Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica

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  • @lowe-quay-shush
    @lowe-quay-shush ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Some women have such great style. If that singer was stepping out or performing in that head to toe look in 2024 she'd be fresh. Love the sleeve.

    • @hopevashawn88
      @hopevashawn88 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      She passed away 2020 rip Toni smith

    • @AlbertDavis-s8h
      @AlbertDavis-s8h 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Much respect for our women artists!!!!

    • @doeboyfresh985
      @doeboyfresh985 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Big facts

    • @rafb1661
      @rafb1661 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      She is fine...❤

    • @rafb1661
      @rafb1661 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@hopevashawn88 thank you for sharing it did not know that...beautiful sista

  • @bigla4th83
    @bigla4th83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1257

    I feel sorry for anyone who has never heard this song or anyone who can't enjoy this song this is a masterpiece

    • @briancooper9941
      @briancooper9941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Agree !

    • @gerardovillacres9449
      @gerardovillacres9449 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@briancooper9941 Great song. reminds me of my teenage years.

    • @papabear9608
      @papabear9608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I remember this song when I was in the army 1980

    • @jamesfroberg3590
      @jamesfroberg3590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tom Browne's Love Approach, Motorhead's Ace of Spades, Santana's Zebop, carried me thru the summer of 81.

    • @sherylleelee
      @sherylleelee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      100% correct.

  • @cav65
    @cav65 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    When she sang can you feeeeel iitt
    That ran chills down my spine

  • @ivanguatura1193
    @ivanguatura1193 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1126

    The singer “Toni Smith” (Thomassina Carrollyn) passed away on January 28, 2020 - Her beautiful and strong voice and her feline sensuality are eternalized in this song

    • @lizzetfernandez3272
      @lizzetfernandez3272 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Best of the best old school

    • @cwagnermusic
      @cwagnermusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      16 year old Bernard Wright on piano. He died a few weeks ago on May 19th in an auto accident in Dallas.

    • @Tequila23Sheila
      @Tequila23Sheila 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Such Talent at a young age RIP

    • @Tequila23Sheila
      @Tequila23Sheila 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      She’a Amazing! We’ve lost a Sparkle in our world. RIP

    • @smc4958
      @smc4958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      RIP

  • @feemac6561
    @feemac6561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2507

    OMG!!! Anybody think it's a blessing to be black and the Good definitely outweighs the bad???? God knew what He was doing when He made me BLACK!!!!!

  • @anjelicashelton7555
    @anjelicashelton7555 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    The drummers energy is everything

  • @sharris3624
    @sharris3624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    That lady sung the hell out of this song!!! They look like they was having fun filming this video!!

    • @Preppyone123
      @Preppyone123 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Baby!!! Did She????? No Question 😂
      ❤❤❤

    • @MisterJackson-so9lo
      @MisterJackson-so9lo ปีที่แล้ว +28

      RIP to the memory of Toni Smith who died 1/28/2020😢😢😢😢😢😢

    • @MisterJackson-so9lo
      @MisterJackson-so9lo ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@Preppyone123Her name was Toni Smith

    • @user-pd7il3xz5j
      @user-pd7il3xz5j 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Phenomenal voice. Hits all those notes effortlessly.

    • @terrytrunkkingbrocks1483
      @terrytrunkkingbrocks1483 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      She was the 2nd coming to Chaka Khan!

  • @garvinwilson5728
    @garvinwilson5728 4 ปีที่แล้ว +725

    The era when female singers were naturally beautiful ♥️♥️♥️

    • @rickdavenport9538
      @rickdavenport9538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      And they could sing!!

    • @shoegirl131
      @shoegirl131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Still love love love...

    • @sunnyluv179
      @sunnyluv179 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Hell yeah

    • @RomelloSkuggs
      @RomelloSkuggs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      nothing but the truth

    • @eatpaintluvnetwork
      @eatpaintluvnetwork 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Sad in this era we’re still minimizing females to features. I know you meant it as a compliment but there’s over 5 males to 1 woman 🙃and you’re comparing her looks to other females. Not her talent. The comparing alone is micro mindset that needs elevation. Woman then and now had Brains and beauty.

  • @00bmx1
    @00bmx1 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I always like to remind myself that Im not just getting old and todays music is really pretty bad. this is so sick

    • @LssnLrnd
      @LssnLrnd 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Shhhh! (I agree with you)

  • @3alarm247
    @3alarm247 2 ปีที่แล้ว +835

    Rest In Peace Bernard Wright. He was 16 years old playing on this song on keyboard with the Blue jacket and orange sunglasses. Your music was a gift to the world 🌎

  • @pattipappagallo1771
    @pattipappagallo1771 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +142

    Tom Browne reminiscing about Jamaica, Queens where he grew up.....

    • @kikiboharris1010
      @kikiboharris1010 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Yep!!

    • @kikiboharris1010
      @kikiboharris1010 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Going past 165th Street Mall (shopping area by Jamaica Queens MTA Bus Terminal)…

  • @MrRAZZ-ny4gw
    @MrRAZZ-ny4gw 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +111

    One of the best R&B songs ever recorded

    • @LudovicJouvert
      @LudovicJouvert 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Jekif grave le bon son tar le funk et plus moyen

    • @LudovicJouvert
      @LudovicJouvert 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Belek si ada du vinyl tar sar collector introuvable tar années 80 ok

    • @HarristonRich-w9t
      @HarristonRich-w9t 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Dan River High 1980 81 my sophomore year. The best times of my young life , cruising the boulavard on a summers day in Danville Va .

    • @chinekevantil628
      @chinekevantil628 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@LudovicJouvert which language does google not translate?

  • @tonyadessasau2676
    @tonyadessasau2676 5 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    RIP Toni. Your voice was out of this world! You’ll forever be missed.

    • @silverlakegirl9078
      @silverlakegirl9078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      You're spot on! I've listened to this song thousands of times since the day it came out, until this very day. There's no school, like old school. For those who didn't live it, you missed out.

    • @metallicaspiker16
      @metallicaspiker16 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@silverlakegirl9078 28 year old metalhead from Jamaica, Queens here. I wasn’t born in that era, but I see this as the sound of the hood, not all this new rap and hip-hop. I grew up on music like this song and lots of jazz and fusion courtesy of my father being a musician as well, and even though I transitioned into metal, I have an unending soft spot for old school music. It hits so much different than the hip-hop and rap that was present in my area, and I’m glad to say I had good influences musically growing up.

    • @rickstringer2241
      @rickstringer2241 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ...it's as if she were born to sing it

    • @arthurseymorejr.3606
      @arthurseymorejr.3606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sorry to hear that . How long ago did pass on . Her voice made this song .

    • @metallicaspiker16
      @metallicaspiker16 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Mary Hartman she died in 2020, unfortunately.

  • @tammymadiou8240
    @tammymadiou8240 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    My hometown Jamaica, Queens ! "The Ave", Marguerita Pizza, Hillcrest High, York College... I MISS IT !! Moved to Georgia- but very proud to have grown up in Jamaica Queens

  • @roshawncrawford2524
    @roshawncrawford2524 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This was the black good time song
    Played outside every time

  • @Matt-ci3wi
    @Matt-ci3wi ปีที่แล้ว +267

    am i the only one who wishes they had a time machine just to go back and re live these classic moments

    • @nmrmack
      @nmrmack 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nope

    • @marquitaarmstrong399
      @marquitaarmstrong399 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Um. 76 in 2024
      Vote blue

    • @silviamariacirino2360
      @silviamariacirino2360 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Não seja egoista, pois eu desejo todos os dias , poder ter uma máquina do tempo para apreciar mais o que tivemos de melhor em nossas adolêscencias, juventude, e , 👌👌👌👌👌ouço até hoje com meus sobrinhos e amigos queridos.

    • @shirleybennett5750
      @shirleybennett5750 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@marquitaarmstrong399 Nope - Vote RED

    • @MissSusieQue1
      @MissSusieQue1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@shirleybennett5750
      ☆☆☆HARRIS▪︎WALZ☆☆☆
      💙🇺🇲JUST VOTE 2024💙🇺🇲

  • @apostleemilcedeno5269
    @apostleemilcedeno5269 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    I'm 77 and this groove still gets into me. Can't stop moving!

    • @romulus_
      @romulus_ ปีที่แล้ว +13

      never stop!

    • @Tree-thingz
      @Tree-thingz ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes Brother Apostle 🙏🏾

    • @dwaynebowens6387
      @dwaynebowens6387 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I'm a DJ and I always fit this in my act

    • @vincejelineo748
      @vincejelineo748 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Who could?

    • @CedricMaximum
      @CedricMaximum 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeaaah!

  • @geraldalexander7077
    @geraldalexander7077 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +49

    Nothing can replace the soul of black music 💪🏾🤗

  • @americanriver9525
    @americanriver9525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    One of my all time favorite songs. I'm 66 and can't help but dance to this....takes me back to the good times.

    • @jerryblackshire5793
      @jerryblackshire5793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      One of my favorites too. I'm 57 and I am glad to be able to find them old school jamms they made high school fun n😊

    • @kendahlelanier4234
      @kendahlelanier4234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hey I'm 60. So I feel you completely! My soul brought me here 4/28/2022! #GiveLove!!

    • @silverlakegirl9078
      @silverlakegirl9078 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm 65! This song is coming along with me until I cross the finish line!!!!

    • @dreg5845
      @dreg5845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm sure. I'm 50 and and it takes me back.

    • @Leonardo-1
      @Leonardo-1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Y'all Old ... but the funk is good.

  • @roslynmccoy9115
    @roslynmccoy9115 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    I was 16years old when this song came out I am 59 years young and still grooving to this song in 2024

    • @badgalruth
      @badgalruth 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @roslynmccoy9115• I was 10yrs old!! All I can say what a time to be alive yes it was thirteen of us I’m number 12 born 71 but I was the babygirl 😊

    • @phildavis4305
      @phildavis4305 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Classic hit Tom Browne with Toni Smith on vocals 👌

    • @keithcredle2190
      @keithcredle2190 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Young lady

    • @paultaylor9939
      @paultaylor9939 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Still here in my sixty’s and lovin it great times

    • @sauditate4562
      @sauditate4562 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      im 48 , I first heard this song when i was a teenager , an the rhythm hit me like a shockwave and had been one fo my favorites ever since , salute 🍻

  • @OrmondHarris
    @OrmondHarris 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +177

    I am 89 yrs of age this music will never go away

    • @CMH4U
      @CMH4U 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Good God Almighty 🫶🏾🤎🙏🏽 You're a Blessing Sir to all of us ! We love our music especially Jamaica Funk Everybody in the Group contributed to the success of this MASTERPIECE 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾It truly makes me feel things I never felt with any other song !

    • @coneyislandboo9048
      @coneyislandboo9048 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      keep on keeping on

    • @meetrii
      @meetrii 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree OG gen z is still playing this

    • @Beuzet1
      @Beuzet1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@CMH4U And a masterpiece it is.

    • @al7475
      @al7475 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Funk keeps you young🤙

  • @relldafox
    @relldafox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    The Jamaica Queens borough anthem
    Not the island Jamaica,Thank You Tom Browne for putting it on the map

    • @tenebos3378
      @tenebos3378 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It used to have (N.Y.) in the title of the song so people would know. Sometimes it is there, but most of the time it is missing.

    • @surquhart64
      @surquhart64 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Still listening in Kingston, Jamaica though 🇯🇲....❤ Bless Up 🎶

  • @antonioboone282
    @antonioboone282 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    Sometimes the stars are aligned just right to come up with a flawless masterpiece. This song was definitely one of them.

  • @DavidMartinez-lu5ot
    @DavidMartinez-lu5ot ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Man Nard Wright hit that key bass line🔥

  • @lunnouxhinds8464
    @lunnouxhinds8464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    You can't beat music from 1975 to1985.
    Those years were the best.

    • @feltonmillsap5514
      @feltonmillsap5514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You are so rightHinds8464,there was no better era in musical genious.

    • @sebastianwatson1558
      @sebastianwatson1558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You better believe it!

    • @mdavis6102
      @mdavis6102 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are absolutely correct

    • @evelyngoodshot-segovia4978
      @evelyngoodshot-segovia4978 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so true

    • @cliveansell-jones
      @cliveansell-jones ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Played this ++ when I was dj in army based in Germany, looking back what a play list 👏 👌

  • @soniaharris58
    @soniaharris58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    The baddest shit ever this new music don't stand a chance

    • @soniaharris58
      @soniaharris58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for the like it is a shame that this new generation will never know what real music is

    • @hollywoodtexus
      @hollywoodtexus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Felt this comment in my soul

  • @annpowell5961
    @annpowell5961 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    They young people don’t even
    Know what group sound sounds like… or groups playing instruments.,,,, I’m loving it 2024

    • @marquitaarmstrong399
      @marquitaarmstrong399 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      IKR. But am 76. My kids jammed to this. Grandkids. And my great greats 4 so far. 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @GoldStarPictures1
    @GoldStarPictures1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    RIP to Bernard Wright ….played the synth bass on this masterpiece!…genius artist, gone too soon 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️

    • @SabrinaM-qj3xy
      @SabrinaM-qj3xy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      According to my husband, Back when this was cut, 'Nard, Wink and Mike brought the record over to my father-in-law's house -- he was their karate teacher. They played it for them before it hit the radio. Same with Bernard's first album. The record in the original jacket is still there.

    • @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL
      @JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SabrinaM-qj3xy That is epic!!!

    • @lee95757
      @lee95757 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      With Marcus Miller on bass and Bobby broom on guitar. All teenagers at that time.

    • @kennethhenson8240
      @kennethhenson8240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Is that Nard who made Chillin out!!!!!!

    • @carlitosortiz2870
      @carlitosortiz2870 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I believe he's in a better musical space since he don't have listen to the crap today

  • @vivecasanders8298
    @vivecasanders8298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    OMG! THEY ARE HAVING SUCH A GREAT TIME! I LOVE THE DRUMMER!

    • @julie5406
      @julie5406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yesssss! Can't watch this and not feel their soulful joy! Love, love, love this song!

    • @oobang
      @oobang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me toooooo the drums are awesome 👏🏾

    • @stevenbrewington4363
      @stevenbrewington4363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love everything about this jam and is still in 2022 one of my favorite songs

    • @Michael-en7of
      @Michael-en7of 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MUSICIANS PURE GENIUS

    • @charliesmith6564
      @charliesmith6564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too wow ow

  • @allisonditmer6063
    @allisonditmer6063 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    I am an old 67 year old white woman who loves this music and was raised on Motown music. I feel color doesn't matter if you have love for the music .

    • @ariel393939
      @ariel393939 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yep

    • @EddieRobinson-b2w
      @EddieRobinson-b2w 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Your spirit is divine, it has no race and what moves it is what moves it...

    • @karmadeluxe6069
      @karmadeluxe6069 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Exactly I agree it's for all of us always remember that no matter what anyone says #onelove

    • @rsmith1820
      @rsmith1820 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Welcome to the bar b que!

    • @roxannebruner3627
      @roxannebruner3627 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes!!!

  • @miciabrown
    @miciabrown 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    "Funkin' For Jamaica" and "Thighs High" girl you ssaaaangg, RIP Tonni Smith !

    • @sidneygwaltney9931
      @sidneygwaltney9931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      tom brown was that guy

    • @tthomas
      @tthomas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Song doesn't say much but says EVERYTHING about what real music is!!

    • @valnixon4929
      @valnixon4929 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sorry i didn't know thanks

  • @rosejackson8670
    @rosejackson8670 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Good Evening, I'm turning 77 in a few months and I still have the album, that's form when you had to buy the whole album for one song. IT' still looks new because I have slowed down a little. Thank you for sharing this video, I greatly appreciate it. God bless form Missouri.

  • @rodneyriggins4709
    @rodneyriggins4709 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    This is one of the baddest funk songs ever! The bass line oh my. Horns, guitar and piano 👏👏👏 love it

  • @smoothboothe
    @smoothboothe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    The intro to this song....pure class

    • @mdavis6102
      @mdavis6102 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes pure class!

    • @rosemaryfrancois1865
      @rosemaryfrancois1865 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When I first heard this song as a kid in high school. I was addicted to the intro. I would play it over and over and Toni's voice and. the bass ...everything. This is the song of my youth. One of the best. My school was located not to far from Jamaica Ave...Went to an all girl Catholic School on 161st and Jamaica Ave. Rest in Peace Toni and Bernard.

  • @TheresaPas
    @TheresaPas 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Very beautiful music 🎶🎶

  • @MomazosBFDI
    @MomazosBFDI 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is true funk!

  • @darrenslinn1220
    @darrenslinn1220 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Was dancing to this as a young white kid back when I just joined the Airforce. Absolutely brilliant music

  • @citybythesea2010
    @citybythesea2010 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Who is still jamming this in 2023!!!! Awwwwww hell yes!!!!

    • @ShanniseScott-hv1hl
      @ShanniseScott-hv1hl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      2024

    • @eternalyfeful
      @eternalyfeful 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This'll jam FOREVER.

    • @UserPhone-s8u
      @UserPhone-s8u 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😮😢ri😊❤❤😮 lmk no no😮😮😢🎉❤

    • @stevelewis5540
      @stevelewis5540 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      2024, never stopped still have my albums from the 1970-

    • @rafb1661
      @rafb1661 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I m jamming today 12/06/2024

  • @davidgolfer
    @davidgolfer 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Probably my favorite song of all time!!!

  • @elgreconegro5775
    @elgreconegro5775 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    She's stunning! And her voice is mesmerizing.

  • @VanessaBright11
    @VanessaBright11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    So glad to have sang this song with Tom Browne himself at the Jazz Cafe, London last year! 🧡

    • @ethalmason
      @ethalmason 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      fab rendition, Vanessa well done. Wish I was there x

  • @JeremyJohnson-oj3lv
    @JeremyJohnson-oj3lv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +182

    Still Jamming this in 2024

  • @goddessofpeacelove5341
    @goddessofpeacelove5341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    I remember jamming to this as a child my mother played this a lot.. I’m a 70’s baby nothing like it.. this is pure 🔥

    • @tekiup
      @tekiup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Namaste,
      I feel you on the "Pure" tip; 70"s funk and soul. From one 70's baby to another.

    • @tommygunn9811
      @tommygunn9811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      68

    • @tekiup
      @tekiup 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tommygunn9811 You're an Indigo as well, much love and peace to you Tommy. 💯

    • @adventurouspeach9043
      @adventurouspeach9043 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      me too..I'm still jamming this to this day..jamaican funk that's what it is..❤💚🖤❤💚🖤❤💚🖤❤💚🖤❤💚🖤❤💚

    • @lisalolar6225
      @lisalolar6225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too 71 bby black n proud

  • @WithoutJustice
    @WithoutJustice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Tom Browne was born and raised in JAMAICA QUEENS NEW YORK 🇺🇸 . Through song, Tom pays homage to where he is from. The song has nothing to do with 🇯🇲 . Many know that 🇯🇲, the country, is known for Reggae not FUNK. If you did not know, now you know.

    • @shirleybutler2623
      @shirleybutler2623 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      OMG You just hit a homerun with those comments 🎯👌

  • @ichabodcrane2487
    @ichabodcrane2487 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    RIP Queen. She was like Chaka Khan, only behind the scenes. With this song and her unique voice, they kept the disco world in suspense until the 90s. Memories❤

    • @AHarewood
      @AHarewood 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What was her name?

    • @anitahernandez8045
      @anitahernandez8045 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@AHarewoodToni Smith

  • @bernadetterutherford6107
    @bernadetterutherford6107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    (Whenever I listen to this jam), I will forever remember my then 7 yr. old babygurl coming home from elementary school exclaiming, "Mom !!!! ~ they played Funkin' for Jamaica on the playground, and everybody was gettin' down !" We raised her right ~ lol.

  • @MCR-s9k
    @MCR-s9k ปีที่แล้ว +11

    THIS IS FUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀😀😀

  • @cessaly100
    @cessaly100 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Oh my goodness! This woman just TEARS THIS SONG UP! I just love it! RIP BEAUTIFUL SIS!

    • @HaroldWilliams-t9r
      @HaroldWilliams-t9r 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I remember this song when I was 7 years old still love is an she did that R.I.P

  • @kellyh9433
    @kellyh9433 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    South Jamaica Queens NY

    • @keithcredle2190
      @keithcredle2190 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🎉@kellyh,169TH AND 114 ,🎙️📜

  • @VincentJones-l3j
    @VincentJones-l3j หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    She had a beautiful voice ❤😊

  • @cldawk
    @cldawk 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    One of the baddest jams out at that time

  • @sweetblaqcoffey962
    @sweetblaqcoffey962 4 ปีที่แล้ว +310

    Tom Browne, you sure made a BAD monster classic, memorable forever. Toni Smith, may she Sleep In Paradise 🙏🏾 helped make this song WHAM! I never get tired of listening to this song from the first time I heard it forty years ago. The first sound of your trumpet in the beginning makes me lift my head similar to the animals at the beginning of The Lion King 😂😂

    • @brianlewis5142
      @brianlewis5142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      What you said!

    • @karameldreem
      @karameldreem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😎🎶🎤💯

    • @karameldreem
      @karameldreem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Don’t forget she did the same for Thighs High also.

    • @yvetteflood3870
      @yvetteflood3870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes anytime 😊 I really love this❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @thadirtyabbott33
      @thadirtyabbott33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That part! Less was MORE!

  • @ddanzig8377
    @ddanzig8377 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Real instruments. What a concept

  • @johnmalcolm2028
    @johnmalcolm2028 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Toni Smith (RIP) just reaped those lyrics with world-class swing and class. For the longest time I thought it was Chaka Khan on vocals.

  • @prencesst1971
    @prencesst1971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    🎼🎤🎧Funkin’ for Jamaica aka Jamaica Queens, NY, that’s what is🎷🎹 🥁

    • @bizbizkaren
      @bizbizkaren 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I didn't know this until a few years ago 😂

  • @drexelhorne4082
    @drexelhorne4082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    OMG! This is my era! Real music from real musicians

  • @cletus-bauls
    @cletus-bauls ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Over 43 years since recorded; I literay cry everytime I listen to it because is soooooo FUNKY!!😭👏🏾🙌🏾

  • @amandamadden8641
    @amandamadden8641 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Her voice is amazing.

    • @carlosaleixo7997
      @carlosaleixo7997 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      E muita sensualidade também!

    • @cav65
      @cav65 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@carlosaleixo7997feeeeel iitt

  • @andreiarenee986
    @andreiarenee986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    This was my grandpa’s favorite song.. we use to dance to this on the back pouch.. RIP Grandpa .. miss you more than you know 💙💙💙

    • @andrewhutchins2750
      @andrewhutchins2750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Thank you and God bless your Grandpa. This tune helps us test telecoms and networks (with a few funky tunes) and is important to me for finishing a sub cable project to Long Island a while ago (AC-1 & AC-2 are their names). Taking a train from the Island to Penn Station through Jamaica got me and still does. Keep talking to family and keep safe. Smile and laugh, be strong. Your Grandpa is on your shoulder - as are ours. Best. Tom Browne - genius.

    • @logan5326
      @logan5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @ Andreas Renee…”They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind” 🙏🏻…..put this song and crank that volume up and watch grandpa dance again on the porch. 😉

    • @derrickpayne4591
      @derrickpayne4591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🙏

    • @andreasglumm
      @andreasglumm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ja, Grandpas loved to dance to a tune like this in the early eighties, ich schwöre.

    • @tamaramadison7563
      @tamaramadison7563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My Mama rest Soul lived the Hell out this Song

  • @jaycope
    @jaycope 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The drummer is having the time of his life 😂 I love it

  • @haroldgreen1336
    @haroldgreen1336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I miss Nard, Toni, Dan and Don Grusin. Still have the vinyl to this. I was an 18 years old up and coming DJ. This was my opening song every time I played. RIP my family.💔

  • @loviestlewis1103
    @loviestlewis1103 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I'm black I'm proud and long as anyone strives to be best at what they do I applaud you don't fall for the negatives period....

  • @clarenceawalker1873
    @clarenceawalker1873 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    No computers just old-school Talent and soul from the heart. #10

  • @risingphoenix1484
    @risingphoenix1484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Jamaica Queens STAND UP!!!!

  • @kingheff2771
    @kingheff2771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just look at the beauty and the unity and the happiness ?

  • @LuluBourne
    @LuluBourne 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    RSVP Scooby Lou from Jackson Mississippi and 2:00 2:02 Jamaica promotions Loves you all. Keep up the good work.❤🎉❤

  • @mamajudah7269
    @mamajudah7269 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    There is no substitute vocalist for this young lady to custom this song !😊😎💥🧡💛💚💙💜💥💥💯

  • @JQLLC
    @JQLLC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    This is one of the best songs about Queens ever. Thank you.

    • @wildflowersun8795
      @wildflowersun8795 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Had, No, Idea, that this is about Queens, Lol... From Upstate, NY. So, when I heard this I thought it was.. Just, that, Jamaica Funk, Lol... Then, when I went to College in NYC Area (LIU) thought Ppl. Descendants of Jamaicans living in Downstate, NY, Did it, Lol... Learn something new...

  • @ndcmt1609
    @ndcmt1609 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best songs ever

  • @billybrownjr5064
    @billybrownjr5064 2 ปีที่แล้ว +378

    This jam session is a whole vibe. They knew this song was crackin when it jumped off at 0:54. The drummer’s face the whole time 😂. This is real music when you actually had to play the instruments and be able to sing.
    Masterpiece.

    • @vogelvogeltje
      @vogelvogeltje 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you do know that people still have to play instruments, and sing today right? computers are instruments. MPCs are too. synths are also instruments. just because it wasnt made in your glory days doesnt make it not music. i love this stuff, and i love the stuff coming out today too.
      dig beyond the surface pal

    • @coolhand1966
      @coolhand1966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@vogelvogeltje BS

    • @xSurfa
      @xSurfa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big fact bro look how happy them mf was ... Genuine vibes.

    • @kennethjohnson4374
      @kennethjohnson4374 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Did you see the guy in the blue jacket 🤣the whole time he had a grin big as Texas 🤣 I love watching this video

    • @xSurfa
      @xSurfa ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kennethjohnson4374 LMAO

  • @leemaths767
    @leemaths767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    THIS JAM IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION!

  • @TonyJohnson-n4w
    @TonyJohnson-n4w 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A Gift. ONE LOVE ✨️

  • @Dawiseberry1019
    @Dawiseberry1019 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The joy in this studio was palpable its rare to see a group just vibing come together and make pure exstacy

  • @michellewilliams7438
    @michellewilliams7438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Good old days growing up 🤗
    Back when music was played from scratch 🎶🎶🎶🎶

  • @MrsALee-f2n
    @MrsALee-f2n ปีที่แล้ว +17

    That beat is hard asfffff!!❤

  • @JamesLemon-tj3vc
    @JamesLemon-tj3vc ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel so sorry for those of them who wasn't living back then you really missed out on a great decade the 80's was so much fun really 🎉🎉🎉!!!!

  • @diegoreese7086
    @diegoreese7086 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Anytime you can play a song after 40 years and it still hits like this, is a true classic. I feel sorry for these younger people their music will not last 40 plus years.

  • @tingaseisay52
    @tingaseisay52 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    THIS TUNE WILL NEVER DIE CLASSIC 🎉💯🙏🏽🇯🇲👏🏾👑🔥👊🏾💪🏾

  • @TheMisslauren1234
    @TheMisslauren1234 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    part of my dad's saturday mandatory house cleaning music lol. cleaned our rooms, dusted, straightened, vacuum whole house for company with his mixtapes playing. Never forgot this woman's voice and this groove.

  • @jj-sd1uv
    @jj-sd1uv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    I bought this on a 45 record when I was 13 years old, 40 years later and I still get goosebumps. 🔥🔥🔥

  • @heavystarch100
    @heavystarch100 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Tom Browne! International man, pilot, professor of aeronautics!

  • @stephen4763
    @stephen4763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Timeless Funk. This track has everything - horns, ivory, percussion, looowwww bass, great pipes, awesome dance beat and the band just looks like they are having a blast. I never get tired listening to this song. The extended version is good too.

  • @akarr9433
    @akarr9433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    This is a Funk jam session...feel good music 🎶🎵 Her vocals
    are powerful!

    • @ivalinapasse2469
      @ivalinapasse2469 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No Junk Here Fools Straight Up Blessings

  • @CJCrump
    @CJCrump 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    An era where music was music. A timeless classic that never gets old even in 2024.

  • @johnrawkstaugh
    @johnrawkstaugh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    This track is gaining a rebirth. Love it...

  • @suzettecoates5885
    @suzettecoates5885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Real music, real instruments, real vocals, real soul, real talent.

  • @dodgerrog70
    @dodgerrog70 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    That looks like they had a blast

  • @tycoon214
    @tycoon214 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    CLASSIC!!!!!!! Born and raised in South Jamaica Queens✊🏿✊🏿💪🏿💪🏿

  • @bigron2215
    @bigron2215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    As a kid, I thought the lady singing was Chaka Khan . Young Bernard Wright on keyboard & a young Marcus Miller on bass. No wonder this song was so funky. Chuck M.'s 'Feels So Good', Herb Alpert's 'Rotation' and *this* song from Tom Browne inspired me to take up the trumpet 🎺 and play all through junior high and high school. The perfect morning wake-up song 🎵.

    • @mariaodonnell8220
      @mariaodonnell8220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A superstar line up for sure! The best of the best!

    • @herb_inventurecatalyst
      @herb_inventurecatalyst 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Chaka Khan has in fact said that when she first heard this song she actually thought it was a song she herself had recorded but couldn't remember the recording session when she sang it.

    • @bigron2215
      @bigron2215 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Herb Enmarch-Williams
      I looked for the quote you mentioned. I found it *and* this video. You were right. Enjoy. 👍🏾👊🏾✌🏾
      th-cam.com/video/SwFeFdcrDUI/w-d-xo.html

    • @BassGods
      @BassGods ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wonder why Marcus Miller isn't featured in this video.

    • @herb_inventurecatalyst
      @herb_inventurecatalyst ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BassGods He is a high-in-demand session musician, so perhaps he wasn't available for the filming?

  • @honeybuneater.
    @honeybuneater. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Tyler for bringing me here

    • @streetcarpp
      @streetcarpp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You saw the interview too? lol same reason im here

    • @honeybuneater.
      @honeybuneater. 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@streetcarpp yeah I just watched it

  • @jharrisonification
    @jharrisonification 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    They don't make songs like this anymore...brilliant!!

  • @cathleenmore4656
    @cathleenmore4656 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    when music was REAL! And they had fun making it! who's still listening in 2024?

  • @allthingsnu4673
    @allthingsnu4673 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This song will always be a masterpiece. I was 14 years-old when it seemed to come out from no where and went to the top of the charts. My teen era had the best music. So fun to watch this!

  • @CGY-
    @CGY- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This is a straight up classic Rip to Toni. Her voice made this hit song 🎵. And it's still banging till this day and Time. Whoever doesn't like this song is definitely not human. Soul & Funk at its best. I miss music like this. 👍

  • @edubb9818
    @edubb9818 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    This song makes me feel great! "Funkin 4 Jamaica!"
    "Lookin 4 Jamaica " 🔥

  • @turonhayes1518
    @turonhayes1518 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This masterpiece 💜😍✊🏾😁💆🏾‍♀️💃🏾🎉👏🏾✊🏾👌🏾💜✌🏾

  • @stllda909
    @stllda909 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    2 words. Real Music 💃🏾🕺🏾...🥰😍

  • @kevinsquires6997
    @kevinsquires6997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Legendary. Died this year at the age of 65. Rip. Toni Smith.

    • @DJHINCORP
      @DJHINCORP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Didn't know that sister thanks

    • @lovegoddess777
      @lovegoddess777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Didn’t know thank you. RIP to Toni.

    • @KooleeLocs
      @KooleeLocs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Didn't know either, thankh you...RIP Beautyfull Toni Smith, this is a classic tune! And yeh yuh gotta be a numbskull not to like this, love this! Thankh you dear and all involved in this timeless piece of pure talent, beauty, love, joy and all positiveness rolled into this tune ~ Blissings alwayz!

    • @musaddaroo2525
      @musaddaroo2525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Beautiful 😍 queen daughter of Nile rip one love until we meet again this song always took my soul to highest high I no Allah gone let that wonderful soul blow for me again brother Musa daroo shabazz's

    • @musaddaroo2525
      @musaddaroo2525 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Peace brother she gone rip one love BLK man brother Musa daroo shabazz's

  • @thomasmitchell1408
    @thomasmitchell1408 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She was really feeling it.

  • @doenesiabanks3684
    @doenesiabanks3684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    RIP she was a wonderful singer