The soprano was definitely SOPRANOOOOOOOO'INGGGG!!! Coko has such a magical and distinctive tone and timbre to her voice, so much so that anytime she does a run or a slide, it gives me goosebumps
Coko is a vocal beast! She is definitely underrated vocally. Her runs are impeccable, spot on and unique. She carried that whole group. Her name doesn't come up enough when people talk about the greatest singers ever.
I was telling someone the other day that there was an era of time when you would turn the radio on and back to back you would hear Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, R. Kelly, Destiny’s Child, Mariah Carey, Mary J Blige, Michael Jackson, Jodeci, SWV, Aaliyah and the list goes on. What a time man!!!
Coko really does have a platinum voice. She carried the team with that voice. Nobody sounded like her at that time. I wish we got to see more of her single career
She has an awesome voice. But she didn’t carry the team. They are all different ranges and blend very well together. Thats why they work better as a group.
If anyone knows anything about Cheryl, you know Lady Tibba put her stamp on it. Her mom is a gospel singer whom like Whitney started teaching Coko to sing at the age of 3 in church. So when SWV broke in their 20s, Coko was already a beast. She still has the range she’s just older now. Why people expect singers to live in a time capsule? She’s 52 now. She’s not going to sound how she did in her 20s.
Yes, I mos definitely agree that Ms. Coko was that Vocal Beast and definitely made the group a success but listen to Ms. Leelee's ablib & run she quickly did @ 0:55. I really do wish that Taj & Leelee was given more leads cause their voices were slept on.
The secretary at my grade school used wear her nails super long like that when I was a kid in the 80's.. I used to wonder how the hell she typed like that!! 😂
True Queen every time I see Coko I think of my mom she thought she was the 4th member of SWV I can only imagine her in high School before I was born in 94 😭🖤
@@reesey8600 Huh? You said Coco can't do Kandi's whistle notes? 🤣😂😅 Who told you that lie? I can tell you're not a true music lover. Listen to Coco do Patti LaBelle's 'If Only You Knew'... You will want to delete your comments.
@@dtrn254 I said what I said. She has an amazing range but she doesn’t have a whistle register🤷🏽♂️ The song you provided doesn’t show her hitting whistle note (look’s like your not the true music lover due to you not knowing about vocal ranges) so my comments gonna remain here. Post a link of her hitting a whistle note or provide a song where she hits that note and I’ll take my comment back.
@@reesey8600 Simply hitting a whistle note is not singing. Chante Moore, Minnie Ripperton or a Mariah Carey actually can WHISTLE SING. Big difference from Kandi.
@@msm5426 well SWV sold 30 million in comparison to Xscape’s 7 million. I like them both but if you’re to crown one over the other let the numbers speak for itself. Hellur 👋🏽
2008 was definitely my favorite. Her voice was 100% matured and perfected by that time period and she definitely couldn’t wait to let loose at the 2008 BET Awards
@@nickhudson53 lol Mariah’s voice placement is not a alto she said that in an interview and she is wrong no voice teacher or anybody with kind of training would classify her as an alto she is not coloratura soprano is closer to what she is possibly a light lyric coloratura soprano due to airy sound she sings with
**They sold 30 million records beechhhhhhh** Yesssss. I love them ALL. They individually have beautiful voices. You can definitely hear it. #SistasWithVoices
You were NEVER forgotten Coco & all SWV, (central London, UK), no way honey, the CD's I've treasured just didn't need to be dusted at all...they were in use...but I get that fear & anxiety when you suffered being devalued, dehumanised, all that you left behind can be a wrench but take it easy,
This looks s insanely amazing ! I love this compilation of weak great job! So obsessed with this song since it came out was it 30 years ago still Inlove with this song to this day ❤️ never ever got tired of it like wine it’s gets better and better with time ❤️ best song ever ❤️
such an amazing voice. its not that she "carried" the group. The group backed her up with great harmony. Coko definitely not talked about enough when it comes to great singers tho
Yes they are. She said it on their Unsung episode. She said those were hers and she grew them to rebel against her overly religious mother who was an extreme Christian.
No but for real. Imagine just being there for straight up ad libs and that’s it… cause that’s all Taj & LeeLee be doing. Straight adlibs not even verses
I never knew she was the female vocalist on “Men in Black.” Her voice was all and up through the 90s. Coko and Tamar were the best sopranos. And before someone say’s Mariah. Mariah is not a soprano. She’s more a controalto. She sing out of her range that’s why her voice is basically gone.
Mariah instrument is gifted, she never called herself a soprano. Her voice was powerful but I always felt she’s sounded like a flute/ songbird with a deep low register with a powerful tone and mixed with just a pretty timbre and her whistle can go high. She’s not a pop singer even though she was marketed as one she’s more of a contemporary r&b, ballad, and gospel type singer. She don’t have an alto like a Toni or Amy Winehouse them did, hers more sweeter feminine like. She cannot sing super high notes like a Chaka Khan from the chest who is a human trumpet/saxophone (that’s fine). I feel once she started doing that, that’s when she strained her voice big time imo. So then she became airy & thin but relied heavily on whispering but the power was still there in the 2000s. It’s just she overworked, was stressed, not vocally training, and blew her pipes after a while. Unfortunately her songs are hard to sing which she could barely do today. She was a technical singer who sings in all sorts of highs/low with melisma like crazy but that will damage your voice over time without proper training. She made herself sing in a higher sound but she’s a alto overall which she confirmed this. You saw her voice difference on the song with Whitney, Whitney Houston was a mezzo soprano or like a spinto soprano with a rich clear powerful tone that not many has had at all, she ruined her voice with smoking but had she didn’t her soprano would’ve still been strong maybe deeper because of age but it would’ve been still powerful before her passing. Two different tones, I don’t expect Mariah to sing like these soprano singers like Coko, Chaka, Patti, Jennifer Hudson, or Whitney. Each of these ladies have beautiful tones with gifted instruments. They’re not flat singers or struggling voices or monotone singers.
@@DAYSTAHR I wasn’t really trying to hate. Respect her 100% I just know that when you think of the 90s and Sopranos people will obviously say Mariah but she’s not. And her voice really is almost gone because of her singing out of her range. It wasn’t hate just an opinion.
@@Wealthismybirthright agreed 100%. Whitney and Beyoncé are the most controlled mezzo sopranos probably ever. I would compare Mariah to almost like Adele but Mariah’s range is absolutely outstanding.
The soprano was definitely SOPRANOOOOOOOO'INGGGG!!! Coko has such a magical and distinctive tone and timbre to her voice, so much so that anytime she does a run or a slide, it gives me goosebumps
Coko is a vocal beast! She is definitely underrated vocally. Her runs are impeccable, spot on and unique. She carried that whole group. Her name doesn't come up enough when people talk about the greatest singers ever.
Actually lelee carried swv no lelee no swv!!!
These kids will never ever understand how dope it was living thru the 90s
The music, the movies, the fashions, hairstyles etc
Coko voice ❤🔥
Yes!!! The 90's was 🔥
I was telling someone the other day that there was an era of time when you would turn the radio on and back to back you would hear Whitney Houston, Toni Braxton, R. Kelly, Destiny’s Child, Mariah Carey, Mary J Blige, Michael Jackson, Jodeci, SWV, Aaliyah and the list goes on. What a time man!!!
@@reggietjevans this!!!
@@reggietjevans sighs* what a time
Coko's voice is right up there with the best of them
Coko really does have a platinum voice. She carried the team with that voice. Nobody sounded like her at that time. I wish we got to see more of her single career
Her voice is similar to Shirleu Murdock and Deitrick Haddons wife Damita Haddon.
She has an awesome voice. But she didn’t carry the team. They are all different ranges and blend very well together. Thats why they work better as a group.
@@prissyposse4032 exactly. Leelee and taj deserve more credit....
Exactly. I wish people would give Taj and Leelee their flowers as well
Coko learned later that she didn't have the right attitude for a solo career and needed those other girls more than we thought.
Her voice is so unique and strong. She gives me chills!
Lord, what this woman can do with her voice! The range, clarity, and control. No studio enhancements or tricks on stage either.
It’s so amazing!!! 😍
Lelee n Taj sangingggg tho! Sounding like a choir w Coko these been my girls for 30yrs!!! Timeless!!!
Her voice isn’t just beautiful, it’s special ❤ one of my favorite groups ever
She has definitely grown into her voice. She has mastered it now
Yess !!
Mastered. She never needed to master it her voice is perfect literally.
I agree you can see the transformation over the years how control and mature it had become
@@jeremycollins8045 yes! lol
If anyone knows anything about Cheryl, you know Lady Tibba put her stamp on it. Her mom is a gospel singer whom like Whitney started teaching Coko to sing at the age of 3 in church. So when SWV broke in their 20s, Coko was already a beast. She still has the range she’s just older now. Why people expect singers to live in a time capsule? She’s 52 now. She’s not going to sound how she did in her 20s.
Of all the 90's female groups, by far Coco of SWV was the BEST LEAD VOCALIST!!! And still is!!! That's it!!! Period!!!
Young Coco is as belting the hell out them notes! I remember getting dressed for school singing along, she was the voice of 99s r&b
She definitely is 💯💯💯💯
I love Coko
Yes, I mos definitely agree that Ms. Coko was that Vocal Beast and definitely made the group a success but listen to Ms. Leelee's ablib & run she quickly did @ 0:55. I really do wish that Taj & Leelee was given more leads cause their voices were slept on.
Coko and her nails back in the 90s! What a statement 😍😍
Definitely ahead of her time!
The secretary at my grade school used wear her nails super long like that when I was a kid in the 80's.. I used to wonder how the hell she typed like that!! 😂
@@corinicole9271Barry White ( old school singer ) wife wore her nails this way in the 70’s!
Omg idk of those nails coming bk in style 😅
coko the best so underrated 💯
The way I study her vocals
Coco is one of the greatest female singers
Her voice hits your soul on some real shit
Coko and Dino of HTown had the most distinctive voices of the 90s.
whitney? mariah? lauryn hill? mary j blige? 90‘s had a lot of great voices
@@l.n963 I said distinctive as in unique. I said what I said.
Round that out with Lil G from Silk
Brandy is the goat of the 90s 😊
@@Mikegrown12 true
True Queen every time I see Coko I think of my mom she thought she was the 4th member of SWV I can only imagine her in high School before I was born in 94 😭🖤
She learned how to control it better over the year..love it
Kandi could never....I could care less about money....I'm a lover of vocals and true talent. Coko got it ❤
Everyone has weak points. Kandi can’t do Cook but Coko also can’t do Kandi’s whistle notes
@@reesey8600 Huh? You said Coco can't do Kandi's whistle notes? 🤣😂😅 Who told you that lie? I can tell you're not a true music lover.
Listen to Coco do Patti LaBelle's 'If Only You Knew'... You will want to delete your comments.
@@reesey8600 you better study up on Coko ... 👇
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@@dtrn254 I said what I said. She has an amazing range but she doesn’t have a whistle register🤷🏽♂️ The song you provided doesn’t show her hitting whistle note (look’s like your not the true music lover due to you not knowing about vocal ranges) so my comments gonna remain here. Post a link of her hitting a whistle note or provide a song where she hits that note and I’ll take my comment back.
@@reesey8600 Simply hitting a whistle note is not singing.
Chante Moore, Minnie Ripperton or a Mariah Carey actually can WHISTLE SING. Big difference from Kandi.
I always wished I could have heard a song with Coko and Kenny Green from Intro. God rest his soul.
I love Coko I used to go to the family dollar as a child and get the long nails because Coko. What a blessing it was to grow up in the 90's
And her son is so talented he makes music
Coko single-handedly the reason my nails been is and gon be OBNOXIOUS Lmao
For her to dislike this song, she sings it effortlessly
Probably cause they sang it so much
She NOW appreciates it.
She doesn't dislike it now, she disliked it when she was in her early 20s because she couldn't relate to it.
Coko's voice is amazing. I love it even more now, but, she's always been special.
These women can sing. Back then and now. Respect it.
Nobody said they couldn't do hush 🙄
Her vocals up there with Whitney 😮💨😮💨
This is the true queen group of the 90’s. Xscape needs to stop trippin.
Just say you have a favorite and are biased. Xscape equally did their thing. Period. You need to stop tripping. Bye
@@msm5426 well SWV sold 30 million in comparison to Xscape’s 7 million. I like them both but if you’re to crown one over the other let the numbers speak for itself. Hellur 👋🏽
@@robdigman7596 coko said they sold 80 million
@@twistnloc3247 They didn't lol. The Spice Girls, TLC and DC did not SWV
Sisters with voices gotcha weak in the knees.
2008 was definitely my favorite. Her voice was 100% matured and perfected by that time period and she definitely couldn’t wait to let loose at the 2008 BET Awards
I’m old. I remember watching this on Arsenio 😫
Her voice has matured when she went solo for awhile
1:11 Took ME OUT‼️‼️‼️‼️😩😩😩🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 COKO IS BAD SHE KNOW SHE IS RANGEEEEE🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️
I always said Coko was the best female vocalist that came out of the 90s era. Very unique soprano voice. Many have copied but no one sounds like Coko.
Better than Mariah, Toni, Chante Moore, Kelly Price, Faith Evans??? NO! 😭😭😭
@@oblountj No competition all the ladies sound good in their own way, stop penning black women against one another fool
@@oblountj faith Evans, yes
Mariah isn’t a soprano , she’s a natural Alto
@@nickhudson53 lol Mariah’s voice placement is not a alto she said that in an interview and she is wrong no voice teacher or anybody with kind of training would classify her as an alto she is not coloratura soprano is closer to what she is possibly a light lyric coloratura soprano due to airy sound she sings with
The complete best and still has it to this day‼️
**They sold 30 million records beechhhhhhh** Yesssss. I love them ALL. They individually have beautiful voices. You can definitely hear it. #SistasWithVoices
When background actually sung background and not a track. They sound good too.
Bow down B’s! Sisters With Voices still picking us out of the seat and knocking us off our feet and…just WEAK! They just keep raising the bar!
Coko’s voice ❤️ and it is still amazing
It’s like she’s gotten better with time! Crazy lol
SN:That run LeeLee did at 5:40 was DOPE!!!
I was like C'MON LELEE
That lil thang lol 😝
@@AdoraBangles I’m sure you’re used to people saying that in the bedroom…
@@bgreen5234 Nah, no men have told me vajayay was lil (: thanks for caring tho!
@@AdoraBangles plz, stop boi 😂
Coko was one of thheee voices of the 90s
I always loved CoCo voice. She definitely can blow!
You were NEVER forgotten Coco & all SWV, (central London, UK), no way honey, the CD's I've treasured just didn't need to be dusted at all...they were in use...but I get that fear & anxiety when you suffered being devalued, dehumanised, all that you left behind can be a wrench but take it easy,
I use to live for Cokos nails😂
Cmon LEELEE!! ❤❤5:40 & 1:05
This looks s insanely amazing ! I love this compilation of weak great job! So obsessed with this song since it came out was it 30 years ago still Inlove with this song to this day ❤️ never ever got tired of it like wine it’s gets better and better with time ❤️ best song ever ❤️
Top 5 ever period
OOOH YEAHHHH MS COKO AINT NUTTIN TO BE TOYED WITH 😅❤LOVE'M ALL..🎉
The old school nails💅🏾 ❤❤
Such a beautiful voice
AUTHENTIC
I like, their hair, & nails! SO, pretty! 😍❤️
SANGG COKO #myfavfemalernbsinger❤️
You better Sang!!!!🎉🎉🎉
I love all the girls but I wish we could get more from the other 2.
Such a cutie
Chileeee. Ate it right up. My Lord. 🤩
They all look 100% better with their hair instead of those damn wigs!
5:13 that’s her gospel side!!!! 🔥
That’s one of my fav Coko adlibs
I keep rewinding this Chile she play too much
Interesting..... I was waiting to be blown away.... She has a nice tone.
This sent me 😂
Such a best voice and woman
I forgot CoKo had them claw nails
legendary
COKOOOOO 😩😩😩😩🥶🥶🥶🥶
what is this place I love it here😍🎶🎵❤️
They outfits remind me of my clothes in the early 90s lolol
Yasssss
Only people with similar voice is Shirley Murdock and Deitrick Haddons wife Damita.
Keke Wyatt
❤
👑💗👑💗👑💗❣
🎶 🎵 🎤 💟
SWV 🫶 Taj, Coko and Leelee
Beginning of the video: SWV on the Arsenio Hall show.
🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤
They sound so beautiful….. but I can’t help but wonder if they ever get tired of singing the same song? 😂😂😂
I'm sure they did. It happens, especially if the song is a hit. They'll be singing it for the rest of their lives. 😅
right? but i think that’s why they experiment with adding more/different adlibs and runs to make each performance unique and fun!
Lmao "sang it girlllll" i live for the gays
😯
And Coko was the first I ever saw with long long nails
4:44 Meelah was sneaking some ad libs 😂 it's not her group's song.
Lord them nails
Great gowns, beautiful gowns.
such an amazing voice. its not that she "carried" the group. The group backed her up with great harmony. Coko definitely not talked about enough when it comes to great singers tho
❤😊😅
I read somewhere that those were Cokos real nails. Can anyone confirm?
Yes they are. She said it on their Unsung episode. She said those were hers and she grew them to rebel against her overly religious mother who was an extreme Christian.
Taj KEEPS her hair laidt, do you hear me?
Coko’s voice can get shrill and off pitch really quick. It’s kind of hit or miss with her.
Those claws 😬
Later that whooooooaaaaaaa turned into a Karen Clark Sheard
Can someone find the full for 3:34
Those nails have me WEAK💀
💀
I feel like this is what Tasha wishes she doing
What singing in a group?
I’m so glad she got her teeth fixed!
No but for real. Imagine just being there for straight up ad libs and that’s it… cause that’s all Taj & LeeLee be doing. Straight adlibs not even verses
What is Taj doing?😂
Why the other 2 ladies are there? All they say “weak” or “I get so weak” 😂😂😂😂😂
I never knew she was the female vocalist on “Men in Black.” Her voice was all and up through the 90s. Coko and Tamar were the best sopranos. And before someone say’s Mariah. Mariah is not a soprano. She’s more a controalto. She sing out of her range that’s why her voice is basically gone.
When Men in Black song came out I knew it was COKO cause she has a distinctive voice
Why hate on Mariah.. that’s lame
Mariah instrument is gifted, she never called herself a soprano. Her voice was powerful but I always felt she’s sounded like a flute/ songbird with a deep low register with a powerful tone and mixed with just a pretty timbre and her whistle can go high. She’s not a pop singer even though she was marketed as one she’s more of a contemporary r&b, ballad, and gospel type singer.
She don’t have an alto like a Toni or Amy Winehouse them did, hers more sweeter feminine like. She cannot sing super high notes like a Chaka Khan from the chest who is a human trumpet/saxophone (that’s fine).
I feel once she started doing that, that’s when she strained her voice big time imo. So then she became airy & thin but relied heavily on whispering but the power was still there in the 2000s. It’s just she overworked, was stressed, not vocally training, and blew her pipes after a while.
Unfortunately her songs are hard to sing which she could barely do today. She was a technical singer who sings in all sorts of highs/low with melisma like crazy but that will damage your voice over time without proper training. She made herself sing in a higher sound but she’s a alto overall which she confirmed this.
You saw her voice difference on the song with Whitney, Whitney Houston was a mezzo soprano or like a spinto soprano with a rich clear powerful tone that not many has had at all, she ruined her voice with smoking but had she didn’t her soprano would’ve still been strong maybe deeper because of age but it would’ve been still powerful before her passing.
Two different tones, I don’t expect Mariah to sing like these soprano singers like Coko, Chaka, Patti, Jennifer Hudson, or Whitney. Each of these ladies have beautiful tones with gifted instruments. They’re not flat singers or struggling voices or monotone singers.
@@DAYSTAHR I wasn’t really trying to hate. Respect her 100% I just know that when you think of the 90s and Sopranos people will obviously say Mariah but she’s not. And her voice really is almost gone because of her singing out of her range. It wasn’t hate just an opinion.
@@Wealthismybirthright agreed 100%. Whitney and Beyoncé are the most controlled mezzo sopranos probably ever. I would compare Mariah to almost like Adele but Mariah’s range is absolutely outstanding.
AND XSCAPE SHOULD STILL HEADLINE LBS!
I don't love koko ploughman CEO hoof records inc USA 🇺🇸 priority records inc she cute
A lot of teeth 😅
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