Man Teena Marie was so damn good. Her music and voice was some soul snatching shyt. Just incredible.

[DetroitEWarren]

And of course her classics with Rick

How she came in on Fire And Desire always caught me as a kid. She brought the same bars as Rick and Rick killed it, but her voice completely changed the song. shyt goes from swagger to passion as soon as she touched the mic. How she stretches the loooooooooohoooooooooove when she drops is just so fukking passionate.

You can really feel that shyt in your bones.

The closest track I've seen to a similarly of her is Michelle's Something In My Heart. She used the same style on that track and it paid off.

I don't hear too many tracks where I can compare to Teenas style. Her shyt is legendary.

 

[Mandarin Duck]

Triple OG PAWG

 

[BlackMajik]

I knew it was gonna be Portuguese Love

RIP Teena

 

[Dameon Farrow]

In Rick James' autobiography he said the label didn't know what to do with her. They signed her and wanted her to do country or pop. He took her under his wing and made her a star.

I actually need to reread Glow. shyt is a great read.

 

[King]

One of her most underrated tracks, lyrics a bit dated tho

 

[born of fire]

she was a spectacular songwriter too.

 

[TheKongoEmpire]

Before I say anything, what was said about her back in the day? Y'all know why...

 

[Po pimp]

Teena Marie’s debut album didn’t even show her face. The same way artists like the Isleys didn’t have their picture on the cover (so that white people would buy their albums), Teena wasn’t shown because I guess they didn’t know if black people would rock with her, even though we did.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

They didn’t call her One Take Teena for nothing . I was so damn hurt when she passed

 

[macadomusic]

 

[bourgeoisie tall freak]

I be singing to Portuguese love like I'm in a musical that's my fav

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Teena Marie is black. I don’t care about y’all nikkas new race politics.

 

[Wiseborn]

Triple OG PAWG

Literally she was on the set.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

Man that shyt so fire. How she stretches the "Oooooooouuuuuuuuuutttttttt onnnnnnnnn a limmmmmmmmmmmb"

Just fukkin beautiful breh.

man i remember every puerto rican lookin chick ..all they had to do was have a decent voice n sing teena marie... n they will win it ....






except susan...




she rolled up look like one of og frog from colors hoes

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Teena Marie is black. I don’t care about y’all nikkas new race politics.

It's ok to say she is white, breh.