Jazmine Sullivan: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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Bobby Carter | January 8, 2021
I don't recall any other artist at the Tiny Desk harmonizing their own introduction, but Philadelphia's own Jazmine Sullivan didn't waste a second, greeting us all by flexing those once-in-a-generation chops from the jump. The singer-songwriter, draped in a trench coat while her band sports all black, are nestled in the corner of a dimly lit space resembling a cabaret.
We don't see or hear much from Jazmine Sullivan until she has something to get off her chest. She drops a body of work every five years or so, shakes up the world of R&B with each offering, then quietly goes back to minding her own business. Her latest project, Heaux Tales, is a bold and timely conversation piece addressing truths regarding relationships, sex, social norms, self-worth and a myriad of other topics that women graple with. Each song is masterfully connected to another through unique yet familiar testimonies by women from all walks of life.
She starts her Tiny Desk (home) concert with three extended and reworked selections from Heaux Tales, squeezes in thee fan favorite from 2015's Reality Show, then invites Tiny Desk alum H.E.R. to the stage to close with "Girl Like Me." Ms. Sullivan, her background vocalists and H.E.R. ate this performance up and left not a crumb on the floor.
SET LIST
"Bodies (Intro)"
"The Other Side"
"Lost One"
"Let It Burn"
"Girl Like Me" (featuring H.E.R.)
MUSICIANS
Jazmine Sullivan: vocals
H.E.R.: vocals
Alisa Joe: vocals
Natalie Curtis: vocals
Ayana George: vocals
Dave Watson: drums
Simon Martinez: guitar
Jermaine Blandford: bass
Eric Wortham: keys
CREDITS
Video: Mansa Twin Johnson, Mignotae Kebede, Evan Morsell
Audio: Chauncey Burney
Creative Director: Amaya Segura
Set Design: Matthew Englebert
Executive Producer: Omari Williams
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Bobby Carter
Video Producer: Maia Stern
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bob Boilen, Kara Frame, Morgan Noelle Smith
Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
msmagalie12
14 өдрийн өмнө
YAAAASSSS!!!! Tiny Desk, THIS is how you bring in the new year! OH YES!
Elon Wylie
4 өдрийн өмнө
Amazing. I listen to this on repeat
Takia Jones
4 өдрийн өмнө
I’m mymm
Norm Dobbz
5 өдрийн өмнө
Agreed 👍🏾💪🏾🔥🔥
Bubble You
6 өдрийн өмнө
Dope and deep, what a moment 🤯🧡🙆🏽♀️
Netta Baby
9 өдрийн өмнө
Yesssssss 🙌
BLACK KING
10 минутын өмнө
Home edition yaaaaas. We want y’all to VIBE WIT uuus. I hear you Jazz 🔥
Fye Vegetarian
12 минутын өмнө
How could anybody possibly hit dislike on this, I'm seriously baffled! Just 🔥🔥🔥
All Inspiration
22 минутын өмнө
Jazmine this is what we needed Sis. Fire! And Alisa is laying it down as usual. Yesssss ladies....yessss
K O
30 минутын өмнө
3:09 so beautiful
Shakeyva Moran
Цагийн өмнө
Jazmine been 🔥. Just happy ppl are finally seeing and understanding how dope and TALENTED this woman really is. She is just surgical with it 💜💜💜
India Carney
Цагийн өмнө
Genius
TheVisualAudioDirector
Цагийн өмнө
Effortless!
Danna Thomas
Цагийн өмнө
Come tf on, Jaz! Ohmygawd! 🙌🏾💛
Genesis David
2 цагийн өмнө
I love this lady! I instantly started bobbing my head cause GIRL I’ve been loving you since day oneee ❤️
Jazzy Mitchell
2 цагийн өмнө
Never can go wrong with Jaz or HER!! So dope!! Vocals & those runs are always on point!! I be making faces like im singing 🤣🤣🤣 This by One of my favorites! ❣❣❣
Jayson Abraham
2 цагийн өмнө
This three piece band. Piano, guitar and drums. The bgvs and HER VOICE. This is MUSIC. Jazmine is one of the GREATS. A singer’s singer. We stan you queen. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Laugh is love
2 цагийн өмнө
Goosebumps 🤯 I love Jazmine Sullivan so much this is amazing! She's so underrated. 💜🔥🔥🔥
Drew Schultz
3 цагийн өмнө
I love how dynamic her ensemble is - they’re not all slamming drums and screaming guitars all the time - if the song calls for it they go there, but they’re playing artfully and making those dynamics a varied choice instead of a constant habit. Everyone on this performance is killing it!
Patricia Ritchie
3 цагийн өмнө
Yes love her
Becca Smith
3 цагийн өмнө
Loving this. Is it me, or is the intro to 'The Other Side" very reminiscent of Everlong? Am I the venn diagram between Jazmine Sullivan and the Foo Fighters? Here to represent Black Gen X.
Mary Moore
3 цагийн өмнө
I need a WHOLE Jasmine, Her & Ari Lennox EP... OMG! My Faves!
David Herzel
3 цагийн өмнө
Hammer! :-)
Chrisitan Murray
3 цагийн өмнө
It was H.E.R running for me, YAASSSS!!
Genius84
4 цагийн өмнө
Jazmine is the only consistent singer that's out hands down!
Kaya Madinina
4 цагийн өмнө
Magique
LGBT Underground
4 цагийн өмнө
Adore her 💚
laimarmuh
5 цагийн өмнө
Soul soothin’! This album is real art!
Black Queen
5 цагийн өмнө
Thanks for giving me real music ❤
buti
5 цагийн өмнө
i needed this version of bodies because wow
Troy Kelly
6 цагийн өмнө
Speechless
Jonathan Justo
6 цагийн өмнө
If she wouldve done forever dont last i wouldve cried so much more
okokcool
6 цагийн өмнө
I love her
leslie simamora
6 цагийн өмнө
YES PLS
Matt Carter Talks
6 цагийн өмнө
Doesn't matter if you believe in God or not. There is no denying that her voice comes straight from the source. I said what I said.
dar abreu de la rosa
7 цагийн өмнө
The way Jazmine sang Lost One. I cannot get over it. I am obsessed. Her vocals are impecable.
Venus Ketcham
8 цагийн өмнө
Let's Go!!! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Sheena Alexis
9 цагийн өмнө
I listen to this every single day. I’m in love 😍
April LaJoy
9 цагийн өмнө
INCREDIBLE gift. Geesh.
MK MK
9 цагийн өмнө
Omg I died
Nicholas OFFICIAL
9 цагийн өмнө
I cant believe that this is free
Raeven Clay
10 цагийн өмнө
Jesus she deserves so much more than she’s ever got
Nicole Arrendell
11 цагийн өмнө
True singer she needs to shine all these new singers are good no recognition
Crazy Believe with Nelsa
12 цагийн өмнө
Oh, Jazmine. You are life. A storyteller extraordinaire. This was exquisite. So happy you are back!!!!
U L
12 цагийн өмнө
MY GOD..$ANG BABY
Jas Lyn
12 цагийн өмнө
2:15 was a symphony of western and jazz 😩
Prince Marsh
12 цагийн өмнө
when she said Home Ediittttionnn, I already knew!!!
Skap 101
12 цагийн өмнө
Sis came to body us all with that lower register .. this feels really unfair.
Sben Korsh
13 цагийн өмнө
put aside her vocal talent. the artistry of these lyrics is unreal. at once, they comment AND critique the lived experiences, hopes, and dreams of so many people today. grounded from a perspective of a young black woman in america today, they question how to make a life in this horrible and racist economy, and she does so with remarkable creativity and playful abundance. there were glimpses of this in her first album, the second one amped it up, and this third one really is - a masterpiece. love you Jazmine, and thank you
Copper King
13 цагийн өмнө
Back again....Such brilliance! Thank you Jaz and Tiny Desk! We are so grateful for this 2021 experience.
Norm Dobbz
13 цагийн өмнө
These 2 together....chills!
Lile Kaprii
16 цагийн өмнө
No words underrated artist 😩😩😩 love me some Ms. Sullivan
Alexis Adams
16 цагийн өмнө
Yassss! She is soooo dope!!!! 💗💗
Evonne Aviles
17 цагийн өмнө
I love that your covered up..I feel like the whole don't have there our mind && looking for what??
Sincerely Smak
17 цагийн өмнө
😩😩😩😩🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾Thank you Jazmine!!!!
Smooth Operator
17 цагийн өмнө
Yes, Queen
Andrea F
18 цагийн өмнө
YES..........that was everything
Imperial Princess
19 цагийн өмнө
THE WRITING AND DELIVERY IS FUXXING EPIC BABY GIRL!!
Imperial Princess
19 цагийн өмнө
JAAAAAAZZZZZZZMMMMMIIIINNNEEEEEE
Jarvis Brinson
19 цагийн өмнө
I feel like she gave us Jasmine!! Her vocals were insane! Her stage presence, her background, her band!! And she looks good! Phenomenal Jaz.!
Super Star
19 цагийн өмнө
FIRST OFF THANK YOU TINY DESK SECOND THANK YOU JAZMINE SULLIVAN❤️
Alexandra Lydia
20 цагийн өмнө
Love her so much always have since high school ✨❤️
Matt Robinson
20 цагийн өмнө
I'm back again. This set has become my morning ritual to prep me mentally for the day ahead. Good vibes.
YEM THE GEM
20 цагийн өмнө
Back again!! This is about to be wine down bed time shower music. check out my reaction to this on my page!
Jay Spence
20 цагийн өмнө
Finally this perfectly tuned instrument is getting her just do. It’s been a long time coming...so happy for her. Beast mode-
Miss Chrissy98
21 цагийн өмнө
She’s so talented, I just adore her and her voice 🥰
Marcella Warrior
21 цагийн өмнө
I absolutely love this album!!❤️❤️❤️ Jazmine Sullivan is such a great artist!! Very underrated!! So talented!!
Steve Hunter
21 цагийн өмнө
the background singers are so good. they did not miss a note.
Yonatan Jori Saputro
22 цагийн өмнө
Lost One 7:41 Girl Like Me 14:46
LevDes7333 T
22 цагийн өмнө
I listened too alot of artists, but after listening to Jazmine Sullivan I can remember whom!!.. wow !!! Wow!!! Bow in the present of greatness!!
Riyah B.
22 цагийн өмнө
Honey you inspire me to keep going keep sanging keep growing keep flowing you are gifted far beyond words sitting at the ramen spot crying eating smiling enjoying grateful
Karen Simpson
22 цагийн өмнө
RIDICULOUS!!!
Pardon My Fro
23 цагийн өмнө
It's the foot stomp for me!
just Lemon
23 цагийн өмнө
Her voice really soothes my soul.
Girl Interrupted2
23 цагийн өмнө
2 artists that I love. They are slaying the game. I love to hear real vocalist that feel their music. No auto tunes or gimmicks. They sound just like we think we do in the shower. Amazing!😍 Thanks for sharing your gift.
Ruby Beasley
23 цагийн өмнө
First off you slayed us and then you had THE NERVE TO bring out HER!!! Chile I don threw my wig!
Amian -Emile
23 цагийн өмнө
This was soooo good❗❗. I don't know I was waiting for pick up your feelings🙈
Justin Patterson
23 цагийн өмнө
I am sorry but her vocals give me chills
King Mind
Өдрийн өмнө
Nothing Like Pure Talented Vocals with the Accompany of Vibrant Acoustics💯💎
Yvette Kelsey
Өдрийн өмнө
Jazmin and H.e.r omg I'm done beyond 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 wonderful
Shakisha Thompson
Өдрийн өмнө
Girl like me!!!! Thank you for speaking about me! Love it!!!
Monique Stewart
Өдрийн өмнө
I ready to come through this computer like the ole school church mother with the white handkerchief. Go head on Jazmine!
K B
Өдрийн өмнө
This Album is Absolutely a Masterpiece‼️ She really put some thought to this project. The Art is noticeably appreciated ‼️‼️ Get it Girl‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shaun Heckstall
Өдрийн өмнө
She had me at "Home edition!" She literally can sing the worst lyrics and slam!
Melanie Elder
Өдрийн өмнө
Amazing artist!!!!
Sayida Rivers
Өдрийн өмнө
AMEN!! Great melodies, harmonies and LYRICS WOW!!! Love Jazmine and H.E.R. song Title?), "Why these hoes be winning?...You gonna make a hoe out of me". POWERFUL Lyrics!! I hear their pain...I'm blessed to be happily married though. Keep the music coming please.
Miss. Polkcahontas
Өдрийн өмнө
Ok so you just gone slay "Home edition 00:14- 00:16" like that? Dang lemme have my edges guh.... 😍😍
M W
Өдрийн өмнө
Wow! This is what we have been missing!
Nasra Ali
Өдрийн өмнө
Her vocals are insane!!!!!! Especially on the other side....howwwww 🤭🤭🤭🤭
Mariah Fan
Өдрийн өмнө
Always been a fan since her song with Kindred Family Soul. Glad she is getting the recognition she deserves
Liam 2020
Өдрийн өмнө
Urrrbody bow to the Queen, Ms Sullivan 👑👑👑
Rana Audain
Өдрийн өмнө
This has me in such a great mood.
Don't Do Me boo!
Өдрийн өмнө
It's about Fuhhhhhhhken Time!
DeeDee Gordon
Өдрийн өмнө
Simply amazing
Oyinkanspost
Өдрийн өмнө
Amazing set! Two phenomenal singers 😭😭💕 Also shoutout to the back up singers! Sis showed out at 13:16
SONS 360
Өдрийн өмнө
I hope they stay tight they sound PROPER teamed up
Zeyna Media
Өдрийн өмнө
She is back!!!! Insane album and overwhelming performance at tiny desk... XX
JESSERINA
Өдрийн өмнө
It’s the talent the hair the boots the trench the smile THE PRETTY the musicality... it’s every second of this for me!
Onlinetill9
Өдрийн өмнө
Like why the cursing?? Within one minute already 3 swear words so unnecessary. I just want to hear nice melodies and beautiful vocals..
Theresa Morgan
2 цагийн өмнө
@Onlinetill9 No problem
Onlinetill9
2 цагийн өмнө
@Theresa Morgan Oh, I didn't know that... she's really commited then lol Thanks for letting me know ✌️
Theresa Morgan
2 цагийн өмнө
The album is called "hoe tales" for a reason.
fuldo lin
Өдрийн өмнө
I was today years old when I watched this for the literal 100th time.
Tyrel Dorrough
Өдрийн өмнө
Jazmine and H.e.r. together was like eavesdropping on them on the couch drinking and having a private conversation between girlfriends. You can't take nothing from Jazmine she's really come full circle like one of the greats getting greater .. or more great. And then there was h.e.r. and the way that she just sat there so casually and chill and played thst acoustic guitar and sang that song
Guadalupe Lopez
Өдрийн өмнө
Jazmine Sullivan is so talented. She's always been able to sing a song and take you into the world she's singing about. Love love loved this. Her band is great too. And the background singers are soooo talented as well. All around one of the best things I've ever seen.
Jordan Noble
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Most underrated. Her talent is out of this world
Trent Domonic
Өдрийн өмнө
I watch this like every other day.....
Naturelle_D
Өдрийн өмнө
Fire! Her voice is so undeniable!