Meshell Ndegeocello attempts to wake Prince up (1994)

[TheLarrymartin]

Ain't no one like you!!!

[nightman333]

Spankin the hell out of that bass

[stonerh]

Her name is Meshell, and she is funky! WHATS HER NAME, Y'ALL?!

[Truthasvictim]

Me'shelll is THE WOMAN! Dman she can play!

[Sethrod8]

some body throw me a life raft this fownk is sooo deep!!!

[MJZ1974]

Awesome resolution! What did you do...store the tape in a box of magnets for 15 years?

[vageez]

@MJZ1974 ahahahahahahaha

[madcurls1414]

Please, please, please Meshell Ndegeocello. Will you make this clip into a song on your next DVD release? Pretty please! I know you might not even know about this clip from years past, but your fans do.

[afroindia42]

Thank you for posting this. LOVE her and miss Arsenio's goofy butt. :)

[chj2]

She is BADASS!!!!!! Diggin' it always!!!!!

[johnbriggsmusic]

Do I detect just a hint of "Portrait of Tracy" at 0:25?

[TrashcanBoogie]

yes! she is funky! (poor arsenio, always half a beat behind).

[kevjev]

Prince is just so talented. He plays all those instruments on his albums after creating the music and writing the lyrics first. A producer, arranger, composer, writer, singer and performer. No one else can touch him. Sure, Thriller sold more copies, but it took 30 people to make it!

[sastal]

@kevjev Comparing MJ to Prince, regardless of the context, has become a stupid endeavor.

[madcurls1414]

Wow! Me'Shell NdegeOcello funk is beyond knee deep. I had been looking for this video for some time now and I finally found it-again. I hope Me'Shell NdegeOcello performs this on her next disc.

[kinstube]

LOVE HER I DO !!!!!!

[BrewandBrock]

Just majestic i tell ya majestic is her name I remember when i 1st heard Meshell it was through one of my best friends David i,ll never forget it we were over his house, and he put in her CD and i was completely captivated by her playing and ironically it was her hit song "Boyfriend" i said who is this man that man know he playing boy, and he was like "No thats a women" i said what a women you lying then the video came on MTV 2 and my reaction was OH SHIT!!! since then been a fan.

[1LHPrincess]

Ugghh, Disgustingly sick!! One of the best truly!

[ballroomblitzkid1994]

Not only is she good at singing, but bass playing...WOOOO-WHEE! That girl's got it!

[AlyJiselle]

I adore this woman! I want to have all her babies!

[WillBraden]

I've never seen a few pixels playing another few pixels sound so funky!!!

[vzsozs]

i just love how black people can enjoy funk.

[acidache]

天才過ぎる。

[wordreet]

Funk in the blood. Meshell has it! B¬)

[Silicon1991]

Prince! Hire her !

[DivineWindOfTheSnow]

She got skillz.

[UniversalMinded]

@DivineWindOfTheSnow which cd is this off from

[DivineWindOfTheSnow]

@UniversalMinded

I have no idea. You should ask the one who posted it.

[UniversalMinded]

@DivineWindOfTheSnow i'll do that

[agamemnon1]

@DivineWindOfTheSnow it seems that this was taped from the Arsenio Hall Show, I doubt there are any DVD versions out there.

[MrTwan09]

i like funky

[markallen6591]

nice slap dat bass mon!

[timjmoran]

man.. kinda wish Arsenio would just SHUT the FUG up & let her play!!!

[TrueLuvPYT96]

OH NO SHE DIDNT! LOL!

[dancewomyn1]

<3 this!!

[psyne000]

Word...! Meshell is dope.

[tyronebiggimsh]

Arsenio is wack!

[PrashantAswani]

She is off the hook!!!

[lisschad]

idk what it is.. but the power combined with the smooth and soothing sounds of the bass guitar......MAN!!!..just makes ya wanna get DOWN!!! OW!!lol..

[JeffDahlin]

Man, I used to have a Les Paul bass and I never really liked it. It was a nice instrument to hold but I couldn't get the right sound out of it. Sold it, and I play a Music Man now that I like better. She plays that thing well though!

[curiouschile]

@binary Amen ! Thanx. xo -c-c

[vanrijn360]

arsenio loves his slap bass

[lilHippo]

lol at the "more info"

"Then she adds, "It means 'free like a bird,' in Swahili."

is that were the wayne bros got that from

[telj1]

She is so funky with it!

[robblionhard]

love you !!! please come to holland and do that shit !!! X

[BluntedBeyondBelief]

Lets Work?

[Zombbg4]

Tone isn't very good, dead strings, but still funky as hell.

[moderadonna]

Those are flatwound strings, they don't give you that crisp clear slap sound.

[binary132]

guess someone's never heard Jaco. Dead, gunky strings are where the funk is at.

[jazzermonk]

gunky string funk was invented by James Jamerson

:)

[Zombbg4]

Nice assumption, idiot.

[Percussiongurl]

wow that was just a downer.. sounded great, but could I see it sounding great...NO cuz its not syned right...ur killing me over here

[gr00veN1k1]

you suck..fuck off

[bapbass]

The video is having a sync problem...

[kukenimunnen]

What? Get the f-k outahere.

[bapbass]

Daaarrrrrr... I im not talking about Me'shell's playing, it's amazing. It's about a problem with the synchronization between audio and video due to You Tube system.

[horowizard]

It appears as if the picture is running in fast motion.

[Rambo29]

@horowizard Nah man she's playing that fast lol

[jloch85]

what gave it away?

[horowizard]

Are you serious? People don't move like that either on camera or off

[jloch85]

i am dead serious

[bluebanshee3]

she is just so unbelievably beautiful.

[RATMfan92]

@bluebanshee3 Well you can't tell from this video since her face consists of about 50 pixels... :D

[free2bpoppie]

I love her playing, I wish she would do more on the bass.

[DirtyDonno]

Uber smooth. Love her

[IjeomaNo1]

Awesome