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  • D.C. NATIVES AT THERE BEST,NED FROM RARE ESSENCE ON BASS IM LOVIN THAT.

  • I was there, best summer i ever had...

    Says enough right?

  • righ right here is my my swag

  • 3 people have bad taste in music

  • love this woman she is the best.

  • shes a unique and talented artist far before her time....and yes Brian McKnights anytime mos def was an after thought...!

  • she could stright convert me... damn i love her this whole album is amazing.

  • This is real music and talent, not the crap that's on the radio 24/7.

  • HER MUSIC IS THE CHOCOLATE TO MY SOUL! :)

    LOVE HER!!!

  • Wow...I love this woman!! I'm totally straight, but damn!!!

  • wow...wow...wow...love it, love it

    

  • I'm such a HUGE fan. I love her forever. What people don't realize is the fact that she is a really good SINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She can really sing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would put her in with the Beyonce's and the Chrisette Michelle's, etc. People get so caught up into the hair and the "talking" in her songs, that they look past the fact that she is a really GOOD singer. I love her.

  • The thing with her is that people underestimate her. They look at the appearance and they assume what ever they want to assume. A lot of her songs she does the "talking" thing, which is original in the first place. But what people don't realize is that she can ACTUALLY SING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her vocals is as good as a "Beyonce", a Chrisette Michelle, whoever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But a lot of people don't realize that. I love her. Always will.

  • @MrSeminole66 i love her voice...she has me questioning my sexuality...i always say im gay for her..anywhoo she said the ONLY reason she started singing is cos when they rehearsed singers wouldnt show up...she was chillin with her bass guitar and had no desire to sing lolol im soooo glad she started singing i just saw her live in alexandria va woot!!!

  • BEAUTIFUL!

  • SEXYYYYY N AWESOME MESHELL, a natural born female CROONER!!

  • II love her music. so soulful

  • II love her music. so soulful

  • chill-out, relax but keep the motor running

  • Do I ever cross your mind, that's what he sampled for

  • very soulfull song; each of us has a personal story which can find its own tune in this song ! thanks for posting this outstanding live version !!

  • BRIAN MCKNIGHT DID SAMPLE THIS SONG!

  • Lots of her music is SO soothing! Super cool acid jazz is the only way to describe her sound!

    This IS great music to listen to when the world is bearing down on you!!!

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  • What a goddess!!!!

  • Just beautiful, love it<3 I dedicate this to the one I gave my heart to, think Im outside that door now...

  • I love this song

  • can see that george benson influence from the guitarist 6:14

  • Had no idea she played the keys as well. and yeah, I agree with everyone else, Brian McKnight definitely took a little (or a lot) from this song.

  • that bass/guitar player is a BEAST!!!! whew

  • beautiful

  • I am a NEW fan!!! Pure genius!! So refreshing!

  • omgeee she is so sexy..mmm =)

  • Are there really three cro-magnons walking the earth??? This IS the shyt!!! DOPE!!!

  • Did you peep the little inside joke thing near the end. Right at about 8:50 The guy gives Meshell the finger. She laughs so I'm guessing it was all good.

  • Timeless fav. Vocalist, lyricist, bassist, the whole band was on point!

  • Brian must have str8 jacked the melody from her...smh...lol...artists!

  • What a great period in Me'Shell's music - just love it. This cat Frederico Pena on keys was such a solid anchor thru those years. Such a great sound on all her tunes both slow and funky. Love his lead in on this tune ! Tasty !

    Me'Shell - great songwriter, performer, and assembler of mad talent in her bands.

  • 6:56 ...e daaaaaaaaaai  youuuuuuuuuuuuh what a good soul!

  • Wouldn't it be great for her to have a variety show that featured her music along with that of other great musical artists

  • love this song!

    

  • Brina McKnight STOLE THIS RIFF!!!!

  • She never had a Grammy or an Award for putting forth the effort in creating beautiful music? Screw MTV, Screw the Mainstream...it's beautiful music like this that get swept under the rug.

  • She is so underrated...its a DAMN SHAME!!!

  • @Chris9273 You're so correct.I saw her at a concert in Richmond and totally agree

  • damn!gene lake on drums - always love his playing!!

  • @bigsexylova

    lol strangely...far left @2:47 he does kinda...

  • WHEN I HEAR THE SOFTNESS IN THE MUSIC. MAKE YOU WANT TO BE THERE WITHIN YOUR LOVER ARMS. I LOVER THAT YOU CAN TOUCH, BUT ONLY IN YOUR MIND YOU FEEL EVERY INCH OF.

  • who's the guitar player??? he's iiiiinnnnsaaaaaaaaneeeeeee

  • @c1r1770 Oh yeah!!! Allen Cato is one BAD BOY!!! Taught to play by his dad in Kansas but then moved on and played with other groups in other states where his talent intensified. He has also written music scores for a few movies.

  • oh yeah i want you to play this song when i come to see you but nothing. Then i look on here and voila!!! Go figure... bad little power puff girl bad!!!!!!

  • ...yes, Brian McKnight's 'Anytime' was CLEARLY inspired by this. It has always bothered me that he got away with it simply because Me'Shell is a lesser known artist...but those who are Me'Shell fans knew it from the first strains...it's all good though. Just sayin...

  • Badass sistah. What a Choon!!!

  • Do me baby, like you've never done before. Do me baby, till I just can't take no more!!

  • Crazy!! I love it!!

  • Yap, Brian McKnight's Anytime sounds like it was inspired by this very nice tune! She's the bomb!

  • Scoooby Dooop!! thats my favorite part lol

  • amazing!

  • you kept me going when i lived i n london in 1994 your tunes kept me from going mad and gave me a source of sanity, i dont think anyone could really be there with me then like you were, love you and your music forever xxx

  • The ultimate calm stalker song!!!! LOL

  • This right here is where it's at. I love HER SEXY. Uhh I feel so trap where I am. Music these days is so far away from REAL it's rediculous. Every two weeks I spend 70 to 100 dollars on cd's. Out of all that spending I will tell you this it is Old School, African music or Reggae. When I want to make love and do some actual soul breaking s***. Meshell baby you are where I am at. I LOVE YOU. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WE WILL MEET. UM, UM, UM...

  • Brian McKnight's 'Anytime' may have been inspired by this ...my opinion only

  • @Regina1ful Your ears don't deceive you. Flat out theft...i mean inspiration

  • @Regina1ful I had to be this was out first.

    

  • @Regina1ful Hah! i'd say more than just inspired.... trouble is I can not find any album info from Mcknight's Amytime album that gives credit to Meshell or anyone else for writing it. Even though she released this song 2 years before Anytime. I like them both, so it kind of deosn't sit well with me about the credit deal. If anyone knows who is actually credited with penning the riff please by all means correct me!!!

  • @flcn92 *Anytime, *doesn't

  • @Regina1ful I knew I wasn't the only one to make this correlation.. it is extremely similar... ;)

  • @Regina1ful May?

  • @fufefufe9 ok I'll get off the fence...my ears and time says it was

  • @Regina1ful had to have been...

  • @Regina1ful Yeah, I remember this song from when I was in college. Long before Brian McKnight was even thought of...She is the bomb that people are sleeping on...

  • phat track lot of groove!!!mg

  • love love this track, just love it

  • Just great to relax to!!!!

  • The 3 people that voted thumbs down must be outside their damn minds. (lol)...They haven't experienced great live entertainment and musicianship...It isn't worth commenting on...Enough said....

  • Is that gig on DVD? tHATS AMAZING!

  • This song was released in 1994 on Madonnas Maverick Label, I loved it then and I love it now. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

  • wow I love it .....whos that people on backing vocals!wow amazing and what a feel

  • Best stalker song ever....

  • I think this is the HOTTEST song I ever heard in my life!!!

  • so soooo brilliant - this band cooks at all ends of the spectrum. Luv em all

  • best bass woman brilliant.............

  • I had no idea she sang this song, no woner I love it!!

  • Nice track...

  • Ditto DarkHalo08, this song is the reason why I bought Plantation Lullabies. I have been a fan ever since. Saw her at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA in Feb. 2010. Had a seat, front and center.

  • @SexxyRedd..yes this is a eerie stalker song. I know a staler wne i hear one...lol Song is a monster jam

  • EARGASM!!!! 

  • loveeee this song!! i had this album when it came out, but didnt realize she was a stalker until today!! MUCH luv Me'Shell....jus a lil stalkerish!

  • She wrote this song many years ago for a group called Voiceboxing a female trio produced by drummer Lenny White, they were the FIRST to record it...WAY before Brian Mc knight's first album hit.

  • Here I sit outsid your door...talk to me.......I feel this song..then again it's hard not to feel Me'Shell's music......she is music:)

  • Who could possibly dislike something this good?

    Meeeeshell!

  • Love you Me'Shell!!!!!!

  • Brian Mcknight sampled this song for his song "Anytime"

  • @63b187

    She recorded her song first. Brian jacked it and then claimed he wrote his song before MeShell had a contract. She won.

  • Great song...but the chorus sounds exactly like brian mcknights "anytime"

  • it is amazing, it feels amazing to enjoy pure, real music..........

  • pure heat <3

  • 8:02-8:10 damn

  • yo.. allen cato's solo never gets old, this is one dope performance

  • MeShell is the bomb! I love her music...its soul wrenching sometimes, oh so deep. Sista can play a nasty base.

  • I hope that whoever deleted the album version song. They should bring that song back because it is very excellent. And I loved the song so much.

  • They are killin' it!!! I'm needing a Meshell fix!

  • I miss her need some new music!!!!

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  • When it hurts so bad, why does it feel so good?!

  • Relationship drove me to hell...this was the song...now when I listen to it, my heart feels stronger than ever...it is only a mere memory of those days that will never, ever come back to hurt me.

  • This is the tune got got her and Brian McKnight into a legal wrangle. Listen to Brian McKnight's song "Anytime" and compare it to this. Both artists claim they came up with the piano melody. Personally, I'm on Me'Shell's side though.

  • Listen to this and watch a couple of times a week, seeking real peace, music, like a ritual. You and your band are Badd to tha bone. MUCH respect.

  • The intense delivery of this song makes the hair on my body stand up....hypnosis.

  • Umm... Iss Thiss A Boy Or Gurll I Like The Sonqq Imm Juss Wonderinqq

  • @sharebkgurlxx12 Can you not read?? How many men are named Me'Shell?? That's a girl name!!! I don't know why people have such difficulty determining if she's a girl or boy when she doesn't have an adams apple!! And not to mention most men in their 30's don't have soft feminine facial structure!!

  • @Bonitaymorena I agree on everything you said except for the adams apple... that's a myth, some women have it, smaller, but some have it :)

    Anyway, beautifull music...

  • Meshell, Is without a doubt one of the best musicians or artists that has ever and will grace us in our lifetime! She is so spiritually deep with her lyrics. From the arrangements of the musicians she chooses to work with her are simply awesome. When I listen to her music it takes me on a journey, like none other can reach. Mere words can't even come close to explaining what her energy in music brings to this planet!!! Her energy is out of this world!! I hope she knows her appreciation!!

  • Meshell, Is without a doubt one of the best musicians or artists that has ever and will grace us in our lifetime! She is so spiritually deep with her lyrics. From the arrangements of the musicians she chooses to work with her are simply awesome. When I listen to her music it takes me on a journey, like none other can reach. Mere words can't even come close to explaining what her energy in music brings to this planet!!! Her energy is out of this world!! I hope she knows her appreciation!!

  • she is one of the few artist doing what she feels and represent her , bless !!!!

  • I saw her in concert in Detroit last year and I was hoping she would do this song as done in the video. She didn't : (....but she still did an amazing job performing.

    Can't wait for her to come back!!

  • She is AWESOME. People need to recognize the talent!

  • SHE IS DEF GETTING UNDER MY SKIN WHEN I HEAR HER!!!

  • She is just gorgeous..

  • 8:57 ... nice finger ;-)

    makes meshell laugh  ;-D

  • awesome

  • My fav song EVER!

  • omg now thats real beautiful music!!

  • Can somebody please explain how Justin Beiber is famous and Allen Cato isn't? That's one of the most soulful musical performances I've ever seen.

  • I love this song. Reminds me of my 6th grade crush. I used to listen to this song every night....

    She's dope

  • I hear a lot of Roy Ayers, The Crusaders, and Steely Dan in her stuff. This tune, in particular, reminds me of early Kool and the Gang, "Summer Madness" era. And Azymuth's "Last Summer in Rio." Nice nice nice!

  • I hear a lot of Roy Ayers, The Crusaders, and Steely Dan in her stuff. This tune, in particular, reminds me of early Kool and the Gang, "Summer Madness" era. Nice nice nice!

  • This is one of the most beautiful moments in music I've ever seen.But it seems to me she can't stand Cato taking over the show.He was just starting ééh!

  • @KoxxMobilhome I don't think it was that bad at all.

  • Beautiful......

  • I know this music for so long and now I can see it also.Beautiful,incredible.You got the rest of this concert also?Please put it all on Youtube!

  • Meshell Ndegeocello Listen to the lyrics my fb family. We need communication to clearly understand one another. Please check out this woman talent.

  • been lookin' for this for a long time

  • WoW! Fantastic performance. She is amazing.

  • Beautiful ...

  • wow what a performance...

  • damn good shit

  • OK,,,I have been ALL over Google, Amazon and Itunes,,trying to find this version of this song but no avail~~~ I want to BUY it but can't find it,,,,AnY IDEAS??? Someone know how I can find it~~,,, THIS VERSION IS WAAAY DIFFERENT THAN THE STUDIO VERSION,,,MUCH LONGER, MUCH GROOVIER,,,SOULFUL**... WHERE CAN I BUY THIS?

  • at 0:36 it's Randy from 'My Name Is Earl' on keyboards.

    Gorgeous song and spine-tingling performance from Allen Cato at the end.

    Lovely communication between the two of them.

  • Let The Church Say "Amen"...

    You May Be Seated.

  • why would they show her the whole time during someone else's keyboard solo? Camera people aren't very good sometimes...

  • beautiful

  • so so so thankful for ur upload ... smilin' ... givin' me such joy ...

    Meshell's such darlin' darlin' ... YAY!

  • Voiceboxing!

  • gene lake

    

  • I need this woman to start with the concerts big and full time , I have missed you woman

  • Five stars just isn't enough to rate Me'shell.. She's worth waaaaaaay more

  • Love'n this joint right here...Just added it to my playlist "The Groove"...Now this is artistry in music right here!!!!!

  • Plantation Lullabies - One of the greatest and most soulful CD's I've ever heard in my life! And I'm one old mo-fo.

  • On the chill playlist...

  • Classic..

  • I love her music; the passion, soul, energy and truth radiants truth. She speaks what we all have felt or are currently experiencing and arranges it to beautiful music. Simple words . . . . tell a simple truth. "Here I sit outside your door...talk to me~here I sit outside your door talk to ME! Noone will ever love you MORE. Baby please just . . . . . . .talk to me. You go gurl!

  • This is one of those songs and videos that you just keep forever..That's what I'm going to do myself:

  • @TeaBag43 and I'm still listening to it on a weekly basis...Just as great sounding today as it was the 1st time ever heard it...Happy 4th of July 2010

  • beyond beautiful

  • in the 90,s she really looked like a lady now with this mens reg hair cut she really looks like a man ( talk to me - and she sound like a man now

  • awesomel..allen cato reminds me of George Benson..

  • Msdimpled1...just want to thank you b/c when i very first saw this video my exact words were...OMG HE SOUNDS LIKE GEORGE BENSON. glad someone agrees...FYI...George has a new album out that will blow your mind called SONGS AND STORIES...personal favorites on it are. LIVING IN HIGH DEFINITION and NUTHIN' BUT A PARTY

  • Brian Mckinight "used or stole" (I don't know which) the music to this for his "Have I ever crossed your mind"

  • Oh my heart.

  • I Wish I could have been there to see this set live...it was electric!!

  • Let me find out meshell is a stalker

  • @blacksunshyne1 lol this is like a stalkers theme song

  • @blacksunshyne1 LMAO...I love how people on the east coast say "let me find out" I live in cali

  • @blacksunshyne1 Lol!

  • thanx for posting it takes me back to the love of my life...

    Love & Light

  • this woman and her voice is Amazing. she is so beautiful....

  • so much soul. its warming