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03-19-2012, 10:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | Teena Marie Square Biz Rehearsal Performance
Teena Marie - Square Biz - YouTube
I think this is not too long before she passed. I loved that woman! 
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03-19-2012, 11:26 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | When Sinbad was doing those old school specials for HBO in the 90's one of the segments I still think about was Teena Marie's, she and her band killed it. I met her once, she was such a such a delight. Love Teena!!!!!
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03-19-2012, 11:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: USA; Mitchellville, Maryland | | | Absolutely LOVE this tune. My mom actually got me hip to Teena Marie a few years back and I snatched up a 'Best Of' CD as fast as I could!
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03-19-2012, 11:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St. Petersburg, FL | | | Thanks for the post, You have just created a new Teena Marie fan.
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03-20-2012, 12:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | thanks, Cheese!!! 
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03-20-2012, 01:45 AM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | Cool! I was just listening to "Square Biz" in the car the other day. Too funky. |
03-20-2012, 06:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: MEXICANADAMERICA | | | btw, didn't TM play that bassline on the original track?!!
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03-20-2012, 07:12 AM
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03-20-2012, 10:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | I am just happy to do a little something to keep her memory alive. I remember Christmas time 2010, and the word came out that she had died. I had not been that bummed out since James Brown died. She truly was living soul and funk wrapped into one pettite package. I know it's a cliche, but Teena Marie was absolute proof that soul has no color.
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03-20-2012, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by pacojas btw, didn't TM play that bassline on the original track?!! | Pretty sure it was Alan McGreer playing bass on "Square Biz". |
03-20-2012, 04:33 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | Here's an interview with Teena Marie that I just came across: WHO?MAG Multimedia LLC, Hip Hop, |
03-20-2012, 06:39 PM
| | | Cool post! That's one of my favorite tunes by Lady T!
A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste! 
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03-20-2012, 08:30 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bottomzone | Both Allen McGrier (fixed the spelling) and Oscar Alston are credited with playing bass on the album, but I haven't found any source that specifies who played on which tracks. I'm pretty sure I remember seeing McGrier mentioned as the bassist on "Square Biz" in an article somewhere but I'm not sure. |
03-20-2012, 09:14 PM
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03-20-2012, 10:19 PM
|  | Trying to keep it on the 1. | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: The Bay. | | | It was Allen McGrier on Square Biz. |
03-20-2012, 10:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Arcadia, CA | | | Unsung has an episode on Lady Tee.
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03-21-2012, 02:05 PM
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03-21-2012, 02:10 PM
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03-21-2012, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DWBass This is hot! | It's funny - I have to play LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It" with my corporate band. There's no real bass line in that tune (man these dance "producers" are getting lazy). The first thing I thought was "The bass line from 'Behind The Groove' will work great here" so that's what I'm going to play. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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