The "R&B Divas Series": Teena Marie Rankdown (COMPLETED)

[#LisaRinna]

Lately all the flowers seem to be so plain
Can you call a rose by any other name
Here inside your garden it's like I feel unchanged
Can you call a rose by any other name?



The second single released from Teena's 2004 album La Doña was this collaboration with Gerald Levert. It reached #97 on the Hot 100 and #53 on the R&B chart.

16. A Rose By Any Other Name (w/ Gerald Levert)
Points: 193
Average: 16,154
Standard deviation: 6,467

.indulgecountry : 3
@antigonerising : 9
Ty : 10

SHOOTER : 12
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 14
Ky : 15
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 16
Soulsista : 18
newpower : 19

back2blk : 21
Ivy Leegue™ : 23
#LisaRinna : 24
Glove Slap : 27

[SHOOTER]

I wanted this in my top-10 but there just wasn't room! A match made in heaven.

[#LisaRinna]

Your top 15:

Deja Vu (I've Been Here Before)
Behind The Groove
I Need Your Lovin'
Young Love
Fire and Desire
Square Biz
It Must Be Magic
Portuguese Love
Lovergirl
Jammin'
Out On a Limb
Love Me Down Easy
Ooo La La La
Still In Love
Ooh Wee

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[back2blk]

Yeah, this particular duo did nothing for me

[#LisaRinna]

Time for more reveals dahlings!

We're gonna try and go up to #11 with this new batch. We'll start by crossing the 200 points threshold and assigning two perfect rankings.

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[#LisaRinna]

Just pay attention to my heart it's telling things
I'll build the castle out of sand, before a king fit for a queen



Teena Marie's second album with Cash Money sees her dabbling into contemporary R&B sounds. "Ooh Wee" was the lead single off the 2006 Sapphire album, featuring
Kurupt. It reached #32 on the R&B chart.

15. Ooh Wee (feat. Kurupt)
Points: 203
Average: 15,385
Standard deviation: 6,945

.indulgecountry : 2
Ky : 4
Soulsista : 10

back2blk : 11
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 15
Ivy Leegue™ : 15
Ty : 16
@antigonerising : 17
Glove Slap : 20
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 20
SHOOTER : 20

newpower : 22
#LisaRinna : 28

[#LisaRinna]

I'm sure Madonna heard this track before recording "Live to Tell", but anyway... the first #1 loss is upon us!

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[#LisaRinna]

Like the petals of five dozen roses with white chocolate
And champagne in bed that's how I think of you



Second single from the concept album Emerald City. "Love Me Down Easy" is probably Teena's most Pop single she's ever put out. It reached #76 on the R&B chart in 1986.

14. Love Me Down Easy
Points: 204
Average: 15,308
Standard deviation: 7,528

Ky : 1
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 3

Glove Slap : 6

#LisaRinna : 12
Ty : 14
back2blk : 16
.indulgecountry : 18
newpower : 18
@antigonerising : 19

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 21
Ivy Leegue™ : 21
Soulsista : 25
SHOOTER : 25

[SHOOTER]

Yeah, this was one of the few songs that struggled to stick with me. Ooh Wee, on the other hand, is a bop!

[#LisaRinna]

The last of the more recent tracks is out next. One top 5 loss and a perfect ranking are coming along.

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[#LisaRinna]

Seven years ago we both were fools
But I'm real enough to let you know
That I'm never gonna let you go



"Still in Love" was Teena's first offering form her first album with Cash Money, La Doña. The single samples Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is" and was nominated for a Best Female R&B Vocal Performance Grammy in 2005. It reached #23 on the R&B chart, Teena's first top 30 hit in 14 years.

13. Still in Love
Points: 206
Average: 15,154
Standard deviation: 6,187

SHOOTER : 5

Ky : 7

.indulgecountry : 11
newpower : 11
Ty : 12
Glove Slap : 13
@antigonerising : 16
Ivy Leegue™ : 16
back2blk : 17
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 18
Soulsista : 18

Still hating:
#LisaRinna : 26
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 27

[#LisaRinna]

Someone's #1 goes up in flames as we inch closer to the top 10. This soulful ballad won't bring along any perfect rankings either to compensate.

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[SHOOTER]

Ol' unseasoned coochies! Can't stand y'all!

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

Wtf??? Love Me Down Easy is one of her best songs!!

[back2blk]

lol I wanna see who's top gets dragged

[#LisaRinna]

Cause lately we can't even touch each other
Without acting just like distant lovers
We've even took to fighting under covers
What a shame, baby, who's to blame



The Irons in the Fire album was Teena's first self-produced effort. "Young Love" came out as the second single in early 1981 and peaked at #41 on the R&B chart.

12. Young Love
Points: 213
Average: 14,615
Standard deviation: 7,781

back2blk : 1

@antigonerising : 8
Ivy Leegue™ : 8
Glove Slap : 9
.indulgecountry : 9

🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 11
Ky : 14
newpower : 14
#LisaRinna : 16

SHOOTER : 24
Ty : 24
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 26
Soulsista : 26

[#LisaRinna]

Aug 27, 2021 18:24:27 GMT -5 back2blk said:

lol I wanna see who's top gets dragged

Nnnn

[Ky]

Not a good round!

[#LisaRinna]

Finishing off this set of reveals with another ballad. This one had 6 top 10 rankings so it's going to hurt a bit.

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[back2blk]

FAAAAAACK!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!!

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

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[#LisaRinna]

I used to be a queen you know, on an island by the sea
With rainbow colored people, happy as can be
We never had a problem, there never was a care
And love was ever flowing and its feeling shared



Although never released as a single, this mellow and serene 7-minutes track, written by Rick James using Teena's poetry as basis, is one of the most appreciated tracks on her debut album Wild and Peaceful.

11. Déjà Vu (I've Been Here Before)
Points: 227
Average: 13,538
Standard deviation: 8,723

@antigonerising : 3
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 5

newpower : 6
Ivy Leegue™ : 7
SHOOTER : 7
back2blk : 10

Ty : 11
Ky : 12
#LisaRinna : 15
.indulgecountry : 16

Glove Slap : 26
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 29
Soulsista : 29

[#LisaRinna]

The top 10:

Behind The Groove
I Need Your Lovin'
Fire and Desire
Square Biz
It Must Be Magic
Portuguese Love
Lovergirl
Jammin'
Out On a Limb
Ooo La La La

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[Soulsista]

My top 8 plus my #14 and #16.

[SHOOTER]

1-2-3-4-6-9-10
11-16-26

Not mad. My 26 isn't bad by any means.

[Deleted]

1 2 4 5 6 7 11 14 21 23


I adore Teena so really nothing here upsets me at all. My #21 is the only song left that wasn't in my top 10 at some point (I don't know what the F*CK I was thinking ranking my #23 song anywhere outside my top 10 so I'm just going to assume I made a mistake when I was moving my songs around and did not catch it) and even it, I enjoy a lot.

[Glove Slap]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 16, 18, 22

All great.

[#LisaRinna]

Reveals will resume tomorrow!! I had a holiday weekend

[#LisaRinna]

Lady Tee aficionados rejoice: we're back with more reveals tonight!

Let's dive into the top 10 all the way up to #6. We'll start by unveiling an absolute R&B classic, with 7 top 10 ranks and a #1 loss.

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[#LisaRinna]

Love them and leave them
That's what I used to do
Use and abuse them
Then I laid eyes on you, it was pain before pleasure



Although never officially released as a single, this beautiful ballad from Rick James' Street Songs album started receiving heavy R&B airplay in 1981 and became a staple. Rick James and Teena Marie reunited to perform this classic at the 2004 BET Awards shortly before Rick's death.



10. Fire and Desire (Rick James w/ Teena Marie)
Points: 232
Average: 13,154
Standard deviation: 10,167

Ivy Leegue™ : 1

SHOOTER : 4
back2blk : 4
#LisaRinna : 4
Soulsista : 4

@antigonerising : 6
Ty : 9

Frigid:
Glove Slap : 16
🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 : 18
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 19
Ky : 27
newpower : 29
.indulgecountry : 30