Donell Jones on "Where I Wanna Be" About Wanting to Leave His GF, GF Still Staying w/ Him (Part 5)

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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    In this clip, Donell Jones started off speaking about his reaction to the news of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, who passed away in a car accident in 2002. From there, Donell spoke about his song “Where I Wanna Be,” which he said was a true story about his position dealing with fame while in a relationship. Donell explained that a lot of women were throwing themselves at him, and he didn’t want to cheat on his girl, so he broke up with her. Donell admitted that a lot of people still approach him about the song, some good and some bad, and Donell revealed how his girl reacted to the song. This led to Donell speaking about writing songs from the heart, which he agreed with Shawn Prez about those songs becoming the big hits. When asked how his life changed after having hit songs, and he explained that his lifestyle of being in the club led to him drinking more, cheating, and not focusing on his music.
    Interview by: Shawn Prez
    Check out his youtube channel at: / powermovemakers

КОМЕНТАРІ • 279

  • @char_d.0908
    @char_d.0908 2 роки тому +111

    He tells the story so well through his lyrics in that song. Great song!!!

  • @sickvokals
    @sickvokals 2 роки тому +96

    Donell wrote 702 “Get It Together “. That’s still my jam!

    • @k4j994
      @k4j994 2 роки тому +7

      Oh wow, didn't know this... loved 702 back in high school they had the most sweet and soft beautiful voices and looks to match

  • @daisyninetyfour565
    @daisyninetyfour565 2 роки тому +38

    I never want to be in that situation but I love that song and his music!

    • @moneyisfreedom
      @moneyisfreedom 2 роки тому +9

      True, but you'd respect the dude because he kept it real with u.

    • @daisyninetyfour565
      @daisyninetyfour565 2 роки тому +2

      @@moneyisfreedom so true! Many people won’t be that real!

    • @donruga627
      @donruga627 2 роки тому

      I love you too my baby😻😻 don’t worry I won’t do that to you

  • @mrspeaker89
    @mrspeaker89 2 роки тому +18

    Sweeedledeeedledeeedledeedee! 😂😎

    • @seankiesling2054
      @seankiesling2054 2 роки тому +8

      i don't mean to hurt cha bay-baayyy-uhhhh ohh nooooo noooo

  • @seankiesling2054
    @seankiesling2054 2 роки тому +30

    Till this day I rank his album "Journey of a Gemini" my favorite R&B of all time and top 5 album of any genre. Donell was so incredibly good in his day

    • @gregorywilliams3533
      @gregorywilliams3533 2 роки тому

      Def that work my brother

    • @action802
      @action802 2 роки тому

      JOAG is a classic album,his album you couldn’t find in stores called the Lost Files is crazy! It was only available online to download. Great album. And his Newest album 100% tough

    • @bigolebot
      @bigolebot Рік тому

      Top 5? Lol you GenXers

    • @seankiesling2054
      @seankiesling2054 Рік тому

      @@bigolebot im 37 you goofball. Not a Gen X, goof. And it's personal preference and has meaning that I was listening to in a time in my life I hold dear. Who are you to say MY top 5 is wrong? Lol smh

    • @bigolebot
      @bigolebot Рік тому

      @@seankiesling2054 I just feel bad for you, you have no idea what you missed out on... 37? Jesus Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin etc

  • @hazey8348
    @hazey8348 2 роки тому +6

    Definitely the most underrated r&b singer ever this guys got countless classics and writes for everyone but never gets props my all time fave

  • @omd0
    @omd0 2 роки тому +2

    Top 10 Rnb song of all time

  • @mauricesims6089
    @mauricesims6089 2 роки тому +4

    I gotta play this for someone now. The whole album is in rotation regularly. But that song hit hard immediately all those years ago and is still relevant today.

  • @Platinumcut26
    @Platinumcut26 2 роки тому +6

    His skin is beautiful he’s glowing ❤️

  • @GReid-ol5gk
    @GReid-ol5gk 2 роки тому +3

    There is no denying it. Where I wanna be is a classic.

  • @Zeus-qz2yj
    @Zeus-qz2yj 2 роки тому +4

    I was in the 8th grade when this dropped and was playing the shit out of this CD

  • @Rondman
    @Rondman 2 роки тому +1

    That's the realest song ever

  • @charleshairston7864
    @charleshairston7864 2 роки тому +2

    Classic album my favorite rnb singer of all time dude is amazing I hope he becomes a regular

  • @sandywalton329
    @sandywalton329 2 роки тому +2

    Thats right always write from the heart thats what i love about donell jones he always did that on every song. Every artist should definitely write from the heart.

  • @misane2212
    @misane2212 2 роки тому +2

    Where I wanna be is the realist song I ever heard of I felt that shit

  • @Queenmebonnie
    @Queenmebonnie 2 роки тому +1

    Hohestly.if I were his wife I would be glad he could be so honest.such a well written song

  • @amethyst5393
    @amethyst5393 2 роки тому +1

    I love love this song…. It still makes me cry

  • @koimatai4600
    @koimatai4600 2 роки тому

    That album is an all time goat that shit got me through 5 years of prison DJ is in my top 5 period

  • @robindeera8060
    @robindeera8060 2 роки тому +2

    My favorite r&b song ever ! - Where I wanna be

    • @kingmontague1926
      @kingmontague1926 2 роки тому +1

      i can't sing but I sure try to when that song is on

    • @robindeera8060
      @robindeera8060 2 роки тому

      @@kingmontague1926 lol okayyyy

    • @TavarisG17
      @TavarisG17 2 роки тому

      where do you wanna be? lol

  • @Anthony-od3bz
    @Anthony-od3bz 2 роки тому

    90s and Early 00s was the best years down

  • @stephonshabazz5576
    @stephonshabazz5576 2 роки тому +3

    Love this 🎵 forever

  • @lightweight-tj6pd
    @lightweight-tj6pd 2 роки тому

    That whole album bumps...still today

  • @shentellbaby9022
    @shentellbaby9022 2 роки тому

    I still listen to his music 🎶

  • @Therealbriccbabyycuzz
    @Therealbriccbabyycuzz 2 роки тому

    Yoooo nice interview and I like the guy interviewing donnell he saying some real shit

  • @JJ-dm9tx
    @JJ-dm9tx 2 роки тому +2

    He not light skin anymore Lmaooooo

  • @nasaihyana
    @nasaihyana 2 роки тому

    My favorite DJ record....it's was so real...when you love someone, how do you treat her bad

  • @carvellidavis4672
    @carvellidavis4672 2 роки тому +1

    A damn good interview! PEACE 7

  • @zuluking5196
    @zuluking5196 2 роки тому +1

    That song did make me wanna buy a Range Rover and a leather outfit. Real talk yo.

  • @vegitausa
    @vegitausa 2 роки тому

    “Write that pain!!!!” - DMX ❌❌❌❌

  • @leighatl3277
    @leighatl3277 2 роки тому

    I love Donell!

  • @robinking1648
    @robinking1648 2 роки тому

    This is so creepy I was literally just listen to his life go on album listening to where you are is where I want to be

  • @gilbertnicholas1582
    @gilbertnicholas1582 2 роки тому

    That's a song you sing from the heart
    I really don't mean
    To hurt her but I need
    Some tiiiiime
    To be alone

  • @kwamegray5656
    @kwamegray5656 2 роки тому

    Donnell Jones Great Writer Producer & Singer

  • @Bokeyjr
    @Bokeyjr 2 роки тому +1

    I just left my baby girl a message said i won't be coming home i rather be alone she doesn't fully understand me because I rather leave than to cheat she gives me some time i can be the man she needs because there's alot of lust inside of me and we've been together since our teenage years i really don't mean to hurt her but i need some time to be alone.

  • @ContactBrand
    @ContactBrand 2 роки тому

    That's my song.

  • @abdurahmanmohamed3378
    @abdurahmanmohamed3378 2 роки тому +1

    Before I cheat on you lemme just break up with you 😭😭😭

  • @mrs.vbrown
    @mrs.vbrown 2 роки тому

    I’m one of those ppl that hate that song 😂😂😂😂 idk why, I just don’t like that song 🎶

  • @jojodavis2856
    @jojodavis2856 2 роки тому

    6:55

  • @M360-w6o
    @M360-w6o 2 роки тому +314

    Cause when you love someone, you just don’t treat them bad, oh how I feel so sad, now that I wanna leave. She’s crying her heart to me, how could you let this be, I just need to time to see, where I wanna be, where I wanna beeeeeeeeeeeee

    • @houston356
      @houston356 2 роки тому +22

      Congratulations you know the lyrics to the topic song and we all also know

    • @M360-w6o
      @M360-w6o 2 роки тому

      @@houston356 get the fuck out of here Robert. No one told you to comment.

    • @iheardmyhappinessgotyoumad3571
      @iheardmyhappinessgotyoumad3571 2 роки тому

      Um..... 🤨

    • @r0mediddy
      @r0mediddy 2 роки тому +5

      Classic chorus! Everybody can relate. I had a girl say to me in HS lol. Still can’t forget. 🤣

    • @M360-w6o
      @M360-w6o 2 роки тому +14

      @@iheardmyhappinessgotyoumad3571 don’t come here with your negativity, go somewhere else

  • @duncanpinderhughes1704
    @duncanpinderhughes1704 2 роки тому +55

    THIS MAN IS A CERTIFIED FUCKING LEGEND

  • @MisterLowrider
    @MisterLowrider 2 роки тому +76

    Where I wanna be is a timeless song and will always be relevant!!

  • @Jmarie0134
    @Jmarie0134 2 роки тому +38

    This song is a CLASSIC I feel like everybody can resonate to the song at some point in life

  • @teammmx
    @teammmx 2 роки тому +87

    I was just singing this song at work yesterday. Almost shed a tear but someone interrupted 😂

    • @CensorTube84
      @CensorTube84 2 роки тому +8

      🤣😭💀

    • @stressedpanda5689
      @stressedpanda5689 2 роки тому +6

      You have 24 hours to surrender your phone sir

    • @misguidedpearls7456
      @misguidedpearls7456 2 роки тому

      Yaaaaaaaaa 😉

    • @Hale-nh4ed
      @Hale-nh4ed 2 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @StillAQueen
      @StillAQueen 2 роки тому +2

      Yo! At work some years back this song came on...I had to self talk my way through not breaking down in tears.

  • @ellissmith23
    @ellissmith23 2 роки тому +7

    Gotta interview Carl Thomas now

  • @bluprecision1914
    @bluprecision1914 2 роки тому +83

    Where I wanna be album had just came out and I was graduating from high school headed into the military on the battle buddy system. My high school sweet heart was headed to college and we didn’t want to break up. This album was in my walk-man thru basic and AIT…needless to say we got married my second duty station and had a son who’s in College now…Thanks Donell that bitch made my life hell for 18 yrs love my son tho…😏

  • @RonDonProductions
    @RonDonProductions 2 роки тому +17

    The fact that they stayed together after is so damn hilarious 😂
    Shout out to that girl for sticking through for the pay day lmao

  • @ThirtyThreeHipHop
    @ThirtyThreeHipHop 2 роки тому +11

    Classic! Wow they stayed together. Deep.

  • @mack_nuggets
    @mack_nuggets 2 роки тому +8

    Where I Wanna Be is one of the greatest R&B albums EVER. Those were some of the last years of "REAL" love music. 🐐

  • @brianwilliams983
    @brianwilliams983 2 роки тому +9

    Listen I was 12yrs old when this song was all on
    the radio now at 34, I understand it a lot more every man understands what a brother talking about.

  • @mssweetjamesjones83
    @mssweetjamesjones83 2 роки тому +9

    He won't Hurt You again is my jam jam! All of his songs on my playlists..nothing but hits!!

    • @kmoore410
      @kmoore410 2 роки тому +1

      @MsSweetJames Jones.. He dont treat you like he use too cus he got somebody else

    • @mssweetjamesjones83
      @mssweetjamesjones83 2 роки тому +1

      @@kmoore410 Yesss! 🎶Girl I fear for yuu cause ur all by urself 🎶

    • @apriljefferson43
      @apriljefferson43 Рік тому +1

      I JUST got done listening to that song and it brought me to this interview.

  • @lapislazuli30001
    @lapislazuli30001 2 роки тому +3

    Yall slept on Donatello in the 90s. Players in the hood instrumental still slaps

  • @onceagaindc
    @onceagaindc 2 роки тому +12

    This song is an amazing song. The lyrics. The tone, the melody.
    Most young men experience what he sant in this song. We all fuck it up after 2-3 years with a girl because we want to explore new and we have our girl too submitive to us. Beautiful song.

  • @achild4363
    @achild4363 2 роки тому +12

    I love Donnell you can tell that song was from his inner soul and heart

  • @warrantykweenwithak5431
    @warrantykweenwithak5431 2 роки тому +3

    Donell real simple no flashy jewelry,just plain real Gemini not into materialistic things🙂

    • @domdinkins
      @domdinkins 20 днів тому

      He’s wearing a Rolex, designer shades, and diamond earrings 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @warrantykweenwithak5431
      @warrantykweenwithak5431 20 днів тому

      ​@@domdinkins I mean in terms of diamond chains,with pendants,and other flashy things that make him stand out to draw attention to himself and others around him.

  • @CensorTube84
    @CensorTube84 2 роки тому +10

    I didn’t even have a girlfriend a the time but loved that song 💯

  • @r0mediddy
    @r0mediddy 2 роки тому +10

    The genius of that song was how it started like midway through a sentence lol. “…Cause when you love someone, you just don’t treat them bad.”
    You can literally say that after anything. You can be like, “yeah, my girl is tripping, cause when you love someone you just don’t treat them bad”. Genius!

  • @jimmyduncan8172
    @jimmyduncan8172 2 роки тому +5

    This Luv is my all time favorite song make me wanna cheat on my girl everytime I hear it 🤣😂

    • @mra.4466
      @mra.4466 2 роки тому

      All this love has been on repeat since the pandemic. Goat music.

  • @Raylengivens44
    @Raylengivens44 2 роки тому +8

    Don’t forget about part 2 also a classic !

    • @rlhendrix09
      @rlhendrix09 2 роки тому +1

      Yasss!!!!! I was looking for this comment

    • @Raylengivens44
      @Raylengivens44 2 роки тому

      @@rlhendrix09 they don’t know 💪

    • @pointlessNYC
      @pointlessNYC 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you! I was hoping someone would say this.

  • @Sew-Ronica
    @Sew-Ronica 2 роки тому +6

    Hes been taking care of himself.

  • @fuqwhatyouthink4465
    @fuqwhatyouthink4465 2 роки тому +14

    My best friend Rest in Peace showed me Donnel Jones back in 2000 I was 14 and I'm 37 now. Unforgettable

  • @MrPOPICHILO
    @MrPOPICHILO 2 роки тому +6

    "Where I Wanna Be" is an amazing song and will always live on. Well done my brotha. real life music.....1~Luv

  • @nyaakewebo
    @nyaakewebo 2 роки тому +6

    Heck, I felt that whole album was talking about me. I damn near started to wonder who was the snitch in my crew😁

  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  2 роки тому

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  • @sidvicious647
    @sidvicious647 2 роки тому +5

    The Chi REALLY is the R&B capitol of the world over the last 25+ year's !

    • @ivanreese7087
      @ivanreese7087 2 роки тому

      That’s all that original Mississippi/Louisiana soul that migrated there

    • @yofresh723
      @yofresh723 Рік тому +1

      Facts

  • @dlanadiallo7788
    @dlanadiallo7788 2 роки тому +4

    No it’s players in the hood and no interruptions, always 4 me.

  • @robbybrown6858
    @robbybrown6858 2 роки тому +10

    Donell Jones is da man!!

  • @yofresh723
    @yofresh723 Рік тому +2

    Donell jones a chicago legend

  • @farpain590
    @farpain590 2 роки тому +6

    Still Where I wonna be is one of my favorite songs today

  • @user-wd7yu2tp3u
    @user-wd7yu2tp3u 2 роки тому +5

    This man is amazing artist, his first 3 albums I played on repeat for months

  • @ebell8949
    @ebell8949 2 роки тому +1

    True facts Donell Jones beat up his limo driver because he wouldn't drive in the projects so he can buy weed😂😂😂😂💯👀

  • @06weirdo
    @06weirdo 2 роки тому +2

    “Where You Are” is the real truth, my shshhh

  • @kgosietsilemathibela4191
    @kgosietsilemathibela4191 2 роки тому +3

    Sweeedilibadidi😭😭😭😭

  • @pache7216
    @pache7216 2 роки тому +3

    Used to tell they friends I was ugly and wouldn't touch me
    Then I showed up in that dubbed-out buggy
    And then they got fuzzy and they don't remember that
    And I don't remember you…

  • @nbrownchicago
    @nbrownchicago 2 роки тому +7

    One of my favorite songs of all time. I totally reacted to that song when it came out and still listen to it today

  • @shabazz6682
    @shabazz6682 2 роки тому +3

    Karl Kani was in the video

  • @user-tn6fg2du6v
    @user-tn6fg2du6v 2 роки тому +4

    Such a well written song !

  • @courtneyjeffries390
    @courtneyjeffries390 2 роки тому +4

    That song is a smash hit.

  • @carvellidavis4672
    @carvellidavis4672 2 роки тому +4

    As Prodigy once wrote, a stress verse, is what they most thirst. PEACE 7

  • @rickjames2.0
    @rickjames2.0 2 роки тому +4

    I was going through the same situation at the time this song came out. It still brings those same feelings back when I hear it now

  • @ashiaonheragame
    @ashiaonheragame 2 роки тому +3

    I love all his songs especially ‘This love’ & ‘Say what’ rip Lisa L ❤️💖

  • @Patrxck87
    @Patrxck87 2 роки тому +2

    The first song that caught my attention on that album was "This luv"

  • @mrspeaker89
    @mrspeaker89 2 роки тому +4

    I was 10 when song came out, would lip sync the hell out of it but didn't appreciate the lyrics until I was older & in a relationship going through exactly what he sung about.

  • @kakalove7033
    @kakalove7033 2 роки тому +3

    This man's dimples!! Goodness their the deepest dimples ever!

  • @migueldisla2332
    @migueldisla2332 2 роки тому +3

    I love donell jones! one of the most underrated r and b singers! i sung where i wanna be at a talent show at job corps in 2005 lol!i did a spin on stage and everything!much blessings and continued success to this brother! miss music like his not the same in music today!

  • @bigsteve1966
    @bigsteve1966 2 роки тому +1

    the interviewer talks to much ....good interview tho

  • @blakebarberi4828
    @blakebarberi4828 2 роки тому +2

    It's the same with the song "What Type of Man Would I Be," by Mint Condition. That's a song that has such emotions. Erykah Badu "Next Lifetime". Just all classics.👍👍

  • @jorhodes8507
    @jorhodes8507 2 роки тому +1

    Donell got so many freakin hits that people don't even know about it's ridiculous.... just Google his albums.

  • @Only1WithAnE
    @Only1WithAnE 2 роки тому +1

    I love Donell Jones but that was definitely a song I always disliked simply because of the lyrics, never understood why it was considered such an R&B favorite.

    • @shomari17
      @shomari17 Рік тому

      Because it's about real life situations, couples go through this all the time, feeling like they want to separate but is scared of hurting the other person's feelings

  • @kaylasong10
    @kaylasong10 2 роки тому +1

    “You Know that I Love You” “This Love”, “Shawty Got Her Eyes on Me” & “Come Back” are my favorites from him.

  • @royalregallac
    @royalregallac 2 роки тому +2

    I met this chick in Buckhead one night and she said I looked like you. Your first album was my life soundtrack!

  • @ChanceJolivette
    @ChanceJolivette 2 роки тому +1

    definitely about to play that album now that bish was so tough

  • @bryceblackwell1334
    @bryceblackwell1334 2 роки тому +1

    Underrated

  • @mokahgirl5165
    @mokahgirl5165 2 роки тому +1

    Funny they stayed together. Lol Man, what was that conversation when she, the family, friends heard that song? Ah man! 🤦🏽‍♀️🤭🤦🏽‍♀️ Them dimples tho! ☺️😊🥰

  • @juswolf22
    @juswolf22 2 роки тому +1

    You could not escape where I wanna be that song was everywhere when it dropped

  • @officialflame91
    @officialflame91 2 роки тому +1

    About time . Donell Jones is my Favorite R&B singer

  • @darrenlewis7872
    @darrenlewis7872 Місяць тому

    Album is classic my top favorite RNB album 💿

  • @lilterry5098
    @lilterry5098 2 роки тому +1

    Him & Dave Chappelle are brothers

  • @myabanks9751
    @myabanks9751 11 місяців тому

    So you left because women who paid you no never mind when broke now want you ?! Hmm 🤔 k. Got it ! 😊 you fumbled…

  • @LingoDaLegend
    @LingoDaLegend 3 місяці тому

    I was in my 5th grade year and my best friend had put me on to “where I wanna be” and we both were the best singers in our class so we used to have vocal battles to donnel jones. 💪🏽😂 good times man.

  • @mrmiller8105
    @mrmiller8105 2 роки тому +12

    I been dealing with this exact type of situation for the last 3 years. No matter how much you tell a person you not happy with them, they just don’t understand. I can relate to each and every lyric of the song “where I wanna be” . . . .To anybody going through something similar, I hope you able to find peace and happiness also.

    • @deliciaperry4684
      @deliciaperry4684 Рік тому +2

      Well don’t go back when she heals and start doing and looking better cause y’all men have a tendency to do that.

    • @mrmiller8105
      @mrmiller8105 Рік тому

      @@deliciaperry4684 looks don’t have nothing to do with it though. My child mother is very beautiful, that doesnt mean I’m posed to stay around if I’m not happy

    • @tg.13darealest37
      @tg.13darealest37 Рік тому

      @@mrmiller8105 then sir if you really are not happy then you have to leave for yourself. It’s better than making your child live in a loveless household

    • @mrmiller8105
      @mrmiller8105 Рік тому

      @@tg.13darealest37 you absolutely right. I left this comment 8months ago. I can say now I removed myself and decided to strictly make it about my son.