***This song was done in ONE TAKE! Tina was sick and had to be taken to the hospital. Imagine her vocals if she was well! Pure, raw talent here. The greatest duet EVER!!!!
Yep, it turned out later she had the flu but yes, she wasn’t feeling well and hung in there long enough to do this ONE take and it actually made the album becoming a classic.
No, no... she was IN the hospital, when she heard Rick was fixing to record this song with somebody else, and got her azz to Motown Studios 🎙 QUICK!!!!
I don't care how many times I hear this - and it's been 40+ years - but their voices, and the way they rise with power and passion... they both still give me chills. Damn!
this is one of the best duets ever made !!....yall also should check out a song "called ebony eyes" by Rick James and Smokey Robinson ! another really great duet !!
Rick was not crazy, its called show business with talent and pezzaz... love them both. Tina marie was incredibly talented too with voice that was clean and powerful. ❤
Almost forgot what a great singer he could be cuz of all the craziness. I was waiting for Teena to jump in and blow your minds and add to his 🔥. You didn’t disappoint. This is a certified slow jam.
SLOW JAM - Refers to an R&B ballad or slow song. The literal phrase was coined in the 80's by the R&B group Midnight Star, who had a hit single with the same name. It is definitely a song the two ofr you should react to. Slow Jamz can also refer to the era when DJ's used to play slow songs in the clubs or house parties to give a brother a chance to sharpen his conversation skills with the ladies and to take a break from all that fast ass dancing.
This hear... You will never be the same after listening to Teena Marie... Now you've leveled up... Frfr... Sit back, close your eyes n enjoy the ride...
I've never heard this song before. I didn't know that Rick James had such a soulful voice. Teena Marie has such great voice Wow! What a range she has in her voice. Thanks for playing this song, it's a nice a song.
Yes!!! At the 2004 BET Awards, they put on quite the show with this song. And if you haven't seen it, watch it. Rick James clears up any misunderstandings about who he is at the end. RIP you two amazing people. 💕
Teena was 25 when she did this in '81. Damn, this was my jam, such an underrated track, I was 16 when this came out. So glad you got the chance to showcase this beautiful song with powerful vocals by Rick and Teena, may their souls rest eternally in peace.
Thank you Twins, for playing this song. Rick and Teena had that chemistry when singing together and that’s not something you find all the time. There are 2 others who who also had the chemistry when singing together and that was Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neal Rip Rick J and Lady T
Y’all have to delve deeper into both of these legends’ portfolios! Both Rick and Teena have an amazing collection of music 🎶 that you can’t go wrong with...take ur pick! 😊 There’s another duet of theirs you should check out: Sucker For Your Love!! 💣💃🏽💣💃🏽 RIP to both of these icons. 🥀✌🏾
This was definitely a slow jam. And Rick and Tina brought the heat with their vocals. Ya'll should react to The Brothers Johnson. They had some bangers back in the 70's. Songs like...Get the Funk out of My Face, I'll Be Good to You, Ain't We Funkin' Know, and Stomp. These were all great party songs🎶🎵🎸 And still are!
Thigh high boots was the thing back then. Everyone wore them. I saw Rick & Teena perform this live on tour. Luther Vandross was the opening act (he only had 1 hit at the time). A slow jam is a song that makes you want to slow dance.
I don't rmbr a lot of men wearing thigh high boots...I know I didn't, never would..Rick was one of one..he always wore those kinds of boots on all his albums and during his shows
A lot of performers, especially over the top Rock performers, wore those boots as well, groups like Kiss, Poison, Quiet Riot, and Twisted Sister. Not all the time maybe but sometimes. It WAS a thing of that era.
Yes! Yes! This one of best all time Classics! I had a chance to see them in concert! It was one of the BEST concert I’ve ever attended! It was Pure Fiyah! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 The place was rock”n” and if a person wasn’t smoking marijuana you definitely got a contact high! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
One of the greatest love ballads ever!! Written and/or performed!! A cohesion that is hard to top....They complimented each other so well!! Two-piece with a pepper!! LOL
Slow jam, deep soul music, and smooth!! There is so many other songs like this that you've barley touched the surface of, especially from the 1960's to the early 70's. 😎
This is definitely a slow jam! Slow Jam is a termed used mainly to describe amazing R&B ballads! Rick and Teena did their thing with this track! Its still a jam! Classic!❤️❤️
RIP our beautiful Teena Marie - we miss you babe. Teena was definitely the real deal. This is one of the greatest baby making love songs. Yes, I would call it a slow jam. No, can't vibe with this on the intercom in a restaurant. Until you've loved someone so hard and you know it can't work - but you both want to be together so bad, but you can't and you're torn into a thousand pieces - you really can't feel this song. But when you have, your emotions ebbs and flows with every single note and every time you hear this song - you are right back in that moment of feeling your heart ache with fire and desire. RIP Slick Rick.
Yes my young brothers... This is what we called a slow jam and it was one of the biggest slow jams in The summer of 1981! Thank you for recognizing it 🤗
This was fire 🔥 back in the day! Teena Marie is my all time favorite period. In 1981 I was only 23. This is a slow jam 😂 They had a great years long love affair 💜💜 They we’re a two piece spicy combo alright 😂
This is what we had back then, the likes of Rick and Tina. They rocked our souls, enjoy lads and thanks for bringing it back to us and introducing it to the masses. Back in the day we played it to death.
I was born in 1981 and this will be a forever banger. Love Rick James and Lady T. Y'all gotta do a deep dive into Tina Marie. I highly recommend Dear Lover, Lovergirl and Out On A Limb to get you started!
And to think Rick James discovered Tina Marie. All that voice in that little woman. As a producer he knew talent we are forever owed a great debt to him in the music he himself sang plus all the music she provided because of him. She was a white woman in the R&b industry that could not have been easy but her true soul came out. I was a teenager when they were famous and I would dance to all their music. It was always my favorite music
Hey guys they were amazing together as a couple and their vocals guys I miss them just phenomenal. That is straight up R&B Soul guys just amazing no one sings like that anymore it is just a few artists. Stay blessed guys and take care.
I was 7 years old when this came out. We just moved to Texas from Panama and my parents LOVED soul/R&B. I still rock this weekly. RIP to both legends🙏🏾
Yay!!!! FINALLY! I have been begging you guys to do this song for over a year. This song is so amazing. Her voice is incredibly powerful and soulful. I still listen to this song at least once a week. Brings back beautiful memories. 😍
You know it's good when u see them "stank faces' lol! I always know reactors love a song, especially the voices when the stank faces come out! Great reaction guys! And yes... This would be called a 'Slow Jam'!
Now that you have been introduced to Mr. Rick James, you should check out the Dave Chappelle and (amazing Storyteller) Charlie Murphy real Hollywood stories about Rick James . This was fun
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Finally!!! We have been waiting on this from y’all for a while!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Facts! 💯💯🔥🔥🔥
I was thinking the same thing on Sunday when I was listening to it while I was making some rice & peas and jerk chicken.
OMG waiting forever for them to do this one
💯💯
Yes Finally. Next time yall do them. They have one called 'Happy'. Also a beautiful duet by these two.
***This song was done in ONE TAKE! Tina was sick and had to be taken to the hospital. Imagine her vocals if she was well! Pure, raw talent here. The greatest duet EVER!!!!
Wow! You learn something new everyday
🔥👍🏾🙏🏾
I heard they snuck her out of the hospital to record it
Yep, it turned out later she had the flu but yes, she wasn’t feeling well and hung in there long enough to do this ONE take and it actually made the album becoming a classic.
No, no... she was IN the hospital, when she heard Rick was fixing to record this song with somebody else, and got her azz to Motown Studios 🎙 QUICK!!!!
Teena Marie and Rick James were perfect together. Both were extremely talented musicians. I miss them.
I had a chance to see them in concert! Needless to say the concert was pure fiyah🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@vanessadowns8912 I'm so jealous! I'm glad you got to see them. :)
@@vanessadowns8912 Same. 💛
Slow Jam is what we called "Baby making music!!!!"" That's how alot of your friends came about, from alot of these AMAZING songs!!!
70s and 80s baby making
90s panty droppers
😂
@@roshaimoore 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t know if you’ve ever reacted to this song but you need to react if you haven’t to Keith Sweat ‘make it last forever’
@@roshaimoore Was JUST going to say the same damn thing! This was some "Panty Dropping" music that worked like a CHARM!!😉😉🩲🩲,
You got that right. If you alone with that certain someone or at a ol skool house party with the lights down low. Miss then days.
Teena's vocals are exquisite. Please explore her catalogue.
Jammin' for the first time.
Can we take second to appreciate Teena's vocals. She's so amazing!
Exactly ❤❤❤❤❤ I miss her that girl can sang!!!!!!
I don't care how many times I hear this - and it's been 40+ years - but their voices, and the way they rise with power and passion... they both still give me chills. Damn!
No lies detected! I was 11, shaking my head now just like I did back then! 👏🏾🔥❤️
I remember the guy who made me a tape of this, he has a crush on me, but I liked someone else…. Shared that song with that someone else….
Yep. Every time. Amazing.
She has more soul that a lot of women...check out... Deja Vu...I been here before by Teena Marie.
Especially in today's r&b. Teena embodied r&b/soul and funk in the 70s and 80s. My top 2 female vocalist of all time.
@@feliciasanders2066 yes indeed. Love Lady Tee!!
Out on a limb
@@gemini2butterfly215 Yes!
🤲❤she was amazing and
one of my favorite concerts.
REST IN PEACE RICK JAMES-N-TEENA MARIE 🕊 🕊 🕊 🕊
R.I.P Rick James & Teena Marie
They loved each other. She wanted to save him but couldn't. RIP Rick & Teena.
this is one of the best duets ever made !!....yall also should check out a song "called ebony eyes" by Rick James and Smokey Robinson ! another really great duet !!
Thank You! I just said that too.
Yes Ebony Eyes another great one. Also check out "Happy" Teena and Rick kill it even more on it.
“Ebony Eyes” is my absolute jam!
AMEN!!!!
One of my favorites
Still can't believe they're both gone. Two of the best.
A lot of babies born in 1980s were made to this song.
This song was the last song played in clubs. It was long and made the dance floor fill up.
She, hands down… is one of the greatest singers of all time. Can’t duplicate her.. RIP lady T, your music will forever live on….
You betta PREACH!!!
Teena Marie- Deja Vu . Another great song Luther Vandross/ Gregory Hines- There’s Nothing Better Than Love.
Y'all not going to be ready for Tina... when she steps in 🔥
Rick James was so crazy but he sure has a great voice
Sadly, people paid too much attention to the craziness and not enough attention to his voice.
Rick was not crazy, its called show business with talent and pezzaz... love them both. Tina marie was incredibly talented too with voice that was clean and powerful. ❤
This song is a CLASSIC!!!
100% a "Slow Jam" This is what you call "The Quiet Storm" baaaaby!!!!! Top tune!!!!
My favorite Teena Marie song is Portugese Love!
Almost forgot what a great singer he could be cuz of all the craziness. I was waiting for Teena to jump in and blow your minds and add to his 🔥. You didn’t disappoint. This is a certified slow jam.
Absolute truth! If you only listened to the music and ignored the hype, they were the greats!
CERTIFIED 4 SURE!
I am the #1 Super fan of Rick James, Rick was an artist, and writer-producer, arranger and owned his masters. Rick played 7 instruments self-taught.
SLOW JAM - Refers to an R&B ballad or slow song. The literal phrase was coined in the 80's by the R&B group Midnight Star, who had a hit single with the same name. It is definitely a song the two ofr you should react to.
Slow Jamz can also refer to the era when DJ's used to play slow songs in the clubs or house parties to give a brother a chance to sharpen his conversation skills with the ladies and to take a break from all that fast ass dancing.
My aunt loved this song! If she were still with us, she would have been pleased that y'all listened and reacted to this. May she R.I.P.
This song was responsible for a lot of babies! Check out "If This World Were Mine" by Luther and Cheryl Lynn for other examples of baby making duets
His duet with Smokey Robinson, "Ebony Eyes" is a great song.
I second that!
I love Ebony eyes and his rendition of Starships
One of the greatest songs ever.
Yaaaaas! Rick James and Our Ivory Queen ❤️❤️🔥🔥
I was 11 years old when this came out now I'm in my 50's and still in love with this song
SAME!!!
This hear... You will never be the same after listening to Teena Marie... Now you've leveled up... Frfr... Sit back, close your eyes n enjoy the ride...
I've never heard this song before. I didn't know that Rick James had such a soulful voice. Teena Marie has such great voice Wow! What a range she has in her voice. Thanks for playing this song, it's a nice a song.
So glad you listened..... one of my ALL time favorites
Wow .. Rick James was more known than Teena.. Nonetheless, glad you liked his voice 😊
Y'all should watch them perform it live and witness the voice battle and chemistry. They are amazing 🤩🤩
Yes!!! At the 2004 BET Awards, they put on quite the show with this song. And if you haven't seen it, watch it. Rick James clears up any misunderstandings about who he is at the end. RIP you two amazing people. 💕
You can't deny the music from back in the day is so much better than the music they make now days.
So so true. Nothing will ever top great R&B music.
#1 Rick James Superfan. Rick was a great writer, producer, and arranger singer of his music.
Love how their voices complimented one another's. Miss them both and I'm thankful for the music they left with us.
The greatest duet ever
'Out on a limb' excellent tune by Tina & Rick too
Teena was 25 when she did this in '81. Damn, this was my jam, such an underrated track, I was 16 when this came out. So glad you got the chance to showcase this beautiful song with powerful vocals by Rick and Teena, may their souls rest eternally in peace.
Back in the day this was always the last slow jam of the night at school dances. Found your man and would be grinding 🤣
Was waiting for this one. One of my favorite songs ever. I bump this in the ride often.
This is still a jam! There will never be another Rick James or Lady T
This song was my parents jam. I remember watching them slow dance in the kitchen to this song when I was a small child.
Thank you Twins, for playing this song.
Rick and Teena had that chemistry when singing together and that’s not something you find all the time.
There are 2 others who who also had the chemistry when singing together and that was
Cherrelle and Alexander O’Neal
Rip Rick J and Lady T
#BIGfacts
Please don't forget Marvin Gaye and Tammy Terrell
@@sylvoniascarborough6897 yes indeed, don't know how I forgot about them
Good God I still get goose bumps hearing Rick and Tina together dynamic duel is an understatement wow!!!!!!!!
Rick James. And His Ivory Queen Of Soul.. Teena Marie...
Y’all have to delve deeper into both of these legends’ portfolios! Both Rick and Teena have an amazing collection of music 🎶 that you can’t go wrong with...take ur pick! 😊
There’s another duet of theirs you should check out: Sucker For Your Love!! 💣💃🏽💣💃🏽
RIP to both of these icons. 🥀✌🏾
This was definitely a slow jam. And Rick and Tina brought the heat with their vocals. Ya'll should react to The Brothers Johnson. They had some bangers back in the 70's. Songs like...Get the Funk out of My Face, I'll Be Good to You, Ain't We Funkin' Know, and Stomp. These were all great party songs🎶🎵🎸 And still are!
Strawberry Letter 23!
@@marshill3101 Definitely!!!
@@marshill3101 Second that! 🍓✉️
Yes. Slow jams are slow R&B songs. This song is definitely classified as a slow jam!
This song has been 🔥🔥🔥for so long! These two just showed out singing it!
It was definitely a SLOW JAM!!! They were a powerful vocals!!!!!
CLASSIC!!!!!!! RIP Rick and Teena
Thigh high boots was the thing back then. Everyone wore them.
I saw Rick & Teena perform this live on tour.
Luther Vandross was the opening act (he only had 1 hit at the time).
A slow jam is a song that makes you want to slow dance.
I don't rmbr a lot of men wearing thigh high boots...I know I didn't, never would..Rick was one of one..he always wore those kinds of boots on all his albums and during his shows
@@calmnrelaxed I agree everyone wasn't wearing those boots 🤔
A lot of performers, especially over the top Rock performers, wore those boots as well, groups like Kiss, Poison, Quiet Riot, and Twisted Sister. Not all the time maybe but sometimes. It WAS a thing of that era.
@@le2800 gotcha
Wow!!! What an awesome vintage tune! Such an incredible duo, no doubt singing sweet tunes with the angels now.
Yes! Yes! This one of best all time Classics! I had a chance to see them in concert! It was one of the BEST concert I’ve ever attended! It was Pure Fiyah! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The place was rock”n” and if a person wasn’t smoking marijuana you definitely got a contact high! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Both as.they say Today
Goats !
To hear them Live.
A Show never got to
See them together but.
Apart Beautiful Voices.
They both sounded like
That ! ❤ ❤
One of the greatest love ballads ever!! Written and/or performed!! A cohesion that is hard to top....They complimented each other so well!! Two-piece with a pepper!! LOL
Yes this is what is called a slow jam. Slow dancing (grinding) we called it .
Slow jam, deep soul music, and smooth!! There is so many other songs like this that you've barley touched the surface of, especially from the 1960's to the early 70's. 😎
This is one of the best duets ever def a classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My best ever. Rick and Tina you both will be surely missed RIP
This is definitely a slow jam! Slow Jam is a termed used mainly to describe amazing R&B ballads! Rick and Teena did their thing with this track! Its still a jam! Classic!❤️❤️
RIP our beautiful Teena Marie - we miss you babe. Teena was definitely the real deal. This is one of the greatest baby making love songs. Yes, I would call it a slow jam. No, can't vibe with this on the intercom in a restaurant. Until you've loved someone so hard and you know it can't work - but you both want to be together so bad, but you can't and you're torn into a thousand pieces - you really can't feel this song. But when you have, your emotions ebbs and flows with every single note and every time you hear this song - you are right back in that moment of feeling your heart ache with fire and desire.
RIP Slick Rick.
Wow! You spoke a Word!
This song still gives me chills of the best kind.
This song is a masterpiece!
How can this be a song this old can sound so good. Two great artists giving their all.
Yess! You pulled out a classic! Voices are Legendary! Been waiting on something like this! Fire! 🔥🔥
Lisa Fischer: How Can I Ease The Pain
OLD SCHOOL PROFESSIONALS THAT ACTUALLY PLAYED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, ALSO. RIP PEACE&LUV
Oh yeah. A classic. Miss Tina Marie and Rick James. I went to one of their concerts, we were jammed in there like sardines. That was a great concert.
Yes my young brothers... This is what we called a slow jam and it was one of the biggest slow jams in
The summer of 1981! Thank you for recognizing it 🤗
Slow jams..old school slow dance tunes. Crazy vocals!
This is a slow jam. They use to slow dance and grind on each other at the house parties. With the red light on
♥️♥️
Yes, one of the best slow jams ever!!! Then again Teddy Pendergrass and Stephanie Mills - “Feel the Fire” is also one of my personal favorites!
Slow Jam is R & B; downtempo, romantic, emotional & full of SOUL. ✊
This was fire 🔥 back in the day! Teena Marie is my all time favorite period. In 1981 I was only 23. This is a slow jam 😂
They had a great years long love affair 💜💜 They we’re a two piece spicy combo alright 😂
Yes Twins, we called
them "Slow Jams".😉❤
Also you reacted to
Teena Marie on her
song "Square Biz".😀
Teena and Rick was a musical match. It was like they were linked on a whole new level. They were fire 🔥 😍 💗💫. Inseparable!
They sang like keys in a piano; they harmonize together and compliment each other…. You should hear Johnny Gill and Coko, from SWV, sing the remake.
This is what we had back then, the likes of Rick and Tina. They rocked our souls, enjoy lads and thanks for bringing it back to us and introducing it to the masses. Back in the day we played it to death.
I was born in 1981 and this will be a forever banger. Love Rick James and Lady T. Y'all gotta do a deep dive into Tina Marie. I highly recommend Dear Lover, Lovergirl and Out On A Limb to get you started!
Out on a Limb is everything 💙🙏🏽💙🙏🏽💙🙏🏽
And If I were a Bell!
I was a baby but i got rick james music
RIP God bless them both!🙏🌹❤
NEPHEWS; YOU HAVE GRADUATED!! 🎓 🎓 Finally!! I dare you to count how many times THIS song was requested😉❤❤❤
And to think Rick James discovered Tina Marie. All that voice in that little woman. As a producer he knew talent we are forever owed a great debt to him in the music he himself sang plus all the music she provided because of him. She was a white woman in the R&b industry that could not have been easy but her true soul came out. I was a teenager when they were famous and I would dance to all their music. It was always my favorite music
Hey guys they were amazing together as a couple and their vocals guys I miss them just phenomenal. That is straight up R&B Soul guys just amazing no one sings like that anymore it is just a few artists. Stay blessed guys and take care.
I was 7 years old when this came out. We just moved to Texas from Panama and my parents LOVED soul/R&B. I still rock this weekly. RIP to both legends🙏🏾
Man I LOVE seeing the young cats listening to (and appreciating) the classics. Much respect. i subbed just on this one video alone.
Yay!!!! FINALLY! I have been begging you guys to do this song for over a year. This song is so amazing. Her voice is incredibly powerful and soulful. I still listen to this song at least once a week. Brings back beautiful memories. 😍
Yes. This is what they use to call a slow jam. This was a classic.
This is definitely a classic all time favorite slow jam. Love it.
Tim and Fred I dare you to wear red leather thigh high boots to the TH-cam awards show when you get nominated. 😂😂😂
Now that’s what you call a “slow jam” and baby making music from back in the day.
You know it's good when u see them "stank faces' lol! I always know reactors love a song, especially the voices when the stank faces come out! Great reaction guys! And yes... This would be called a 'Slow Jam'!
This is what’s called a slow jam! Yes indeed 🥰
They where musical soul mate .Real chemistry
THIS IS THE 🔥🔥🔥 DUET IN HISTORY👏👏 ❤ RICK JAMES & LADY T 🎶🎶, R I P 🙏🙏🌹🌹 🕊 🕊
TEENA MARIE THE QUEEN 💯❤️
Forever a classic! One of the best duets ever!
Another great song Teddy P. “I Hope We Can Be Together Soon.”
Saw them perform this in the early 80's in Houstons Astrodome.Best concert I ever attended
Now that you have been introduced to Mr. Rick James, you should check out the Dave Chappelle and (amazing Storyteller) Charlie Murphy real Hollywood stories about Rick James . This was fun
If they react to the Prince/Charlie Murphy True Hollywood story I won’t be no GOOD! 😂
@@musicislife7282 😂 I know right