Music video by Jody Watley performing Friends. (C) 1989 Geffen Records
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@Bishop9840913 жыл бұрын
this is a classic and people dont even know how important this track is, its the first ever successful marrage of Hip Hop/R&B that people still use today
@kittied44823 жыл бұрын
Blondie was first
@reggiebarker59642 жыл бұрын
I FORGOT, SI REMIND ME DID BLONDIE COLAB WIT A HIP ⭐
@darrenjones55332 жыл бұрын
Blonde was dope bur not hip hop or r&b. Pop.
@IceManLikeGervin Жыл бұрын
1984: Chaka Khan ft Melle Mel- I Feel For You 1985: Rene & Angela ft Kurtis Blow- Save Your Love (For #1) 1988: Rick James ft Roxanne Shante- Loosey’s Rap 1988: Midnight Star ft Ecstacy (from Whodini)- Don’t Rock The Boat 1988: LeVert ft Heavy D- Just Coolin' 1989: Joyce “Fenderella” Irby ft Doug E Fresh- Mr DJ 1989: O’Jays ft Jaz- Have You Had Your Love Today? 1989: Al B Sure ft Slick Rick- If I’m Not Your Lover (Remix)
@SignatureSignsSouthampton24 Жыл бұрын
@@IceManLikeGervin rap with R&B goes back as far as the 50s with the Jackson 5. Hip hop with R&B , well that's a different story
@rfast104303 жыл бұрын
Model looks, can write her own songs, and sing and dance. She is the complete package.
@BoobooThaFooI2 жыл бұрын
I just saw her in concert on August 14 and she’s 63 now. I was just in awe! She’s beautiful vibrant and was so encouraging and uplifting to the audience. She did this song, looking for a new love and more. The highlight of my birth month
@IAMGavinMitchell Жыл бұрын
Was the complete package
@fuferito Жыл бұрын
Yup. And she spits Rakim's rhymes when he's not performing with her, like she did on Arsenio, back in the day.
@tjrizzo16198 ай бұрын
I miss the 80s. Some of the best years of my life
@missmarthafawker Жыл бұрын
I listened to this song so much in high school that it is the reason I dropped the friends I had and chose better people to be in my life. I’m fifty one now.
@jasondawson92 Жыл бұрын
This need more dam views
@adamm827023 күн бұрын
Me too! Made me re evaluate!
@dameyunhenry54883 жыл бұрын
Newsflash JODY WATLEY was one of the first to introduce the dance form of voguing to the world way before MADONNA FACTZZZZZZZZZZ
@davidg.99323 жыл бұрын
Happy 62nd Birthday January 30, 1959 Jody Vanessa Watley.. Chicago born.. A Dance music icon.. We love you Jody
@jtaquaqueen1302 жыл бұрын
January 30th.. MY BDAY!!!... YES!!!... SOOO FUTURISTIC!!!!. WAY BEFORE HER TIME!!!... AQUA QUEEN!!!.. #AQUA GANG ♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️. . ALSO RAKIM born William Michael Griffin Jr. on January 28th!!!... AQUA BROTHER!!... AN AQUARIAN TAG TEAM... YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE IT‼️💯💪🏿👍🏾🔥👌🏾❤️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️♒️
@martha60184 жыл бұрын
Yeah i listened to Madonna. Yeah i listened to Whitney. Yeah i listened to Janet. But it was Jody that had that special something for me!!!
@BlackNAVYAmericanVET2 ай бұрын
Gen X rules ❤
@healterskelterКүн бұрын
exactly ❗ and I told her... I said ma'am
@blackcosmos5 жыл бұрын
The message in this track still resonates today
@shottashabazz67212 жыл бұрын
Two years later and your comment still holds weight.
@tarabeverly36807 ай бұрын
And even today as we just started 2024! Universal message❤ Love Jody Watley! Beauty given from God.
@Tommyseger77 жыл бұрын
Jody Watley the original trendsetter!! Excellent artist!!!
@jamesdavidkmoss7 жыл бұрын
Tommyseger7 not really,she was a ok dancer
@DiscoFetish6 жыл бұрын
No - she's an original and trendsetter. Her and Grace Jones sculpted a whole new aesthetic for black women performers! Next...
@HRDK-SKLETRMUMMR-MEGTRN6 жыл бұрын
💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍💯👍
@Igaveyoumyfakename2 жыл бұрын
@@jamesdavidkmoss : Fun Fact: in this video ORIGINAL TREND-SETTER Jody Watley is rocking over-accessorized Gaultier a year before Madonna did it. So RECOGNIZE the Black genius mutha-phuckaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!
@andreawhite5917 Жыл бұрын
One of the best
@theamerican_insider5 ай бұрын
Still relevant in 2024 people can't be trusted
@Andla_28064 жыл бұрын
Over the years, you realize how ahead of her time Jody Watley was; simply brilliant. I just love her voice, it's so recognizable and cool. Geek info: She was one of the very few women who took part in Band Aid's legendary "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (the others were the members of Bananarama).
@mediaguy40373 жыл бұрын
Also one of the only americans (along with Kool and the Gang)
@bornwithaBA Жыл бұрын
@@mediaguy4037 she was living in England at the time. Her original solo work was released there first. That's how she was considered a New Artist for the Grammys.
@user-ii1tt8ym2l11 ай бұрын
This song is the truth yes Jody Watley is the best of all times. This song speaks a lot of volume lots of, Truth to when it comes too jealous friends and invy. Sometimes, you can have a friend aslong as you have something they want. But the moment they think is something that they cannot have that you have they tend to get a fucked-up attitude because they wished they were in your shoes ,knowing that they can have the same things if they work hard for it or pray about it, friends will get jealous if you get it a new car or come into some money and, they also think that you are obligated to do them certain favor's like become their taxi driver some friends act like you owe them something because you have something they want,but when you don't have anything they seem to disappear .A lot of times . people are not your friend that just want what you have and that's it. A real friend would be around for you even when you're broke so-called friends never want to see you get ahead they tend to like you more when you given them something or when you don't have anything at all, and if they do like you is because you are given them things that you have like if you have a new car they feel like you owe them something like you supposed to be their personal Taxi they want you to pick them up all the time ,they want you to cater to their every Needs & Wants but as soon as you can't pick them up then you are no longer friends ,anymore it's nothing like a bunch of freeloaders ,never want to see you get ahead . They will Often call you out of your name and tell you that you think that you're too good because you can't do everything that they want or need you to. A real friend is there no matter what so the part with Jody Watley says was it the lies they told you is a very true statement because people would tell you lies just to get what they want out of you. They also don't want you to get ahead because if they're not happy they don't want you to be happy either.
@johngold18497 жыл бұрын
Genius collaboration! Jody, is and will always be a goddess. Rakim is a lyrical beast!
@shamondavis4063 жыл бұрын
John Gold I strongly agree with you!!
@DjTIMEJD Жыл бұрын
@@shamondavis406I wholeheartedly concur with the both of you, friends.
@blazesimpson88307 жыл бұрын
Jody Wately was the number one trendsetter in the 80s, first to put a rapper ( Rakim The Greatest of all time) on a r N b track,
@TheEdub15 жыл бұрын
No she's not the first Chaka Khan is with Melle Mel on I Feel For You in 1984!
@ivanlugo94915 жыл бұрын
Sorry your both wrong blondie was the first
@TheEdub15 жыл бұрын
@@ivanlugo9491 My man Blondie was doing the rapping not anyone else. She had brothers in the video but not rapping on her tracks. And Blondie was a pop artist not R&B!
@ivanlugo94915 жыл бұрын
@edub1 hear whole album
@TheEdub15 жыл бұрын
@@ivanlugo9491 She's still pop not R&B. We said the first to put a rapper on R&B track.
@jerrycalhoun50758 жыл бұрын
Jody never lied. Real friends are always on deck.
@funkmasterfishdatdamnfish74423 жыл бұрын
Anyone else is going through all their favorite jams thinking about how life was back in the days? ✌🏼️
@bonganibophela2819 Жыл бұрын
Trust me everyone does, music are pegs that hold special events on a string of our lifeline
@timmusumba5846 Жыл бұрын
Released in 1989 when i was in grade 6....! The song had a very great message indeed! The mid 80s and 90s had the best music indeed! Why the song does not have more than 10,000,000 million views is a mystery to me!
@rebeccastroud805 ай бұрын
Nothing like the 80's!!!!😊❤
@pjonesps Жыл бұрын
I believe this was the first R&B song to feature a rapper!
@bro.malcolmali3959 жыл бұрын
Rakim a gifted lyricist
@jayscribe75478 жыл бұрын
Ya think
@jayjones32768 жыл бұрын
didn't u mean to say one of the most gifted. to me he's top #1
@fab5frk8 жыл бұрын
The R is the lyrics that start the saying "You know what I'm sayin". Fact !
@lebronbarkley60387 жыл бұрын
fab5frk he's the greatest
@ErK827 жыл бұрын
Rakim is the Greatest Of all time. Even here where some might say appearing with Jody Watley who's a legend from Shalamar, Could be seen as a mainstream no-no, Rakim adds credibility by walking the streets of NY with his crew
@jeffreyprather5834 Жыл бұрын
SHE IS A LIVING LEGEND
@cupofjavaproductions3138Ай бұрын
👍🏿
@jayscribe75478 жыл бұрын
So beautiful! Everybody had a crush on Jody
@LongJerryCurl8 жыл бұрын
+Jay Scribe yes sir,,,,good times
@jayscribe75478 жыл бұрын
***** Yes indeed.
@LloydWamai8 жыл бұрын
+Jay Scribe Oh yea we did!
@oceanbabin8 жыл бұрын
The fat lady?
@jayjones32768 жыл бұрын
+MPA2000 and pebbles lol
@unixpro1970 Жыл бұрын
The great Rakim!
@MaydaySanders12-ie1mh11 ай бұрын
I am a big fan of this collaboration. This is simply beautiful! This song is telling the truth. It is so relevant to 2023 and how friends treat you. I just love Rakim he's one of the best rappers that ever picked up a mic. Ms Watley is in a class by herself. She's the epitome of beauty , grace and one heck of a singer!!
@edwardbarnes757 ай бұрын
Rakim was the GOAT of this Era
@mortinsprocessor8 жыл бұрын
that very first verse though speaks HELLA volumes!
@heaven73602 жыл бұрын
I'm learning about friends these days.....this song is perfect. Hard to figure people out....
@kisukehanout87038 жыл бұрын
yo that's crazy Rakim was only 21 on this shit, dope verses
@whateva.man.19938 жыл бұрын
Word
@jayjones32768 жыл бұрын
damn so young to be so dope
@aqueenstandsalone39544 жыл бұрын
Kisuke Hanout he is an ICON
@2010Gullwing4 жыл бұрын
Rakim best rapper ever
@lelynnmalkia93853 жыл бұрын
Real Lyricist, Always #Rakim
@tallcoolone0913 жыл бұрын
This video and song were so ground breaking at the time. i think she was the first to have a rapper featured in a song. and she had the vougers befor Madonna.
@tonys19236 жыл бұрын
Jodie Watley was one of the best from this era, Shalamar lead singer to boot
@dougwilliams2480 Жыл бұрын
Howard Hewitt was actually Shalamar's lead vocalist
@janismichelebenoit73 Жыл бұрын
Will never get enough of Jody's music, an absolute genius of a woman , style and grace and that voice... OMG she rocked everything she sang. I'm 56 , it's now Nov 2022 and Jody's tunes get me dancing on a dime. She will Always be an artist I admire ❣
@hollypietrzak52148 жыл бұрын
this is how pop and hip hop used to sound like in the late 80s
@mikekaraoke8 жыл бұрын
+holly pietrzak 80's were a golden decade
@hollypietrzak52147 жыл бұрын
yes it sure was and I also like the way jody dresses also
@mikekaraoke7 жыл бұрын
holly pietrzak Yea dresses are good like any decade some fashion was bad and others alright- My niece said the same and she was born in 2000 :-]
@jcp19775 жыл бұрын
Amen
@richardredic5 жыл бұрын
yes - god awful
@curtismoore773811 ай бұрын
FRIENDS TIMELESS CLASSIC A PURE MASTERPIECE
@danksanatraoldredeyes23946 жыл бұрын
Her career was so iconic shalamar and her solo success she was killing new York's radio. Stations
@nataliesammylove87167 жыл бұрын
This combination is truly untouchable. The God & Ms Jody.
@MauricioSierraM.2 жыл бұрын
One of the real R&B/Rap pioneers!
@tallcoolone095 жыл бұрын
She was slightly ahead of everyone. The voguing and to feature rap artists in songs and video.
@rayconley824 жыл бұрын
Yep! She was ahead of the curve.
@SmoothCinnamonX4 жыл бұрын
She really was. I feel like she never got the props she deserves. Jody is a phenomenal artist, a true artist!
@firouz42964 жыл бұрын
She was the first female to vogue in a mainstream video( 2. Taylor Dayne 3. Madonna) , the first to wear Gautier‘s Cone bra (1983 in her first solo video „where the boys are“), the first to collab with a rap artist, the first to bring high fashion and great directors to mainstream pop (David Fincher), one of the first to record a „new soul“ album (Intimacy) and so much more... Tragically underrated in so many ways. Rihanna, Ameriie, Beyonce and many others wouldn‘t be here without her. She needs to get a big time tribute! Since she still sounds and looks flawless, how about herself beginning the tribute and duet with the new girls?
@richardmiiller18134 жыл бұрын
YAAASSSS! I WS JUST SITIN HERE THINKIN THT LIKE WOW THIS HAS TO B 1 OF THE FIRST R & B rap collab songz. Jody ws a trendsetter n every since!
@anthonycorbett62644 жыл бұрын
slightly?
@dallasdude24924 жыл бұрын
Forgot how flames this video is!!!
@keithcoates2833 Жыл бұрын
For younger folks, she was in the group Shalamar
@evanginzburg4 жыл бұрын
She's a great live performer- don't miss her.
@donaldflowers61695 жыл бұрын
Jody was and is still fierce
@theoldschooloriginal11 жыл бұрын
I still have this song "Friends" and the album "Larger Than Life" on the original black cassette tape released in 1989 from MCA Records. A classic collaboration from Jody Watley with Eric B & Rakim making this a timeless gem.
@knucklegame5050Ай бұрын
Jody Watley, the Soul Train Queen💃👌🏾👌🏾
@jimmimukuria22122 жыл бұрын
This was so daring of Jody...Marrying Rap and R&B when everyone else would have thought that was a crazy thing to try, and coming up with such a great song. Jody was way ahead of her time. She is and she'll always remain one of the greatest of all time.
@jasondawson92 Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the 80s
@s.w.91382 жыл бұрын
When this masterpiece came out I was a young child but I knew it was a hit. I loved her sound and style. Years later as an adult and life has happened, this joint slaps! It truly hits home!!!💯💯💯
@Eurodance90schick4 жыл бұрын
I love this song, the lyrics hit home for me and I love this song.
@willjenkins35292 жыл бұрын
Still a CLASSIC and bumping in 2k22 and beyond. Plz keep your heads up and keep your eye on the business. God bless 🙌 9th day 🙏 🙌 ❤ ♥ 💖 💙 🙏
@felixagabo9122 Жыл бұрын
This song always gets me laughing and dancing and smiling and singing and nodding. This song brings back fresh memories of teenage years, really fond and nostalgic ones. Beautiful and eclectic Jody Watley sure contributed in making our growing years lively. This song for will everly remain A FIVE STARS rating.
@jeffreyprather5834 Жыл бұрын
RAKIM BLACK KING ,LIVING LEGEND
@mlyten67 Жыл бұрын
Could there be a better collaboration of talent? I think not. Jody’s silky smooth and soulful voice and Rakim’s highly expressive lyrical groove combining to make a timeless track. Still and forever a fave. Makes me pine for a fantastic time.
@ash-shakirwhitaker70085 жыл бұрын
I love it when rap (A-K-A Hip Hop) and R&B are blended together!
@ctbadcop153 жыл бұрын
This is the ONLY collaboration that featured a successful dance( that’s what we called in the 80’s) music singer and a real hardcore MC. I don’t care who you are but if Rakim isn’t in your top 5 list of emcee’s, you will never know hip-hop!
@valmontmoore83017 жыл бұрын
Rakim great Lyrics him and Big daddy Kane best ever when it comes to lyrics
@michaelmaqua5179 Жыл бұрын
She is so right about about this song and what friends will do because you can’t trust people who don’t have what you have
@jasondawson92 Жыл бұрын
Especially in the hood the ghetto be hating when you drive a Benz in the neighborhood even when they your friends
@djolskool196811 жыл бұрын
YOU CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THESE 2 TOGETHER!
@theresagreen14934 жыл бұрын
RAKIM KICKS KNOWLEDGE every time in our time he was the best and will always be to Me!!! The god
@kemaranight24562 жыл бұрын
This song got me through grade school in the early 00s. Don't recall ever seeing the video; wanting to vogue, this is hitting even harder at 4:14am. Just woke up from sleep with Jody on my mind and fixing my life in my heart. S/o to this queen for the forever vibe
@ajtowin Жыл бұрын
Makes me always wish to go back to the summer of 89, being 18 again
@sfrank86877 ай бұрын
I'm right with you
@EarthWindandFirepower09907 жыл бұрын
DIS WAS THE 1ST SONG TO FEATURE A SINGER AND A RAPPER ON DA SAME RECORD.
@hectorrivera20966 жыл бұрын
Marcus Reeves I thought Run DMC did walk this way before this came out
@Pants36 жыл бұрын
Hector Rivera that was rock. This is for R&B.
@TheEdub15 жыл бұрын
No it was Chaka Khan and Melle Mel - I Feel For You (1984).
@bombboys Жыл бұрын
Song still gives me chillzzzzzz just like the 1st time I heard it. I was already in love with Jody after her 1st masterpiece of an album. This solidified it. ❤😊
@ajtowin Жыл бұрын
Jody was a nubian Queen here in this video ❤😘
@landocalrisian20145 жыл бұрын
I always wanted Jody and Sade to do a photo shoot. That would have been epic.
@chargedupchallah5006 Жыл бұрын
This is Rak, #1 on one list, 🤔. Have more than one, categorizing them will take you back. Have fun with your Hip Hop.
@Timcoplawyer8 жыл бұрын
Rakim's son at such a young age....f-ing love this video!!
@amgnomercy6 жыл бұрын
Eric B is the coolest dude who ever lived. So much swagger in this video and he doesn't even speak.
@sarahsimpkins20219 жыл бұрын
This came out in 1989 I was in the 4th grade when this came out I used to watch this on BET on Video souls them was the days Good music.Also I don't know what this young lady talking about her video was kind of like aliayah this was way before her time before she even came out.back in 80s every one had they own style and music and it was fun.I had for got about this one. Its been so long since I heard this I forgot Eric b and rakim did this song with her
@mynameisnotimportant28546 жыл бұрын
Sarah Simpkins a 1980 baby just like me
@Eurodance90schick4 жыл бұрын
I remember this song when it came out I was in grade 1 when it came out.
@tyreed.37163 жыл бұрын
IM ON3 YEAR OLDER THAN YOU!!!!! #thaiwave class of 97 ooaa oaa! Or are you them same?
@jamaalosman1255 жыл бұрын
Jody Watley & Rakim Perfection 💛
@bridgettholman40746 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, Rakim is the worlds best rapper!
@stanleysimmons39596 жыл бұрын
She's so right, and yet we all have been the "friend" to let down others as well! I speak from experience, so I've apologized to my buddies and family members I've wronged over the years. Hey, even Whodini says that the dictionary doesn't know the meaning of friend!!
@Eurodance90schick4 жыл бұрын
same here I love this song and especially the lyrics.
@trevorhicks3576 Жыл бұрын
Yup
@rayden213 жыл бұрын
Nice song never gets old
@jeffreyprather5834 Жыл бұрын
SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND VERY AND VERY HUMBLE
@ytbb20077 жыл бұрын
Jody Was the first to incorporate elegance, style, fashion, hair, and hot dance moves in her videos. What artist that's out right now completely copied her? (Beyoncé).
@Jezabhaal4 жыл бұрын
This is ISIS remix
@johnnymchappyboy3 жыл бұрын
MADONNA
@mamadouaziza25363 жыл бұрын
Please, she was not the first..
@sacheverelle Жыл бұрын
Friends will let you tf down. True then, true now and forever.
@fuferito Жыл бұрын
Notice people _voguing_ in the video years before Madonna picked up on it. Jody Watley was the true trailblazer.
@shyredwall3 ай бұрын
I noticed the video is about the Balls in the gay and drag community. I see it now after watching the Streaming Show “Pose”. I didn’t notice it back in the 80’s when it came out.
@bitterbold10 жыл бұрын
my girl, rocked back in the day.
@19Dfuck5 жыл бұрын
She still does, saw her last night and she kicked ass!!
@GodzillaKaijuGK3 жыл бұрын
@@19Dfuck Who’s ssa did she kick?
@ladylaurenia4 жыл бұрын
She really resembles Sade! A beautiful woman.
@ronaldwilliams81847 жыл бұрын
Ahead of its time.
@Eurodance90schick4 жыл бұрын
They need to bring songs like this one back for the 21st century I love the message in it about friends and it's so true too.
@BigIndieFilms14 жыл бұрын
A gem of a song and video from one of our favorite colleagues. Billboard Multi Format Chart Topper. #9 Hot 100 #1 Dance and #3 R&B Hip-Hop R&B. Way to go Jody, we love you.
@219records8 жыл бұрын
Look at them voguing before Madonna made it famous!
@jayjones32768 жыл бұрын
damn u right.... great observation. I fuck wit Madonna but u see how them people do?
@blakkone40008 жыл бұрын
She's NOT a trans woman. She's given birth at least twice if I'm not mistaken.
@blakkone40008 жыл бұрын
+esco bar Says the person questioning people's gender and sexuality..... with no content on their profile no less. Obviously a troll.
@madamestbeatrice8 жыл бұрын
+L. Hill she's androgynous.
@aniyah808 жыл бұрын
Jody Watley gave birth to two children. A simple Google search would have revealed that. I'm so tired of people trying to say that just because a black woman is beautiful, that means they're transgendered. No, that's just a way for people like you to throw shade at them. P.S. she had one of those kids with Andre Cymone (the bassist from Prince and the Revolution) who she was married to. Save your conspiracy theories for the trash.
@user-wd8pe1qf8u Жыл бұрын
Classic!❤
@ericjoyner77428 жыл бұрын
sing it jodie your song friends is a song about the truth. The lyrics are so true.
@Kevin1988982 жыл бұрын
today R&B Music cant Touch Jody Watley
@DonnieBlaze285 жыл бұрын
Song is deep af! First time paying attention to the words.
@htiekmahned88592 жыл бұрын
It's 2022 and friends will let you down.
@jameyjones8863 Жыл бұрын
Ty Jody for Performing this gem @ Walt Disney world for Grad Night class of 90
@kristiaspight3323 жыл бұрын
OMG...this song literally just popped in my head today...Jody is so underated...the creativity in this video is on another level🔥
@kevinlong53923 жыл бұрын
She was way ahead of her time. Her milkshake brought me to the yard. Unique and then some😎
@blackirishrose40404 жыл бұрын
who's listening to Jody for 2019
@RBS_5 жыл бұрын
AHHHH! They used the Hank Shocklee 12" remix, for the Video!! FANNNTASTIC!! OK, trivia TIME: Rakim did a UHF interview LOOONG ago ('89), and discussed this video; He knew Jody was going to have something 'big budget', and thought he may be flown out to Paris (like the 'Still A Thrill; Video), or an exotic locale, and was anticipating the video shoot. NO ONE told him about the motif, so he just went along, thinking it was gonna be a 'stone gas, honey'... He resided in Harlem at the time, and they picked him up in a Limousine (the one in this video) in his neighborhood....and drove him ONE BLOCK, to a warehouse, filled with Drag Queens (LOVE the one with the 'tired' sign at 1:46!), downtown Club Kids, Bodybuilders in loincloths, gay black boys voguing, and the Elvis impersonator!! ...Rakim was NOT READY for that! he said, 'I thought I was gonna leave my 'hood for one night, and they drove me ONE BLOCK!'....ha-HAAA!! Jody was NO WHERE to be found, and only showed up when he had to the rap part on the stage! ..he said he wanted OUTTA THERE, but knew this would take him (and Eric B.) to new heights as 'street' rappers, reaching for a broader audience....BOY, did it EVER; they were RAW at the time, and this opened the door for Mariah / ODB, Rhianna / Drake, Beyonce / Jay Z, and MANY, MANY others...THIS was the template, all, so RESPECT Miss Watley, PLEASE!
@pasotay2 жыл бұрын
I love the bridge..."there to wipe your tears away...from that new heartache!"
@Nica-Ra-Wata13 жыл бұрын
Fuck I miss the great music of the 80s and 90s when it comes to HIP HOP in New York.
@michaelmaqua5179 Жыл бұрын
Sometimes the friends who have your back are usually people that you don’t even know who has your back because God can designate angels to be their for you when you least expect them to be there, especially when you’re on the streets, because most of the time that’s where you need them, because you have to live by a code, and if you don’t have that too bad and like she said you have to be a leader and that’s a mason .
@STLHouseLegend14 жыл бұрын
Mo (the one voguer with the flattop) just made me the loveliest dinner last month, down to the macaroni & cheese! Brooklyn's finest, baby! AND HE STILL SERVES THE OLD WAY, BTW!! You kids would gag...
@jarrelely13766 жыл бұрын
STLHouseLegend do you ever see Grace Jones in Brooklyn NY? I'm always over there
@oldirtydasher3 жыл бұрын
The God MC and the Goddess Dance Singer
@Jezabhaal4 жыл бұрын
Love you JODY
@michaelmaqua5179 Жыл бұрын
The friends Who I had they.held me up in the penitentiary because I remember where I came from and how I grew up hard and you never forget who was there for you because almighty god designated all my friends and I was a leader who was chosen by my creator and I deemed myself JESUS number one DISCIPLE and that’s how I knew
@t.o.o.smooth58702 жыл бұрын
One of the first pop artists to embrace hip hop music.
@masterninjaryuken17475 ай бұрын
I love u Jody Watley and you're absolutely right about that God bless u always and thanks for sharing
@KennethPowers-tf7rt9 ай бұрын
The message in this song is relevant now more than ever!!!☹️👍🏿
@mariannebaskerville-hillia4066 ай бұрын
Back in the good ole days ❤.
@3774godoy3 жыл бұрын
Man, i forgot all about this song. So glad I found it!
@thepenitent36333 жыл бұрын
90s is the 80s on steroids!
@OLMECTHUGSАй бұрын
One or maybe the first to have a rapper and and RNB singer ,this was a big hit in the inner city .
@suavehinrg9 жыл бұрын
Excellent, direct and factual lyrics. Awesome music video music too!