Sounds of Blackness - Optimistic LIVE at the Apollo 1994

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Showtime at the Apollo
Original airdate: 3/5/94

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  • @Queenofsole100
    @Queenofsole1003 жыл бұрын

    The Black National Anthem 2.0. 🎵🎶💯🔥

  • @thewhitedoncheadle8345

    @thewhitedoncheadle8345

    Жыл бұрын

    everybodies anthem

  • @victory5784

    @victory5784

    9 ай бұрын

    @@thewhitedoncheadle8345it’s for blacks let us have what we created’n

  • @audejagger

    @audejagger

    8 ай бұрын

    Sounds of blackness ❤️

  • @averyintelligence

    @averyintelligence

    8 ай бұрын

    What's 1.0?

  • @patfrazier9285

    @patfrazier9285

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@averyintelligenceAin't No Stopping Us Now, McFadden and Whitehead is 1.0

  • @EasyE6666
    @EasyE66662 ай бұрын

    I'm male. I just woke up about my life. I am struggling so bad. No one will help just a tiny bit to breath. I heard this song. Tears to my eyes. Can't give up.

  • @AnAdorableWombat1

    @AnAdorableWombat1

    2 ай бұрын

    Please don't give up. I have been there and I know the feeling. I don't know you but I will promise you one thing. Being positive will change your entire life. This is a tough mindset but it works and it has changed my life and I know it can change yours. You got this

  • @melodihester5764

    @melodihester5764

    2 ай бұрын

    Just believe you didn’t come across this song by accident. Stay strong 💪🏾

  • @certifiedclyde1422

    @certifiedclyde1422

    2 ай бұрын

    As long as you keep your head to the sky 💪🏾💪🏾

  • @EasyE6666

    @EasyE6666

    2 ай бұрын

    @AnAdorableWombat1 Thank you. I didn't. I was just about to. I was let go from a job a month ago. The owner choose the cook over a Executive Chef. I was cussed out by his cook. He let me go because the other guy been there longer and had is wife working there. I told him sir your making the wrong choice. Every bit of my soul knew this. I was down to no food. Cell phone off. Gym membership was a balance of 100.00. No money. I got a job offer out of state... Right when I was about to go. Last Tuesday owner called saying his cook never showed up. Please come now. I did. Then Friday he promoted me to Kitchen Manager. Gave me a week's pay in cash. So I could catch up. Now I am on the pay role with a high salary. He even gave my wife two days out the week as server. Now we looking for a apartment. 🥲 Don't ever give up. 👑 💪 Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I needed it.

  • @MarcusBarker-fj7ro

    @MarcusBarker-fj7ro

    Ай бұрын

    Praying for you brother! Reach out. I dont mind exchanging info to do what i can to bless you

  • @jcstarhawk7536
    @jcstarhawk7536 Жыл бұрын

    No lipsyncing here just pure vocal talent ❤ back in the day, God I miss the 90s

  • @tinaBabe4

    @tinaBabe4

    9 ай бұрын

    Summer 1991! Yessssss☝🏼🙆🏽‍♀🙌🏼

  • @babygirla5717

    @babygirla5717

    9 ай бұрын

    Facts just pure talent

  • @kip24u

    @kip24u

    Ай бұрын

    I'm with you. I miss all that real talent. I know it's still out there. We just need the industry to stop promoting 1 - 3 ppl/groups.

  • @efg5000

    @efg5000

    14 күн бұрын

    PREACH‼No AUTO-TUNE❗🙌

  • @tiffanyeyoung1800
    @tiffanyeyoung18003 ай бұрын

    How many here miss inspirational music like this? These days you rarely hear any and it's so sad

  • @Swoop2565
    @Swoop2565 Жыл бұрын

    Ann Nesby is truly Unsung ❤

  • @Passion-X
    @Passion-X Жыл бұрын

    Still listening in 2023!!!❤

  • @reggiemckinnon3126
    @reggiemckinnon3126 Жыл бұрын

    Ann Nesby ripped it!

  • @trscott1975
    @trscott1975Ай бұрын

    Produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. They don’t get enough credit for the songs they helped make in 80s and 90s . This song is awesome and Ann will blow the roof off a building with her strong vocals.

  • @0091sender
    @0091sender Жыл бұрын

    Play this soon as u wake up❤

  • @MichaelSmith-np6tf
    @MichaelSmith-np6tf Жыл бұрын

    When I am feeling down about something, I play this and get back in the game! Love this song!

  • @tombrady248
    @tombrady2482 жыл бұрын

    I Love this song so much! Black is so beautiful and always has been and always will be!

  • @damon3347

    @damon3347

    5 ай бұрын

    Amen👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

  • @RobbieBlue
    @RobbieBlue8 ай бұрын

    The beat just feels good high vibration

  • @finefeatheredfriend9240
    @finefeatheredfriend9240 Жыл бұрын

    That ending was spectacular! Black music was so pure back in the days. I miss the 90s soooo much!!!! 😫😭

  • @sujane1984

    @sujane1984

    6 ай бұрын

    YES YOU CAN HAVE THE PRIZE SHE HAS CONVINCED ME IN FULL!!

  • @user-mr5eq5ch7w

    @user-mr5eq5ch7w

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too and I wasn't even born in the 90's.❤❤❤❤

  • @marvinjgerald6007

    @marvinjgerald6007

    3 ай бұрын

    It has nothing to do with the 90’s per se. It’s how the singers were raised and the choices they made resulting in them coming together in harmony. It’s beautiful soul stirring songs from every generation, irrespective of ones overt emotionalism of any one particular great song.

  • @finefeatheredfriend9240

    @finefeatheredfriend9240

    3 ай бұрын

    @@marvinjgerald6007 There’s been nothing like this or comes close in mainstream music at least for the past 15 years. Particularly in black music because that’s where the origins are. A positive message meant for all, but really for the struggle in the black community in all aspects of life in America.

  • @LundenMaxwell-it4yu

    @LundenMaxwell-it4yu

    2 ай бұрын

    Everything is trash now days

  • @Therealadrianallens
    @Therealadrianallens2 жыл бұрын

    2022 this song still gives so much hope to keep pushing on

  • @chestermijnals6914
    @chestermijnals6914 Жыл бұрын

    I love how Sounds Of Blackness always came from Afrocentrism

  • @pattidenise8666
    @pattidenise8666 Жыл бұрын

    I was today years old when I found out this isn’t Patti LaBelle singing lead 😭😭😭

  • @kctaylorsings

    @kctaylorsings

    Жыл бұрын

    Right. But what's ironic is she cowrote, The Right Kinda Lover for Patti LaBelle with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (Gems Album, 1994)

  • @susiecarmichael5423

    @susiecarmichael5423

    9 ай бұрын

    Not Patti lol

  • @mochaqueen_88

    @mochaqueen_88

    6 ай бұрын

    I thought it was Aretha Franklin

  • @662chillin

    @662chillin

    3 ай бұрын

    That's the legendary Ann Nesby

  • @papi2134

    @papi2134

    Ай бұрын

    Ann Nesby from Rockford IL❤

  • @rodm.5071
    @rodm.50713 жыл бұрын

    Ok I see you Ann Nesby.

  • @Rahnotrob
    @Rahnotrob Жыл бұрын

    I really needed this today.

  • @ttee3618
    @ttee36189 ай бұрын

    Ann has one of the best voices of all time!

  • @Petdoc88
    @Petdoc88 Жыл бұрын

    Ann Nesby !! Head & Shoulders above the rest !

  • @marcusa.fromthebay7514
    @marcusa.fromthebay75145 ай бұрын

    This song did so much to lift up the mind, body and soul of a young man who was struggling to provide for his young marriage and his young family. I thank The Creator for delivering it to us all through this wonderful group.

  • @alacarte5073
    @alacarte50739 ай бұрын

    The last soloist, the light skinned lady who sings tenor, is Pat Lacey, one of Luther Vandross bv extraordinaire.

  • @certifiedclyde1422

    @certifiedclyde1422

    2 ай бұрын

    I could tell by the powerful tone.

  • @kel-melprevail8127
    @kel-melprevail81279 ай бұрын

    They all went to Sylvia s for dinner after this performance ...when Sylvia s was good in 94

  • @jrallday
    @jrallday4 ай бұрын

    This so is so beautiful. It's like a prayer.

  • @DonnellPrince
    @DonnellPrince9 ай бұрын

    This is how you come to the Apollo Theater. Harlem stand up. FBA Stand up we are winning in the struggle towards complete Freedom, Justice, and equality. ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @shaylah2725
    @shaylah2725 Жыл бұрын

    MINNEAPOLIS STAND UP ❤

  • @novavision2762

    @novavision2762

    10 ай бұрын

    By the way of Chicago

  • @prplrayn4877
    @prplrayn4877 Жыл бұрын

    Ok I was digging around the internet trying to find out why the actress on Queen Sugar looked so damn familiar……once I saw her name I was like BOOM! This song played for months in my neighborhood. Her voice is SICKENING❤! When I say it played everywhere I mean everywhere…so powerful and uplifting.👌🏽

  • @strauqq1
    @strauqq13 жыл бұрын

    What a great song!!!!

  • @ttee3618
    @ttee36189 ай бұрын

    Miss Ann is so effortless and fabulous

  • @twoot63

    @twoot63

    2 ай бұрын

    Ms Ann know she betta sang!! She killin and not even trying..

  • @coldskoolbeatz
    @coldskoolbeatz22 күн бұрын

    Chills🥶🥶🥶 What a vocal performance👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @DonnellPrince
    @DonnellPrince9 ай бұрын

    10/2023 Still will get you through anything. I’m 35, and still love this song.

  • @awsho3294
    @awsho32949 ай бұрын

    Damn..they threw down! frfr!

  • @user-hf9bl5wd9t
    @user-hf9bl5wd9t2 ай бұрын

    Thank you to all the Angels who would preach knowledge to the People at Wesr End in Atlanta in the 80s and 90s. I love you.

  • @hollywoocdg
    @hollywoocdg Жыл бұрын

    jam and lewis really put this together man

  • @yocomdw1274
    @yocomdw1274Ай бұрын

    This song is always right on time. ❤❤❤

  • @kykyakalakya2348
    @kykyakalakya23489 ай бұрын

    They have always been my favorite group!! ❤❤

  • @leondraejohnson6997
    @leondraejohnson699723 күн бұрын

    Man ol man…….this was such a great feeling of a time

  • @lorenzohatcher9818
    @lorenzohatcher98182 ай бұрын

    The best song ever made

  • @LAMBYAH
    @LAMBYAHАй бұрын

    I LOVE MY PEOPLE.

  • @raylin5905
    @raylin5905Ай бұрын

    This never gets old

  • @jclamour1
    @jclamour18 ай бұрын

    😢❤Beautiful! I pray for us all! The Heavenly Father is a healer!

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger1032 ай бұрын

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUSICAL DIRECTOR GARY HINES (MAY 20, 2024

  • @twoot63

    @twoot63

    2 ай бұрын

    HBD Maestro!

  • @Dii552
    @Dii5523 жыл бұрын

    I love this SONG!

  • @8amook760
    @8amook7605 ай бұрын

    I loooove this song❤

  • @alacarte5073
    @alacarte50739 ай бұрын

    Love her adds. Love the Apollo, iconic venue.

  • @troyjohnson6317
    @troyjohnson6317 Жыл бұрын

    You better keep yo head 2 the sky

  • @rickjohnson8707

    @rickjohnson8707

    11 ай бұрын

    MORE NOW THAN EVER ! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

  • @jrallday
    @jrallday4 ай бұрын

    It's A Vibe !

  • @scoopie7478
    @scoopie74789 ай бұрын

    Real singing in the 90s. No autotune. Pure vocals

  • @MYESHIA-DAWN-MATTHEWS
    @MYESHIA-DAWN-MATTHEWS9 ай бұрын

    Loved this I was 12 in 91 when I first heard this love it til this day they rocked it ❤

  • @PINOYPRIDE909
    @PINOYPRIDE909Ай бұрын

    Please take me back time☝️🙏👑🕊

  • @arresteddevelopment2158
    @arresteddevelopment2158Ай бұрын

    PERFECTION 🎉🎉🎉. This song saved my life so many times.

  • @andregunts5292
    @andregunts52923 ай бұрын

    I love it ✊🏿❤

  • @BrooklynsFinest1
    @BrooklynsFinest19 ай бұрын

    I love love love this song and so appreciate this. Thank you for sharing. What the world needs today 💖 more music like this.

  • @captaintruth
    @captaintruthАй бұрын

    When a people love themselves and have a pure energy to them it transcends any form of social or cultural bounds we know. I'm white with Irish roots (west coast so tanned not ginger haha we have variety too, the original celts spanned to Iberia) and this song gets me fired up from the depths of any battles, brings peace when all I feel chaos and reminds me to stay ... optimistic when all around we've strayed so far from how we should be living. They say frequencies can have energy and effects on the human body. This song is the very best in all of us.

  • @tinaBabe4
    @tinaBabe49 ай бұрын

    🙆🏽‍♀🙆🏽‍♀🙆🏽‍♀🙌🏼💛 **I LOVE MY GOD in HEAVEN.. DEEPLY**

  • @noelcabrera4789
    @noelcabrera47897 ай бұрын

    This gave me goosebumps wow, God is great ❤

  • @rodneybrown8683
    @rodneybrown86833 ай бұрын

    Awesome indeed ❤️❤

  • @clarenceawalker1873
    @clarenceawalker18739 ай бұрын

    As long as you can keep your head to the sky you can win🙏.

  • @billysun7119
    @billysun711910 ай бұрын

    Quand les artistes avaient encore de l'allure !

  • @taalakotelo5990
    @taalakotelo59904 ай бұрын

    Wow, God bless

  • @Pistons2024
    @Pistons20242 жыл бұрын

    The jam 🔥🔥🔥

  • @theuglychannel3564
    @theuglychannel35645 ай бұрын

    Up at 5 am listening

  • @djscrutinize6721
    @djscrutinize67212 ай бұрын

    Child hold song throughout my elementary years optimistic was the somg played every event and every award ceremony.forever grateful for this music, and im still listening to them until this day 👏🏽🫴🏽

  • @damon3347
    @damon33475 ай бұрын

    Black is beautiful 👍🏿🤎🖤🧡💛👏🏿✊🏿👊🏿💪🏿👑🦁🕊️

  • @TheOnlyYLNProdigy
    @TheOnlyYLNProdigy5 ай бұрын

    2024 ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

  • @ygkt1339
    @ygkt13393 жыл бұрын

    Greatest page on the tube

  • @knight9k
    @knight9k2 ай бұрын

    Takes me bavk to the early 90's...Great song, good times..🤙🏾

  • @KingMD7152
    @KingMD7152 Жыл бұрын

    Within you is where I dwell. Blackness

  • @deezytroop8890
    @deezytroop88906 ай бұрын

    How I get here 2024.....oh duh

  • @marvinjgerald6007
    @marvinjgerald60073 ай бұрын

    It has nothing to do with the 90’s per se. It’s how the singers were raised and the choices they made resulting in them coming together in harmony. It’s beautiful soul stirring songs from every generation, irrespective of ones overt emotionalism of any one particular great song.

  • @dannyhayden1588
    @dannyhayden1588 Жыл бұрын

    Musical purity

  • @aarondixon460
    @aarondixon4608 ай бұрын

    Song is beautiful and timeless

  • @sosmoothu41983
    @sosmoothu41983 Жыл бұрын

    House party 2

  • @TeamHarlem
    @TeamHarlem8 ай бұрын

    Amen!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @tahniquawilliams8013
    @tahniquawilliams80132 ай бұрын

    Need The Most High Yah right about now!

  • @thehoneyeffect
    @thehoneyeffectАй бұрын

    STILL LIFTS ME WHEN THE NEGATIVE VULTURES COME MY WAY!

  • @m.r.roberson244
    @m.r.roberson244Ай бұрын

    God is calling for UNSTOPPABLE DREAMERS! 😀

  • @bbeboda
    @bbeboda2 жыл бұрын

    TgotSoul doing Gods work out here lol

  • @yogiman4293
    @yogiman42933 ай бұрын

    The message is the message! Amen!

  • @kellyt9292
    @kellyt929211 ай бұрын

    Higher Learning!

  • @thewhitedoncheadle8345
    @thewhitedoncheadle8345 Жыл бұрын

    ann nesby everytime ❤️

  • @liamthompson2604
    @liamthompson26044 ай бұрын

    Love this song!!

  • @Usercantwelve
    @Usercantwelve7 ай бұрын

    Ms Ann Nesby 💥

  • @akeillewis7515
    @akeillewis75152 ай бұрын

    Thank you for posting, this live performance brings life to this songs, best version and quality of this live performance i have found 🙏🏾

  • @tonihodgessteward921
    @tonihodgessteward9212 ай бұрын

    Very Optimistic

  • @frankcohen9201
    @frankcohen92015 ай бұрын

    I love this song🎉

  • @noahman1234
    @noahman12343 жыл бұрын

    Love the quality

  • @ericsingletary4083
    @ericsingletary4083Ай бұрын

    Major dance record in the clubs.......

  • @walimvoiceoverartist
    @walimvoiceoverartist3 ай бұрын

    Man if we don’t get Ann Nesby some flowers right away!!!!!!’

  • @leighburton832
    @leighburton83210 ай бұрын

    This was two years after the song came out!

  • @TavaresRaven-ex9eg
    @TavaresRaven-ex9eg9 ай бұрын

    I'm about to remix.. love this timeless track

  • @662chillin
    @662chillin3 ай бұрын

    What happened to mainstream singles like this? Apollo was tailor made for vocalists like this

  • @toysrus701
    @toysrus701 Жыл бұрын

    We can have a ball yall

  • @jaunhcblack716
    @jaunhcblack7168 ай бұрын

    Keep ya head up

  • @MichelleIrvin-bl5tz
    @MichelleIrvin-bl5tz3 ай бұрын

    First thing I think is successful black people😊

  • @sandralofton7986
    @sandralofton79869 ай бұрын

    Where are they now?are they still singing?

  • @certifiedclyde1422
    @certifiedclyde14222 ай бұрын

    Who is the first singer? She blowing

  • @ellisstelly5206
    @ellisstelly52062 ай бұрын

    You can win!!! Exodus 14:14 New International Version 14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

  • @thecomplimentking
    @thecomplimentking3 ай бұрын

    #FBACulture

  • @TheBobifrank
    @TheBobifrank9 ай бұрын

    Most of them sounded off key except for the big mama adlibing

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