Meshell Ndegeocello: Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- This Black Music Month, Tiny Desk is giving the ladies their flowers. We’re releasing nine Tiny Desk concerts from Black women artists, from veterans who’ve paved the way for what we hear today in Black music, to those who are carving out their own paths.
Nikki Birch | June 18, 2024
Experiencing all of the Tiny Desks this Black Music Month has made many of my dreams come true, and Meshell Ndegeocello’s performance was no exception. For 30 years the Grammy-winning artist’s music has cast an unflinching gaze on love, race, sexuality and religion. Her new album out in August, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, zooms out to focus on the love of humanity as inspired by the writer and civil rights activist.
Her performance includes three songs from that album, starting with “Travel,” which features Kenita Miller’s swirling whispers alongside Jake Sherman’s organ and Ndegeocello’s bass, which ushers us into her church service. “Thus Sayeth The Lorde,” references the writings of Audre Lorde: “If I did not define myself for myself, I’d be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” This conviction has been the binding agent of Ndegeocello’s career. Releasing her debut album at a time when many of the women who dominated Black music were singers who adopted an ultra-feminine aesthetic, as a bassist and vocalist she gallantly eschewed that standard for androgyny, fully embracing her queer, two-spirit identity.
“Love” continues this theme, urging you to allow love to take over and accept yourself in the face of existential crisis. The final songs of Ndegeocello’s Tiny Desk Concert are fan favorites. First, we’re sent off into space with the playful “Virgo,” from Ndegeocello’s album The Omnichord Real Book. Then she brings us back to Earth with the yearning “Outside Your Door.”
SET LIST
“Travel”
“Thus Sayeth The Lorde”
“Love”
“Virgo”
“Outside Your Door”
MUSICIANS
Meshell Ndegeocello: vocals, bass
Jake Sherman: organ
Justin Hicks: vocals
Abe Rounds: drums, vocals
Chris Bruce: guitar
Kenita Miller: vocals
Kyle Miles: bass
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Nikki Birch
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Mitra I. Arthur
Audio Engineer: Carleigh Strange
Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
Photographer: Ben de la Cruz
Animation: Jackie Lay
Florist: Kelanda Edwards
Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Cills
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins
#nprmusic #tinydesk #meshellndegeocello
Baby somebody in y’all office need a whole raise and promotion 🙌🏽
For real!
Facts!
FR Chaka and Meshell a few days apart.. what!
COME ON YESTERDAYS PRICE AINT TODAYS PRICE!!!! ❤
@@JungleCatImagesWHAAAT?! Taking us OUT OK ❤
🗣️WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF BOOKING PERFORMERS NEEDS A RAISE IMMEDIATELY!!!!
Amen
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Meshell Ndegeocello walked so that Erykah Badu and Jill Scott could run. Thank you NPR for bringing the heat during Black Music Month and the eve of Juneteenth! 💯❤️
Ditto!!
I concur 👏🏾👏🏾
YOU BETTER PREACH UP IN HERE BROTHER ✊🏾😎🙏🏾🙌🏾💪🏾
Sure, but that doesn't mean that Meshell doesn't run too!
@@antoniofracchia9621 AMEN SHE RAN 🏃🏾♂️SO FAST SHE COPPED A GRAMMY AWARD 🥇 WITH H.E.R. FOR THE ROBERT CLASPER SONG BETTER THAN I IMAGINED 💪🏾🙏🏾✊🏾🥳🎤🐐🙌🏾😎🎸
3:58 “James Baldwin said you think your pain and heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” Come on ma’am!
Now it’s always in your face. People have lost empathy and ignore pain.
Marcus Bookstore in Oakland is my favorite bookstore on earth.
@@sylviacalhoun5245Facts. Many people only care when it happens to them or someone they know.
These same groups of people love to call others "victims". 😒
then you read the bible and see where he got it from....1 Pet 5:9
This woman is beyond legendary ....she needs her flowers now ❤
🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🖤🎶
🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
yes x 1000.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
🌷🌹🌻🌼🌸🌸🌻🌹🌷🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thank you for having us! What a gift and pleasure it is to perform live music.
You were amazing on percussion.
I enjoyed every minute of it. Truly a blessing to experience your gift.
thank you💜
Your musicality and presence is such a gift!
I was floored by your performance!! One of the Top Tiny Desk Concerts since it began over a decade ago!! THANK YOU!!❤👏👏🏽👏👏🏽🎧
NPR y'all are showing out for black music month
Yessssss and we are here for every measure 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
ALL THE WAY OUT❤️!!!!!!!!
That's what I said!!!!
Yes they are
Dude this was absolutely awful
She's so underrated, she was neo soul before it had a name😊
That part
Facts
💯
Indeed!!
Underrated by whom?! Those who know, know. Comments like this are unnecessary because she knows she’s not underrated.
Meshell's voice is like honey butter melting into a warm buttermilk biscuit with a cup of hot tea and a shot of fine cognac on a cold day.
So descriptive 👏🏾🙏🏾Love
@@butterflyblessbless5836 I've adored this woman since I first heard "(Sitting) Outside Your Door" and the "Plantation Lullabies" album. Have had the honor and pleasure of seeing her LIVE twice.
@@nathanneelyoutlawdiditprod2891
Twice that’s amazing. I’m yet to see her live.
@@butterflyblessbless5836 I had waited years to see her but she finally came to Atlanta. She's bad. The bass guitar was nearly bigger than her but she is no joke and is legendary, in my book.
WOW! I LOVE THIS!❤
How can someone be a music legend and UNDERRATED at the same time? Meshell Ndegeocello is so dang good!!!✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
right?!?!
Real legends are sometimes dismissed. But she still shines bright!
This is the....conundrum....of being a lifelong fan of.....Meshell Ndegeocello...🤔🙌🏽🙌🏽💪🏽💪🏽🎯🎯🎯🎯💯
💜💜💜🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
For me, she was at the beginning of neo soul. Thank you Tiny Desk. Well deserved musician who deserves recognition.
AMEN 🙏🏾😎✊🏾🐐
💯 agree!!
Yessss
Yes I agree!!!! She is neo-soul..
You are so right! 🤗
When I was young, I was not ready for her. At 45, I am still not ready but I’m here for it.
Same 💯
This is me.
Same
At least you're honest😂
Right before Juneteenth?! Ok Tiny Desk 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Right on time! 🎉
Musicians are such a blessing
I concur….they’re healers that walk around this earth 🙌🏾🤲🏾🙏🏾
Yes! Dump the rappers already.
"OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR❤️" & "PLANTATION LULLABIES❤️" was Played All Over Our University of Maryland at College Park Campus❤️ in 1994❤️/1995❤️!!!
my favorite song on that brilliant album!!!
I still play "Soul Searching". That song doesn't get the credit it deserves.
I literally cried when I heard the first notes. 🥰 That's my album!!
YASSSS RUN INSIDE ME 😩🙌🏾
come smoke my herb
Outside your door so beautiful. Meshell Ndegeocello is one of the greatest female bass players ... 🙌.
OMG. That is my song!!!! The patience, the yearning....
😢😢😢😢😢😢❤
True.
Meshell Ndegeocello is one of the greatest bass players.
WHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO is responsible for these gems?!!!! We cannot even catch our breath. I mean Meshell after Chaka feels like a musical blessing!!!! Y'all made my week!!!
Bobby Carter!!🔥🔥🔥
@KianaDay Bobby Carter....we are not worthy!!!!!
@@nicoles.7126 I'm telling you! He has been KILLING this Tiny Desk concert series for almost a decade, but the last 5-6 years have been especially dope!!
I think it's Bobby Carter who took over for Bob Boilen.
For REAL. ❤
Meshelle Ndegeocello is the greatest bassist of a generation. They Should be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. "Plantation Lullabies" is an opus of blackness. 🖤 thank you, Tiny Desk.
Faaaacccctzzzzzz
Thank you Tiny Desk for having the AMAZING Meshell Ndegeocello! ❤❤❤
I just saw Meshell Ndegeocello in March. She and her band were incredible. I was on the edge of my seat during the whole performance. Good music still exist. Sometimes we have to look for it though.
Wish I could see her live. Don't think she tours overseas much tho.
@@snowstrobe she tours overseas more than in the States. Check out her website. I was shocked that she even came to my city in the U.S.
@@snowstrobe fingers crossed.
They are definitely showing out for Black Music Month.
no such thing
AMEN 🙏🏾✊🏾🪮
All the way out!!!
@@kissthesky40 before trying to dispute what someone speaks as valid maybe you should research before making an ignorant comment. As stated, June is Black Music month. Don't ever try to tell a culture that you're not apart of what they celebrate. Outsiders are not privy to everything.
Few names make me stop in my tracks to listen.. Meshell Ndegeocello is one of those
MeShell Ndegeocello! YASSSS!!!! Love you, Beauty! You're one of my all-time favorite musicians! Keep Up the Excellence!
i adore her, but she got to sing the best tracks
like make u wanna holler, come smoke my herb, stay
THE WAY I QUIET SHOUTED IN MY OFFICE. Tiny Desk---Someone loves US. Whew. Keep it coming!
LOVING US YOU HEAR ME, LOVING US DEEP ❤
@@MISSVAAAAAAAexactly
Tiny desk hitting us hard this week. I'm supposed to be working, but am listening to your fantastic gigs Chaka...Kierra....Tems....Now this. C'mon Tiny Desk❤
❤
FR!
Do you even understand how much I want all those mentions down here in South Africa 🔥☺️it'd be epic 🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼⚜️🌷💠🏵️💮🤗
Ndegeocello’s energy at this point in her career is giving me Miles Davis John Coltrane vibes
She,s a genius , Like Prince and he saw it coming .
I can listen to Meshell's voice all day.
Same
You are not alone 🫶🏼
00:00 Travel
04:28 Thus Sayeth The Lorde
09:06 Love
12:58 Virgo
20:54 Outside Your Door
Love jones soundtrack is classic !!!!!!!! Thank you
A wonderful soundtrack that I still listen today.
I MEAN MY PHONE DYING AND IM HOLDING ON BECAUSE WHAAAAT ❤
What is this magic I just witnessed? She's amazing!! I'm so happy to get to experience her beyond her hits of the late 90's. This is a spiritual experience. She deserves all the flowers.
+ Her keffieyah did not go unnoticed. FREE PALESTINE!
what does Free Palestine mean?
@@davidk2471Palestine is under attack from Israel. It’s genocide.
NPR is celebrating Juneteenth a day early because no one will be in the office on June 19th because it is an actual federal holiday now!!!💯
The thought process that every corporation should have.
Only Meshell could do a 20+ minute tiny desk that includes 10 minutes of her NOT singing. 😂
Exactly!🤎
🎉🎉🎉facts, but she sho is singing with that guitar 🎸
Right?!?! Handing over the mic to some INCREDIBLE singers and highlighting her band - you know she is secure in her talent and she should be! Incredible.
Because she’s such a dope bassist.
Saw her live at Virginia Tech recently. She sang, but rarely picked up the guitar. No matter the manner, she's a master...
Yooooo...I've clicked SOOOOOOOO fast! Tiny desk y'all showing UP & OUT! 🎉🎉❤❤
YES BEEN A FAN SINCE THE TEACHING
I use to wonder why I loved Esperanza Spaulding and I was quickly reminded of MeShell Ndegeocello. They love to experiment with their bass and deliver a message; even if you’re not ready for it!!
say what??? Tiny Desk you nevaaaaa cease to amaze and please me hunny... thank you for this amazing range of gooood music.
That male singer is outstanding. Never heard of him. But thats how the music industry is
If yall only knew the chokehold MeShell had me in 08’………FIRE SELECTION FOR A TINY DESK
This don't even feel like music anymore...its a prayer session...communion. Powerfull. Thank you,Meshelle...
I felt elevated watching this!!!
Seriously!
If you're here in the comments, you already know. But for everyone else: Meshell is your favorite musician's favorite musician.
How I ran here after seeing Mint Condition post a story about this. 😅 🏃♀️
❤❤❤
Come thru, Tiny Desk, come thru!!! ✊🏾👊🏾☝🏾🤌🏾
Meshell Ndegeocello is pure gold! I am excited about the release of her new album. "Virgo" has me shook!
WOW! Talk about an unexpected treat! MeShell Ndegeocello is the epitome of an artist. Tiny Desk is really showing out this Black Music Month and I'm here for it. 😎
Meshell Ndegeocello had every soul singer/neo singer covering mics with scarfs chile...
"Peace beyond passion" - An album I crank to this day, in my top 3 all time
Mines too! Plantation Lullabies, Peace Beyond Passion and Bitter.
"The Way" is such an astonishing opener-David Gamson's mix is as dry as the Sahara, and Meshell's bass is a masterclass. Love that record!
I love the way she shares voice here
From the Heavens to our ears. ❤
Meshell is grossly underrated! She is the epitome of Neo Soul b4 it was deemed Neo Soul.. We need concert dates Pls🙏🏿❤️🔥💃🏾💃🏾
Bitter was on repeat for most of my early 20's. This is amazing.
What happened? The sun was setting as I was doing my evening chores. Then this captivated me and I looked for the nearest stool while I was intoxicated by every melody. It was journey because I watched it more than once. Once I listened and heard it, then I watched it and and understood more: than I felt it.
Now I'm here... all thanks and infinite gratitude.
Praise to NPR! They've been on top of it lately. Whoever is booking these artists deserves a raise!
OMG, taking me back to her live show that left me floating around NYC all night back in the '90s. True art!
I love her so much! Seeing Meshell get another Tiny Desk made my heart jump for joy. She deserves ALL her flowers.
Bonjour. I feel as if I found my people just reading these comments. What a gift to see how she is adored. Thank you to everyone who posted. Since I am not returning to the US, I am so lucky that MeShell will be in Marseille, France next month. Merci beaucoup!!!!
NPR you are REALLY WINNING right now!!!
Ive been listening to this nonstop, grateful
Meshell is a legend! Thank you for this.
Didn't know I needed this until I needed this!! Thank Meshell Ndegeocello and NPR!! 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
MeShell never disappoints......soul music from the heart
Now Tiny Desk you’ll has step the game up this what real music heads want!!! 💙💙💙💙🌹🌹
this music is free, as in liberated. At no point does it seem that some musical convention or habit dictates what happens. The performances are beautiful. I'm thankful and happily envious.
Another thought, imagine being the bass player in Meshell's band.... Wow.
I love Meshell Ndegeocello's music. I saw her perform at Blues Alley in DC right before the pandemic shutdown. I love her vibe. ❤
Meshell is my first memory of music, I remember being about 3 or 4 and being mesmerized by a beautiful black woman with a bass.
Wow. I can see why I Meshell is so respected and revered by her peers.
So evident....🙌🏽🙌🏽💪🏽💪🏽🎯🎯🎯🎯💯
I was hoping she’d do Fool of Me 😭
Same!!!
What a beautiful song❤
Same! I sho'nuff was looking for it.
Same 😩
She has a performance from 2021 I believe for the at home series. It’s on NPR page
Ok NPR, the curation is on Fyah🔥🔥This is for the Real Music Lovers, Legendary and Prolific Artist, thank you 🙏🏾
Tiny desk has been killing it! Keep it up!
Bonjour. Finally! Félicitations, MeShell. I have been a fan before your first album on Maverick. Rush Over and Loyalty are my favorite songs. Your music soothes and inspires me. Hope to see you in Marseille next month! ❤
OOOOOOh this is so good! She has always been fantastic!!! Thank you Tiny Desk and Meshell Ndegeocello. And a big soul clap for the band!!!!
I'm loving this concert, she's so assured in her art and her self. The whole band is so tight, especially love the vocals from Justin Hicks. Thank you tiny desk ❤
MY FELLOW INCREDIBLE D.C. GIRL❤️ ME'SHELL NDEGEOCELLO❤️!!!
Had no clue she was a fellow DMV’er I used to call her Me’Shell “Ninja Turtle” when I was a kid cause I didn’t know how to say her name lol
@@YoshiBugatticringe
And this is a DC girl who has loved her since “I’m Diggin’ You Like An Old Soul Record”, Plantation Lullabies…’93
Tiny Desk is no joke! Thank you for the Meshell Ndegeocello concert. She is an icon!
Oh, y'all PULLING UP this month!!!!!
That velvet voice. I remember her concerts in the 90s. She was breathtaking. I saw her multiple tines in Atlanta. She was so avant-garde and energetic. I appreciate her subtler ways now, but that doesn't make her any less effective. A brilliant musical genius she is.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL...JAMES BALDWIN
Meshell Ndegeocello is an absolute treasure. I enjoyed this Tiny Desk concert.
I love Meshell's music and vibe. The organist is awesome, killing it!!! Awesome mastery of the instrument.
I love this beautiful woman ❤️
Vibes on vibes! ✨️ I'm taking the rest of the day to lay out in the sun and keep vibing out.
MESHELL!!!! THE. EFFIN'. GOAT!!!!!
THE BAND IS KILLING IT
Yasss I had the opportunity to attend one of her concerts earlier this year.. Such a wonderful experience! 🙌🏾🙌🏾
MESHELL est décidément une artiste surprenante et exceptionnelle
Wow! This was so deep. I felt this through my veins. Through my soul
Me’Shell Suhaila Bashir Shakur! What did I do to deserve this melodic endowment??????? ❤❤❤❤
Pure Perfection!!!! Been waiting on this one!
I’ve been a fan since Plantation Lullabies. Such an immensely underrated gem. Thank you for this!!! ❤️❤️❤️
I love her!!!
Thank You....Meshell Ndegeocello always around or on my birthday 6 /18❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.Beau bday gift
I was a teenager loving this woman's music... Here I am to witness the continued evolution 🚀🔥✨
ME 2
One of the greatest to ever do it!!!!
Thank you very much NPR💙🙏
THE WAY MY EYES BUGGED OUT OF MY HEAD WHEN I SAW THIS ON MY MAIN PAGE
Tiny Desk--The vibe continues 🖤🖤🖤
Big up 🍉 despite my disappointment in NPR and how they've handled this issue from the start, happy to see the keffiyeh being raised by such beautiful musicians
I fw it
The video came out a minute ago you havent watched it yet
@@MobzMaybe It could just be the idea of putting Meshell on Tiny Desk.
WE LOVE YOU MESHELL!! You are GREATNESS!! Tiny Desk... please get King's Return to perform. They're AMAZING!!
Oh my word, Plantation Lullabies was a seminal album for me as a sometimes bass player, I have such fond memories of chasing up on her released singles and remixes. Great times in the early 90's, great music. I will certainly seek out the new album - beautiful performance
Been following her since first album! True talent!! Black Music innovation since Plantation Lullabies!!
Chaka last week, now Meshell. just joy✨ thanks NPR
Whew! This whole concert is a deeply spiritual experience! I cannot WAIT for this to drop on August 2! What a beautiful offering to the ancestors - Baldwin, Lorde… and their timeless brilliance! ♥️📣✊🏾🖤♥️
The way I clicked on this video so fast,lawd!!Been loving Meshell Ndegeocello music for years.Let's all gather here to witness greatness!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Yes.😊