Marsha Ambrosius, Ledisi, Kelly Price, & Jill Scott | BGR! AWARDS 2010 | BLACK GIRLS ROCK! 

Whoever chose these women for this performance understood the assignment! Kelly, being very soulful and tamed. Then Marsha gave me Arabian nights with those runs and note slips. Jilly from PHILLY gave footpath cafe jazz LEGEND, and Ledisi closed it DOWN giving powerhouse straight outta the French Quarters of Louisiana #IconicPerformance

Kelly set the tone and knocked it out the park, Marsha took it to second base and killed it, Jill had me hooked, and put her soul in it and took me to third. And Ledisi soulfully took it home and shut it down‼️💯 these the avengers 💯

Kelly = Sultry yet reserved Marsha = Nuanced instrumentality Jill = Poetic jazz Ledisi = Attacked power and sassiness

It's a WHOLE 12 years later and I still love this performance. Every woman ate! Characterizations on point.

That second “Saffronia” takes me out. Marsha is a genius.

This should have been uploaded ages ago. It was Game-Changing. I know people go in for for Ledisi’s performance and that’s understandable….but watch Jill Scott, the storytelling of her facial expressions and the subtle sultry nature of her voice…u can’t tell me she aint Sweet Thang. Incredible

Please don't ever take this offline! I need to watch it at least once a year

This performance will go down in history as one of the greatest vocal performances ever! 👏🏾 Everyone did their thang!

Saw Nina Simone perform this ...LIVE... when I was a little girl!!! It was life changing... My dad was her drummer that evening..PEACE and LOVE This was amazing

I would buy this version of this song! The ladies SANG this song 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Ledisi ATE and left no crumbs!

Ledisi and that "oooooooh" @3:49 slay me EVERYTIME!

Each voice was perfect for the character they were portraying and gave the right amount of drama for the lines they had and the story they were telling. Marsha's voice is unique and it absolutely fit IMO - Everyone singing in the same style would be boring and defeat the purpose.

THAT WAS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNING PERFORMANCE

Riveting. As a African American woman. This is our story in a song

Ledsi sealed the deal . I healed my tears the whole time and they immediately came down once she open her mouth .

You cant watch this performance without watching it at least twice in a row. Powerful. Impactful. Pure. Raw. Emotion. Talent. PERFECTION! ❣️❣️❣️❣️

My skin is black My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain Inflicted again and again What do they call me? My name is Aunt Sarah My name is Aunt Sarah, Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me? My name is Saffronia My name is Saffronia My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you My mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me? My name is Sweet Thing My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown My manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see My life has been rough I'm awfully bitter these days 'Cause my parents were slaves What do they call me? My name is Peaches

Marsha voice is beyond beautiful.

I haven’t gotten this performance out of my head since the first time it premiered. Everyone did absolutely amazing with narrating their stories, but Ledisi blew me away. Her closing line (“my name is Peaches”) had such a chilling and triumphant tone to it. It’s almost as if, through Peaches’ anger, she redeemed each of the women and their stories. It’s like she was determined to not be consumed by the labels/stereotypes they put on her. Ledisi brought Peaches to life.

Whoever chose these women, know music and was ON POINT.

Ledisi in a word: EFFORTLESS!! Her talent, gosh! She sung that last note as if she was speaking regularly. Chillz! Jill Scout, like no other!! Shouts out to all these beautiful Sisters!

I need a STANK FACE emoji because that’s all my face said as soon as I heard Ledisi EAT THAT PART UP!!!! Man of man!!! These heffas can SANG!!!!

The textures of this song are amazing. Kelly with the soul, Marsha with the yodeling and runs, Jill with the silky smooth notes and Ledisi with the grit and power!! Beautiful absolutely perfect!

Marsha Fvcking Ambrosius 😍🔥🔥

Who's here replenishing their soul in 2023?

This is no doubt the best BGR performance ever! The combination of voices, the storytelling. No one outshining one another. Everyone having their own style. You were both entertained as well as educated on the lineage of black women who’s backs we stand on. Shout out to Black Girls Rock, Kelly, Marsha, Jill, Ledisi And NINA SIMONE!!!!

I recently saw Ledisi on the Black Girls Rock 15th anniversary show and she said that this performance was the game changer for her. .. this is the performance that MADE her. She shined! But so did all of the unmatched singers on that piece.

I would have LOST it if I were in the audience live watching this for the first time! I have waited years for this to be properly uploaded. Thank you for finally uploading properly and making this performance so accessible to the masses❤️

Have this in my playlist! As every woman represented is relatable to some sort of degree. We’ve come from lineage of humble Aunt Sara’s who did what she had to survive and raise her children and the Masters too. We have the Saffronia’s who were caught between 2 worlds..loved, privileged and adored and hated at the same time. Sweet Things learned or taught to hustle and use their bodies because the black woman has always been hyper sexualized since slavery, molested by men in the family or men of the cloth, raped by the Master, and forced to be breeders. Peaches is the rebel who at some point takes a stand and no longer want to be victimized. Peaches is dangerous and can help lead a revolution! We are all these women to some degree! Nina did the hell out of this song!!

All 4 women ate and left no crumbs! Beautiful raw talent! Vocals superb! 🤌🏾

PERFECT ARRANGEMENT by the MOST TALENTED WOMEN in the industry. This RIGHT here is EVERYTHING!!!!🔥🔥🔥

Wow!! All of em killed it but Marsha's voice is Angelic..

Ledisi gave me chills! whew! that woman can sang!

Love this! So Kelly Price is singing bass, Jill Scott holding down that tenor, Marsha got alto, and of course, Ledisi uplifting that soprano 🙌🏾

I mean. Let’s just put aside for a sec these 4 jewels, lightman, production, and give it up for the piano man, sweet Lord they can playyyyyyy🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

This still gives me chills. The different backgrounds and story telling was put together so well

From this performance you can tell Ledisi and Jill Scott are actresses.

This is simply a perfect performance. The camera work, lighting, creative concept, music arrangement and of course the talent. I’ve never forgotten it since I watched it the first time when it aired.

Ledisi's part gives me chills! ❤ SHE SAAANG

I remember watching this performance live! When I tell you they all did their thang, however Ledisi’s performance brought forth a feeling and emotion unlike no other! It truly was her night to shine and she did just that!

... LISTEN!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 when heavy hitters sing a heavy hit written by a heavy hitter THIS is what you get! 🔥🔥🔥

the run Marsha did at 1:51 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

GOD DAMN!!!!!! No song is supposed to give me the chills so strong!

True story I’m 33 and my mother has been gone almost 13 years next month, and I’ve never heard someone else have her name, SIRFONYA! RIP LOVE YU MOMMA!!

Jill Scott go ahead and slay baby you are the emotion of this record

This is my first time EVER hearing this song....it's just phenomenal, emotional, a celebration of Black women!!

This wil be forever one of my favorite performances.

This should’ve been recorded as a single…these powerhouse voices and the storytelling….they did this!!!!

It's 2022 and I still cry every time I watch this performance 😢 😭 💙

I,mean,there’s nothing, left to say….”Peaches”

And that is how its fckin done. QUEENS here, and to you reading this

I’m so jealous of this audience for witnessing this LIVE. AMAZING. They told THE STORY🔥🔥🔥

I wonder if the people watching that night, realize what they were seeing, in that moment. An ICONIC performance!!!

Ledisi overstood the assignment.💜 Watching this performance had me in my feels the same as reading Black Girl Lost by Donald Goines. All the women were amazing, sincerely. Hits different to feel emotionally stuck in-between and socially pressured viewed as Sweet Thing and Peaches. #NinaSimone 👑

That vibrato from Marsha Ambrosius on the third "What do they call me? (4:04) gives me chills every time (as did this entire performance). It's so fitting to refer to a singer's voice as an instrument...IMO, Marsha's was a violin, Kelly's a piano, Jill's a saxophone, and Ledisi's a trumpet.

I love this song - my mother’s name was Sophronia (and her sis n law is my Aunt Sara) so this performance makes her memory extra special. 💙 Thank you Nina, and thank you Kelly, Marsha, Jilly from Philly, and THE Ledisi!

This was one powerful ass performance beginning to end. I'm a fan of all these ladies. Kelly delivers of course, Jill brings all her sentry, amazing vocal skills and Ledisi killed it if course with her ridiculous vocal range & attitude (my brother worked at the Paradise Theatre at the time where this took place & said this was the 2nd take cuz the audience went too crazy 4 tv after her) but Marsha. Marsha's voice is unmatched with her vocal ability while she yodels. I can go on & on but I'll just say her albums can be listened to all the way thru & to see her live is a treat.

Shout-out to the bassist and piano player as well! I can't believe that it took y'all this long to upload this epic performance, but better 12 years late than never!

Ledisi and Kelly Price...whew! I wish I could sang like them. Excellent performance, ladies.

I’m a Jilly from Philly fan. But Ledisi ate this!!

everytime I see this, goosebumps! some of the best singers of this lifetime! LESIDI though? no words! Just amazing!

I seriously CANNOT believe they waited 12 whole years to upload this like are you kidding me!!!

I just appreciate the fact that these four sisters stood and delivered this powerful story with grace and poise and didn’t battle with one another vocally. I know each one of those strong women but I called them mom, grandma, auntie, neighbor, sister, and friend! Still powerful after all these years!!!

I just wanna give kudos to the lighting designer and sound engineer...

One of my all time favorite performances on any awards show. This was AMAZING and has never been duplicated. Ledisi’s range is out of this world

Why am I just seeing this for the first time....smh. Beautiful and classy black women. And my baby Jilly from Philly! 😍

I needed to watch this today. Amazing!!!! All of these ladies were excellent, but when Jill said "whose little girl am I" it brought tears to my eyes. I felt this performance.

I come 5-6x a year to hear Ledisi say "Peaches"

my my.......my my my Amazing!

This was beyond iconic

All the ladies did a wonderful job!👑👑👑👑 But Ledisi 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

They definitely should have posted this long time ago! Each of them fit the part and they sing differently but emote the story well, in their own jazzy way. Love the grit and contempt Jill sang “Sweet Thang” during her, fitting so well with the words in her parts, and then the sorrow she sang it when they all resang their names. Kelly was clean, intentional yet soulful. Marsha knows when to cry out with emotion, can feel the pain of Saffronia’s words with her voice. And Ledisi, killed it! Blunt and powerful just like Peaches. Loved it all. Also shout out to the camera and lighting staff. The camera under-pan to Ledisi when the light revealed her was perfect.

TEARS OF JOY SO PROUD TO BE BLACK✊🏿🖤

Ledisi was the only original singer from the For Colored Girls Soundtrack that sang Four Women live. I love this version. Good picks. They all killed it. Especially with the harmonies!

The first time I'm seeing this...made me cry, so powerful.... everything was perfect, bravo to these amazing artists, song writer, stage producer, everything was on point!! Black girls do rock❤

These are four phenomenal black women with voices from the heavens, they came to slay that night and let’s not forget to honor the late and great Mrs Nina Simone who birthed the greatness that is the lyrical genius behind this performance. ♥️never forget your history, it’s HERstory.

So is it just me or does ledisi send chills down your spine when she sings

My spirit just brought me here at 8:45AM. 🙏🏾

I’ll LEAVE THIS..”I.M AWFULLY BITTER THESE DAYS, BE-CAUSE MY PARENTS WERE SLAVES”… that hits on a SPIRITUAL LEVEL….FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND ALL. THANK YOU

The piano player is fucking it UP!!! 3:37 when she says rough - that little ripple he does - Yh he fucking it up 🔥🔥🔥

Kelly!!! Marsha!!! But Jil and Ledisi.... baby they shut it DOWN!!!!

Auuuuuuuuuuuuunt Saraaaah! I love the way Kelly did that run!

Whoever was responsible for producing and identifying each vocalist for each part did an amazing job! Each vocalist embodied the pure essence of each verse telling the story (vocally) in a manner that was intoxicating and believable. What passion and conviction each one sang with! You could close your eyes and just feel each word through their vocal interpretation…simply OUTSTANDING!!!🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

This performance brings me to tears each and every time I watch it!! Such poignant emotion from each one of these beautiful ladies! But, honey, when I say Ledisi showed us who “Peaches” represented, I mean we heard her loud and clear! Thank you! 🙌🏽🙌🏽

This performance still gives me the chills. 🥶🥶🥶

One of the best performances in the history of performances PERIOD!!! I cry every single time I see this. POWERFUL!!!

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF EM BROUGHT THEIR AAAAAAAAA-GAME!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

HAPPY 46TH BIRTHDAY MARSHA AMBROSIUS (AUGUST 8, 2023)

I'd never heard of Marsha Ambrosius she ate her part up!

Ledisi’s delivery still gives me goosebumps.

I came back a decade later to say there aren’t any singers today who can sang like this.

When I first saw this I almost jumped out of my seat. When you listen to the original and Nina gets to the "my name is Peaches" and her voices breaks - it gives you CHILLS!!! So Ledisi KNEW what she had to do when she shut it down and she did NOT disappoint. All of them were PERFECT. And don't get it twisted Kelly and Jill could have done Peaches, proud too, but I love how they sang their parts exactly the way they should have and didn't just try to outdo each other. Ledisi was pure perfection.

Nina Simone wrote the hell out of this song 🔥 Great performance ladies! ✊🏿

This is one of the best castings for a tribute EVER!!! There is another one on RU-vid that pair with this it’s sooooo good!

I can't believe I'm just seeing this for the first time!!! What an amazing performance✨

This is music... I could listen to this on repeat all day. Every part was perfectly put together

They ALL killed it. And I love Marsha’s unique voice just beautiful

Dear @ledisi BYE 🔥🔥🔥🔥 all you can do is bye …she’s fire 😩

Each one is outstanding....... But you can call me peaches from now own❤❤❤😂