Robert Brookins - Where Is The Love ft. Stephanie Mills

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  • @istyleu1970
    @istyleu1970 7 місяців тому +51

    Who is still listening to this in 2024??
    I know I am( true r&b).. they'll never be this kind again.. So let us hold on to it and remember all things that were good

  • @terranceholmes4974
    @terranceholmes4974 Рік тому +22

    The version is off the chain ⛓️

    • @JoannHines-g6f
      @JoannHines-g6f 7 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely!! Rest Well, Mr.Brookins!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @LadySwag502
    @LadySwag502 11 років тому +262

    There's something about a Black man's strong and powerful voice. Rest easy Robert. Rest in perfect peace.

    • @carameldiva5131
      @carameldiva5131 6 років тому +5

      He passed? What caused it?

    • @theladyofsoul5023
      @theladyofsoul5023 5 років тому +9

      @@carameldiva5131 He had a heart attack in 2009

    • @nikiasimmons7429
      @nikiasimmons7429 5 років тому +14

      I had no idea he passed.... But maybe I forgot.... Rest In Paradise Mr Brookins.... Singing In The "Heavenly Choir"🙏🏾🙏🏾❤🎤🎼

    • @kimimyles4745
      @kimimyles4745 5 років тому +8

      He passed? No Idea... Rip

    • @yoimredeemed1022
      @yoimredeemed1022 4 роки тому +2

      This is Mervins brother. ✊👍💯

  • @aliyourbrother1
    @aliyourbrother1 2 роки тому +14

    Robert Brookins, from Del Paso Heights ghetto in Sacramento California. Peace and love. RIP

  • @Jesamazin04
    @Jesamazin04 4 роки тому +93

    This version is addictive. Sometimes it brings me to tears

    • @ednasilva6332
      @ednasilva6332 Рік тому +2

      Me too 🇧🇷

    • @HappyfromCourage
      @HappyfromCourage Рік тому +2

      Me three! ❤

    • @alvinmcmillian642
      @alvinmcmillian642 Рік тому

      ​@@ednasilva6332❤

    • @mariaclaudiasantos290
      @mariaclaudiasantos290 10 місяців тому +2

      Omg! Is it a version?

    • @Tonya1016tator
      @Tonya1016tator 7 місяців тому +4

      ​@mariaclaudiasantos290 Yes. There's another version on the soundtrack to the movie "Dead Presidents" by Jesse and Trina. It sounds good too, just a faster tempo. Oh, and don't forget about Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. They all sound great.

  • @ASU19992006
    @ASU19992006 12 років тому +148

    Stephanie and Robet sang the hell out of this song! REAL SOUL AND PASSION!

    • @jeffreymorris484
      @jeffreymorris484 3 роки тому +10

      Sho did!

    • @anyright8683
      @anyright8683 3 роки тому +3

      I never knew anything about this brother he is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @Charlesbjtown
      @Charlesbjtown 3 роки тому +8

      She was DEFINITELY feeling him. Please understand it wasn't just for the camera either. That look @ 4:11.....LAWWD!!

    • @Charlesbjtown
      @Charlesbjtown 3 роки тому +7

      @@anyright8683 Dude is cold.

  • @deenapierce2341
    @deenapierce2341 Рік тому +15

    They are so good together with wonderful voices

  • @jerbojones
    @jerbojones 6 років тому +35

    Man one of those Quiet Storm classics. Man I miss the quiet storm days.

    • @brentduanefoster
      @brentduanefoster Рік тому +3

      That's what this generation is missing out on. Those slow jams that promote love, dealt with real issues, and definitely put you in the mood.
      It's still needed.

    • @carlburch4450
      @carlburch4450 Місяць тому

      I missed the quiet storm, going back to 80s and 90s

  • @ThaBrooklynHurricane
    @ThaBrooklynHurricane Рік тому +19

    Extraordinary vocals. Still giving me goosebumps ❤🔥

  • @jewelofaries
    @jewelofaries 7 місяців тому +14

    When you have two SANGERS who can BLOW like this, you can't miss. They MURDERED this song !!! One of the best R&B remakes of all time.

  • @beaszze
    @beaszze 4 роки тому +33

    Midnight Love on BET
    They would play this video every night.
    Miss the 80s...

    • @Charlesbjtown
      @Charlesbjtown 3 роки тому +4

      I got choked up at this comment. Midnight love/video soul...... just a different time back then.

    • @beaszze
      @beaszze 3 роки тому +2

      @@Charlesbjtown exactly I miss those days

  • @natashagreen1898
    @natashagreen1898 5 років тому +53

    Stephanie and Robert tore this song up 🎤! And they hit those notes like it was nothing🎶...........Effortless talents with a capital T😉.....Perfection👌!

    • @TheGrump69
      @TheGrump69 5 років тому +1

      Agreed!

    • @vincente4570
      @vincente4570 Рік тому +1

      I’m surprised she didn’t have ex singing wit er on this song. His name is Michael Jackson ✌🏿

    • @mariaclaudiasantos290
      @mariaclaudiasantos290 10 місяців тому

      ❤❤❤❤

  • @SeventhWardMusic
    @SeventhWardMusic 2 роки тому +12

    All due respect...Mr. Donny Hathaway (RIP) and Ms. Robert Flack...but this version blows the original out of the water. B1👊🏿

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 Рік тому +12

    REMEMBERING ROBERT BROOKINS
    (OCTOBER 7, 1962 - APRIL 15, 2009)
    [10/07/2023]

  • @solara3443
    @solara3443 2 місяці тому +5

    🥲Gosh! 💘I haven’t heard their version of this song in 34 years! Stephanie and Robert’s passionate vocals and energy are amazing together. Another reason why I loved growing up in the 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣0️⃣s!

  • @kathywilliams5250
    @kathywilliams5250 10 років тому +66

    MY GOD THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE SONGS IN THE 80s

    • @argerinejordan4703
      @argerinejordan4703 7 років тому +2

      Kathy Williams. Oh yea!!😁

    • @surewd
      @surewd 5 років тому +4

      Kathy Williams I know right... back then we were respectful that's for sure!

  • @C.WendyHenderson
    @C.WendyHenderson Рік тому +10

    There is so much power in Stephanie Mills voice. I've loved her since I was a kid.

  • @roysnabilie8345
    @roysnabilie8345 8 років тому +58

    PLEASE NEVER DELETE THIS SONG!! thanx

  • @deenapierce2341
    @deenapierce2341 11 місяців тому +7

    They are wonderful together

  • @Sweetswagga93
    @Sweetswagga93 9 років тому +84

    Stephanie has always been so fly!

  • @Holdino_
    @Holdino_ Рік тому +23

    There's definitely something when white singers will work hard to sound like a black singer but as a black man or woman you simply sound like who you are. It's powerful.

    • @TDS927
      @TDS927 9 місяців тому +3

      Exactly! Ain't nothing like the real thing. 💯👊🏽💥

    • @AnyRight-jm4rd
      @AnyRight-jm4rd 9 місяців тому

      🔥💓🔥🔥

  • @CJHarrison87
    @CJHarrison87 2 місяці тому +6

    Classic from 1988! ❤️‍🔥

  • @jermecaajj
    @jermecaajj Рік тому +10

    Woke up and song in my spirit. Humanity has lost and forgot about true love. I know this song is about two lovers, yet the love between the creator and human is far greater than anything 😌

  • @rickames
    @rickames 11 років тому +38

    Teddy Pendergrass, Robert Brookins, she could make good duets.

  • @joncan1942
    @joncan1942 5 місяців тому +5

    Our Children need Midnight Love...they are missing some good music.

    • @carlburch4450
      @carlburch4450 Місяць тому

      We sho enjoyed it, I speak for myself 😅😅😅

  • @keithjohnson2407
    @keithjohnson2407 11 років тому +47

    Stephanie is a true vocalist in every since of the word. I love the remake of this song, her and Robert really did a good job they sound so very good together.

  • @AStickySituation77
    @AStickySituation77 8 років тому +75

    God I just love this darn song ever since I was young. I remember watching the video on Midnight Love on BET and singing it like I was going thru a similar relationship at 11 years old lol. Stephanie Mills is one of my musical idols!

  • @finderlostsongs16MarcoCarioca
    @finderlostsongs16MarcoCarioca 11 років тому +41

    One of best duo performance!! STEPHANIE is so Beautiful!! Robert Brookins RIP.

  • @d.j.foxxxyd.j.foxxxy1063
    @d.j.foxxxyd.j.foxxxy1063 9 років тому +53

    I WAS 14 YEARS OLD LOVING THE HECK OUT OF THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!! STANDING IN THE MIRROR SINGING IT!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOO ROBERT, TELL WHERE!!!!!!!!!!!

    •  7 років тому +1

      I was 7 dancing my self off while watched this on BET Video Soul

  • @ohheybih
    @ohheybih Рік тому +6

    Her hair 🔥

  • @padussia
    @padussia 12 років тому +19

    Shit! Where has this kind of music gone?

  • @AIKAN1974
    @AIKAN1974 8 років тому +62

    Everytime Steph throw up her hands and 'THAT'S ALL I CAN DO' gets me everytime. some serious song stylin sangin, chemistry and soul all on this track and in this video.

  • @AldenRDavis
    @AldenRDavis 3 роки тому +8

    Still loving this in 2021.. anyone else?

  • @brentduanefoster
    @brentduanefoster 15 років тому +23

    Stephanie and Robert put it down with this one!!!

  • @ohheybih
    @ohheybih Рік тому +5

    Vocals and production A+.

  • @lorettariley7420
    @lorettariley7420 7 років тому +27

    THIS DUET IS UNFORGETTABLE. 💜 STEPHANIE MILL'S VOICE CAN NOT BE IMITATED NOR DUPLICATED BY ANYONE. 💜💜💜👏👏👏👏👏😊

  • @cherylbarnes-hudson3709
    @cherylbarnes-hudson3709 2 роки тому +3

    King 👑 ❤️
    Queen 👑💜
    GrownDamnFolks 🔥 💜 ✌️

  • @sycztee6311
    @sycztee6311 4 роки тому +25

    Still WOW after all these years...the rendition that rivals the original with its sass and swag...RIP RB...Stephanie, you will always be my sweet sensation..

  • @geraldmosley2195
    @geraldmosley2195 9 місяців тому +6

    A multi talented brother from Sacramento CA!!!! Area Worked with so many great artists, EWF and others will be missed

  • @jeromelockhart5454
    @jeromelockhart5454 6 років тому +32

    It's 2019, and the song still flows like silk in the wind.

    • @maryalison1321
      @maryalison1321 3 роки тому +1

      Hi Jerome 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

  • @chelcierhodes3536
    @chelcierhodes3536 Рік тому +10

    I still luv this song after all these years!! I swear they don't make slow jams like this anymore!! I'm 48 & I luv listening to my 70's, 80's & 90's slow jams

  • @poleprincess5621
    @poleprincess5621 3 роки тому +4

    Verzuz brought me here!!!!!!2021...💕💕

  • @KishBish
    @KishBish 9 років тому +38

    something told me he was no longer with us, and here I find it to be true after looking for this video.. this song is even more bittersweet for me now..

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 6 років тому +8

    REMEMBERING ROBERT BROOKINS (OCTOBER 7, 1962 - APRIL 15, 2009){10/07/2018]

  • @greggy757
    @greggy757 14 років тому +18

    As Oprah would say, "Love, love, love this song"!!!!!!

  • @russellrandall6943
    @russellrandall6943 3 місяці тому +3

    Stephanie singing “oooooh Robert” at the end always got me. I used to wait for hours for this video to come on video soul on BET. Such an incredible cover. ❤

  • @daradiant1
    @daradiant1 11 років тому +18

    God knows Robert was a good lookin man! R.I.P. Robert Brookins

  • @Karamel2233
    @Karamel2233 15 років тому +18

    Stephanie is gorgeous and Robert is handsome! This video overflows with "Fabulosity" !

  • @Bigk3695
    @Bigk3695 11 років тому +34

    RIP Robert Brookins

  • @valeriejones3519
    @valeriejones3519 Рік тому +4

    I cannot go a week without hearing this version!

  • @westcoasttv4847
    @westcoasttv4847 4 роки тому +11

    Sacramento is still listening to ur music in 2020. R.I.P brother. One of our hometown heroes

  • @eunicespencer5658
    @eunicespencer5658 3 роки тому +16

    They both sang they heart out!this is beautiful music!! Memphis,Tn.

  • @daradiant1
    @daradiant1 13 років тому +19

    Robert looks damn good in this video! RIP ROBERT!

  • @latonyalewis924
    @latonyalewis924 4 роки тому +10

    Anything stephanie sings she kills it nobody can do it betta she's most definitely the queen of r&b. No doubt about

  • @SIGMAMAN69
    @SIGMAMAN69 14 років тому +16

    Great video with two great singers. That kiss is hot but tasteful. May Robert Brookins rest in peace.

  • @ApostleBrendettaCampbell
    @ApostleBrendettaCampbell 8 років тому +24

    this is my friend we where so close I found out you were no more that break my heart to hear that news . I remember all the late nights in the studio waiting to work out afterward and we end up going to eat at one of his favorite spot HOT Wings on Melrose you will forever be missed i was thinking of you and so pull this song up my dear Friend Robert Brookins

    • @dda8373
      @dda8373 4 роки тому +1

      Then you must know his close cousin Larry COOPER...?

  • @ellenoir1
    @ellenoir1 2 роки тому +5

    He said, “I really wanna give it to you”. And he looked straight in her face. I believe you Robert. 😆 Rest in love and music!

  • @Tonia682
    @Tonia682 14 років тому +21

    I was in college going through the same issues in this song and it hit the nail on the head. I really loved the vocals of Robert and Stephanie. I am sorry to hear that he passed. He was an underated singer

  • @Yankees4Life83
    @Yankees4Life83 4 роки тому +17

    Powerful voices, powerful song! RIP Robert Brookins.

  • @tinastardust7793
    @tinastardust7793 2 роки тому +3

    I miss these days of life and music. ❤️

  • @htkm1179
    @htkm1179 3 роки тому +14

    There's singing and then there's SAAAAAAAAANGINNNN! Two musical greats knocking this classic safely out of the park!

  • @Freddied1970
    @Freddied1970 10 місяців тому +2

    Don’t be rolling your eyes Stephanie!

  • @tamcocar3507
    @tamcocar3507 Рік тому +2

    So so beautiful!

  • @honeydiva9171
    @honeydiva9171 8 років тому +37

    I've been looking for this song for over 20 years, lol. Great memories of my college days & my 1st adult relationship, thx for posting! I know her personally, my mother & her family went to chuch together back in the day. I still remember meeting her in her dressing room & the cast of The Wiz! Still have the pictures to prove it, lml! 😄

    • @carameldiva5131
      @carameldiva5131 6 років тому +3

      Omg you are so lucky! !! I adore her! And her voice....
      Chile PLEASE! !!

  • @clarissab5882
    @clarissab5882 2 роки тому +7

    I remember watching this on Video Soul back in the day. Great video and vocals. Stephanie did some great duets. Nice tribute to Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack.

  • @JusSimplyBri
    @JusSimplyBri 12 років тому +21

    They sound so good together

  • @kelvinmays2639
    @kelvinmays2639 8 років тому +27

    beautiful song I could listen to this song all day long rest well in heaven Robert brooks we miss you.

    • @maryalison1321
      @maryalison1321 3 роки тому

      Hi kelvin 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

    • @kelvinmays2639
      @kelvinmays2639 3 роки тому

      @@maryalison1321 good morning yes we can be friends very nice to meet you 🤗

    • @maryalison1321
      @maryalison1321 3 роки тому

      @@kelvinmays2639 You’re welcome. You can text me with my address on my profile picture 🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @EarthWindandFirepower0990
    @EarthWindandFirepower0990 5 років тому +12

    RIP MY MAN,REST IN PEACE

  • @kadebrittingham511
    @kadebrittingham511 3 роки тому +3

    I always get a lil chill when she says, "oooohhh robert" lol

  • @mahnitmac7070
    @mahnitmac7070 3 роки тому +13

    Wowwwwwww!!! Speechless performance👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @jesseygatlin
    @jesseygatlin 11 років тому +20

    Love this song. I heard this version first and loved it.
    R.I.P Robert

  • @shellytherealest5402
    @shellytherealest5402 Рік тому +1

    2023 & this song still brings back high school memories.

  • @sharonroseman5918
    @sharonroseman5918 Рік тому +4

    His husky voice is a mix of Teddy Pendergrass & David Ruffin..... sing sir

  • @anyright8683
    @anyright8683 Рік тому +2

    On second glance that whole ending was musical love making at it's highest 🔥🔥🔥🔥💕💕

  • @MUSICPHILLINC1
    @MUSICPHILLINC1 3 роки тому +2

    Robert sang this song , I felt it, makes me cry

  • @joannehines7806
    @joannehines7806 Рік тому +2

    Great Remake!!! 💘 💃 RIP Robert!!

  • @Tigerfied67
    @Tigerfied67 3 роки тому +4

    this remake right here; they truly made it their OWN. knocks the original out the ballpark

    • @gapman565
      @gapman565 6 місяців тому

      Is the vamping that makes it

  • @tanyahorton2625
    @tanyahorton2625 4 роки тому +5

    He said its right here! Yasss.. stephanie had the best hair. With her beautiful self

  • @SuperMusicology101
    @SuperMusicology101 9 років тому +17

    Great song great duet Stephanie and Robert RIP Mr. Brookins saw him in concert 1986 with the Stanley Clarke Band he sang great voice played keys and also bass

    • @travelingman9763
      @travelingman9763 8 років тому +3

      Saw him and the same band in Germany that year! He gave Stanley a run for his money on bass! The keys/singing were great too!

  • @charnettabeckom5788
    @charnettabeckom5788 9 років тому +20

    I have this cd and I play it like if it just came out , so soothing to listen to . . They dont make music like this anymore . . I b so saddened due to I want to hear more and more

  • @missajneal
    @missajneal 8 років тому +20

    omg they slayed this song...dancing in my socks again

  • @Prayzur01
    @Prayzur01 13 років тому +13

    CLASSIC - No dis to Donnie and Roberta, but I always thought this was the best version. Plus they really looked like they were gettin it in.

    • @keej1536
      @keej1536 3 роки тому

      Great chemistry

    • @lql1094
      @lql1094 3 роки тому

      Yeah. Stephanie and Robert look and sound like they've let us in on their relationship, while Roberta sounded too flowery (to me) for the subject matter.

  • @GodsProperT
    @GodsProperT Рік тому +3

    I was 14 in 1988 singing this song like I knew what they were talking about. Now at 48 I definitely know what they’re singing about and I love this song even more

  • @richardmartin8136
    @richardmartin8136 2 роки тому +3

    Stephanie Mills Duets are flawless, R.I.P-R.B

  • @GloriaStanberry-r9g
    @GloriaStanberry-r9g 11 місяців тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤ i Love this song!!

  • @SIGMAMAN69
    @SIGMAMAN69 7 років тому +7

    R.I.P Robert Brookins

  • @tamelahollis
    @tamelahollis 3 роки тому +6

    THIS IS THE SONG THAT MADE ME LOVE MY 💘 MAN... THIS SONG TAKES ME BACK TO OUR MEETING EACH OTHER AND WE ARE STILL GOING STRONG 💪💗💓❤💖💛

  • @tookes9
    @tookes9 Рік тому +1

    My teenage years with this in rotation on the radio

  • @peterlewis6324
    @peterlewis6324 4 місяці тому +1

    Georgeous, the song and singers.

  • @msd4743
    @msd4743 8 років тому +15

    Were they ever a couple? Good chemistry. Fine Man. Stephanie kills it as usual. 8- )

    • @djv-anthoni5891
      @djv-anthoni5891 6 років тому +6

      Stephanie has a history of having good chemistry with the male vocalists she collaborate with but no they didn't date but almost every guy she sings with, she makes it look like its something more

    • @thepromiseman7745
      @thepromiseman7745 5 років тому +5

      Stephanie Mills dated Jeffery Daniel of shalamar for a while

    • @kymberlimoor5274
      @kymberlimoor5274 5 років тому +3

      @@djv-anthoni5891 I have never seen a more true perspective. I dont know what's her better gift. Singing or the amazing chemistry she has with every duet

    • @craigatcm65
      @craigatcm65 4 роки тому +1

      @@thepromiseman7745, not only did Stephanie Mills date Jeffrey Daniels, Stephanie Mills was once married to Jeffrey Daniels...... March 16, 2020.

    • @SIGMAMAN69
      @SIGMAMAN69 4 роки тому +1

      the promise man They were married for a minute. That’s exactly how long it lasted, a minute

  • @AldenRDavis
    @AldenRDavis 5 років тому +5

    The new year 2020 is right around the corner.. anyone still loving this in 2019?

  • @troyarrington5485
    @troyarrington5485 2 роки тому +2

    This version gave this song,new life in the 80s.😁

  • @williesjames3409
    @williesjames3409 8 років тому +13

    Beautiful remake!!!

  • @Phan-Xu
    @Phan-Xu 10 місяців тому +1

    I never knew there was a video for this song!

  • @michaelmason8772
    @michaelmason8772 2 роки тому +1

    Rest in peace to Robert Brookings a product of North Sacramento , DPH .

  • @anyright8683
    @anyright8683 3 роки тому +1

    That black and white suit is 💯💯💯 dude clean as hell

  • @nailathrower2934
    @nailathrower2934 4 роки тому +6

    This song right here Wow!!!!! I didn't realize how much I'd identify with it when it first came out LOL!! Beautiful 🥰🥰

  • @jivonleejackson1673
    @jivonleejackson1673 Рік тому +1

    I have heard this song all my life in a variety of versions. Today is the first time I heard this recording. The song feels so fresh & so clean, clean. I was 9 in 1988 & missed this but thankful to find it.

  • @tanyahorton2625
    @tanyahorton2625 4 роки тому +5

    They made a great duet. I wished they made more songs

  • @Tha90sKid
    @Tha90sKid 3 роки тому +3

    He needs an Unsung episode.