John Morales Presents Teena Marie – Love Songs & Funky Beats | Teena Marie

John Morales Presents Teena Marie – Love Songs & Funky Beats

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Born Great Love this project by John Morales, it's a must have Teena is so amazing
Favorite track: It Must Be Magic (John Morales M+M Mix).

Ordinary Joe I've become a Teena Marie fan.
Uplifting music for this summer, impeccable remixes from master Morales.
Thanks to BBE for collaborating with John Morales for more than a decade now and for the releases getting even better over the years.

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	1.	I Need Your Lovin' (John Morales M+M Mix) 09:11
	2.	It Must Be Magic (John Morales M+M Mix) 07:44
	3.	Aladdin's Lamp (John Morales M+M Mix) 06:42
	4.	First Class Love (John Morales M+M Mix) 06:33
	5.	Now That I Have You (John Morales M+M Mix) 07:20
	6.	I'm a Sucker for Your Love (Live in Long Beach, Ca 1981: Alternate Mix / John Morales M+M Mix) 08:56
	7.	Behind the Groove (John Morales M+M Mix) 08:34
	8.	Love Just Wouldn't Be Right (John Morales M+M Mix) 04:46
	9.	Portuguese Love (John Morales M+M Mix) 10:34
	10.	Chains (John Morales M+M Mix) 08:35
	11.	365 (John Morales M+M Mix) 06:14
	12.	Wasn't I Good to You (John Morales M+M Mix) 04:36
	13.	Square Biz (John Morales M+M Mix) 08:06
	14.	More Love (John Morales M+M Mix) 06:09
	15.	You Got Away (John Morales M+M Mix) 05:52
	16.	You're All the Boogie I Need (John Morales M+ M Mix) 06:52
	17.	Lonely Desire (John Morales M+ M Mix) 06:08
	18.	Fire and Desire (John Morales M+M Mix) 11:21

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Producer extraordinaire John Morales returns to BBE Music, celebrating the life and work of R&B / soul legend Teena Marie with a double album full of brand new remixes, lovingly crafted from the original studio tapes, entitled ‘Love Songs & Funky Beats’.

“Teena is somewhat underrated, and people don’t really know much about her.” Says Morales. “I set out to immerse people in her music and represent what she really did. That meant for me a dive into more than her R&B hits, to dig into her ballads and dance cuts. People know she was talented. I don’t really think they really knew the depth of her abilities, her complete confidence to take it upon herself to do everything – singing, producing, arranging, songwriting. Teena Marie was the total package.”

John Morales had the pleasure of mixing many of Teena Marie’s original records over the years, so it felt natural to dig into the archives and select his favourite cuts to rework, extend and subtly update in his own distinctive style. While by no means a definitive collection of Lady Tee’s expansive musical catalogue, ‘Love Songs & Funky Beats’ represents a fitting tribute to a multifaceted and important voice in popular music, by one of the most storied mix engineers and remixers of our age.

Jumping into the music industry deep end in 1979 with a three-year mentorship from Berry Gordy & Rick James at Motown, Teena Marie then spent seven fertile years with Epic, which yielded her greatest commercial successes (including the classic album ‘Starchild’). After founding an independent label ‘Sarai’, Marie took a ten-year hiatus which ended in 2004 in a deal with hip hop label Cash Money Records; a less unlikely partnership than some might assume, given that Teena was one of the first ‘mainstream’ artists to perform a rap verse, on 1981’s ‘Square Biz’.

Teena Marie Brockert forged a unique path through the industry, an artist in-charge of her own destiny, influencing (and heavily sampled by) both the hip hop and R&B sounds of the 90’s and early 2000’s. Her 1982 lawsuit against Motown records resulted in “The Brockert Initiative”, which has benefitted literally thousands of other artists by making it illegal for record companies to ‘shelve’ artists by keeping them under contract without releasing their material. She continued to tour regularly and deliver commercially successful, expertly sculpted music, right up until her untimely passing in 2010.

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released March 26, 2021

Remixed and remastered by John Morales

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