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www.lanier2.imeem.com No white artist has sang R&B more convincingly than Teena Marie, whose big, robust vocals are so black-sounding that when she was starting out, some listeners wondered if she was a light-skinned African-American. Not to be confused with Brazilian jazz singer TÃĒnia Maria, Marie grew up in west Los Angeles in a neighborhood that was nicknamed "Venice Harlem" because of its heavy black population. The singer/songwriter/producer was in her early twenties ... MORE
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It's damn hot today. And Teena Marie is burning up! I remember this song from the eighties when I was playing in funk and soul bands in Cleveland. She collaborated a lot with Rick James. But on a lot of her albums she played several (if not all) instruments.
Never hear her on the radio on the East coast.
She really captured the fun in funk.
Jam on!
