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It`s certainly true that music has no colour if you don’t know that or like it, then I feel positively sorry for you whether you like that or not. This brings me to the artist in question TEENA MARIE she epitomises just how music can`s break boundaries of all kinds. Her music ranges from funk to rnb jazz and rock. Yet she has always managed to be real to herself. She was an artist that I didn’t recognise at first but in the summer of 1981 I heard her voice singing on a funky track entitled SQARE BIZ this just blew me away , I still remember rushing to put my cassette in my tape recorder to tape part of the song .I knew I was going to buy the said record, arriving at the local music store in my home town I was so surprised when looking at the front cover there looking back was what I perceived to a white lady looking back ,instead of putting me off it really excited me to see that the music I was about to buy wasn’t just black music but it belonged to everyone. TEENA MARIE or MARY CHRISTINE BROCKERT was born MARCH 5TH 1957 in Santa Monica but was raised in Oakwood Los Angeles .It was at 17 years of age she would meet her mentor and friend RICK JAMES in 1979 she released her first album WILD AND PEACEFUL rick James would write and produce as well as perform on the set. At the time many then didn’t know she wasn’t black, and would take her next outing to find that out. LADY T and IRONS IN THE FIRE both released in 1980 which spawned the hit BEHIND THE GROOVE & I NEED YOUR LOVING.1981 had come around and TEENA by now was already assuming control over music which is something all artists should and want to be doing. IT MUST BE MAGIC was release it had TEENA distinct vocals and talent so firmly stamped all over it .On the song SQUARE BIZ she would also RAPS which was amazing to here at the time as BLONDIE had attempted the same thing and yet I didn’t quite feel that song although I didn’t hate it. The album featured RICK JAMES and even PATRIC RUSHEN lending a hand it contained songs such has the classic PORTUGESE LOVE, 365, WHERES CALIFORNIA, AND IT MUST BE MAGIC for me was her best set for Motown and for me one of her best to date .Sadly she would leave Motown and a legal battle would breakout this was down to the fact that Motown had failed to pay her correctly for her years of service. So after leaving in 1982 she would sign for EPIC records in 1983 release ROBBEY it wasn’t well received here yet featured hits like FIX IT and CASONOVA BROWN it was her next album that took TEENA to the heights of fame STARCHILD was released in 1984 and featured one of my favourite songs MY DEAR MR GAYE the set gave her hits such as LOVER GIRL and OUT ON A LIMB. Next she would release EMERALD CITY in 1986 it was a rock n roll type concept, but didn’t do so well .She would next return to RNB soul music roots and NAKED TO THE WORLD was release 1987 and then followed this with IVORY in 1990 she would then agree with EPIC records to part company .Not one to be kept down she would release the album PASSION PLAY on her own label whilst raising her daughter. Although quiet somewhat recording wise through the rest of the 90,s you didn’t have to wait long before hearing the many samples of her music .This proved if hadn’t already guessed it, what a wonderful legacy THE LADY T had left in 1999 my wife birth to a beautiful girl TIA whom we refer to as THE LADY T OR TT.
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You can’t imagine how excited I was when 2004on hearing the news she was back and La Dona was released it featured my favourite song A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME a duet with the late GERALD LEVERT she followed that up with SAPHIRE in 2006 and again blew me away with songs like OoH Wee and ROMATICA. TEENA has since left CASHMONEY RECORDS yet is still set to release a new album this year called CONGO SQARE a more JAZZ related affair. TEENA MARIE is beyond a doubt a true talent of music and has championed the rights of control over here music and the kind of music she produces. Again if you are a budding writer, singer or producer take a listen to SQUARE BIZ and when she begins rapping have a good listen to the list of people she found gave her inspiration YOU MAY BE SUPPRISED likley most of somtime limit our inspiration or have none. Unlike many of young artist today she has never sounded like anyone but herself .So to TEENA MARIE I say thank you for the music and I hope there will be more to come.
” “I’m most proud professionally, of the legacy I've been able to create through my music.”
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MY DEAR MR GAYE
CANT LAST A DAY
R&B Foundation Tribute to Teena Marie
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