I’m just a sucker for your love Teena Marie. Although I wasn’t overall happy with her La Dona album I look forward to her new album Sapphire, which according to amazon should be released on May 9, 2006 via Cash Money Records. And as always, when an artist signs with a major label (Universal in this case) or its subsidiaries, there’s no information on Lady T’s official website yet, which wasn’t updated for ages. I really wonder why she gave up her old website, which wasn’t the best designed but at least it had some personal input by Teena and was updated more often (albeit the miraculous Black Rain album never saw the light of day).
[update: and here’s the tracklisting of the album Sapphire:
01 God Has Created (feat. Smokey Robinson)
02 Cruise Control (feat. Smokey Robinson)
03 Baby Who Is It (feat. Kurupt)
04 Make It Hot
05 Ooo Wee (feat. Kurupt)
06 Sleeping With The Enemy
07 Apb
08 Love Is A Gangsta
09 Ladies Choice (feat. Queen And Gail Gotti)
10 Somebody Just Like You (feat. Gerald Albright)
11 You Blow Me Away
12 Simmer Down (feat. Lady Levi)
13 Romantica
14 The Way You Love Me
15 Ecstasy
16 Resilient (Sapphire)
Featuring Smokey Robinson ans Gerald Albright sounds good…I wish I could say the same about the featured rappers.]
2006/3/4 at 21:48
that’s good news. let’s hope tee gets back to old heights with this one. the title promises us a gemstone just like an emerald!
2006/4/4 at 02:15
Teena is one of my favorite female vocalists and wasn’t aware of her new album. "Sapphire" will DEFINITELY be in collection when it hits. Thank U for the info…I will be visiting this site often!
2006/4/4 at 17:30
Hey Icecream Dude,
Glad to see you are still alive a kicking.
I’m eagerly awaiting Teena’s new album.
Teena was in Detroit for new year’s eve and the tickets were $137.00, the show was only 1 hour long and she wasn’t that good. My heart was broken.
2006/30/4 at 08:38
Been listening to the album since last night and it’s excellent. Great ballads like ‘You blow me away’ (reminds me of ‘Fire and desire’, she even whispers ‘I love you Rick’) and ‘Somebody just like you’……brilliant! Definitely stringer than La Dona and up there with the unreleased ‘Black Rain’ album. A few songs from that classic appear on the ‘Sapphire’ album, albeit re-recorded. Lady T Rulezzzz big time.
2006/2/5 at 01:11
I rather not asked where you get the songs over a week in advance, Edwin…
And could someone please tell the PR-department of Cash Money/Universal to put a real website for teenamarie.com online? "under construction" a few days before the album release date? Did someone grab all the cash they had and run away with it?