraige between funkyjazz & poetry.......Top Shelf product!!!!

[madvillain]

Damn this shit is REAL. Fantastic soul.

[djazzy456]

Erykah Badu resembles this sound. I like.

[crabbystick]

shes still crankin it!

[ZFLuNTWKT]

I miss this kind of misicians nowadays

[DjSvenzo]

Such a great song

[DoktorrChe]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!! :)

[ph1lanthrope]

This jazz kicks!!

[mikado415]

I'm strong, free, black, bad is me-hello?! Won't hear none of today's pop tarts talk straight like that!

[edsoad]

What about all of that gangsta rap. Isn't that all they talk about? About how they will kill you because they lived in the ghetto watching everyone die and other horrible shit like that?

[mikado415]

Clearly she added a level of class and authenticity to the struggle-please don't confuse media-driven "gangsta" rap with Woman of the Ghetto...

[edsoad]

You just realised how true my comment was.