Unsung (Documentary) - Teena Marie

TV One's Documentary on the great artist and singer, the best black voice in white body, ladies and gentleman - Teena Marie!


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R.I.P. Lady Tee

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[aldeb456]

One of the most underrated R&B singers of all time!

[MisterCrazyLegs]

@liacashmere58 yea, but the difference between Madonna and Teena is that Marie had a record deal in the late70s/early 80s...Madonna, did not, and Teena also had a hit...Madonna did not. Im simply saying, as I would with any "door openner", that a white chick like Teena, with an edge and a whole lot of imagination, always makes it easier for those coming behind her. Madonna had street credibility before she knew she had it, and Teena Marie was the catalyst for white chicks getting "black props'

[TracieBLovely]

@MisterCrazyLegs agreed and Madonna doesn't play any instruments last time I checked either

[MystroMusicMan]

This lady is definitely a legend. She didn't care about being embraced by the Pop audience, she was an R&B artist and stayed TRUE to it. She didn't NEED to cross over and didn't try. She was more R&B than most R&B artists.

She was one of the first PEOPLE to Rap, not just women or "white" women.. I seen someone say her style of "flow" was actually before its time.

Vanilla what? Beastie huh? 3rd umm.? Em. who? LOL!

[MystroMusicMan]

@MrJuly1990ish Fail.

[NiVeA5678]

love love love her music. she has a unique voice that is recognizable anywhere

[michaeljackson1978]

RIP Ivory Queen. Damn u were beautiful to the day you left us, and RIP to the Master Funk Legend as well.

[mommypucca]

Thank you so much for posting!! Now I can catch up with all i have missed and that has been most, <3

[cherise1946]

@MrJuly1990ish My reply to you stays the same.

[MrJuly1990ish]

@cherise1946

"Black women do not lead in using their sexuality as I stated before, all kinds of people do this, black women ARE participants."

That is BS, have you seen some of Janet Jackson & Salt N Pepa videos over the past 20 years? How about Lil Kim the past 15 years? Hell, how about Beyonce the past 10 years? These black women are hardly participants. As of today, Beyonce has master the art of getting the masses to look at her in a over sexualized way.

[MrJuly1990ish]

@MisterCrazyLegs

The same can be said about "The Average White Band" they too were the catalyst for white dudes (bands) getting "black pros." I was also shocked to find out that AWB is not even from America, but from Scottland!