MissJones - "Where I Wanna Be Boy"

Classic, chart-topping Hip Hop/Soul from Stepsun Media.

[@nellyluscious]

I swear summers 94-95 was everything!! What a time to be alive!!! Everything back then was just on point!!! Cheers to the 90s!!!

[@tishauna777]

yasssss, I would argue 88 to 00 was the shit for urban music.

[@jasonstallings4074]

NellyBelle facts Beautiful

[@nellyluscious]

Jason Stallings Thanks!!

[@loveshow198]

EveryMFthing! That was our Motown Era. I wish i could live that again.

[@nellyluscious]

loveshow1 For sure!!!

[@MindTrickedX24]

This video is the epitome of that mid-90s look.

[@robertprentsen2644]

I hope this style comes back in the 2020s.

[@jonesyradio]

@@robertprentsen2644 this is Miss Jones and I will Bring this bitch back!!lolol!!

[@appetite4chic878]

@@jonesyradio please bring it back and use your voice to make more dope music. I’m 33 now, so a little kid when this came out, but I wish music was still like this 😍🔥

[@robertprentsen2644]

@@jonesyradio LOL YOU BETTER GIRL!

[@GodzillaKaijuGK]

This is early 90s

[@demetriusmcclain980]

New York Undercover episode had me jamming 🔥🔥🔥 classic

[@jasonbavolar8204]

That’s what brought me here as well

[@grayson89754tombean]

NEW YORK UNDERCOVER WAS THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!!❣️❣️❣️ That SHOW should have stayed on LONGER than it did!!!

[@lawrencechatman2920]

Brought me here too!

[@tburstion]

Yessuah 🔥🔥

[@lawrencechatman2920]

@@grayson89754tombean It's on TUBI now. All 4 seasons

[@MattMcClary]

This record is timeless. It transports me back to the 90s every time I hear it

[@MakeYouTubeGreatAgain1]

Agreed

[@talibanomertaosama6649]

@@MakeKZbinGreatAgain1 ¹1¹1kus0D8D08ytd808TSSYDuD8DDutdst

[@gillespie919]

me too, every where i wanna be too!!a piece of this 90s history will never fade was the greatest music era

[@moranphillips2064]

That's what it's supposed to do

[@devri24]

EVERY.SINGLE.TIME!!!

[@Spontainiouz]

I had just turned 14 when this song came out in 1994. The spirit of the 1980s and 1990s will live inside of me FOREVER.

[@highpowered1126]

same here...salute to you

[@Rick-fe8xn]

The energy was soooooo different

[@sirresebethea]

I was 26 yrs old

[@candicemonique5927]

I was 12. 😂

[@portcityrep251]

I had just turned 14 as well

[@shawn4ever77]

I love my classics. I like to hear the flava miss Jones, monifah, Yvette Michele, Davina, SWV, Total, the list goes on and on...

[@shawn4ever77]

because in the 90's everybody brought the flava! 702, Brownstone, TLC, Changing Faces, Kut Klose, Allure, Xscape...need I say more?

[@naomiappeahkorang532]

just had to screenshot your comment for reference

[@LEGSUDESIRE]

+Shawn Williams I agree!!!!!

[@lateshiachilds3640]

Yes I know all those ladies you mentioned, no one really mention Davina name anymore or Yvette Michele.

[@desireerobinson-wigfall3139]

That Davina song is a great track ❤

[@theodorehuxtable6001]

YO!!! This video is like a snapshot of the whole 90s!!! We got...Miss Jones...Doug Fresh...SWV...Monie Love...Bus-A-Bus?!!! This shit is love right here.

[@jonesyradio]

thank u love!!

[@pillcosby3264]

U forgot Ja Rule

[@theodorehuxtable6001]

@@pillcosby3264 Good eyes, my guy. He creepin up at [2:43] true. When did this come out--'94, '95? Ja woulda had j-u-s-t made the '99 XXL freshman joint if it was a thing back then.

[@pillcosby3264]

He had minor buzz. Look up him in 94 and look up Cash money click.

[@cmrcustompainting5112]

Ja rule was known as CMC= Cash Money Click...no Ja Rule Yet......& ME and twin Brother got Ms. Jones in a Sandwich...her Man @ the time was Tite....Cause everybody was on her that Day!!! All that in those plastic Tites.....

[@nikbran1]

Remember Coco from SWV's long-long azz nails, Busta was really wild and crazy, and Onyx. Mannnn the 90's was so much fun.

[@mariecampbell3373]

Often imitated never duplicated

[@JulianHills]

This song captures the New York energy that was killing the game, it was during the rise of Bad Boy entertainment and all of the great hip hop stuff that was about to take over the world. Great Hype Williams-directed video.

[@geraldsmiththeg7253]

That was when New York was New York (The home of Hip Hop Music) made by the Black American ( African American community) in the Bronx , Brooklyn, Queens , Manhattan , Staten Island ( New York City) and New Jersey!!! The old New York. But now this New York City is now New Yerk. ( Like the tourists say ) the New New York City - Gengerifiied version!!!!

[@jinsaotome3607]

Straight like that! 💪🏿 ​Talk yo ish. Same thing happened to my city. Gentrification. ​@@geraldsmiththeg7253

[@mscupcakedreamson36]

Please, someone take me back. I miss those days so badly.

[@danielrobinson9270]

oh how miss the 90's. This was the jam in 94!!!

[@SagPurpleMoon]

February 2023~Just heard this on the show New York Undercover in 1995.. so it brought me here to check it out again and dance like it’s 1999!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@rimasingleinny1871]

I partied my ass off from 94-2000! NYC was definitely at its peak.Nas,MJB,Bad Boy,Lost Boys..... the party scene was on 100!!!!! The Tunnel,Palldium,demararas, Bentley’s,Shadow,the Showboat,The Arc,Arena and of course The Tunnel with music you could actually dance too.Def lived my best life

[@mssydneil]

@Rima How old were you? I was only three in ‘94. I turn 30 this coming Sunday.

[@rimasingleinny1871]

@@mssydneil aww you was a baby, lol, my youngest sister is your age, but I turn 46 in December graduated from HS in 1993

[@rimasingleinny1871]

@@mssydneil and enjoy ya Bday, my hubbies is on Saturday😁

[@mssydneil]

@@rimasingleinny1871 Thank you! I'm also wearing my natural hair too. You should've been a model because you are too pretty.

[@dooeebear]

Oh yes...the Tunnel, on Sunday nights!!! What a time to be alive. They use to let the 1st 500 girls in free, unisex bathroom....yes indeed, what a time to be alive.

[@zekiacappy1277]

That Uptown Crew consist of Puffy, Biggie, Lost Boys, Heavy D, Guy, Jodeci, Mary j Blige, Soul for Real, Monifah, Terri & Monica, Christopher Williams etc....... of course Miss Jones!

[@thethegeneral1980]

Zekia Cappy12 Dam i didnt know that

[@MrWARBUCKS24]

That's uptown records Miss Jones wasn't on uptown records the uptown crew was anybody from Harlem and just a chant to represent Uptown Harlem

[@jacquelinemwaniki6465]

Sad, Uptown founder Andre passed away in 2020.

[@blankspace8758]

Nah there was NO WAY you would have Mary J and shady ass missjones on the same label. Could never happen

[@shawncarter5867]

@@blankspace8758 what makes her shady bruh...if you lisen to her story and what it took to get on back then ....you would probably have a new found respect for her fam

[@thatssheek]

2024 N this song still a bop 🔥 Bring back the 90s

[@susanhurst3292]

I can't count how many times I was in the front of the TV doing the back up dancers routine!!! I love me some Miss Jones!!!! Good Memories

[@blkcoverboy1049]

This is one of those songs you never get tired of hearing

[@moranphillips2064]

I played this song on my bluetooth speaker 3 times in a row last night

[@patrickjeudy4126]

Back then summer time in 94 95 was great that's when music was good and having fun with friends miss those days

[@isaiahwinbrone]

This joint should've been a platinum hit

[@DeontronieceBurton-bn7ti]

My Jam I’m still listening in 2024 ❤️🥰❤️✨

[@Terelon]

Haven't listened to this in years and years, she has a great voice, wow, I miss Video Soul.

[@latonya08]

I see you JaRule. He has been around forever.

[@BrooklynBound4]

This was played on Hot 97 and playing up and down Fordham Road and Grand Concourse. The good old days

[@angelgirl3188]

BrooklynBound4 yes first time I heard it was on the morning show

[@choirkids-singingforfun-nu47]

Yesssssssss...good times!!!

[@alexj.pereira528]

Sho Nuff, Though.

[@Yuuuuurrrr50]

dam i forgot about miss jones and how sexy she was, good ole days

[@dwayneturner9395]

Yea man. I was crushing on homegirl HARD back n the day. Just had that 'round the way' look

[@flacoroniz2566]

Did she get plastic surgery. ? Cuz I saw a vid from Queens flip and miss jones on it. She look mad Krazy

[@seflasalle3792]

She juicy as shit now... I'm watching her on Queens Flip, that's what brought me here lol I remember now..

[@cmrcustompainting5112]

My Twin brother and I are in the video...all that was real, Fat & Soft!!!

[@keonta81]

She still looks good. Just put on a little weight now​@@flacoroniz2566

[@beaniegee5129]

Heard this on New York Undercover Season 1 episode 23

[@neshamojanay9423]

This song was from the episode New York Undercover -The Shooter, Season 1, Episode 23

[@tonystank2027]

NY Undercover!

[@IRON5]

Shut up! Lol I miss that show and time period so much.

[@ND-qw5nj]

yes

[@BluffCreekStudio]

THE SHOOTER!!! i'm jogging at the bethesda fountain in a little WHILE... YES!!! this scene its 1995 again, and we are all ready to rule the world all over again!!!

[@lateshiachilds3640]

I miss that show

[@lathakidd1805]

@@lateshiachilds3640 you know they finna do a reboot of the show

[@HipHop-dd1or]

90s New York was unmatched. Beautiful music. You had this, Illmatic, The Infamous, Liquid Swords....1994-1995 was unreal.

[@ThickerThanBloodTheSeries]

Word Ready to Die, Reasonable Doubt the list goes on

[@youraibulletin]

Miss Jones truly served as a voice for that universal need for connection and solace with a song like “Where I Wanna Be Boy”. The 90s, especially in Uptown, was a time of immense challenge and resilience. Life was undeniably real-residents were navigating systemic struggles, economic pressures, and the emotional toll of living in such intense environments. R&B during this era became a sanctuary, and artists like Miss Jones used their music to express what many people couldn’t articulate. Her song encapsulated the longing for affection, intimacy, and emotional refuge amidst the chaos. It wasn’t just about romance-it was about survival in a different sense, providing a soft place to land in a hard world. For women and men in Uptown, her voice in that song symbolized more than just love-it was about acknowledging vulnerability in a culture and era where being “tough” was often the default. Her music bridged that gap, creating space for honesty and emotional needs to be expressed, which was healing for many. In a way, Miss Jones became a voice for those unspoken desires for peace, closeness, and escape, offering a soundtrack for moments of hope and love amidst the trials of Uptown life. Songs like hers weren’t just entertainment-they were necessary, reflecting the emotional heartbeat of a community.

[@geraldsmiththeg7253]

I m from Washington, DC. But I am a New York City area person now. I grew listening to Donie Simpsons Hip Hop Soul , 93.9 , 95.5 fm radio stations in DC that featured Hip Hop. So DC Hip Hop fans like me heard hits like Miss Jones - Where I wanna be boy and other Hip Hop, and Go Go Music on DC radio and Cable TV stations like BET. So this is one of my favorites!!!

[@summerrose1662]

The 90's... Where we made less, but had more!!! Good times. Life was much more fun!!

[@Shebshady763]

Hype williams at his finest ... classic video

[@valariejones8276]

The 90s was the era....man what a time to be alive🎉

[@courtneyjeffries390]

I remember when they played this song in New York Undercover. I even recorded the show a few months ago when it came on BET and DM it to her on IG and she was so thrill about it.

[@BoobooThaFooI]

This song, with that bounce beat by Dj jubilee!!! Uptown New Orleans 1996 ahhh the memories

[@Antertainment531]

I see Busta Rhymez, Monie Love, SWV, Monifah!! I loved when that era was more unified

[@deonnadyson]

where is monifah?

[@FUJIWALOVER]

Dough E Fresh!!!!!!

[@C-Lyfe85]

A then unknown Jarule makes a cameo.

[@ninosimone]

Her voice is 🔥🔥

[@letsbefair2675]

The 80's and 90's when all the rappers and rnb artist were in each others videos and supported one another. Black,Latin,White!

[@babylondon9893]

Tru story!

[@haroldsmither8378]

This is the JAM! I LOVE MISS JONES! 93, 94 & 95!

[@jonesyradio]

thank you!!

[@janiceking3742]

I'm glad I grew up in this era of music man. #80sbabyoverhere

[@RNBjapan]

How smooth 90s was!!come back!

[@youngtloloblessed7864]

I love this song, I wish they could make more music like this today. Where is Miss Jones now these days?

[@likereallystfu]

I thought she was still doing radio. Right??

[@BrooklynBound4]

likereallystfu She was fired a while ago for doing something stupid on the air. That was a while ago. She was on Hot 97 in NYC.

[@youngtloloblessed7864]

Wow!!!! Whatever she did was really crazy on her part.

[@BrooklynBound4]

Trishawn Benjamin In NY Hot 97 when the Tsunami happened awhile back she did as a joke make fun of the people that were suffering. I just read that she was on Philly radio and she was fired for doing the same dumb stuff.

[@youngtloloblessed7864]

Why would she do something like that. People have lost their lives, homes, and other things. She deserved to be fired than, that was just wrong you know. Thank you for telling me that.

[@IRON5]

Miss the 90's, KTVU Thursday nights in the Bay Area! Martin 8:00pm Living Single 8:30pm New York Undercover 9:00pm

[@deemune1146]

IRON5 Dam you point good ol days

[@lateshiachilds3640]

You mentioning all those shows just took me back to the 90s.

[@graywolfcanine733]

IRON5 fa sho!

[@LexiiiE1215]

IRON5 oh my god yes

[@tamcar04]

I'm from San Jose....I remember those days!

[@khalilahbrown-deanph.d.7470]

Saw her at an awards show today and couldn't stop humming this song. Good music is timeless

[@TheJr3008]

I miss music like this.

[@iamscrams5995]

This take me back to 94’

[@CrooklynKnight]

I miss Jonesy’s music and I really miss hearing her talk shit on Hot 97

[@sharonmiranda4967]

The 1990s Was The Best!!!!.So Much Amazing Memories

[@jsull81079]

This was my JAM in '95! I remember i waited forever for the album, but it never came out (it was shelved an never released). But i had the single and that sufficed. Ahh the 90's, when talent, good music, and good taste reigned supreme.

[@marshallcomer3257]

this was my ishhhh in 93 summer just out of high school had my car back in Newark nj brick city babe with all the windows down them was da good Ole dayz mmmmm! bring back da 90's music was great back than!!!

[@janiceking3742]

Marshall Comer let me guess. u 76 baby. lol

[@Aldromediatv]

same story here in cali

[@robertwhitfield7313]

Marshall Comer In 93 I was 11 but I was much older than I should've been😂😂the 90s was popping Yadigg jack

[@CJ_7519]

Hate to correct you bruh, but this was '94 not '93!!!! BTW, I'm a '75 baby!!!

[@Brooklyn7savior]

'94

[@MrTaz081]

I first heard this jam on New York Undercover

[@rizinggodfist3049]

🔥Now this real music!...a New York Undercover episode I recorded back in the day brought me here👍🏾...miss that damn show!😒

[@ervgotti635]

Even monie love was rocking that FuBu way back then when they was trying launch the brand....shouts to miss jones

[@Goldaction0]

Holy shit! I came to this video years ago! Barley any comments. Now so many. I knew y’all wasn’t watching NEW YORK UNDERCOVER IN THE 2000s😂

[@atheaamanda]

I was 8 or 9 when this song came out. I so miss summertime in the 90s in New York City.

[@TheFever77]

There's something about the 90's man! MTV was at its best too.

[@Kevinlos_]

That beat is soo 90s NY!it’s wild in todays time! Now at it in Germany 2024

[@brandonrichey3866]

I MISS THE 90s❤

[@davidmosleysr.5799]

90s Music 💪🏾

[@tarshagreene4661]

This song brings me back to college in 1995.😊

[@TheNewgreatlife]

This is such a 90s video! The hairstyles and fashion scream mid-90s look. Some of the elements remind me of something SWV would do during this time period.

[@ILoveJahangeer]

Coko and Taj were in the video and sang background vocals.

[@TheNewgreatlife]

@@ILoveJahangeer omg! Fr!?

[@ILoveJahangeer]

@@TheNewgreatlife Yeah, they’re the two dancing around on their own throughout the video, and you can hear Taj more than Coko during the chorus. Have a watch and listen again.

[@jeremiahh.5779]

yesss, love this era of music, hairstyles and fashion. mid 90s will always be top tier

[@ILoveJahangeer]

@@jeremiahh.5779 Two thousand percent!

[@Hersey-yb5ty]

Omg this duch a classic. All the way from from PHILLY

[@RL-pb2sk]

Memories!!!! NYC!!!!

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I was 14 when this came out back in 94 i remember this was play on the Radio also B.E.T Video soul😊

[@9thborn]

Same ✋🏾 I'm a '79 baby❤

[@chiefexec6634]

I swear I miss these days the 90s was the prime years

[@smmackey]

She was poppin

[@LatashaSmith-np3gs]

New York undercover brought me back here the 90’s ❤️

[@tarshagreene4661]

This song brings me back to my senior year in high school 1994😊

[@Iam_KS]

Drink champs bought me here! I swear I only knew about “sugar hill” and “punish me”. I am here for it Miss Jones! Word to the 90’s!

[@harlemsfinest7707]

I had the same white outfit Miss Jones has on in this video!! I remember wearing it to a Final Four party (my NYC heads remember). We would always run into Miss Jones in Harlem with Doug E Fresh around this time!!! Much love from Harlem NYC ❤️❤️

[@maliksadiq7]

Memories Memories Memories 💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️90s what a time to be alive. Thank you Allah for letting me be born for the 90$

[@lafonze8824]

Damn I was 12 yesterday young jam'n in 95' 💪🏿❤️

[@lovelee1772]

Watching New York Undercover has put me on to this jam and has reminded me of so many other great 90's jams

[@jsull81079]

I LOVED this song! I waited and waited for the album, but it was never released. Regardless, she did it with this song.

[@BussinPotz90]

This jam always gets me hype #turnuptunes #90srnbjunkie

[@Rachel7001]

It doesn't get any better than this. I miss the music from the 80's and 90's.

[@Bengijo242]

EVEN WHEN THEY'D USED SAMPLING BACK THEN......THE MUSIC WAS DONE WITH CLASS, AND INTEGRITY.....80'S 90'S RUN IT.....!!!!!!

[@njdivad]

this was my song! still listening in '17!! actually come to see all the guys in the video!!!

[@jemini21]

This takes me back to the 6th grade in the Bronx. Definitely a time to be alive. Music was life!!

[@louregal99]

OH SNAP! I remember this song ! Forgot all about it

[@Rug4545]

Man I missed the '90s

[@sonyahall5080]

Music brings back so many good memories…

[@nakitapalmer656]

This was my joint right here!!! Busta was killing it actin a fool! This makes u wanna dance in the middle of the living room with yr homegirls! lol

[@dashoncarolina4498]

'94 Ditmas jr high in Flatbush da nostalgia is real..mannnnn we were lit dancing to dis shit!!!

[@OBI-KONOBI-ISRAEL]

Just herd about this track today on the radio and it’s 🔥🔥🔥.

[@justmy2cents_]

I'm 51 should I really be nodding with the beat & groovin' to this jam!???🤔😆

[@kamargee9680]

I miss the 90s. NYC, Va, NC, The whole East Coast I-95 corridor was so fire back then.

[@stephaniepeek2383]

been looking for this song for forever....back in the day jams

[@spectrum10]

I remember her performing a cover of Rose Royce's I'm Going Down on Soul Train.

[@torrijones8434]

Dam this is a classic love the 90s sheesh😄!!!!!!

[@DuaneIsAwful]

Song of 95. Hands down. Just brought me back to childhood.

[@Phoenix-Rising4]

It wasn't a party ,if u didn't play this joint

[@qstafford7164]

This is a new friend of mine that I met this year and She is real good humble woman.I didn’t have a clue she lived that singing career and still have the voice!…

[@tlover36]

I love this song then and now still listening in 2020 anyone else

[@mariecampbell3373]

Throw that money at me boy💵💴💶

[@lightworkainteasy]

2023 still jammin

[@cloudkicker06]

Man, this was when music just made you light up with so much.....wooooooo!!!! I miss those days!

[@glasillharicha6846]

First time hearing this song and i was born in 85. Instant classic! Thanks Ny Undercover!

[@TOTayo-]

Early Hype Williams music video.

[@TripleC2386]

Love 90s R&B never heard this song until today love it.

[@djrichieriley]

This song & video is the whole 90s experience in 3 mins NYC all daaaaay!! Those kids at the end be like 40yrs old now....Craaaaaaay!! lol 😅

[@lateshiachilds3640]

This song will never get old. I always go back to my middle/high school days when I hear this classic jam. Also I think of the show New York Undercover