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  • @Mayday614 while I agree with you black girls are in a way greater need than other races hell just compare what the majority of black girls are doing w/their lives to other races.

  • damn i miss her sexy ass. she needs to come on back

  • beautiful video, beautiful song.

  • Such an underated R&B artist she deserves so much more!!!

  • Aw dude I totally forgot about this song. This use to be my shit. I would wake up out my sleep when the video was on just to hear it. lol

  • my baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaby­!!!!!

  • I known about this ARTIST since I believe 2003. I saw her on MTV along with Craig David. It was a perfect match on that day....

    Classified as Neo-Soul.

    She was misclassified.

    She incorporated SOUL with late 60's rock.

    The infusion was perfect.

    Her voice & pitch is beyond perfect.

    Her band is in a class of its own → they musically brought it all, nothing was spared or neglected.

    Listen to present day Rhianna.

    I hear the comparison.

    Res → YOU NEED TO COME BACK ↔ LOUD & FUKKIN PROUD !

  • @MrGene3875 - Check out the work she did with Talib Kweli. "Idle Warship". The first one was called Party Robot. Soooo good!

  • i loved this song haven't heard this in absolute ages...life ain't a video

  • My song golden Boyssssssss.. HOT 4 ever

  • gotta crush all ova gain

  • I BOUGHT HER CD BACK IN THE DAYSI'M SMOKING A BOWL NOW

  • I miss Res and this type of fusion soul! The production was sick!

  • im a golden boy.. she performed a lot here all summer this year and i got to see her :)

  • O.M.G. I love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • same thing

  • i miss u RES,,,bring us back some new music

  • <3 Fuckin LOVE this song !

  • Love the beat

  • @mart4871 no doubt this beat is all of that.

  • Is she still making music? She's great!

  • @kalebnbrown Yes. Her and Talib Kweli have a group called Idle Warship. Their CD just came out at the beginning of this month and it's pretty damn good.

  • This is timeless. Man, I will be living to this girl until I'm 70 y.o. I hope I don't break a hip movin' to it. Ha!

  • I remember the first time i heard this song i thought of myself as one of these Golden Boys and was so moved by it that i decided to change my life and way of thinking and living.. i heavent been the same since..in a good way..lol..Amazing.

  • @dickdujourr so u realized you were gay?

  • @stagm3 No i realized i was gay when i was 5 ..you missed the point entirely..the song is referencing guys who think they're all that but in reality are just like everyone else..sorry if my intellect squashed your attempt at an insult but this is 2011 and most of us who are gay dont need a song for self-realization.

  • res has such a fresh smooth sound, I so dig her

  • She's very beautiful. Great skin, great figure, and natural hair, sigh....

  • 0:07 is that jesse j

  • such a good song

  • I have this CD. I love it. Brings back memories of my college years

  • would they love you if they knew all the things we know?? I LOVE THIS SONG

  • is that rachel bilson? 2:48

  • @ROUSHIFIED Rachel Bilson wishes

  • I played the hell out of this song!! Lol. I love her voice and she didn't get the props that she deserved. I still rock to her 'til this day.

  • @SuperMonique1974 yup, i still bump this shit. it's a classic album (and i don't just throw that word around lightly). damn shame what music has become, though. electronica is the way to go, imo, for that neo-soul vibe these days. anyhoo, be cool.

  • It's unbelievable that a good song as this never got the number of views it deserves.

  • i am 12 years old and i love res and wonderful music like this!

  • I absolutely loooove Progressive metal. Meshuggah, SikTh, BTBAM, etc...but I cant get enough of this girl! Her music is just so, "real." Why cant artists nowadays make music like this?

  • THIS GIRL IS BEYOND BEAUTIFUL ITS A PITY N A SHAME SHE DIDNT BLOW UP ...SHE IS RAW N IN UR FACE I LOVE IT COME BACK RES!!!

  • bought her album on strength of this track!! haven't heard anything like it before or after & played this to death!!

  • love her!

  • She's basically talking about artist that become successful by portraying to be someone else. "And would they love you if they knew all the things we know/We've got these images/We need them to be true/

    Not ready to believe we're no more insecure than you." Be yourself. If people don't like you, fuck em.

  • luv it.

  • I'm very perplexed as to why her career didn't go farther than it did. She was AMAZING!!!

  • @KurvayshusB She was on MCA Records, a label that wasn't experienced in dealing with R&B singers that made music to challenge the listeners. Keep in mind, she was labelmates with Chante Moore, Mary J. Blige and Immature- her music was too left of center for R&B fans.

  • @MyJunior1975 I get what you're saying, but Res is in no-way R&B. Her music would fall more in the rock genre. She has even said this herself. If anything, they were trying to classify her as neo-soul. They just had no clue what to do with a Black girl with locs whose music was not R&B. It's unfortunate b/c she's incredibly talented.

  • @writingwhileblack That I already knew beforehand. The problem is that when a Black artist goes against the grain, they are going to be met with resistance from the labels as well as the Black audience. A lot of which can be placed on Black people abandoning a genre they created when it's appropriated by White people- which is basically all genres. They boxed themselves into a corner by retreating to only hip hop and R&B being they are the only genres that are devoid of White influence.

  • @KurvayshusB Because the music industry doesn't let people like Res get popular. She was too good, she educated her listeners, she could never become famous... it's really sad.

  • what is this song about?? I know all the lyrics but still can't work it out!

  • OMG!!! throw back like crazy i remeber i was like 8 or 9 singing along to this. gosh i miss my childhood

  • so avant-garde.

  • I don't understand how anyone can possibly dislike this. Come back to us, Res, we love you :)

  • MY FUTURE WIFE!!!!

    BIG UP RES!!!!

  • res is so damn sexy.. good lord

  • This is a low-key classic song

  • I just watched this video on Vh1 Soul, i must say i like her...she will mos def be in da Mp3!!!!!!!

  • Dope!!

  • This song is the shit. Res is so talented and yet so overlooked and underrated.

  • Ok i"ve listened to this song a million times, can someone give a brief explanation of what its about?

  • @MrShakbo Basically what this video is about is she talking about a regular girls like her get overlooked by the most popular guys.

  • @MrShakbo it's about "keeping it real"...how ppl put up a front so society loves them and she's not falling for it.

  • wow my fave childhood song thought this was only a fragment of my imagination cant believe this is real :)

  • Saw here in Atlanta when "How I Do" broke out. Man she was hot and had a fantastic voice!

  • Somebody please add If There Ain't Nothing by Res on youtube its a great song.

  • I like this song and I'm only 11

  • @MsLegend99 i was nine wen i fell in love with this my memory of it was a bit shady tho ....i came in my head awhile ago so i decided to google it and viola here it is :) blast from the past ... u have good taste in music...dont ever change

  • @dqakaimp Thank you dqakaimp! You have good taste in music too! I won't change I promise.

  • ahh this song cranks..the beat...the break downs..and her voice..i fucks wit it Res!

  • Id marry, no questions asked.

  • Could she be anymore beautiful!!

  • res could get it..

  • i love her anime shirt!!

    where is res nowadays? her coming back would be a refreshing change. :)

  • she is so beautiful, not afraid to be her self, i think the problem is she came befor her time, for example if thsi sond came out today or a year in a half ago it would have sold like crazy

  • she is so beautiful, not afraid to be her self

  • i remember this song...going on my ipod now

  • Perfection!

  • LoVe Res! Wish she would come back with more stuff. THIS is music!

  • i rememer people called this neoSoul. to me its just good music. and Res is beautiful.

  • Amazing song!

  • Santi White aka Santigold co-wrote and produced the majority of this album. Love them both. Unfortunately both are underrated.

  • @LAWoman323213 i didn't know that! fuckin rad! love me some santigold too :-)

  • i found this by total accident! Unbelievable how many amazing artists i haven't even heard of. Yay Res, i am a fan.

  • My speakers to do not go loud enough. Need. To. Blast. As. Loud. As. Possible.

  • saw her live once opening up for Mary J.Blige, shame true talent like this is just ignored

  • @YouriH190 wow! when did she tour with Mary!! im a big fan of both and i agree its a shame great talent goes underated!

  • @guillemot50 it was when Mary was touring for No More Drama, and I live in Belgium and Mary toured there and Res happened to be her opening act, a year or two later she released her album, and as the two of us mentioned she's scandalousing underrated and not just that shunned by the music community :(

  • I love Res. I wish she were bigger than she is

  • yea...its that smooth Philly flow.....we own this style.

  • if people really listened to the lyrics of this song a lot of things would be different

  • This is my JAM!!!!!!!

  • I remember when I first heard this in 2001, I used to watch mtv base all day just to hear this and watch the video. She has so much talent you should hear this album every track of just brilliant. I can't really define her music its amazing....and she is so sexy. If she ever see's my post please contact me.

  • for real Bronxbabi100 a bunch of carboncopycloners nowadays

  • like it.

  • I guess I fell in love with that tune... can't help, it's just wonderful

  • Her voice is phenomenal, and I just went back and caught my comment from three years ago...still one of the most beautiful voices ever. Her version of Miracles (cover of the Starship song) is incredible.

  • LOVE THIS SONG!!!

  • shes one of my favorite atists and im a guy and wasnt even born when this was out

  • @mindmaster323 baby u were born when this came out in06 or 07 its not that old

  • @aleeahearl do i know u

  • @mindmaster323 i dont know do u?

  • @aleeahearl Um wow that's way off. This came out in like 2001.

  • @Talksyic u right i was off but i play it all the time i lost track

  • young black girls nowadays NEED an artist like Res in their ipod.

  • @Mayday614 young women period. We need to empower one another through music instead of idolizing half naked females with autotuned voices talking about their humps bumps and lumps.

  • @Mayday614 I JUST downloaded this song...i forgot the name of this song of i had to type in the only lyric of this osng i knew "We know the truth about you"..XD

  • @Mayday614....seriously they do!

  • @Mayday614

    not just young black girls...every girl n guy needs to have this artist in their ipod/mp3. this is REAL music for the youth...for the masses. not the empty commercially produced autotune s#@! that they play on the radio nowadays!

  • @anigbochic

    As a guy. i listen to this, and i understand that i need to be 110% real in my relationships with women in life.

  • @Mayday614 Exactly!!! Instead of slutty "wannabe barbies" like Nick Minaj, Rhianna, and Beyonce who do nothing but teach girls how to grind and be evil.

  • @Mayday614 Not just young black girls. All the young girs generally need more artists like RES!

  • @newladylazarus Not just girls, boys need artists like Res too. Not those ass shakin, don´t have a talent stars. Guys need strong women to learn some respect.

  • @Mayday614 totally agree with you!! theres more to music than booty shakin' ;)

    

  • fuckin red head at 3:10, damn.

    nice song ;p

  • @omnigear1975 Yeah I caught that too and doubled, or should I say tripled back on her...damn!

  • i first heard it when it first came like once or twice and i was 10, but now that im hearing again, its hotter then from what i remember :) wut happen to music like this

  • @TheBabebkaquanda2008 mainstream media hit the blind side a took shit over

  • @mindmaster323 sad but so true

  • This was my song back in '01...still is!!

    What happened to her???

  • It's a shame everyone always wants to put people in boxes. If you're a pretty Black, Asian or even a White girl, you can't do rock, or alternative. You've got to do that breathless azz pop music that anyone with half a brain can do. *sigh* I would love to see more minority women doin' it big in rock and more Janis Joplins and Joan Jetts.

  • I love this album. Still looking for latest album. I saw it on itunes 2 weeks ago and when i went to purchase it was gone. Any suggestion on where i can get the album from. I think it call black.girls.rock.

  • Res was amazin'

    i've got single and cd

    and after years she sounds better and better

    golden boys it's a plesure

    for my heart and mind

    reminds me something special in my life

    i hope see ya soon

    R.:)

  • 12 people need to clean the wax out of their ears!!

  • @MarieClay05 Fuck those 12 people....they're probably Nikki Minaj Fans. lol

  • @MarieClay05 14 to be exact. fucking douchebags 

  • @YouriH190 what's a douchebag?

  • love this vid I thought it was the start of a new era of Black female artists

    with natural inspired hairstyles and not selling sex all the time

    how naive was i?

    brings back memories 2001, Neo Soul natural hair and some experimental artists like Res, intelligent hip hop that era seemed more futuristic in a way

  • this song has such a good message

  • Wow this takes me back. Loved her when I was 14-15. I dressed like her all the time. Love her!

  • Io la adoro!

  • I remember when this cd came out, bI love "They Say Vision" too... I was lokking at this video right now and Damn, she is Beautiful!!!! Very pretty woman....

  • Classically trained , Real, and Raw! Love me some RES!!!!

  • does anyone have the instrumental

  • her shirt is so boss

  • She's in mor beautiful in person.. wish I had the guts to ask her out...

  • @deistmutt ask her

  • @Applebaum Wish I could. She was on a shoot and I was just a production assistant.. doubt she'll look at me even LOL

  • this one of my favorite songs

  • She released such a dope album, this song was and still is the sh!t

  • She has got to be one of the most beautiful women I have ever laid eyes on. Hope she's doing well these days.

  • she is so beautiful and has a true message to display. i fell in love with her when i first saw her (in a respectful way. i'm straight). sing on sista!!!

  • beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

  • thank goodness for Santigold. Track is sweet as!

  • THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for posting this....I LOVE this song...speaks to my soul...this girl was so SERIOUS....Excellent!!

  • anyone know what type of braids shes wearing here?

  • @Knygrl9 dreads

  • I must have purchased 4 copies of this cd. and gave them away to help promote this artist. Loved her music and style. True talent.

  • this chick was soooooooooooooo underrated! i played this cd over and over

  • ($ the rest of you.)

  • whatever happened to Res?

  • you know im twelve and love this song but i was raised on old school so no surprise there

  • this song really takes me back. i used to love res!

  • yea....the politics of why good music isnt on the airwaves. 

  • @alfvar well... word on the street is that Mos Def wrote this song about Q-tip saying that @ that time he was frontin and shouldn't have been the voice of the movement so- to- speak; If you remember the Jungle brothers, De La Soul, groups like that speaking on awareness and social conscience. Well... if you had your ear to the concreet at that time that was the word -he was frontin.

  • One of the most slept on records ever...And that's not hyperbole.

  • Love this song! Best song on the album!

  • song is rumored to be about will smith....

  • Any truth to the rumor that Mos Def wrote this song about Q-Tip? Thats what I've heard anyways.

  • @sirsir97 Eh say what? Please explain yourself further :D

  • @sirsir97 i believe it was written by santigold about mos def. they dated. at least that's what i read. hope i've helped shed some light on the matter :)

  • I was in middle school when I heard this I think. I always loved Res. This video is like the life I always wanted to have! She's amazingly beautiful, edgy, cool, sexy, but also earthy and natural. She is everything I've ever wanted to be!

  • GaGa sounds Res'ish!! lol

  • @dawnerjames FUCK off.

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  • What is she talking about in this song? can somebody be nice to tell me.

  • sympa la video

  • She's so pretty. And I really dig the anime girl shirt, hehe

  • She is absolutely gorgeous!!!

  • The video is so 'scene' lol

  • @FunkSoulBrotherUK LOL! I know, right?!

  • i wish i had girls like her in m y life ! her music makes me happy and the anger of having to deal with all these souless bimbos leave when i listen to her and erykah badu !

    ps ! does anyone one know what happened to her

  • @expertguy101 don't forget Estero.

  • I loved this song. She was better then she got cred 4

  • beautiful talent!!!

  • love this song!!!!