Quincy Jones Wee B.DoinIt 1989

[oldskool2000det]

this q's greatess album all star cast wee dooinit all acappella no instuments off the chain !!!!!

[Liztropics]

So much greatness going on in this song! Quincy is Brilliant! I still can't believe there are NO instruments! Would love to see a video for this!

[kyilprkr]

TAKE 6 AND SIIEDAH GARRETT STRAIGHT 2 DA BANK!!!!!! OHHH DON'T 4FET ELLA FITZ.......

[canterrob123]

@kyilprkr Not to mention Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan wow

[Jaci1971]

Love how Take 6 kept the harmonies TIGHT!  Amazing song!

[itspatomg]

PUMP IT UP! PUMP IT UP! Me and the kids listened to this til we wore it out! We WUZ doin it! A spectacular gathering of talent rockin it out with Mr. Jones here.

[lovelyleo810]

WHAT!!!!! My Mother and I use to rock this tape all the time!!! I was in 2nd grade and I still loved it.

[fitzbaby11]

i wish someone would post the live version from sat.nite live,it was an awsome perfomance. i can still see the great vocalist jammin.

[MidnightSwinger]

@fitzbaby11 I thought the SNL performance was disappointing. Missing so many people, including McFerrin, Fitzgerald, and Vaughan, three of the most important here.

[funkyflautist]

posted about this before, utterly classic!!

[KarmalBeauty]

All ACAPELLA??? A masterpiece of a union!! Superb arrangement!!

[raychapa01]

Tell it Quincy-ray

[quietchina]

That laugh at the beginning used to creep me out as a kid >_>

[toybabe77]

one of my fav jams from the album



[popetzm]

this was the s--t back n da day and still is

[Gino2271]

One of the best songs they composed Mr. Quincy Jones. It's an amazing songwriter and musician. For my generation of musical genius as S. Wonder, S. Clark, M. Davis, and many others. Today, wearing such a band and it's a great pity. When we leave those who have shown musical direction can not see their successors. Brother Quincy thank you for the inspiration.

[LordxHasta]

Wtf is with the beginning

[funkyflautist]

forgotten that tune, great arrangement...

[TheDefjams]

i love this song and BACK ON THE BLOCK

[tburrowes1]

The most remarkable thing about thing about this funky tune is that it was made with NO musical instruments whatever-just voice and the human body used to make the "instrumental" sounds, perhaps along with various studio amplifications. The genius of Q.Jones, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Sid Garret, & Take 6.

[tburrowes1]

The most remarkable thing about thing about this funky tune is that it was made with NO musical instruments whatever-just voice and the human body used to make the "instrumental" sounds. The genius of Q.Jones, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, Sid Garret, & Take 6.

[sexciiyoungdiva9682]

My favorite album of all time. Nobody will ever understand how much and why I love this album.

[moosheegagoo]

This is jamming, and I still love it after all these years!

[chupchupchupnanny]

My personal favorite acappella song of all time.

[MuzicIsMiLyfe]

This Song Is FIYAH!

He did it with this one... An ALL STAR CAST of Greatness.

Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Siedah Garret, Al Jarreau, Take 6, Bobby McFerrin, etc..

[jeffrey64]

Too bad there's no video...!!!!!!

[deadvolvo1]

@jeffrey64 There is....Live on SNL 1989....Good enough for me!!

[SweetiePie484]

Haaaaa! we used to listen to this tape when I was a kid! Woooow! Thanks for posting this!

[dawb86]

@SweetiePie484 fa sho! this was one of those albums u put on and clean your whole house to!

[Denisha1980]

it is the bible lol i used to play this all the time when i was a kid lol

[OldMusicOnVinyl1]

Q is the masta.

[barztool]

Historic because it's the only time in music history that the great Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan performed together on a recordind...

[rarobins17]

I really enjoyed the mixture with Al J., TAKE 6, and especially Siedah Garrett!

[philipkevin24]

classic !!!!!!

[masques7177]

OMG This takes me back! We need more human being bands. Musicians on the radio these days have lost true sight of what good music is, let alone talent. This was feel good music!

[afrosensuous]

type in: VOCALIVE - We be doin' it

They did this song acapella and did it some justice.

[BigTimeBluesFan989]

take 6 is so cold!

[eiderduck2]

I have no idea why i havent bought this CD, i used to have it on cassette years ago and played it over and over. Superb :) x

[bsbncandey]

my dad had this cassette album, and i used to listen to side a MILLION times! not to mention that, that side got worn out, lol.

[CreoleNag]

Quincy is a musical genius!!!!

[MrLordHasta]

Wtf is with the intro?

[debh3]

I now have 2 - count 'em - two copies of this CD. One lives at work and one in my car!!! Lotsa current music is great, but this CD has everyone on earth joining QJ!! And what better name for a band but the Human Be-an Band!!! And I want an invite to the next "a cappella party"!!!!

[SuperCleanheart]

everybody who is anybody is on this album. OMG Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Al Jarreau, Barry White, Al B. Sure, El Debarge, Chaka Khan, Ray Charles, James Ingram, Big Daddy Kane, Tevin Campbell, Patti Austin on and on. It is a collector item for real.

[stewbie59]

Excellent! Ella and Sarah scattin' brought tears to my eyes...these were icons of the female jazz singers. Excellent!

[barztool]

@stewbie59 so true! they were both legends! I still get misty when I hear them.

[TJames1081]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! THIS IS SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSIC OF MY LIFE - I PITY THOSE WHO DON'T GET IT ~

[Mahlercougar]

OMG! THis just hit me right now! After owning and listening to this CD for 21 years (1989-2010) and after being a huge Take 6 fan for over 22 Years.. .

I *THINK* We B Doin IT *might* have been the inspiration for Take 6's "I-L-O-V-E YOU" on their second CD. Its the song of Take 6 where they did all the vocal percussion and sound FX similar to We be Doin it!

[molinmusic]

ONe of the best songs from one of the best albums ever from one of the greatest artists EVER! Thanks so much for posting this, more love!

[Timothea1966]

I remember when I bought this album. This was one of my favorite.  That was an amazing album.

[KarmalBeauty]

What a great piece! Take 6 is rockin it! LOL

[RhythmDroid]

God the chords are great...

[ZiaFutura]

How fun is this song! Back On The Block was the first good music LP record I bought at 17 ! I hardly knew who Quincy Jones was, I only knew him because of his (truly well deserved ) "fame"...I LOVED and I love the kind of music in this Album!!

[satishrobertson]

Sarah Vaughan is also on this track. She can be heard in the right channel scatting along with Ella who's in the left channel

[MUARFA]

ok now,tell me who can put toghether an amazin group of artist an come up with such brillant work except Jones? Love this song! Its featuring Sehiada Garette, Take 6 & Al Jeru...dope as fuck...'we b doin' it'!! love it!!!

[Jreedhnic1984]

this song is amazing. Plain and simple. EPIC. But artistry is not always appreciated. This album was crazy. Definitely influential. I remember the day my mom bought his back in like 89 or something like that at Woolworths lol.. damn remember cassettes and 8tracks? geez

[MUARFA]

@Jreedhnic1984 seriously crazy an all the dope artist featured was also incrediable!! It was a vast arrangment of artist that was featured on this 'Back on the Block' from Al Jeru, Sarah Vaughn, Ray Charles, Tevin Campbel, Chaka Khan, Take 6, Kool Moe Dee...dawn don't get me started...they sure don't make 'em like this again do they?

[MrTonedeff]

a superb collaboration between bobby mc ferrin,Take 6 ,al,jarreau,ella fitzgerald,siedah and quincy jones.all the percussion is made by head scratching and hand claps plus chest beating.genius plus a little synth!!

[majenne13]

i found out the scatting was actually Ella Fitzgerald. Siedah's still in though.

[majenne13]

luv Siedah Garrett. Luv dis album. Luv Quincy Jones. Luv Siedah's scatting @ 2:50. Just so much love.

[vodude]

Great album & tremendous acapella song. I still remember seeing the all star ensemble, which consisted of Siedah Garrett, Al Jareau, Bobby McFerren and a young Tevin Campbell, perform this on SNL. Wish I could find a clip of that somewhere cuz they sounded awesome.

[dinomiteblu]

I heard about that. I wish I could find it too

[allimaree66]

I bought this album on Amazon a few months ago

[bopkick5]

i got this killing killing killing album on vinyl frend

[allimaree66]

Love it!!

[mecurlygirly]

Ahhh...my favorite song on the album.

[95sirduke]

"back on the block" it's my Bible!...My favorite album of all my records collection.

[urbyne]

the dude and this album the best albums ever made its the reason why my band urbyne makes music u should check us out on here.

[bopkick5]

@95sirduke you got wicked taste man

[zaodizao]

@95sirduke

Good on you this is a major album in the history of music

[ANGELCHICA06]

@95sirduke Q is the best!!!! This is my all-time fav song from Back on the Block!!! So many artist that he worked with on this album, PURE CLASSIC!!!

[MinisterQ201]

this was crazyyyyyyyyyyyy

[gmt10k]

'Q' is a friggin musical genius. Only one living now that MJ has passed...

[DatDamKeyid]

@gmt10k there is way more. Actually madonna and Prince are the last ones. Quicy is a lot different. Quicy and Smokey produers, yeah.

[iamlikesoloman]

@gmt10k actually my friend you forget....ah...steveland morris[stevie wonder], herbie hancock, wynton marsalis...among others.....mihael was a special ddude but he was not in a vacuum.....a lot of cats were involved to make those projects special...greg phillingaines, etc. quincy jones is atrue musical genius....like a tiger woods of music,...since age 15.........herbie was a child prodigy and played with symphony at age 11...i could go on............God is generous with his blessings

[dal4018]

@gmt10k Hey GMT it was "Q" who was the driving force behind MJ's success in the 80's he got some of the best songwriting talent to work on "Off The Wall" and "Thriller"!!!!!

[dal4018]

@gmt10k Yes your right and Q was the brains behind "Thriller" and "Off The Wall"

[bsbncandey]

@dal4018 he helped, but a lot of it was mj, i think the collabo as more of a 60/40, with mj being 60 and quincy doing 40 for thriller, but he's still a genius, both of them were, this younger generation needs to know what a genius is, and it's quincy, and all the other old school cats.

[dal4018]

@bsbncandey Yes but the 60/40 was Mike on his album "Bad" he wanted to prove he could produce and make songs without Q's help.

[bsbncandey]

@dal4018 Really? I forgot about that album, lol That would explain the difference in sound from one album to the next. Especially Dangerous totally different from Thriller and Bad

[dal4018]

@bsbncandey hahahahahaha yeah we all forgot about that classic my favorite one to forget was "SMOOTH CRIMINAL"

[JayGriffinblaze]

@bsbncandey Dangerous wasn't QJ, or MJ. It was Teddy Riley of Guy & later Blackstreet fame. MJ wanted to tap into what was hip & current at the time (youngsters may not know this but it was the ancestor of current R&B & Neo Soul) - New Jack Swing, of which Teddy Riley was the pioneer producer, of the sound/genre. That's why it sounds different to all the others.

[Ivory116]

@gmt10k don't forget about Stevie Wonder and Prince now

[TerminatorC]

@gmt10k Stevie Wonder and Maurice White are still alive

[chantiti]

When this poped i was about 5...just thankful i gotta dad who wanted to show me real music....and we still jammin it to this day. This is MUSIC!!!!!!

[BIGDO13]

Quincy = GOAT producer/Arranger/composer

[Saint2Angelboi]

Fabulous!!! I can't believe this came out 20 years ago! I was a teenager at the time. Still sounds good to me! In fact let me see if I can find another copy of this!

[damnpols]

I had CD of this album and somebody BORROWED it permanently. If you have a copy a would love to have one. Thank you.

[janes1msu]

WHAT!? this album is the truth!!!!

[funnorthwestboy]

I remember when this album came out, the list of players was unbeatable - everyone from Ella Fitzgerald to Take 6.

[carlswitzerfan]

It still is unbeatable! But what Quincy did with this phenomenal record was after his disappointing release: "Listen Up!" he followed this with another triumphant collaborative release "Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration" (1992), which echos and futhers the feel of "Back on the Block."

[jocksteeluk]

First time I have ever heard this song and I have to say it is superb.

[karinskij]

absolutely fantastic

[dinkism1]

This man is a musical Icon. The musicians are at the top of it all

[cpeacenlove]

This takes me back to my childhood!

[sexysigmalady95]

If someone can post the SNL show that they all performed on back in 1990 that would be great! That was the BEST SNL show they ever did!!!!!!

[Tre404]

YES!! And Q even served as host, man! It was SO cool. I have it on VHS, but just the hour they used to show on Comedy Central, though, not the full 90 minutes from NBC, unfortunately.

Didn't y'all love the "Driving Miss Daisy" sketch with Q as Hoke? I'm laughing just thinking about it...

I was disappointed, however, that some of the performances were lipsynched. Then again, how could you pull together a Q-sized extravaganza like that in less than a week? They did great anyway. Loved it.

[sexysigmalady95]

Oh yeah! I can still see it in my head-I haven't seen it since it originally aired. But that driving ms daisy sketch was too funny........and the cat they had driving the car was too hilarious. LMAO rite now!

[Tre404]

"Toonces, look out!!!!"

[Raychie73]

absolutley big played this over and over again......

[Elle0510]

love it... i have been looking for it for long....

[awlewis2000]

My favorite song from this album next to "Secret Garden". Thanks for posting!

[pink7499]

I have always been a fan of Quincy Jones....my mama raised me on some great music.

[chochief]

this baad love it.sarah and ella at 2.49 kills

[uniquess]

I love this song from Q, much props to the artists especially Ella Fitzgerald and Mrs Sassy - Sarah Vaughn! who are no longer with us! But I've heard this other group that takes this vocal performance to yet another level.

Check out the group - NATURALLY 7 - Wall Of SOUND

Enjoy

Thanks Mrs Lee

[chochief]

ella and sarah kills

[Hearlisten]

When one thinks about the vocal talents assembled for this - 4 minutes of sheer pleasure - you can't help but thank God for the assembly (Al Jareau, Take 6, Seida Garret, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby McFarren and Sarah Vaughn to name a few). Thanks for posting and sharing!

[HotRosin]

My high school music teacher played us this song in class as an example of what can be produced using the human voice and body. I borrowed his copy, then bought my own, loaned it out, lost it and bought it again... it's still one of my faves 17 years on.

[tluda]

yeah you and me both, 17 yrs. exactly my age [36,35] keep on keeping on.

[chakasmoothjazz]

IIIIIIIIII loooveeeeeeeeee ittttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chakasmoothjazz]

time ago, there was an amaing video in youtube of this amaing song, someone can post it????please!!!

[eiderduck2]

and i will def 2nd that - i luv this and the whole cd - quicny is def a genius. xxxxx

[sphingkster]

Thank you so much for posting...been looking for this song for quite some time.

[ulyskaru]

Que de bons souvenirs!!! Merci.

[michele6691]

Harmony is tight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!