TV One: Life After -- Teena Marie

What was the REAL deal between Teena Marie and Rick James. Get the truth when Unsung returns Nov. 1 @ 8pm(ET) on TV One.

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[TheBeauty88]

I Love Teena Marie;however I honestly have to say that...Teena and Rick James were like the interracial version of Ike and Tina!! :O

[mediadarling]

I know people are just expressing their opinion, but I'm just SO GLAD that TV One put this series together that anything it might be missing is really irrelevant to me. It's not a documentary, it's just an hour show highlighting the artists career and life.

It's just so great to have a show on about artists (mainly R&B) that I've loved for so long who don't get much, if any media attention.

So thank you TV One!

Oh...and I LOVE TEENA MARIE!

[prettygirlswagg777]

TEENA KEPT IT REAL RICK JAMES WAS A TRIP BUT I LOVED THEM BOTH CLASSICS

[wheatthin2012]

I hate to think of Tina not being here anymore :(

[funkateerkitty]

@mjjcng8958 I'm sorry! I meant to say, "I totally agree wit U on that one gf!!!

[funkateerkitty]

@mjjcng8958 at one...one day...just like Rev. MLK Jr. said, We will not be judged by the color of our skin.

[mjjcng8958]

@funkateerkitty alright but the fans loved he. it was a good thing they didnt put her face on the cover. i don think people would have taken her seriously. i think people blow that out of proportion

[funkateerkitty]

@mjjcng8958 I believe she had one of the VERY FINEST voices of all times. We were friends in the 80's...I moved away, and I sure miss her. I wish I had re-connected, thot I wud '-' I will meake it a point to reach out to Alia, God permitting, I will tell her about her mother in her youth :) I truly truly love Teena, what an angel here on earth...not many knew that she was in their midst :/ Jah Bless de I's.

[funkateerkitty]

@mjjcng8958 Rick took her poem/song book and STOLD Deja Vu, wrote music to it...then Teena sang it; never knowing it was HER OWN BEAUTIFUL words she wrote earlier, before she was 'discovered.' Yes, I believe Motown Execs, and others, just listened to her while she crooned ALL day in their offices...and took her for granted. Then Rick was asked to push her & got most of the credit for Jah's talent on Teena. They even wanted to hide her 'Whiteness!" on da 1st album! Kinda pisses me off '-'

[pinkkiieee]

@FireitupBedford rick might have helped her in the "industry" aspect, and that was probably more for his benefit than hers as we all know he was robbin' her ass blind! But her voice speaks for itself...she didn't have any assistance from Rick for those vocal cords, God deserves the credit for that! There would be no Teena Marie without Rick James...I ain' feelin dat! But anyway...can u post Teena's Sleeping with the Enemy off the Sappire cd

[pinkkiieee]

After glancing thru the comments, I think people just have different interpretations of the word "unsung". I feel that Lady T never got the props she deserved and I attribute that to poor marketing hence poor management. Because my girl can BLOW...she didn't need any enhancements from studio equipment and shit...her shit was natural, not only natural but also original! Whether or not she was on drugs to me was irrevelent...She was an artist in every sense of the word, A master at her craft