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But she left a lot of those same women hanging. She actually had an obligation to Nicole as well as Mocha to manage their careers since they were on Missy’s label
When I tell y’all I was obsessed with Nicole Wray, Aaliyah, Missy, Timbaland, 702, Ginuwine, Playa, Magoo!!! I loveddddd them back then! Everything they dropped was HOT! Supa Friends!!!!!
Not for nothing, this also shows how much of a GENIUS Missy is. She is criminally underrated. She was so far ahead of her time. In terms of music, videos, style, everything.
Elle. I don’t she was ahead of time but she was a great singer and amazing songwriter. But a lot of people crumbled because of the demonic Sylvia Rhone
H.E.R played her cards correctly limiting her looks in order for the people to be able to “focus” on her music rather than her looks. People cannot see pass the surface.
@@omegawicked1 I felt it! But I commend her for not dragging her. It seems like she has a sense of peace and understanding, even though it hurt her to be pushed to the side. It's almost like she became the knee-baby.
@@fixyourposture282 The "knee-baby" is the middle child or the child right before the baby. They tend to always get the short end of the stick or are overlooked.
Classic , Missy and Timbaland couldn't make a bad song between 1996 and early 2000's. I put Timbaland ahead of Dre anytime after 1996 from the release of Pony onward.
Truth. Thankfully she just got honored for her writing. They skipped over Mariah Carey (purposefully. She is the Leonardo DiCaprio of music artist; serious talent, but ignored because they do not bend to the industries will. The industry wants puppets, not real artist). Now Mariah, that is one chick that does not get enough credit!
TheArtofBeingReacts well I could on for days about Mariah sheesh but Mariah’s a once in lifetime artist that has never gotten near the respect or praise she earned & deserves . She’s that girl . That’s that
BET could create a whole series on former Missy and Timbaland Associates... Magoo, Nicole Wray (already done), Mocha, Tweet (already done), Ms Jade, Gina Thompson, Soul Diggaz, just to name a few.
Her and Tweet were so important image wise. Just fly brown skin girls. Just comparing how confident with the talent to back it up they are versus how obnoxious Cheri Dennis' episode was is jarring lol.
@@AllikaDani Black can mean Mya or Amil. When I say brown as a NEGRO around Negros the understanding is Kim, Brandy, Foxy, Ashanti, Missy, Tweet,India,etc . I don't say "chocolate", but I don't police that term either. Now one thing I don't do is say WOC (woman of colour) when only talking about blk women...that ticks me off...but I get you
I’m still in dis-belief Like late 90‘s early 00’s BET allowed in HighSchool????? 😮 Our school only let us watch the news in the Lunch room but only when Tiger Woods gave his apology for getting caught THOTIN around
She’s gorgeous! I remember as, a dark-skinned girl, getting excited seeing someone who looks like me having success in the entertainment industry. It was very inspiring and helped my confidence a lot. We need more of these types of images!♥️
I remember her from school and how people called her a liar and talked mad trash about her...and it didn't phase her! That video came out like she said and people got on the "I know her" train. But she was always humble and very nice even after the fame...glad to see her doing well and happy!
She is so beautiful! Listen, she has this STUNNING scene in the: “All in my grill” video where she looks up in the camera while wearing a leopard silk dress and a leopard coat.. As a darkskinned girl it gave me (10 year old me) so much confidence! This woman is out of this world beautiful!! Edit: 8:05
" Why you all in my grill" was my jam back in the day. I am so glad that BET got Nicole to do this interview. I have always wondered what ever happened to her!
Literally too fast! I remember being 18 fresh out of HS like it was yesterday. Now I'm finna be 29 less in 7 wks😩 time wait for no one but it's all a blessing. Have a good and safe weekend.💕
@@bnwo Not all Black people wear weaves, the same way not all White people have long hair. Wigs and toupees were initially made for white women and men.
@@IAM7984JAXF the people you mention came after Nicole. At 13 i wasn't listing to the fugees they didn't appeal to me at that time. For young girls like me, Nicole was it. She wasn't in a group, she was solo. That makes a difference. Nobody looked at Kelly Roland until started a solo career
The music industry is colorist...The darker you are, the less they will promote you. Think of some of the mediocre talented lighter hued sistas that have been promoted while very talented darker sistas are put on the shelf. I'm glad she found her calling as a writer, that's where the $ is anyway.
This younger generation can learn from artist like nicole. Keep going, even when the industry turns their back on you. Find your lane and take that route if this is what you really love, you never quit. Her last album was soooooo good. So soulful. I'm so happy for her.
Who remembers when she and Missy performed "Make it hot" on The Wayans bros. Show!! That episode was everything!! Especially when Missy hit that dance during the beat break!!👌🏾
Nicole Wray's voice in her early tracks sounds just like the UK's classic Black genre, Lovers Rock. Specifically in the track with Missy Elliot, 'All in my grill'. Listening to Nicole in that sent shivers down my spine! Beautiful voice.
They really dropped the ball on her! She was my fave. She could’ve been huge. She was already doing really good why not put more energy behind her. Anyway I’m going to be listening to her for the next week or so now.
True but people don't really watch TV like that anymore. Not since the days if In Living Color, Martin, Living Single, NY Undercover etc has tv commanded a family gathering especially in our community.
I just came to say.."Make It Hot" was one of the hottest songs of the late 90s era. For that song alone and her hook on all n my grill makea her a legend in her own right. I really hope that HipHop/Rock sound get mainstreem ears soon.
@@darkskyparadise1384 quiet, pretty, popular. Everybody knew about her being with missy Elliott. I never talked to her because I had a crush and you kinda know how that goes... my boy jay and her had photography class together and they were cool.
Yes!! Also "Eyes Better Not Wander" and "Raise Your Frown", Static Major really did his thing writing those! You can hear his influence profoundly in those songs, much like Aaliyah's latter projects and Ginuwine's earlier hits.
I've always loved Nicole Wray she's from my city and went to Booker T Washington High and her picture was in the chorus ensemble in our chorus room. I loved the fact that she made it out of Virginia and became something great. Her voice is just so timeless!!!
I remember when she first came out. She was and still is so beautiful to me. I love her skintone and her full lips. I'm sorry y'all she is just so fine to me.
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Can y'all invite all these people to the BET Awards in 2020 that will be epic.
💜💜💜💜
@@marlonharrison5511 agree
Thank you BET 🥰❤️
Thank you BET 🥰❤️
BET's TH-cam channel is better than their actual channel.
True
Facts
Except for the Martin repeats
Yes it is!
It went downhill when Debra Lee took control
The FACT that Missy E. put so many black women on is AMAZING!!!!
That Part!!!
The first and ONLY song I ever heard from her was singing for MISSY
@@ashanicole5485 Same as everyone else.
So Timbaland didn't do the same? Missy wouldn't be anything without him.
@@bnwo That's not true. Missy and Timb made a great team in the beginning working with Aaliyah. But were both very successful on their own
These are the people we want to see BET! This is it. Keep this energy.
SAY IT AGAIN 🗣️🗣️🗣️
🗣🗣🗣
Yes, please keep this energy BET!
TallDC Yes yes Totally agree with you! 😘😘😘
Yes! I'm tired ratchet😂
She was Never promoted enough by her label, and never made it as big as she should have been. She sings so beautifully!!!!!
Agreed
And that's a fact. She made her mark tho. Not many get to.
I remember when Nicole Wray and Lil Mo was dominating the radio.
I love 'Nervous' 💯❤
They never dominated
Kram Nastaw Chart wise no, but I remember they were in heavy rotation on urban radio. Have a great day and dominate whatever you are called to do.✌🏾
@@mrdefinite2455 lie.they were unsunged
Yes beautiful dark skin girls doing it well. And NOBODY was naked but still sexy
"If I was your girlfriend" still hits in 2019!
yasss!
Dang I always thought that was loom -e - Dee
Yes!!
yesss agree
I was thinking of this song last week!
Missy is so important for the culture. She gave us so many dope artist like Nicole.
Facts!!
757 , stand up!!!
Nah... we needed wholesome people who stood for longevity in marriage, not some strange person into gold digging and other weird nonsense
But she left a lot of those same women hanging. She actually had an obligation to Nicole as well as Mocha to manage their careers since they were on Missy’s label
Missy was terrible with managing these artists and their careers.
I wanted to look like her, Brandy, Lauryn, and Coko from SWV when I was younger. So glad I had these women on my tv screen.
Lisa Smart I just made you 50 likes. So you owe me a shot out Lisa
love that you were looking to resemble chocolate and dark women...thats heart warming..im sick of the way they are treated..
Hell I'm 66..my kids introduced me to this music and I love their look. No Diane Ross Patti or Aretha for me
Me too!!! This was the best era!!!
Awesome
Omg Nicole was like a human Bratz doll...So beautiful. Still one of my most favorite artists ever.
Rydapin her beauty was and is mesmerizing. I remember standing in front of the tv in awe anytime she was on.
Sis was and is still Beautiful! Man the 90s was so full of naturally pretty girls with real talent!
She actually look like Ester Dean to me. Not that's it's a bad thing people
She surely does 😍
Right! Whoever was her makeup artist was amazing. They honored her natural beauty
When I tell y’all I was obsessed with Nicole Wray, Aaliyah, Missy, Timbaland, 702, Ginuwine, Playa, Magoo!!! I loveddddd them back then! Everything they dropped was HOT! Supa Friends!!!!!
Yeeesssss!!! They were the bomb!!! And I was young... but I love older music...
Omg yessss supa doopa friends
Definitely a squad I wanted to be a part of. When they did the Up Jumps the Boogie song/video...the fam was together 😍
Up jumps the boogie yassss😝
Period! ❤
Not for nothing, this also shows how much of a GENIUS Missy is. She is criminally underrated. She was so far ahead of her time. In terms of music, videos, style, everything.
agreed.
I agree!
Still no one like her
Elle. I don’t she was ahead of time but she was a great singer and amazing songwriter. But a lot of people crumbled because of the demonic Sylvia Rhone
Just Love she was way ahead of her time
H.E.R played her cards correctly limiting her looks in order for the people to be able to “focus” on her music rather than her looks. People cannot see pass the surface.
It helps that she is really talented
Cin Lalala shol did
@@sbostic08 yes & still she was at it for so long before that move. Only to play her cards better so people could focus.
And yet dumb mf’s on Twitter still wanna call her boring 🙄😒
@@deraydavees3626 she’s anything but 😏
She’s gorgeous...her face and features always seemed so sultry and mature. I always thought she was much older.
Opal Rhue me too !
She kinda looks like Gabby Union
"Sometimes I feel that a mother shouldn't have a lot of children"
That was a very classy way of expressing how she felt.
That was a real jab.
@@omegawicked1 I felt it! But I commend her for not dragging her. It seems like she has a sense of peace and understanding, even though it hurt her to be pushed to the side. It's almost like she became the knee-baby.
I'm trying to put myself into the shoes of the last child in that family
@@cedricadaniels7983 never heard that expression before. Whats a knee-baby? Unwanted ?
@@fixyourposture282 The "knee-baby" is the middle child or the child right before the baby. They tend to always get the short end of the stick or are overlooked.
_Make It Hot_ is forever a bop!!! Still in 2019!!! '90s R&B is so timeless!!!
Yes Lord it brings me back in the Summer of 98 I was 15 and loving life
I still play it religiously
TRUE!
Classic , Missy and Timbaland couldn't make a bad song between 1996 and early 2000's. I put Timbaland ahead of Dre anytime after 1996 from the release of Pony onward.
4 sure. Always had this song on repeat
I love how she gave Static Major the credit he deserved. He wrote and produced a lot of big hits for legendary Artist.
💯
He was legendary
Are you recieving his royalties?
100%
RIP
Nicole’s skin is everything!
anonimo she is stunning tbh
Facts
anonimo yes, everything!
She puts the lotion on her skin....
@Carrie Love I was waiting for it🙌🏾 whew!
Missy is legend and I'm not sure people give her enough flowers.
Raphael they definitely don’t give her enough flowers
I agree.
Truth. Thankfully she just got honored for her writing. They skipped over Mariah Carey (purposefully. She is the Leonardo DiCaprio of music artist; serious talent, but ignored because they do not bend to the industries will. The industry wants puppets, not real artist). Now Mariah, that is one chick that does not get enough credit!
TheArtofBeingReacts well I could on for days about Mariah sheesh but Mariah’s a once in lifetime artist that has never gotten near the respect or praise she earned & deserves . She’s that girl . That’s that
Yeah your not sure she just got just got mtv 2019 vanguard award ..
BET could create a whole series on former Missy and Timbaland Associates... Magoo, Nicole Wray (already done), Mocha, Tweet (already done), Ms Jade, Gina Thompson, Soul Diggaz, just to name a few.
FACTS!
@Aaliye S Gina Thompson is alive and well.
Kenneth Hernandez yes yes yes yes yes! I loved all their stuff. Don’t forget Playa!
They already did the people anyone would care about. all the rest were bums.
Rodney Norman Mocha has a cookie shop in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her real name is Aleesha Rivers and she got married, so she is Aleesha Robinson
She looks like JuJu & Lauryn Hill together omg blk Barbie doll🥰🥰
🤣🤣
And sounds like Chrissy lampkin
@@angelinar663 - Agreed! I also thought that she sounded like Chrissy Lambkin and then I saw your comment saying the same thing 😄.
I’m thinking Juju and Ryan Destiny
She is gorgeous!!
Her and Tweet were so important image wise. Just fly brown skin girls. Just comparing how confident with the talent to back it up they are versus how obnoxious Cheri Dennis' episode was is jarring lol.
Yes...throw Missy in there. Love how Missy always put chocolate girls on.
Don't forget Gina Thompson
Fly “black” girls. That term “ brown people” is just a way to include everyone. The same brown people who dgaf about including you though
D Knows Best thank you 💯
They only want to
Be included when it’s convenient for them to
Be.
@@AllikaDani Black can mean Mya or Amil. When I say brown as a NEGRO around Negros the understanding is Kim, Brandy, Foxy, Ashanti, Missy, Tweet,India,etc . I don't say "chocolate", but I don't police that term either. Now one thing I don't do is say WOC (woman of colour) when only talking about blk women...that ticks me off...but I get you
she looks way younger than 40 like she is in her late 20s, she is beautiful
@@Ciana_Baby You hating.
ciana baltimore just make sure u keep ur ugly pale face covered ok... cave woman
applecandy folks gorgeous
Makeup does wonders
@@The-Man-Right-Chea actually makeup ages so she probably looks better without it.
She made being a lil brown skin girl glamorous. Definitely influential for a lil girl like me.
Super beautiful!!!!!
um are you forgetting... brandy and monica did that several years before Nicole? Monica especially.
@@GuerrillaSM this is not a debate on how she made me feel. Tf
interesting. Weird but interesting.
Big crush on her since i got what u want
When she said her video came on in the cafeteria at her school🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🙏😇
Ultimate flex💯💯
@@quita504j Facts
Yesssss that part made me tear up 😭🙌🏾
I’m still in dis-belief Like late 90‘s early 00’s BET allowed in HighSchool????? 😮 Our school only let us watch the news in the Lunch room but only when Tiger Woods gave his apology for getting caught THOTIN around
@@deraydavees3626 Because your era sucks.
Can y'all invite all these people to the BET Awards in 2020 that will be epic.
Exactly.... and let them perform.
Rather see them, than alot of the new artist.
@@vswayz490 Especially being the 20th Anniversary of the BET Awards and 40th Anniversary of BET
Facts 💯
Yes that will be fantastic awesome
marlon harrison ohhhh I would be soo hyped
Missy and Timbaland could rejuvenate hip hop if they bring back their old crew.
Facts
Truth
Yeah the Bassment was a moment in one of the best times in hip-hop but it just ain’t the crew or the super friends without Wonderwoman and Static😞.
KingVance hail hip hop and r&b from 94 to 04.
227 remember when this was the standard instead of the exception.
She’s gorgeous! I remember as, a dark-skinned girl, getting excited seeing someone who looks like me having success in the entertainment industry. It was very inspiring and helped my confidence a lot. We need more of these types of images!♥️
I was just excited seeing another girl from my hometown having success in the industry!
Yessss girl
Bayoubelle83 man I felt this ....and was thinking when I saw this video
I had a huge crush on Nicole. 90s women were passionate.
Definitely need more women like her who represent the melanin. PERIOD
She reminds me of Ryan Destiny (or better said R. Destiny looks a bit like her)
So gorgeous. 😍
And she aged so gracefully 💜
I remember her from school and how people called her a liar and talked mad trash about her...and it didn't phase her! That video came out like she said and people got on the "I know her" train. But she was always humble and very nice even after the fame...glad to see her doing well and happy!
thats how haters do..... I always loved her voice and her look ..she is still beautiful
Cosy Co to be honest probably wouldn't have believed her either, this was pre social media
Her singing voice was so soothing .
The original Bratz Doll in my eyes 😻😍🥰🤩
Lesh Camp omg Yes soo truee!!!🤗
Your so spot on!
Factz
Lesh Camp yes!!! 😂😝😂
Yes she PRETTY AFFF
"If I was your girlfriend" was so hard & underrated... That Ohio Players sample is SO cold!!!
When she said “sometimes a mother shouldn’t have too many children” ! I felt that 💯
When did she say that?
@@sugarismagic 10:18
She's right. Too many children, is way too much responsibility.
If the man isn't around, that's even worse.
@@ladyindaroom I she was referring to Missy and the artists she discovers.
@@cchisolm92cc I went too deep😂😂😂😂😂
I really really liked Nicole’s sound and look. I remember wishing I had lips like hers. She was sooo pretty with a unique voice.
I’m so fortunate to have grown up in the 90s appreciating these artists & their craft 👊🏽
I love how her life spin, no early babies getting to know oneself is a strengthen for any woman. N at 40 she is still that beautiful mature Queen.
"Why you all in my grill" is the jam!
intentionalgreatness mine too giving these men instruction
She is so beautiful! Listen, she has this STUNNING scene in the: “All in my grill” video where she looks up in the camera while wearing a leopard silk dress and a leopard coat.. As a darkskinned girl it gave me (10 year old me) so much confidence! This woman is out of this world beautiful!!
Edit: 8:05
Yes beautiful brown skin!!!!
@TheRealist 811 She ready🙋🏿♀️squeeze her tighter!
The Most Comfortable Heels yes mam. We’re about he same age and seeing her on tv had me 😍😍
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿truth
Yes. This lady was sooooo pretty and her voice was hypnotizing.
The BET Awards 2020 should be nostalgic and only feature artists who had big hits in the early 2000s or even before
Then it would actually be worth watching
True that.
" Why you all in my grill" was my jam back in the day. I am so glad that BET got Nicole to do this interview. I have always wondered what ever happened to her!
HER CD WAS HELLA SLEPT ON. I STILL LISTEN TO IT TIL THIS DAY...NO SKIPS
2nd that!
It's a banger.... 757 7 Cities VA Girl..
I do too
Hell yea! I was really 17🤣
I remember her songs like it was yesterday dang time fly too fast LOL 😄
Literally too fast! I remember being 18 fresh out of HS like it was yesterday. Now I'm finna be 29 less in 7 wks😩 time wait for no one but it's all a blessing. Have a good and safe weekend.💕
@@thefactsaccordingtogabbie149 thanks and you enjoy the rest of your Friday and have a great weekend as well...🙂❤👍🏽
Yesss make it hot will forever be a bomb as song 💯💯
Batman Pop's I actually play her songs weekly
@@shawny877 hell yeah I agree on that right there.🙂👍🏽👍🏽
Glad to see she didn’t let drugs, and alcohol tear her up like so many other artists. She looks blessed...
I seriously forgot about all these hits..the nostalgia hit me like whoa ..she was amazing!!
Thank God and our ancestors, no skin bleachings, her skin is like a mirror
Kwasi, she is a survivor
Not gonna mention anything about that Asian hair huh? 😂
@@bnwo my natural hair is full and thick like that and the bald heads ask what type of hair is that and I say African American😏
Her melanin is EVERYTHING
@@bnwo Not all Black people wear weaves, the same way not all White people have long hair. Wigs and toupees were initially made for white women and men.
All in My Grill was sick. I loved that song.
Yassss!
Yesssss❤️
Those vocals and runs were EVERYTHING ❤❤
Her vocals are Sick on that song!!!🔥🔥🔥
The90sKid indeed. Of all the “pay my bills” songs out at that time, this is the one that I loved the most. I miss those days.
Beautiful Dark skin women were represented heavily in the 90s!!! This era was the best! 90s baby!!!
Now they are being erased!
Jade W true that! Err body wanna get bleached now...uuuggghhh
@@rokc86 No it's not bleaching, female singers are just getting lighter by way of the music producers signing some that DO NOT look like Nicole!
I love her! She is dark skinned, full lips and she sings...she was rare IN her time
@Sol Rising like who?
@@Mzbsweetz3 Gina Thompson, Tweet, Sparkle, Sunshine Anderson, Kelly Rowland just to name a few!
Praying Mantis Foreman Lauryn Hill
@@magiciansalchemist3693 Yes, can't forget sexy Lauryn Hill!
@@IAM7984JAXF the people you mention came after Nicole. At 13 i wasn't listing to the fugees they didn't appeal to me at that time. For young girls like me, Nicole was it. She wasn't in a group, she was solo. That makes a difference. Nobody looked at Kelly Roland until started a solo career
Brats doll must of been made in her image!
💯
So true
Chantel Rolling agree!!
I believe it
Beautiful right!!!!!!!!
I love that missy had other singers on her song when she can sing herself.
I always admired that about her
Who listens to the song “make it hot” still? I do ❤️🔥
I need one on sunshine Anderson bc “heard it all before” is still an anthem
Nicole Nunya facts! I’m waiting on that one!
Yes
Yes!,,,,,
Yes. Where is Sunshine Anderson?!
I went to a 99/2000s event last night and they played that song. When I tell you the club went crazy!
Awww she looked liked a Bratz doll when she was younger.
yeetus the meatus she really does. Just noticed that .Especially with that black lipstick . She is so beautiful.
Please keep these documentaries coming BET this is like watching my teenage years all over again! Thank you for the nostalgia! 😘🥰
We'll keep them coming!
*_*documentaries_**
I agree
Sastainia Waddell right we need more
Sastainia Waddell yesssss
She’s still so pretty. I love her humbleness.
*This woman is gorgeous.* _Like it almost makes me mad how gorgeous she is._ 😂 *Ridiculous.*
The music industry is colorist...The darker you are, the less they will promote you. Think of some of the mediocre talented lighter hued sistas that have been promoted while very talented darker sistas are put on the shelf. I'm glad she found her calling as a writer, that's where the $ is anyway.
@@karonfloyd9351 exactly, well put
Real levitess
We see in others what's within ourselves. Beautiful
@@karonfloyd9351 I detect no lies.
This younger generation can learn from artist like nicole. Keep going, even when the industry turns their back on you. Find your lane and take that route if this is what you really love, you never quit. Her last album was soooooo good. So soulful. I'm so happy for her.
Davon Mcdonald That is exactly why it is up to us to continue to acknowledge our greats. Teach or young so we....they can learn!!
I thought she was so pretty!!! She still is but I remember being a little girl thinking she was so gorgeous 😊😊
She was and is stunning... nothing eurocentric... pure black beauty
Absolutely. She looks like a beautiful black doll
Me too fr she is definitely underrated
Me and my brother went to school with her 1989 he knew she could sing then
You are gorgeous 😊
Nicole Wray so underrated!!! Her voice is so unmatched👑..still play her first album til this day..will.never gets old!!!🔥
Such a pretty lady. I had no idea she was so young when she was recording.
Who remembers when she and Missy performed "Make it hot" on The Wayans bros. Show!! That episode was everything!! Especially when Missy hit that dance during the beat break!!👌🏾
Damn I love that show but I never saw that episode, I'm going to try and find that one.
@@MrsMeekins right I had no idea! And are there any sitcoms that Aaliyah performed on?
@@jenniferterry4665 none that I know of.
Static Major, was ahead of his time! Nicole u were my childhood😊
Yes he was! I loved Playa so much. I still listen to both of their albums.
Yes for Playa!!
Imagine being in school at lunch and your video comes on TV in front of the entire cafeteria!!
Omg ikr !!! I would have been like nahh get away 🤣
I remember I was obsessed with her as a kid and felt like she wasn’t given a platform to truly shine.
That yellow coat & dark lip is iconic 💛 I was a little girl but I remember how gorgeous it was against her flawless chocolate drop skin🔥🔥🔥
I love that joint 'Make it Hot', she was down with the Missy, Timbo, Aaliyah, Genuwine, Palya, Magoo crew, dope AF!
Deon Lucas Da Basement Crew was their group which was formed by Devante Swing
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Thats a classic and one of my most favorites from her!!
lol palya but I know what you mean
Nicole Wray's voice in her early tracks sounds just like the UK's classic Black genre, Lovers Rock. Specifically in the track with Missy Elliot, 'All in my grill'. Listening to Nicole in that sent shivers down my spine! Beautiful voice.
Yesssssssss I thought I was the only one who thought that I’m from the USA but love the old school Uk RNB shola ama and craig David ect
Everybody:
BET: Finally gives us what we been asking for 😏
Right😅 that's exactly what it feels like.
Absolutely 🙌🏿🙌🏿
Yes. We also been asking for Lil Zane too. Just saying lol
Yez
@@nlee4566 he's coming too ;) #JustWaitOnIt
She’s very pretty then and now 💁🏾♀️
Naw
Eyes Better Not Wonder....FIRE!!!!
That whole album
Yesss i cant even lie i was in my 20s when she came out but i played that damn song to death loved it
Thats my jam
icecoldbruh YESSSSS
Traffic jam interlude
They really dropped the ball on her! She was my fave. She could’ve been huge. She was already doing really good why not put more energy behind her. Anyway I’m going to be listening to her for the next week or so now.
Tabaitha Elle Missy solo career was taking off, and The Aaliyah album she got lost in the shuffle it sounds like, so sad
@@asktheglutenfreechef3072 if she drop a song rn i feel like it'd get hella radio plays
Exactly!!! I was so sure she was going to blow up, her style was so hot and her voice!!
Exactly!!! I was so sure she was going to blow up, her style was so hot and her voice!!
The best R&B artists never make it huge sadly. Deborah Cox, Monica, and Brandy are standouts I can think of. I call Nicole Wray Bettie Boop lol.
I miss the old BET... seems like the vibes are only on TH-cam 😪
True but people don't really watch TV like that anymore. Not since the days if In Living Color, Martin, Living Single, NY Undercover etc has tv commanded a family gathering especially in our community.
You can thank Debra Lee for that. She ruined BET when she took over
The blame lies with Robert Johnson, JLPerryTV. He sold it to those oppressors at Viacom.
"Why you all in my grill" "can you pay my bills" miss the early 2000s 💕💕💕
Can you pay my bills still have me "grooving"! I'm 54!!***
Mrs. Kenyatta Bell yessss 😩😩
20 years ago time fly's
I had no business singing that at 7 years old! 🤣
I just came to say.."Make It Hot" was one of the hottest songs of the late 90s era. For that song alone and her hook on all n my grill makea her a legend in her own right.
I really hope that HipHop/Rock sound get mainstreem ears soon.
you so right im left (in the 90s in London)😉
Bigggggggg factz 💯💯💯💯🙌🙌🙌🙌
A word!
Definitely ‼️✔️
Missy makes classics!
I thought she was the cutest back then. I was like WHERE DOES TIMBALAND FIND ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL, CHOCOLATE, TALENTED WOMEN?!?
RoninAli1 V.A., the land of beautiful black women
Tweet. VERY BEAUTIFUL...❤❤
@@larenzocummings5189 Indeed!
Her stylist was dope af! Her looks back then were bomb 😍😍😍😍Aside from the music of course.
I loved her style too!
But can we get a missy and nicole reunion on her next album
with Lil Mo, Tweet & Nicole Wray 😥 i cant breathe 😍😍😍 i miss Aaliyah too😢
I agree
@@cookielove8174 🙌 Yes I Miss Aailyah too.
Take my money
I’m here for it!
Shorty was in my homeroom class at Booker T Washington.. Norfolk proud of you girl
What was she like in high school?
@@darkskyparadise1384 quiet, pretty, popular. Everybody knew about her being with missy Elliott. I never talked to her because I had a crush and you kinda know how that goes... my boy jay and her had photography class together and they were cool.
757 🙌🏾🙏🏾 I remember being a kid in Norfolk and everybody in the city saying they were her cousin! Lol loved this video 😍😍
@@TerriArcelia Lol you know black people love to pull the "cousin" card.
She is gorgeous and has a beautiful voice.
Who else had Nicole's debut CD on repeat as a teen⁉️ She was & is beautiful ✔️
Me
honeybdream 34 and still have the album!!
I still have it and listen to it all the time!
Me!!!
Yesssss!!!! 😍👌🏽
"Eyes Better Not Wander" will forever be my JAM! 🧡 Thank you Nicole, Missy, and Static!
justjayok love love love that song
Yasssss❤️
justjayok yes! I still listen to it like it’s new.
For real!
justjayok I cannot get enough of that song!!!! Love it!!!
I still listen to "Make It Hot" "I Can't See" & "I Wanna Kiss You" heavily!! 🔥🔥🔥
Make it hot is my favorite!!!! I still listen to I’m lookin as well
Always on my mastermix
I like " eyes better not wander"
I Can't See is definitely underrated.
Yes!! Also "Eyes Better Not Wander" and "Raise Your Frown", Static Major really did his thing writing those! You can hear his influence profoundly in those songs, much like Aaliyah's latter projects and Ginuwine's earlier hits.
When “Make It Hot” played after she said it came on during lunch....goosebumps honey!!!!
I had so many arguments with ppl back in the day trying to tell them Lil Mo & Nicole Wray were two different people
Franklyn Gregory 😂😂😂
Franklyn Gregory man cause I ant know
Gina Thompson too...but, that just goes to show that Missy really had an ear for that type of tone all of these girls share.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 I never thought about that.
Even the lead singer for 702 has similar tone. And tweet lol Sum1 too
Missy is the true 🐐 her ear for music is priceless
Wow!! My era was everything. High school days
I miss these days of music. I was such a fan of Nicole Wray!
She was soooooooo underrated, I still listen to her music!! Her voice is bomb😍😍
So glad this popped up on my feed, I always thought where is she and I’ve been listening to her for the last two weeks.
I agree! It was very refreshing!
Eyes better not WONDER.. is a CLASSIC!! I’m still listening in 2019
Shun Jax yasss that me and my girls song
Yesss, I’m still listening to it!
For sure! I never saw that video.
She was such a force at that era, definitely enjoyed her music still to this day
She’s so pretty, beauty inside and out.
"All n' my Grill" One of my favorite songs ever. Glad to see she didn't bleach her skin. She has such beautiful skin.
Nicole Wray was my favorite singer and I still bumped Make It Hot and If I Was Ur Girlfriend till that day.
Jacarrius Nailer me too hunny. I’m glad they come with this i was wondering about her
Let me guess, you're gay and from Atlanta. You name is so stereotypically black gay and Atlanta lol
How she your fav when she a one hit wonder? 😂
@@bnwo just because a person se on only has one hit doesnt mean they dont have any other songs
Nicole Wray is my auntie
It's crazy how youthful her singing voice has stayed.
"If I Was Your Girlfriend" will be my jam eternally.
I actually love this whole beat!❤️🧡💗
I've always loved Nicole Wray she's from my city and went to Booker T Washington High and her picture was in the chorus ensemble in our chorus room. I loved the fact that she made it out of Virginia and became something great. Her voice is just so timeless!!!
Cra'Shetta Thomas-Holloman Yep....I went there too. She graduated two years before me and she was voted most likely to succeed.
It's crazy because she and her sister actually lived in Portsmouth and drove to Norfolk to go to Booker T.
@@getitboont wow are you serious that's crazy I didn't no that I wonder why they just didn't go to a school in P Town
@@getitboont omggggg you went to the T to that's what's up!!!
Cra'Shetta Thomas-Holloman I don't think they wanted to go to high school out there
I remember when she first came out. She was and still is so beautiful to me. I love her skintone and her full lips. I'm sorry y'all she is just so fine to me.
Yes she’s gorgeous
This needed to happen! These episodes are dope as hell... hearing the history behind it all that music is simply amazing
Truly amazing! Stay tuned for the other features we have coming!