Raphael Saadiq - Ask of You (Official HD Video)

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  • @dejasullivan143
    @dejasullivan143 Рік тому +1557

    My Dad named me Déja because of this song. ❤

    • @mochawashington206
      @mochawashington206 11 місяців тому +143

      Well we LOVE YOU DEJ'A!!!!! 💜💜💜💜

    • @TWiiDance
      @TWiiDance 11 місяців тому +62

      Awww that’s sooo sweet! We love you Dejaaaaa 🫶🏾🔥

    • @rayejohn79rj11
      @rayejohn79rj11 10 місяців тому +24

      Beautiful name ❣️

    • @daisharembert9379
      @daisharembert9379 10 місяців тому +30

      lol Same

    • @cheylahazell6673
      @cheylahazell6673 10 місяців тому +38

      We love you Déja!!!!! 😂❤

  • @Blessed2bhere34
    @Blessed2bhere34 5 років тому +974

    Raphael “ thee” most underrated producer/songwriter of our time and now! He’s still making hits for himself and others!

  • @kiaj6144
    @kiaj6144 2 роки тому +701

    This song is timeless.

  • @DwayneSingletary
    @DwayneSingletary 3 місяці тому +327

    You can never go wrong with music like this. October 9 2024 and you still bobbin your head... ❤❤

    • @alberthill4738
      @alberthill4738 3 місяці тому +6

      Facts

    • @jaylova3143
      @jaylova3143 3 місяці тому +10

      Music just hit different back then 💯

    • @tammysmall75
      @tammysmall75 3 місяці тому +7

      Absolutely! I find myself listening to my playlist every other month all night long!❤

    • @DwayneSingletary
      @DwayneSingletary 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@tammysmall75what type of music do you have on your playlist!!!!

    • @healthandwealthdiva
      @healthandwealthdiva 2 місяці тому +1

      Nov 11, 2024

  • @danabuchanan65
    @danabuchanan65 6 років тому +1363

    Yes, I’m still jammin’ this n 2019!!!! R u?

  • @dyesha7117
    @dyesha7117 5 років тому +5625

    My mom would always change the name a lil and sing that part to me "I love you Dyesha." I miss her doing that. RIP💔

    • @evie8444
      @evie8444 5 років тому +89

      ❤️🙏🏽

    • @FJTabb
      @FJTabb 5 років тому +115

      I named my daughter after hearing that name in the song. But I spelled it Deshia.

    • @dejadavaruslexie
      @dejadavaruslexie 5 років тому +67

      My mom does that

    • @2mara
      @2mara 5 років тому +25

      🛐💟✝️

    • @rubyreed8369
      @rubyreed8369 5 років тому +127

      Beautiful memory. R.I.P. to your mother 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽

  • @michellem8077
    @michellem8077 5 років тому +555

    Raphael saadiq such a great singer, producer, writer and very very underrated which is a shame...😦

  • @quallahagood3205
    @quallahagood3205 9 днів тому +20

    Sliding through 2025, this will always be my favorite song

  • @dontaviousellis3930
    @dontaviousellis3930 9 місяців тому +396

    One of the best true R&B songs ever

  • @rahlohmcdonogh9839
    @rahlohmcdonogh9839 7 років тому +379

    The most underrated artist of the past 30 years!!

  • @mackmickens1964
    @mackmickens1964 7 років тому +395

    He Was A Head Of His Time

  • @justmyluck1890
    @justmyluck1890 6 місяців тому +230

    Who’s listening to this jam TODAY 7/25/2024 it’s 8:33 central time and a rainy morning in Texas ❤

    • @maquise12
      @maquise12 5 місяців тому +4

      NJ ❤

    • @emwhite84
      @emwhite84 5 місяців тому +5

      8/1 here in Texas 9:10 pm

    • @ginam5683
      @ginam5683 5 місяців тому +6

      I'm here 8/3 ❤ New Orleans

    • @ronaldgayle2137
      @ronaldgayle2137 5 місяців тому +5

      Jamaica 🇯🇲 loving it

    • @Hemp3
      @Hemp3 5 місяців тому +4

      8/6/2024❤

  • @earllocklear1466
    @earllocklear1466 2 роки тому +735

    6:11am Can't sleep.. Today I turn 41.. So many memories. I so miss this kind of music, that kind that speaks to your soul!

    • @ebonig3
      @ebonig3 2 роки тому +6

      Happy belated birthday 🎂

    • @quincyreadno8751
      @quincyreadno8751 2 роки тому +3

      Belated birthdate Blessings 🙏

    • @santoniobrown8562
      @santoniobrown8562 2 роки тому +8

      Happy belated birthday....higher learning brought me back here and I'm 41 be 42 in June..I can relate to your comment..peace love and blessings to you and your family

    • @toyia8158
      @toyia8158 2 роки тому +1

      I can relate to this soooo much!!! Happy Belated Birthday!

    • @TREYTHINKSTACTICAL
      @TREYTHINKSTACTICAL 2 роки тому +2

      6:53 am can't sleep 39 yrs old, remember this in 95, hook kept playing in my head all night

  • @Savage_behaviorX
    @Savage_behaviorX 8 місяців тому +315

    Please Apple and Spotify put this song so I can repeat this song everyday 😢❤

    • @Renee3047
      @Renee3047 7 місяців тому +14

      I was just looking for it there had to scroll on over here to the tube

    • @uhhdroo
      @uhhdroo 7 місяців тому +23

      Should be a crime it’s not😂

    • @KizzyTucker
      @KizzyTucker 6 місяців тому +6

      its definitely on apple

    • @Savage_behaviorX
      @Savage_behaviorX 6 місяців тому +4

      @@KizzyTucker yeah it’s is but it’s the video tho

    • @Reed___
      @Reed___ 6 місяців тому +1

      Fr ive been looking for it 😭

  • @tweston315
    @tweston315 Рік тому +600

    One of the best love songs ever recorded. And Rafael sang his butt off! 💯

    • @katyobrien3773
      @katyobrien3773 Рік тому +11

      Yesss! To all of that

    • @CVRenee
      @CVRenee Рік тому +8

      YES!!!!!!!!!!🙏🏾👌🏾💖💖🔥🔥🔥🎤🎤🎤💯💯💯

    • @talibahdivine
      @talibahdivine Рік тому +12

      Sang the shit out of this song 🥹

    • @jeffreyalexandre2375
      @jeffreyalexandre2375 Рік тому +2

      Yeah he SANG that!!!!!!

    • @kittykat69791
      @kittykat69791 11 місяців тому +1

      This is by far one of theee best songs ever it's just down right COLD

  • @mclark2886
    @mclark2886 5 років тому +1028

    “I’ll kiss you anywhere. Yes love even there”. Imagine being in sync with your person in the moment this song comes on... man. From start to finish this song makes me crave that connection.

    • @stony1213
      @stony1213 4 роки тому +10

      Indeed sis

    • @cassandramcclatchey
      @cassandramcclatchey 4 роки тому +29

      When you get that connection, don’t be emotional based on others baggage. Or Walk away when it gets bad. I did and I regret it still 15 years later.

    • @lt7993
      @lt7993 4 роки тому +3

      Right girl.

    • @PFunk7672
      @PFunk7672 4 роки тому +3

      Thats right sis

    • @MzBh4vin
      @MzBh4vin 4 роки тому +5

      It's a beautiful thing

  • @mukkiiieeeee
    @mukkiiieeeee Рік тому +362

    Crazy wen u hit that age all you wanna do is listen to the songs u had wen u was younger

    • @Gee-Gee83
      @Gee-Gee83 10 місяців тому +8

      Good memories...

    • @chrisbergara2820
      @chrisbergara2820 9 місяців тому +7

      Yup. That what makes it real music....

    • @JaeRocReacts
      @JaeRocReacts 5 місяців тому +7

      exactly 💯💯 thats all i wanna hear nowadays lol

    • @carolynstone-ky2du
      @carolynstone-ky2du 5 місяців тому +3

      That's me too😊❤

    • @princegage1970
      @princegage1970 5 місяців тому +1

      @@JaeRocReactschange your name 😭

  • @richardcoleman1418
    @richardcoleman1418 5 років тому +434

    THIS BROTHER NEED TO GET LIFE TIME AWARD SO DOPE 🎤🙏📀📀📀📀🎵🎼

  • @kellymaddox-hl8mg
    @kellymaddox-hl8mg 2 місяці тому +13

    Just because… ittttsss youuu 🎶 🎵 🎶 2:58

  • @Mrprich
    @Mrprich 2 роки тому +2135

    This came out in '95. Those times were so freaking beautiful that it actually hurts to remember them. It's like experiencing a small heartbreak...

    • @mariemarie3614
      @mariemarie3614 2 роки тому +154

      ...house parties and school dances, cheese fries and, talking on landlines, smiling when you get a page that says "143", watching music videos on MTV, meeting up with all your cousins on the holidays...young with the whole world Infront of you.

    • @Chrissy_Corey
      @Chrissy_Corey 2 роки тому +29

      On the other end of that, kids today are falling in love to ppl like tems and in 15+ years will feel just like this about their music.

    • @MoMo-fp5fh
      @MoMo-fp5fh 2 роки тому +30

      I feel the same way. Young love and soulful music.

    • @questelclaudius9770
      @questelclaudius9770 2 роки тому +19

      Hell yeah bro real talk

    • @lionelkennedy6092
      @lionelkennedy6092 2 роки тому +75

      The 90's were beautiful, man. Glad I experienced it as a teen.

  • @danathompson6844
    @danathompson6844 5 років тому +1762

    here after Wale ft Jeremih “On Chill” 90s babies, unmatched😌90s R&B>>>

    • @justinellis2436
      @justinellis2436 5 років тому +37

      Dana Thompson they both 🔥

    • @Kims8978
      @Kims8978 5 років тому +18

      90 baby 90 man were the best 🔥🔥🔥👂👂👂 this on repeat

    • @ItsHermeliabytheway
      @ItsHermeliabytheway 5 років тому +3

      🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😍♥️

    • @kham__mokha7045
      @kham__mokha7045 5 років тому +13

      Both fire🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

    • @DREDAY0927
      @DREDAY0927 5 років тому +43

      They Tried It Not Even Close Though 😳😳

  • @uji541y2eg
    @uji541y2eg 4 роки тому +2717

    IMA LISTEN TO THIS FOR THE REST MY LIFE!

  • @starryskies1370
    @starryskies1370 Місяць тому +17

    Songs like this FLOOD me with memories of my childhood in Philadelphia in the 90s. Wow. I can almost smell the air!❤

  • @ecw231
    @ecw231 5 років тому +2692

    R.I.P. John Singleton (Director of Higher Learning) 😥🙏🙏

    • @beingmboi23
      @beingmboi23 5 років тому +39

      Justin Davis
      I loved the part when this song came in....perfect fit

    • @dwaynebeamon4018
      @dwaynebeamon4018 5 років тому +29

      That's right these were the times man I look back on now with nothing but fondness

    • @dwaynethomas2048
      @dwaynethomas2048 5 років тому +14

      1996

    • @carlotadanayharmon3868
      @carlotadanayharmon3868 5 років тому +7

      Rip

    • @TalkinnGrubbinMedia
      @TalkinnGrubbinMedia 5 років тому +16

      Justin Davis One of my favorite directors, he was very underrated.

  • @Veezydadon
    @Veezydadon 2 роки тому +672

    Give this man his flowers! He deserves it! Such a genius legend!

    • @PatinaEdochie
      @PatinaEdochie 2 роки тому +12

      Pleaseee do plus he’s so multitalented and behind producing soooo many classic hits for other artists 😩🔊🎶🗣🎸🎹🔥💪🏽🐐👑💐💯

    • @russellhunt6788
      @russellhunt6788 2 роки тому +3

      labrecia

    • @charmainwilson3674
      @charmainwilson3674 2 роки тому +3

      True story

    • @Veezydadon
      @Veezydadon 2 роки тому +3

      @@charmainwilson3674 yes indeed

    • @taelorprice20
      @taelorprice20 2 роки тому

      @@PatinaEdochie k c

  • @yetundepink
    @yetundepink 4 роки тому +278

    This is how we want to be loved.

  • @reallife0728
    @reallife0728 5 місяців тому +134

    MY ERA IS UNDEFEATED!!!!!🎤🎤🎤🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯

    • @divinelibra9823
      @divinelibra9823 4 місяці тому +1

      @@reallife0728 💯💯💯

    • @kay44422
      @kay44422 4 місяці тому +1

      🎉🎉 💯💯💯🙌🏼🙌🏼

    • @AlexMueller-v4w
      @AlexMueller-v4w 4 місяці тому +1

      🎉🎉❤❤

    • @T.Y.J.30
      @T.Y.J.30 4 місяці тому

      Video Soul😅 with Donnie Simpson,on BET latenite after the Arsenio Hall Show❤ a beautiful collective time to grow up being black and proud❤🎉😊

    • @donstaten9741
      @donstaten9741 4 місяці тому

      💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

  • @jayviton21
    @jayviton21 4 роки тому +1951

    Raphael is underrated yet still relevant today. Give this brother his flowers while he can still smell them

  • @sincereblackman6154
    @sincereblackman6154 4 роки тому +487

    Saadiq needs to be blessed and sprinkled with...The Lifetime Musical Genius Award!!!

  • @AIRSOFTMIKE
    @AIRSOFTMIKE 3 роки тому +690

    Still listening in 2021. I love this song to death! 💜

  • @TheDarkGreenMarine
    @TheDarkGreenMarine Місяць тому +78

    December 2024 - OG shit.

  • @emilygrant1312
    @emilygrant1312 6 років тому +1793

    He said I will kiss you anywhere. Yes love even there😍😍😍😘😘 Grown folks Music

    • @marianmillings2278
      @marianmillings2278 6 років тому +13

      Emily Grant 😝

    • @jessicaknight4670
      @jessicaknight4670 6 років тому +5

      😍

    • @sadieashby2266
      @sadieashby2266 5 років тому +3

      :)

    • @OGLI3196
      @OGLI3196 5 років тому +19

      Any where specially there that's the shit

    • @m.s.2916
      @m.s.2916 5 років тому +27

      That's too grown for these youngens ya dig😏...especially there and there.....DAMN....

  • @1980starjustice
    @1980starjustice 10 років тому +298

    Memories....1995 was a great year for and in music....that summer was kray! Michael Jackson dropped the double album, Jodeci dropped their album, biggie "one more chance" jr.mafia "player's anthem"....the movie FRIDAY!!!! and that year started with this joint right here and the movie "higher learning".....WHEW!!!

    • @Mesita117
      @Mesita117 10 років тому +2

      Word!

    • @QCongress83
      @QCongress83 9 років тому +11

      +1980starjustice Damn it feels like it was just yesterday and all this stuff just dropped.

    • @tonykortkamp6034
      @tonykortkamp6034 7 років тому +25

      let's not forget Me Against The World!

    • @1980starjustice
      @1980starjustice 7 років тому +23

      Tony Kortkamp true-true!!! New Jersey drive(movie & sdtrk), total "can't you see", Meth & Mary, Vasquez Gore-Tex boots, Nike Air AF-1"Harlem Nights", Helly Hansen jackets, Columbia 2-in-1 coats, and the almighty Jan sport backpack with mad multi-color strings in dem zipper loops brah........(maybe that was just a NEW YORK THANG)

    • @soraya7052
      @soraya7052 7 років тому +2

      1980starjustice wow you just took me back ☺

  • @geeman9418
    @geeman9418 8 років тому +762

    one of the songs that will never ever die! never sounds old!!

  • @autumnrain8
    @autumnrain8 5 місяців тому +1

    I'll always listen to this great king....❤❤❤❤

  • @mysisternataelie4914
    @mysisternataelie4914 5 років тому +1935

    Still listening to this 2020 forever a classic

    • @72lpa
      @72lpa 4 роки тому +1

      Nataelie Jordan me

    • @hunterdalton5991
      @hunterdalton5991 4 роки тому

      Of course I am! Been listening since it came out. Very lazy way to get likes! Raphael Sadiq did all of the work so you can get UA-cam likes? Booooo! Shame on you!

    • @orlandoprude3341
      @orlandoprude3341 4 роки тому +3

      Yup me too

    • @litalsumu188
      @litalsumu188 4 роки тому

      Yep 💖

    • @JAHamilton77
      @JAHamilton77 4 роки тому +8

      Tony Toni Tone, Mint Condition, Maxwell, Musiq Soulchild, great 90s and early 00s soulful R&B

  • @Tan_Tan22
    @Tan_Tan22 Рік тому +595

    It’s 2023 and I still feel a calm resolve while listening to this. Brings back such good memories.

    • @cherylhoward6312
      @cherylhoward6312 Рік тому +13

      "A calm resolve" I like that 👌

    • @kingof85
      @kingof85 Рік тому +11

      Absolutely

    • @BeautifulChoas1
      @BeautifulChoas1 Рік тому +3

      Yes!❤

    • @31Lakergurl
      @31Lakergurl Рік тому +9

      Heck yes! Just saw Tony Toni Tone in concert this pass weekend and he sang this song..
      OMG when I tell you I had chills is an understatement 😊

    • @darrensmith5009
      @darrensmith5009 Рік тому +4

      Still jamming

  • @darrindemetro9372
    @darrindemetro9372 2 роки тому +409

    28 yrs ago took my new girlfriend to see higher learning and heard this song and loved it ever since!!! Oh that new girlfriend is now my wife and 2kids later WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING!!! STILL JAMMING!!!!

  • @georgiawoo4836
    @georgiawoo4836 4 дні тому +2

    Angie this is my favorite Cd, it has taken me from New Jersey to FLORIDA easily ' No More Rain ' ❤Thank u Ms Angie Stone,🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤❤

  • @Marc85
    @Marc85 5 років тому +358

    Came straight here from his interview at The Breakfast Club. But why am I legit crying right now!? 80's baby but the 90's raised me.

    • @latashar2252
      @latashar2252 5 років тому +12

      Marcus D I thought it was just me. I watched the interview, looked up this song and now I’m in tears reminiscing 😂

    • @allegedlyspeakingtv5104
      @allegedlyspeakingtv5104 5 років тому +15

      This is SOUL music

    • @kaybee8492
      @kaybee8492 5 років тому +4

      🙌🏿

    • @shotteebwoi1O2
      @shotteebwoi1O2 5 років тому +15

      That's cuz people don't make R&B LIKE THIS anymore! It's heartbreaking!

    • @Kikigreentea
      @Kikigreentea 5 років тому +15

      Me too. Tearing up. This man is the consumate producer/writer/scorer but I forget sometimed how sweet and conversational his voice is. Music for the soul.

  • @june7gemini
    @june7gemini 10 років тому +800

    words cannot describe how i miss old school music , the promotion of love , afrocentrism , and eternal love ...smh
    thank you 90's and 80's ..,for raising me right ...

    •  10 років тому +8

      Classic 90s

    • @june7gemini
      @june7gemini 9 років тому +13

      ***** exactly , im sick of the word " ratchet " ... and all this dumb shit .. its really ruining society

    • @bryansmall7371
      @bryansmall7371 9 років тому +2

      Flower_Gemini nadine p Perfectly stated sista……..

    • @june7gemini
      @june7gemini 9 років тому +1

      Bryan Small thank you ....!!

    • @iamsukafree
      @iamsukafree 9 років тому

      june 7 gemini .. Old school also promoted hoe behavior, cheating & infidelity! songs like little secret by xscape & etc. Luke was making ratchet music & having ratchet women in his videos to. Its all the same

  • @JElijah11
    @JElijah11 3 роки тому +885

    Saadiq is underappreciated. His voice, his writing, and his production will continue to inspire generations of music lovers. The songs he's written and produced for Kelis, D'Angelo, Solange, Common, Erykah Badu, and Mary J. Blige are absolutely wonderful.

    • @amandawhite170
      @amandawhite170 3 роки тому +16

      Big time he definitely a KING❤️💯🐏🦍

    • @ms.r.w.3404
      @ms.r.w.3404 3 роки тому +8

      Very much so .

    • @FlyAwayChi
      @FlyAwayChi 3 роки тому +33

      Don't forget Total's Kissing You...amazing

    • @anthonywilliams9217
      @anthonywilliams9217 3 роки тому +10

      You right folks, people forgot about him. He’s.back!!!!! And he killed it!!!!!

    • @adriennerobinson1180
      @adriennerobinson1180 3 роки тому +4

      SAD BUT TRUE SMH

  • @akyranylah26
    @akyranylah26 20 днів тому +11

    This is my jammm... I'm gon continue to listen to it in 2025..

  • @Unskripted1
    @Unskripted1 6 років тому +342

    2019 CHECK IN!! BE BLESSED AND STAY CONSCIOUS.

  • @Professorrob2k24
    @Professorrob2k24 2 роки тому +423

    The essence of black love summed up in this song. Truly a genius.

    • @zaezae1066
      @zaezae1066 2 роки тому +5

      AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN

    • @kay-collins
      @kay-collins 2 роки тому +1

      Well the sad part is when he said “little girl” he meant it. 😥

    • @khaishaarmstrong7517
      @khaishaarmstrong7517 2 роки тому +1

      I was going to comment this. Oh how I yearn for that 90's love. You rocked hard for one another.

    • @jungwonscactus9425
      @jungwonscactus9425 2 роки тому

      @@kay-collins are you serious? What he do? 😭that’s so sad

    • @tamlynn786
      @tamlynn786 2 роки тому

      @@jungwonscactus9425 don’t believe everything you read online. I looked it up and found nothing so that person is lying.

  • @valeriewilliams314
    @valeriewilliams314 9 місяців тому +129

    Tony Toni Tone, Raphael. Some of the R&B artist ever!!

    • @tammiemartinez6485
      @tammiemartinez6485 7 місяців тому +3

      There were 2 CD's I'd play almost every day for me and my son while I was cooking dinner. Tony Toni Tone and Blackstreet. When I could leave the kitchen as the food cooked we'd be in the living room dancing and singing away. I did have to skip one track from Blackstreet. I believe it was the first one where you hear them puffing on a doobie 😅 but after that it was ON. I'm glad that I followed in the footsteps of my parents and older Brothers by playing all of the music I grew up on as well as Oldies for my son. Keeping tradition alive... 🙌

    • @donstaten9741
      @donstaten9741 6 місяців тому +2

      🔥🔥🔥

  • @averagescorpion7475
    @averagescorpion7475 5 днів тому +1

    Why is this not on Spotify😤 its so frustrating for an old head like me I need my nostalgia playlist completed 😮‍💨

  • @inkaoner
    @inkaoner 4 роки тому +359

    This grown folks music here!

  • @k.oakley7250
    @k.oakley7250 5 років тому +439

    The nineties was the best decade by far, so far.

  • @shawnharris4514
    @shawnharris4514 6 років тому +170

    I just played this 5x in a row . Joint still banging

    • @samiam6065
      @samiam6065 5 років тому +2

      I with you🤛 there's no way on earth you can listen to this 1 time. The replay button is in effect!!

    • @shaynaharrison8689
      @shaynaharrison8689 5 років тому +1

      YESSS ALWAYS ON REPEAT!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔂✔💯🙌🔊🎵🎶🎤🎼🎧💆💞💿📻💓

    • @marcdennis4698
      @marcdennis4698 5 років тому +1

      Shawn Harris yes yes

    • @kimberlysmith7145
      @kimberlysmith7145 3 місяці тому +1

      Definitely 💯 this joint always gon be banging 😎

  • @itsdaelang
    @itsdaelang 3 місяці тому +89

    Ik all the Deja’s feel so honored when they hear this joint happy my name Deja 🤣🫶🏾

    • @PhrankBlunt
      @PhrankBlunt 2 місяці тому +4

      Yup! Every Deja therafter got automatically blushed because someone always gone quote the stanza 👂🎵🤭🥰

    • @NicoleRichardson-oy1qo
      @NicoleRichardson-oy1qo 23 дні тому +1

      Y'all name is Deja because of this song😊

  • @kyngdavid3648
    @kyngdavid3648 6 років тому +362

    *’’Everytime The Phone Rings, I Pray To GOD🙏🏾Thats It’s You Girl’’….”EveryTime, I Close My Eyes, A Vision Of Your Face Always Pops Into My Mind Girl”*
    *YEP....I Remember those days, and damn I miss those days*

  • @dejajohnson9714
    @dejajohnson9714 3 роки тому +738

    My mother named me Deja cause this song she was in love with Raphael Saadiq 😘😘

    • @Lauren_Fields
      @Lauren_Fields 3 роки тому +20

      That’s a high honor :)

    • @TheYeahhBoys2024
      @TheYeahhBoys2024 3 роки тому +8

      I know a girl named Teja

    • @shannondbrown1552
      @shannondbrown1552 3 роки тому +15

      From all the great songs that mentioned women’s names ain’t no telling how many girls were named after songs their moms liked. I’m sure it’s some Mary Janes out there in honor of Rick James, Joanna in honor of kool and the gang etc…..I had lots of friends who thought DMX was rapping to them personally in his song…..lol

    • @siyama861
      @siyama861 3 роки тому +11

      Aww. I don't know who the deja is he's singing about but I'm jealous of her.

    • @Breeeee03
      @Breeeee03 3 роки тому +38

      @@siyama861 This song is from the soundtrack of the movie 'Higher Learning'. Deja is the character Tyra Banks plays. Great movie! Oldie but goodie. 😊

  • @blackbeauty8034
    @blackbeauty8034 6 років тому +630

    2019 and I'm still listening

  • @shakahlakah576
    @shakahlakah576 10 днів тому +1

    Boi, this song takes me back. Used to record this song off the radio using the tape player 😆

  • @qaddfeyirichardson7907
    @qaddfeyirichardson7907 3 роки тому +406

    This brother and his family are the most influential black men in the 90s period. They made history.

    • @AyesheAlwaysLovely
      @AyesheAlwaysLovely 3 роки тому +27

      FACTS!
      EVERYTHING The Tony’s dropped was fire! And the music Raphael’s doing for the Insecure soundtrack slaps too.

    • @tionbyrams9199
      @tionbyrams9199 3 роки тому +8

      Yes they are

  • @moriak9431
    @moriak9431 4 роки тому +424

    Higher learning.. who remember this classic on that movie

    • @Avation.Experience
      @Avation.Experience 4 роки тому +4

      That’s what brought me here

    • @novathestar3242
      @novathestar3242 3 роки тому +2

      Me

    • @mrsholguin83
      @mrsholguin83 3 роки тому +2

      Yes i do. I miss those days

    • @katinaponder8788
      @katinaponder8788 3 роки тому +1

      Yesssss

    • @drb8063
      @drb8063 3 роки тому +2

      @moria k please do send the name of the movie. I must see it. I love this song. It makes me wanna dance slowly..

  • @rashaddhines
    @rashaddhines 4 роки тому +121

    Hands down one of the best slow jams of 1995. And competition was fierce!

    • @stacyrowe5451
      @stacyrowe5451 3 роки тому +2

      And issss

    • @timmikojohnson1986
      @timmikojohnson1986 3 роки тому +1

      Wat ah min da late 80's had it going on too

    • @rashaddhines
      @rashaddhines 3 роки тому

      @@timmikojohnson1986 it defintely did, but I was talking about the best for that year.

  • @PaulMossmedia
    @PaulMossmedia 27 днів тому +4

    One of the biggest and greatest love songs ever made 💯

  • @menlogreen
    @menlogreen 4 роки тому +239

    This young man is an American Treasure. U have to thank his PARENTS for giving us this Treasure.

  • @truthminusthebs2896
    @truthminusthebs2896 2 роки тому +1921

    This song reminds me of when I dated a girl whose parents didn't like me. We would use our friends to meet up and when that failed, we would literally walk across town to see each other.
    I ended up marrying her, 23 years and five kids later, we are still together, madly in love, and can't get enough of each other.
    Before my father-in-law died, we were standing in his collards patch and we were talking about something else, and out of the blue he said, "You were indeed, the best man for our daughter!"
    He was a Marine, and that was as close to both an apology and acceptance as I was going to get, and i love him for it.

  • @deejayturner8673
    @deejayturner8673 7 років тому +446

    This track can NEVER get old!! #Real 🎧🎼🎶🎵🎺🎹🎤

  • @georgiawoo4836
    @georgiawoo4836 4 дні тому +2

    'No More Rain ' will get u through anything and everything, this song will always Be a CLASSIC forever ❤❤❤❤2025

  • @jerseydan95
    @jerseydan95 2 роки тому +216

    I could listen to this track 500x in a row. Perfect vocals perfect beat perfect hook. 90s was the golden era for this planet

  • @sandracornejo4091
    @sandracornejo4091 2 роки тому +695

    I was 19yrs old when this came out and here I am at 47.... Never ever gets old!!

  • @blairlewis3707
    @blairlewis3707 8 років тому +253

    this song should not have ANY thumbs down AT ALL I may be young but I love RNB was raised on it and can't get enough of the oldies💯💯

    • @redhoney34
      @redhoney34 8 років тому +16

      Roe'millo Lewis I agree. But some are really bitter

    • @ebbyf294
      @ebbyf294 7 років тому +1

      Roe'millo Lewis oldies? Lol

    • @damellman
      @damellman 7 років тому

      Roe'millo Lewis they shouldn't be called oldies it should be called classics. Oldies would be the 50s and the 60s

    • @kayladuhh4035
      @kayladuhh4035 7 років тому

      Roe'millo Lewis Samee 👏🏼

    • @lonnielongino798
      @lonnielongino798 6 років тому

      Ms. Ebby yep. Its official, we are oldies now.🎂♿

  • @amynwankwo3302
    @amynwankwo3302 18 днів тому +77

    January 2025 who is here for this masterpiece ❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @DwayneSingletary
      @DwayneSingletary 14 днів тому +3

      @@amynwankwo3302 this is one of my all time favorites… no matter what mood someone is in…. This song will always uplift you..💯❤️🙏🏾

    • @donstaten9741
      @donstaten9741 13 днів тому +1

      This song came out 30 years ago 🔥🔥

    • @donstaten9741
      @donstaten9741 13 днів тому +1

      ​@@DwayneSingletarylove it

    • @saminicolette
      @saminicolette 9 днів тому +2

      Meeee

    • @brittanisierra6936
      @brittanisierra6936 9 днів тому +2

      Me! Such a vibe

  • @2minutecarnivore
    @2minutecarnivore 7 років тому +559

    Man, these young whippersnappers will never know.

  • @dominicanguy9117
    @dominicanguy9117 4 роки тому +261

    So mad this song isn’t on Spotify

    • @Hiddden808s
      @Hiddden808s 4 роки тому +7

      On me like why tf not

    • @Necoh
      @Necoh 4 роки тому +11

      Me too! It's on no music apps. So irritated!

    • @nowritersblockhere5482
      @nowritersblockhere5482 4 роки тому +5

      Me too! I can't find it on Amazon music app either 😥

    • @MrZnorz
      @MrZnorz 4 роки тому +1

      You can hear it on Pandora

    • @csouth28
      @csouth28 4 роки тому +4

      Shit not even on Apple Music, just the music video but not the actual song 😒

  • @Dantana773
    @Dantana773 4 роки тому +538

    1995.... Good Music Never gets Old , Jan 2021 and bumpin like it did in 95

  • @d.j.s.7778
    @d.j.s.7778 Місяць тому +7

    My favorite song since 1995 , today it Almost Christmas 2024
    When love songs were about love

  • @nehsangbong7259
    @nehsangbong7259 6 років тому +511

    I miss the 90s 😭

    • @robertworkman1419
      @robertworkman1419 5 років тому +5

      I miss 90-95. After that... 👎

    • @CRAZYTRACY4
      @CRAZYTRACY4 5 років тому +3

      Robert Workman don’t leave out 96 tho! 😂😂😂 that was a good year

    • @imhunter2339
      @imhunter2339 5 років тому +4

      I swear LOVE was LOVE back then and you felt it. Men said I want to make love to you and romanced you. Now it's vulgarity and lies.
      People stuck together as friends and family... Less Violence!
      Bring back the love songs!❤🥰

    • @IAMDEPRESSED2023
      @IAMDEPRESSED2023 5 років тому +2

      HELL FRIGGIN YEA...!

    • @meezdooz5179
      @meezdooz5179 5 років тому +2

      Damn you ain't lying!!!!

  • @shalondatimmons1022
    @shalondatimmons1022 5 років тому +385

    Wale Did NOT BRING ME HERE!! THIS SONG IS A CLASSIC!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @mariowoods5259
      @mariowoods5259 5 років тому +2

      same here

    • @84vickisecrets
      @84vickisecrets 4 роки тому +4

      Same here. I listen to this song all the time. This is one of my favorites.

    • @daillestlady
      @daillestlady 4 роки тому +4

      Lol. Me either. It's been on my playlist. I'm a Raphel Saadiq and TTT fan for life!!!

    • @melvinpatterson9884
      @melvinpatterson9884 4 роки тому

      The fact you said that it’s little true

    • @trevorwilliams9134
      @trevorwilliams9134 4 роки тому +1

      Shalonda Timmons you better say that shit

  • @JordanClemons
    @JordanClemons 6 років тому +586

    My man bust out the harmonica like it was nothing to him. Damn I miss when RnB drowning in love. This new stuff is highly depressive.

    • @queengee705
      @queengee705 6 років тому +5

      100

    • @Kev27RS
      @Kev27RS 6 років тому +2

      @john wayne gacey 😂🤣

    • @lisaprice373
      @lisaprice373 6 років тому +2

      Jordan Clemons I agree!!!

    • @veronicalipscomb5047
      @veronicalipscomb5047 6 років тому +2

      Jordan Clemons I agree

    • @dsdahncen2418
      @dsdahncen2418 6 років тому +8

      Jordan Clemons you know what man you are right ... depressive seems like the best description cause even when they seem to be making love songs the beat alone sounds depressing yo it’s subliminal I’ll say

  • @loylynjoneswalton5666
    @loylynjoneswalton5666 12 днів тому +2

    True classic! can listen to this over and over❤

  • @meyaa.9073
    @meyaa.9073 7 років тому +646

    Still bumping in 2018!!

  • @richardjackson9767
    @richardjackson9767 Рік тому +85

    He won a grammy with Lucy Pearl song of the year.We're gonna dance tonight.

    • @benfoldsfiveforever
      @benfoldsfiveforever 9 місяців тому

      They didn’t win. They lost that year to “Say My Name” by Destiny’s Child

  • @hermanalbertie4120
    @hermanalbertie4120 3 роки тому +157

    One of the best songs of all time... One of my absolute favorites... 2021...

  • @AdriannaThomas-gj7sd
    @AdriannaThomas-gj7sd Місяць тому +2

    Nostalgia this video still looks good

  • @steveniceberg
    @steveniceberg 9 років тому +359

    I miss the 80s and 90s R&B and Hip Hop

  • @rs9262
    @rs9262 6 років тому +66

    Kissing you,is not enough for me,You know I'm a big boy.And big boys have disire!! That first line🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @68luvlyme
      @68luvlyme 5 років тому +1

      Love that line 😍

    • @kimberlysmith7145
      @kimberlysmith7145 3 місяці тому +1

      Sooo freakn bomb 💣💥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Cheeks63091
    @Cheeks63091 12 днів тому +3

    Raphael voice is impeccable

  • @AngelaM731
    @AngelaM731 8 років тому +395

    oh my,
    This song bring back sooooo many Memories!
    I remember going on a date to see higher learning:)

    • @AngelaM731
      @AngelaM731 8 років тому +11

      I really loved/missed the ninety's!
      The R&b, Rap music was deep...
      it had meaning!!

    • @eltipo3men2
      @eltipo3men2 8 років тому

      AngelaM731

    • @lydiaruiz1483
      @lydiaruiz1483 8 років тому +2

      AngelaM731

    • @garybraddox5605
      @garybraddox5605 8 років тому +10

      AngelaM731 the song.. video is on fleek..omg that's my song

    • @RYOTT22
      @RYOTT22 8 років тому +9

      AngelaM731 when music meant something

  • @carolynwilson3861
    @carolynwilson3861 Місяць тому +25

    Im still here 2024 and beyond.🎉🎉🎉

  • @geminijeff610
    @geminijeff610 3 роки тому +170

    Songs like this could possibly heal the world right now

    • @perrinjackson6707
      @perrinjackson6707 2 роки тому

      focus on yours, not the world

    • @sandraloveherkidsatkinson773
      @sandraloveherkidsatkinson773 2 роки тому +2

      I swear

    • @Lstar07
      @Lstar07 2 роки тому +1

      Between slavery and human trafficking, no, but this song could definitely put a smile on someone’s face and take those who have memories tied to it back to a moment in time.

    • @itsrtvbaby
      @itsrtvbaby 2 роки тому +1

      Everything is frequency, energy and vibration. Songs like this definitely has the vibration to cause a massive shift for the better in this world.

  • @bodini400jackson6
    @bodini400jackson6 6 років тому +4684

    Who slapping this in 2019 show some love below

  • @danaprince4538
    @danaprince4538 2 роки тому +775

    My husband use to sing this to me. I truly miss him. RIH Louis. ❤️

    • @monicademps4511
      @monicademps4511 2 роки тому +14

      I'm sorry for your loss... treasure the memories always.

    • @blessed2950
      @blessed2950 2 роки тому +7

      Sorry for your loss 🙏🏽

    • @Helloitsme0923
      @Helloitsme0923 2 роки тому +8

      Awe… I bet he was a treasure (my dad and my late baby brothers name are/was Louis).. Bless your heart…❤️🙏🏾

    • @williebtheg74.98
      @williebtheg74.98 2 роки тому +8

      RIP to your husband,we love ,thank you God,He still singing to you, remember, the memory,We cry ,it hurts .May God places peace in your heart .Dana

    • @ericahallredfoxxx
      @ericahallredfoxxx 2 роки тому +2

      I’m sorry for your loss

  • @KO-UTHAR
    @KO-UTHAR 15 днів тому +132

    2025 anyone?

  • @derricksimon5438
    @derricksimon5438 6 років тому +185

    Hands down this is the best R N B song I ever heard 💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @lisacraig9549
      @lisacraig9549 5 років тому +2

      Derrick Simon lay your head on my pillow is right there too..

    • @9ctc998
      @9ctc998 5 років тому +2

      FACTS!

    • @jamessudhe1423
      @jamessudhe1423 5 років тому +1

      Derrick Simon actually one of the best!!!

  • @Shon510
    @Shon510 Рік тому +260

    Of course I'm here in 2024... this a forever song

  • @jessicaoakes-toribio4050
    @jessicaoakes-toribio4050 3 роки тому +410

    It doesn’t matter how many times I listen to this song (I listen to it a lot!) it never gets old and it ALWAYS give me the feels 🥰🥰 I love him! 🥰🥰 the braces, the voice, the swag! 🔥🤤
    “See if I can handle youuu” oooh gets me every time

  • @JB-zd3zw
    @JB-zd3zw 5 місяців тому

    I will be playing this when am in my 90’s😎

  • @funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442
    @funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442 4 роки тому +2354

    Who else is going through all their classic jams thinking about how life was back in the days ✌🏼️

    • @foots4141
      @foots4141 4 роки тому +49

      I do this about 2 to 3 nights a week laying in bed jamming

    • @monicajackson2130
      @monicajackson2130 4 роки тому +14

      ME.

    • @daseanjenkins9574
      @daseanjenkins9574 4 роки тому +42

      i almost cried cause i had alot of good times i love my life

    • @olgatorres5551
      @olgatorres5551 4 роки тому +37

      All the time for me....as we get older we appreciate these jams even more

    • @lateshiachilds3640
      @lateshiachilds3640 4 роки тому +40

      I’m always wishing I could return to the 90s, sometimes I feel like I’m in a dream I will wake up and it will be 1995 and I’m 13.

  • @nathannathan3428
    @nathannathan3428 7 років тому +45

    Africans are gifted and anointed , they are the masters of singing indisputably!!

    • @christinharrison621
      @christinharrison621 6 років тому +1

      Bless you❤

    • @jackiebruce6930
      @jackiebruce6930 4 роки тому

      Aag ptpttqBzgciuneGahdi pippoue gsagfuoukkbg (^^)😀😃😃😆😃^_^😙😘😙😋🏆🎈🎉🏆🌊🕜🕜

  • @naturallydunn
    @naturallydunn 4 роки тому +553

    I named my daughter Deja because of this song and the movie Higher Learning

    • @ericthuo219
      @ericthuo219 4 роки тому +3

      we used to say i love you danger instead of deja😂😂
      is that diana king

    • @donnettepereira6652
      @donnettepereira6652 4 роки тому +10

      I did the same thing.We were both listening to this song

    • @angelafinney20
      @angelafinney20 4 роки тому +6

      Me too,,, Daja she's 21 now..

    • @naturallydunn
      @naturallydunn 4 роки тому +8

      Angela Abdulazeem my daughter Deja is also 21. April 30, 1999

    • @angelafinney20
      @angelafinney20 4 роки тому +5

      January 26 1999 😍😍

  • @meeka7067
    @meeka7067 Місяць тому +4

    Thisssss still my song ❤ 12/24

  • @shawana1984
    @shawana1984 Рік тому +349

    I think I’m responsible for about 63 million of these views! I keep it on repeat 🎶🔥🎶

  • @Honest000w
    @Honest000w 4 роки тому +494

    Did you know he wrote kissing you for total 🤷🏾‍♀️dude is the GOAT 🐐

    • @panther33460
      @panther33460 4 роки тому +12

      Love that song too.

    • @Mymeko1981
      @Mymeko1981 4 роки тому +11

      Whoa! I had no idea. I love that song too!I like this song he sings from his heart and soul

    • @Feed-My-Mind-Not-My-Ego
      @Feed-My-Mind-Not-My-Ego 4 роки тому +12

      He wrote and produced a lot of songs for artists. He is very gifted.

    • @milkshake357
      @milkshake357 4 роки тому +6

      I hear it now

    • @realmccoy9
      @realmccoy9 4 роки тому +8

      That's Total's best song for me.

  • @hashimshabazz7013
    @hashimshabazz7013 7 місяців тому +362

    THE COLDEST SONG BY Raphael Saadiq

  • @nicolehall4322
    @nicolehall4322 20 днів тому +14

    This is when music was dope af. Even as a kid I knew what good music was