Teena Marie – Lady Tee

I was watching my new favorite show. Unsung on TV one. It is sad to watch that most of these music stars downfalls were drugs. Teena Marie loving named Lady Tee by Rick James. There merger before my time. My mother played the music and I also thought Teena was black. That woman had a voice on her. She was fully accepted into the black community. She was the protegé of Rick James. They labeled her the Ivory Soul.

Barry Gordy knew what he was doing not to put her picture on her first album. She was accepted for her voice not her color. What I find totally amusing is a lot of white people have no idea who she is.

I asked a friend if she knew Teena Marie. She had no idea who I was talking about. The black community of my age bracket and early know exactly who she was. The first song rattled off being Fire and desire she and Rick James sung together.

I love the story of her life. It was not rattled with drugs. She lived her life the way she wanted and sang the songs she wanted to sing. She fit right in with the black community and was never down played for her skin color. A great mark of acceptance of our time. She died to early and will be missed.

The one thing she said many times in her interview was one of her greatest accomplishments was her daughter.

I love the music of this time. It was marked with originality. Something I feel is missing these days. This is when music was music. These people knew how to sing and play instruments. They were the greats. What confirms their greatness is how much they are sampled. I am going to leave with one of my favorite Teena Marie songs.

This video was taken at the Apollo to black audience.

Another favorite

A legend is gone RIP Teena Marie!!

Related articles

• Teena Marie (kazekitty.wordpress.com)
• Why Teena Marie Matters (popmusicnotes.com)

January 25, 2012. Tags: People, Recordings, Rick James, Teena, Teena Marie. Review.