Kim Burrell- Best Runs/Riffs/Melisma/Scats 

Exactly what I say about her too.

You can tell she practices

Also she’s a coloratura so it helps

​@@davidholland4489 she's clasically trained soprano, which means she's a dramatic coloratura soprano and not exacly mezzo considering mezzo still gonna have lower tessitura and darker voice than hers. She's not brighter and higher than dramatic/spinto soprano due to just how dark her voice is already for soprano.

She's a Soprano and a classically trained one

@@majahandlovu2050 Let's not get confused. Describing a vocal fauk or voice classification is not the same thing as describing range. Yes, Kim can sing in the soprano range but she's naturally more comfortable in the middle, mezzo soprano

Agreed!!!!!!

Lainel George she is one of my faves as well -- along with Blu Cantrell, Mariah and Karen Clark Sheard!! #Beasts

Whether ppl want to give her credit or not that is a fact....

That actually belongs to Karen Clark sheard

That belongs to Karen clark sheard

@@ceomaniac4388 And Kim. Both can have the title. Don’t be petty

Angelo Steinbach exactly!

The Clark Sisters and Vanessa Bell Armstrong started; their runs are too fast replicate. Kim has revolutionized a lot of runs and rifts, however.

Rashad Lynes Revolutionized & Intergraded however. . .only Twinkie can hang with her. Loosely hang with her might I add. Kim reigns.

listen to twinkie clark, jazmine sullivan and lalah hathaway (the last two if you're into secular music)

Period !!

I pray that Jesus touches you with His truth you🙏🏼❤️ May He save you and turn you turn into a new creation.

I agree, her voice is mystical..

Huge vi Mr Sean h

Yeah, she has been having me shook because I didn't know she could hit all those notes, but I think she has lost some musicality because she is stretching her voice in a real gritty way and it sounds like she is losing the Jazzy Kim Burrell that everyone knows and loves. That is just my opinion

Joshua Chapple Arts You know, I didn't notice that until you said it. I don't think she is losing musicality because I believe that has more to do with the singer's mind and imagination on how they use their voice. However, I believe you are correct that she doesn't perform as many jazzy vocals as she used to. Lately she has been singing more churchy songs such as hymns and "I call you holy." Maybe that has something to do with it. Who really knows besides Kim?

I believe that all the controversy has driven her more deeply into her passion which is expressed in her music ministry. Life will drive you higher into your passions when you chose not to be over taken by circumstances.

Ikr

I literally don’t understand either. The musicality is UNMATCHED! So insane! Such a gift

You are exactly right sir.

So true.. takes me on an adventure

It was legendary right

Yessss that last part she did about crisett M was wonderful

I find it so funny when people think Beyoncé’s the most magnificent vocalist to have ever walked on the face of the earth lol

@@rosariodealmeida2328 I still don't get why really I don't lol. I've never been a fan I knew from jump that Destiny's Child was all about Bey getting to the top. Her voice is average she has improved in vocal abilities and has catchy songs, I even had an one album once. But overall her tone/timbre does nothing for me and her possessed fans are the worst ever, can't be honest cause they'll attack like controlled zombies.

@@shabrethajennings7291 thank you.

OMG that was an angel in y'all midst to let y'all know there's just this one lady that never been mentioned and she's an instrument all in one fr fr lol

Couldn’t agree more 🙌🏽🙌🏽

I know

Elie Kevin omg ikr! I’m so glad people loved the parts that stuck out to me too!

So true dear

Yes maam!!! She was one of her vocal inspirations!! Its evident!! Tone and phrasing is similar however Jazmine does some different placements with her riffs and runs;its almost intentional for Jazmine to make sure that its not replication but inspiration. 🤩😍. Like her intricate riffs/runs in "LOST ONES", are in some of the most unexpected parts of the song. 😀😃😄😁.

Idk.. you gotta just be gifted to even try to imitate that. They're next level for sure!!!!

Everything down to the raspy sore throat tone n all

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@Nox Eath So sorry but Kim's melisma is second to none, - that includes the legendary MC - & I've listened to virtually every single MC song from Vanishing to lead the way to Oh Santa. I would put MC in top 3 though. LOL Kim and MC are both farrr superior riffers to Bey i'm afraid. As a piano player Kim has the better ear, hence the ability to construct the most unpredictable and inventive runs on the planet - all Live too! The only thing you could argue is MC was technically more 'agile' in her prime (albeit not by much) but by NO means better. Kim is also one of few who can execute upward runs just as precisely. With MC, as good as she is, she has never really been able to replicate her greatest studio runs live since 1997 (the year her voice took a massive hit). I would argue her best run is from Lead the Way, which again she has never accomplished live. Since 1997 to this day her desire to be perfect has forced her to create studio runs and crazy fast studio-produced whistle runs that she cannot produce live, e.g. oh santa. MC virtually has zero agility today, by way of nodules, oversinging/not taking care of the voice etc - Today Kim would riff circles around MC.

Uchiha Itachi also... where is Jazmine Sullivan in this conversation??? Kim, Jazmine, and then whoever y’all want

@@Thesarcasticdom Jazmine is a prodigy for sure. You can hear Kim's massive influence in her use of melisma.

@Mariah&WhitneyLamb Mariah is my favorite but her melisma isn't better than Kim's. Not to kims is better either jts really a matter of preference but Beyonce not touching neither imo.

@@uchihaitachi5905 Beyonce is the Queen of Agility. Just like what u said you play piano, u ain't a vocalist nor a vocal coach. Beyonce riffs are more complex she does not riff a repetitive up and down scales like what others used to do. U might not like Beyonce but acknowledge the truth.

Majority of raspy voices got this strength naturally

I think Whitney for 80's. Definitely Aretha, though

kim burrell was more popular in 90s-00s and clark sisters from 70s-90s

Mahalia Jackson

Kim ain’t influencing nobody.

@@sbssgurlsbssgurl9744 Before any of them. She was the first so many things 😭

I always thought she was imitating Dorinda

Yodi It that the one behind her arm (when she raises it)

Whew yes

most gospel runs are pentatonic based or some variant/manipulation of that scale...

Other recommended singers are Tonex,Lalah Hathaway, Mark Kibble and early Mervyn Warren (beast - way ahead of his time!!) - especially Lalah. She is jazz singer so she improvises using different scales/modes which are independent of the chords/harmony

Daniel Boyd I DIED!!!

😆

Whitney is older than Kim tho 😅😅

@The Real Tamartian Kim Burrell and Whitney Houston have their own style that's what I am saying, looks like you couldn't see that😴

@The Real Tamartian Kim Burrell was respected by her, NOT influenced. That doesn't take away her talent, it's just facts. Like i said, they have their own style of singing. No one is better than anyone. If you think I was trying to say that Whitney was better, you're wrong. They have their own style, in fact, I myself am influenced by both.

Brandy and jazmine Sullivan 😍

@@yahwehissalvation316 kim was Whitney's vocal coach during her comeback.

I feel ya, but Kim isn't competing with anyone sooo...

I swear I thought I was the only one who saw her😭😂

You can tell she took some inspiration in her runs looking at it now 😭

@@khar9228 she clearly did ‼️

Kyland learn scales and wide listening for knowledge... Drilling for flawless execution...

Yeah, you mean overtone singing, very interesting point of view

There are 2 kinds of vocal chords in our throats, the first kind that produces the head voice / normal singing voice, and there’s the second kind that produces vocal fry, which produces the raspy growl. The cool thing is that the second type that makes the vocal fry resonates at a speed that is exactly one octave below our first type of vocal chords. So you are 100% correct, and this is how a lot of bass and baritone singers can get so low, they practice only singing with their second vocal chords.

Isaiah Ducksworth LMAO

JAIL💀

GIRL NO 💀💀💀💀💀 WHY

I just realized thats Shaun Martin

Worshipper * That's okay, sometimes my "lil runs" could barely crawl😭😭😭😭

Well, I am currently working on a Clark Sister Best Vocals Video. I'm not sure when it will be ready but it is in the works. Also, I can certainly do a Sanging episode for Ms. Armstrong because she is A SANGER, you hear me. But yeah, remember to subscribe.

Yep and Karen Clark Sheard

Beyoncé don’t like bigots. 😍 So thankfully not.

@@iamdaviontatum Karen for sure. Kim? No.

Could neva. Kim is not letting go that crown evaaaa

@@dharam149 Jazmines way better than Kim burrel 💀 Jazmines voice is way heavier and has more range

@@MsPittmanThaQueen And she isn’t a bigot either!

@@bmwjourdandunngoddess6024 you’re commenting this but still watching the video?

I’m here bc of him too! 😂 He described her singing to the T! lol

Me too.

Same here! 😂🤣 Funky sent me

It's a video specifically about her runs so of course that's all you'll hear in this video. She is a very respected vocalist.

@@VocalViralMedia she sounds great.

Runs: kim High Notes: KCS There

@My Thoughts what about lows?

​@@istanvocals1699 Kim has better lows for sure

I love it her and Jasmine Sullivan have the raspy voice with amazing control

It’s rasp it kind of uncontrollable

I think that’s one of the main differences between her and Jazmine. Jazmine uses distortion and can turn the raspiness off while Kim’s voice is coarse in general. You can hear that granular throughout her range. Plus, she doesn’t use a lot of tonal/textural depth outside of her runs like Jazmine either.