Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top - EXTENDED MIX

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  • čas přidán 27. 10. 2013
  • It's been a while!
    Up to now I have only uploaded tracks that didn't appear anywhere else on YT.
    For No. 16 of my favourite all time Soul records I've chosen a track that is on here a lot - but I have always thought it needed to be longer! - couldn't quite get it up to 10 mins but not that far short!
    Enjoy!
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Komentáře • 286

  • @RON5513
    @RON5513 Před 4 lety +116

    MY COUSIN IS A BAD MAN THIS IS A CLASSIC AND WILL LIVE ON FOREVER AND BEEN SAMPLED BY MANY ARTISTS.

    • @mz.didithedaughterofzion
      @mz.didithedaughterofzion Před 3 lety +9

      INDEED...THIS IS A CHI-CITY STEPPERS CLASSIC! 💚💚💚

    • @ahshay7770
      @ahshay7770 Před 2 lety +7

      Your cousin is a Legend this song definitely inspires me in a whole lot of ways may he rest in power 🤴👑

    • @nealsmith739
      @nealsmith739 Před 2 lety +11

      Wow Keni was your Cousin?!! You must be really proud of him!! Its great to be related to a legend!!

    • @nealsmith739
      @nealsmith739 Před 2 lety +3

      Sorry - Keni is your cousin!!

    • @suzybeebuzz3924
      @suzybeebuzz3924 Před 2 lety +4

      MJB was one sampler for sure

  • @calebproductions5970
    @calebproductions5970 Před 4 lety +22

    Cruising in a 1980 cutlass supreme.white leather seats.yeah, it happened......

  • @joycelockett7032
    @joycelockett7032 Před rokem +21

    It's 2023 and I'm still jamming to this song! Love Keni Burke's music!!

  • @angelojosegobbatoneto5540
    @angelojosegobbatoneto5540 Před 4 měsíci +14

    Wonderful version, this song accompanied me for decades on the roads at night. Today, at 63 years old, I still feel my soul touched

  • @michaelahall4298
    @michaelahall4298 Před 2 lety +15

    Gotta keep risin to the top givin it all we got don't let nobody stop us.... BLM 🙋🏿‍♂️

  • @beamofwindsor4115
    @beamofwindsor4115 Před rokem +4

    Mmm... Now THAT'S smoooth!

  • @b.j.h.1706
    @b.j.h.1706 Před 2 lety +9

    The very definition of a handsome man with a handsome voice.

  • @user-DeDub
    @user-DeDub Před 4 lety +33

    WHERE DID THIS MUSIC GO, DAM SHAME TODAY'S RNB, GONE

  • @MrFasikaH
    @MrFasikaH Před 5 lety +75

    Back when music was music, not all this noise of today.

  • @dethiadungan9031
    @dethiadungan9031 Před 11 měsíci +6

    Yes your cousin is a BAAADDD MAN, I STARTED MY NIGHT FLYTE SHOW WITH THIS SONG, THE ALBUM WAS FIRE❤❤❤😮 ALWAYS KENI!!

  • @rebeccabrockett6799
    @rebeccabrockett6799 Před rokem +3

    This was always the one!

  • @jessejohnson6799
    @jessejohnson6799 Před 2 lety +3

    Oh that bass enough said

  • @susangrimsley5427
    @susangrimsley5427 Před 4 lety +28

    Still sends a great message today...June 2020

  • @clivehann5928
    @clivehann5928 Před 3 lety +8

    Every time I listen ...eargasm

  • @K.greenbanks
    @K.greenbanks Před 2 lety +8

    I needed this 👍🏾💥💥💥💥💥🎚

  • @veronicagray9051
    @veronicagray9051 Před 2 lety +4

    Classic…🎶🎶🎶💖💖💖

  • @taichi29
    @taichi29 Před 5 lety +36

    Take me back to NYC in the 80’s.

    • @getitinontheroad
      @getitinontheroad Před 3 lety +1

      True Queens NY song anyone rolling in the 80's knows this!

    • @CakeDiva17
      @CakeDiva17 Před 3 lety

      Take me back to New Brunswick N.J

  • @derichardy3013
    @derichardy3013 Před 6 lety +165

    Makes you wanna jump in your car late night and just cruise your city

    • @07FreshMaker
      @07FreshMaker Před 5 lety +6

      Deric Hardy shit yeah!!!!

    • @sanjsub1800
      @sanjsub1800 Před 4 lety +5

      Lol... exactly what I thought bro

    • @ikura87
      @ikura87 Před 4 lety +3

      Totally agree! Especially if it's a Porsche 911 from 70s or early 80s or a BMW E21 3-Series or a E24 6-Series!

    • @ikura87
      @ikura87 Před 4 lety +3

      Or a Mercedes-Benz SL R107

    • @joeymck5
      @joeymck5 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes indeed bro.

  • @eharrisist
    @eharrisist Před 4 lety +9

    Okay Chicago steppers where ya at...

  • @NYDJBMIX
    @NYDJBMIX Před 3 lety +7

    True Smooth Old School Grooves ..

  • @antoniocannon9177
    @antoniocannon9177 Před 3 lety +65

    My father use to play this when I was young im 34 now always a classic R.I.P Dad!!

  • @elyseprince7579
    @elyseprince7579 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Nice to here again. The golden days - back in the olden days.

  • @MEW875
    @MEW875 Před 2 lety +8

    OLD CLASSIC WITH MUCH PASSION!!!

  • @theodoracarter2515
    @theodoracarter2515 Před rokem +4

    One of my favorites ❤️

  • @tonyterry916
    @tonyterry916 Před 5 lety +28

    wonderful and timeless!!

  • @dorothysherrod1588
    @dorothysherrod1588 Před rokem +7

    Still the jam🎵🎶🎵🎵🎤🎤🥰🥰

  • @samuelberry9307
    @samuelberry9307 Před 4 lety +12

    A Super-Duper Classic.

  • @Eternity9000
    @Eternity9000 Před 3 lety +6

    just repeat,repeat,repeat,repeat......rising,rising,rising..... believing !

  • @brianlloyd6327
    @brianlloyd6327 Před 2 lety +13

    Have we somehow evolved as a race that we don't, or can't write music like this anymore?

    • @pamelabostick1293
      @pamelabostick1293 Před 3 měsíci +2

      No, Our Music 🎶🎼🎶 Had Meaning, Experience, Love and Pain! Now this Shit, Excuse My Language Has No Depth, Broken English, No Heart or Education, Just Lost Uninspired and They ain't Looking for Love, Marriage is a Chess Game! Where is the Pain in a Songs? Voice Makeovers is Not Singing! I'm Just Done with this New Crap! Y'all Can Have It! I'll Stay Right Here With My KIND❤

    • @horacestallworth9584
      @horacestallworth9584 Před 3 měsíci

      The power that be, don't want you to listen to this. They want you listening to kill someone or call a woman a dog. Back in the day, you bought an album, and you could listen to both sides and find hits, not this one and done bull.

    • @bigemont
      @bigemont Před měsícem

      Perhaps ?.......................what song have you written ?

  • @laditeetee1703
    @laditeetee1703 Před 4 lety +17

    New York City Classy. Period.

  • @wandawizard5605
    @wandawizard5605 Před rokem +13

    This is why we all love these old songs, as there is nothing around these days to compare with them. We love the memories associated with these old classics. The days of my youth really were better, I just didn’t know it then.

  • @annychest718
    @annychest718 Před rokem +3

    Makes me wanna two step to the left..to the right..
    Right on❗

  • @michaelperry7547
    @michaelperry7547 Před 5 měsíci +1

    The best of old scool❤

  • @MsSchelle87
    @MsSchelle87 Před 3 lety +36

    This is one of the songs that will be played at my engagement party and my wedding reception. We are not going to allow anyone to destroy what we have.

  • @brendanichols2579
    @brendanichols2579 Před 3 lety +4

    Give it all you got

  • @Decgyrrl
    @Decgyrrl Před 4 lety +7

    East Harlem in the house. Still luvin this jam🎧🎤♀🎶🎵💖💖

  • @ronaldandersonsr7991
    @ronaldandersonsr7991 Před 2 lety +5

    Yes. Let keep rising to the top and dont look back. Stay positive

  • @tomthecat268
    @tomthecat268 Před 4 lety +9

    This is ultra classic. 💯😎👍🏾

  • @hullontyus7552
    @hullontyus7552 Před 3 lety +10

    MAN THIS WAS THE JAM BACK IN THE DAY..

  • @LEGSUDESIRE
    @LEGSUDESIRE Před 2 lety +4

    Skaters Lament...Those who really skated know what I mean...Bassline just funky

  • @rhammond1963
    @rhammond1963 Před 5 měsíci +1

    We ate this song up at the disco fever in the Bronx back in the 80s.

  • @dethiadungan9031
    @dethiadungan9031 Před 11 měsíci +4

    This was ALWAYS played on my radio show, KENI didnt reach the level he deserved ❤❤ feels good listening to u in 2023

  • @Sharynbeez
    @Sharynbeez Před 3 lety +10

    This is just sooooo elevating I can’t stop moving 🥰🥰🥰🥰👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  • @jennifermoton8292
    @jennifermoton8292 Před rokem +3

    This is a bad jam and so underrated.

  • @robertparker2907
    @robertparker2907 Před 4 lety +18

    YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO THE TOP WITH OUT THIS SONG A MEMBER OF TOP HITS OF ALL TIME.

  • @clintonbeck9054
    @clintonbeck9054 Před 4 lety +14

    Love this extended version.

  • @mz.didithedaughterofzion
    @mz.didithedaughterofzion Před 3 lety +5

    WHO ELSE IS LISTENING AND STEPPIN' WITH ME IN JUNE 2021???
    CHI-CITY GO TO WORK...STEP ON!!!
    A CLASSSIC...GON' KENI!🙏🏽👑
    THIS BASS LINE IS SICK!
    AAAAAAAAYYYYYYY...💃🏾🕺🏿💃🏾🕺🏿💃🏾🕺🏿
    BORN IN '69...REAL MUSIC ERA!💯💯💯
    CHICAGO'S OWN...KENI BURKE👑👑👑

  • @scottt884
    @scottt884 Před 4 lety +10

    Soothes the mind 🔥 bright early 1970 baby here

  • @daoudjkhaliq4560
    @daoudjkhaliq4560 Před 4 lety +23

    It's a shame..There are no artists/songs etc. in the present day that can compare with music/songs like this.

  • @stephensnetwork
    @stephensnetwork Před 4 lety +17

    when i am depressed or in a mood....
    when in doubt...KENI BURKE
    thank you

  • @pimckallagat
    @pimckallagat Před 5 lety +50

    loved this song in the '80's and love it just as much now.

    • @denicemitchelle2354
      @denicemitchelle2354 Před 2 lety +2

      Gday luv
      Here everyday so inspirational
      Goes hand in hand with his family's hit
      Ooh child
      Don't let anyone stop you
      From rising to the top
      Kudos exactly what I needed to hear

  • @craigstephenson219
    @craigstephenson219 Před 5 lety +18

    Ultra Smooth perfect for a çruise down Sunset!!

  • @PJ-jw2bl
    @PJ-jw2bl Před 2 lety +18

    Currently on repeat till whenever 🎧🔊🔊🔊

  • @sharonjackson129
    @sharonjackson129 Před rokem +4

    You know it's a jam when you still bumping in 2022

  • @craigstephenson219
    @craigstephenson219 Před 5 lety +11

    Give it all you got!

  • @vanmorrison2346
    @vanmorrison2346 Před 5 lety +55

    They dont make this kind of music anymore.

  • @jazzsoul1695
    @jazzsoul1695 Před 3 lety +5

    This is my stuff! This guy, Rick James, Superfly, Marvin Gaye, Klymaxx! You can burn off all your fat exercising to these songs. No gym.

  • @e.dgoliday3699
    @e.dgoliday3699 Před 5 lety +15

    Loving this!!! takes me back

  • @timjohnson3478
    @timjohnson3478 Před 5 lety +108

    THIS IS MUSIC TO ELEVATE ALL CREEDS, RACE, RELGIONS HOPE WE ALL KEEP RISING TO THE TOP

  • @user-lw6lw2mo8m
    @user-lw6lw2mo8m Před 3 měsíci +1

    2024 We gotta Keep Rising To Tha TOP

  • @yonisoska7742
    @yonisoska7742 Před rokem +1

    😊 oh reminds me lovely times.

  • @renaissanceman165
    @renaissanceman165 Před 3 lety +5

    Listen to Keni when he shared lead on the song "Ooh Chile" as a teenager with his family group, The Five Stairsteps. A little bit of music trivia. He and his brothers also renamed themselves the Invisible Man's Band, and released their 1980 hit "All Night Thing". Check it out! Ciao!!!

  • @coraterrell1362
    @coraterrell1362 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Yes baby yes...get it. Dancing to the best music. To my love I will always love you... This song is the bomb.

  • @pimckallagat
    @pimckallagat Před 5 lety +57

    they just don't make songs like this anymore-so beautiful, I could listen to this all day long-deelish

  • @DaddySpyce
    @DaddySpyce Před 6 lety +34

    The 3 stair steps were fantastic. Clarence Burke, Sr (deceased) was a great and gifted writer, composer, singer and played a guitar "like ringing a bell." RIP

  • @lifepower22
    @lifepower22 Před 7 lety +19

    A member of the wonderful Five Stairsteps family, still sounding good.

  • @carolyn2290
    @carolyn2290 Před rokem +2

    This one is for you, Marcia ❤! Thank you for schooling us about what was really going down musically❤.

  • @DjMikeiam
    @DjMikeiam Před 2 lety +3

    In the world of music there are no Classic's... We Just know Timeless music!

  • @abimelekharlemyahudah4thtribe

    one of my all time favorites. Harlem in the building

  • @locktight54
    @locktight54 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Great jam! Brings back so many memories. Had to go out to the garage and jam this in my Corvette! I’m rocking this tomorrow (Friday) 👊🏽🤩

  • @miriamdavis2791
    @miriamdavis2791 Před 3 lety +6

    Thank you Thank you Thank you for sharing one of Keni B's most beautiful creations. Truly elevates and uplifts ❤💃🏽❤💃🏽❤💃🏽

  • @rickyflora2544
    @rickyflora2544 Před 4 lety +6

    This is one smooth jam here,if you don't have a cool walk. After listening to this you will my brothers.

  • @jasonh1225
    @jasonh1225 Před 5 lety +17

    This will always remind me of uptown nyc mixed tapes off 125 street

    • @EdgeO419
      @EdgeO419 Před 3 lety +2

      those 3 dollar tapes are a throwback

  • @khellafchabi2839
    @khellafchabi2839 Před měsícem +1

    Magnifique, Merveilleux, Merci

  • @cyrilroberts3093
    @cyrilroberts3093 Před 4 lety +13

    This tune is a funk dancers delight at night, when all is right with the world!!!!

  • @mikeythomas1681
    @mikeythomas1681 Před 7 lety +43

    Totally classic song.....loving this real soulful instrumental..........

  • @diannewalker7024
    @diannewalker7024 Před 7 hodinami

    This song never gets old,2024 and I am still rocking it,rising to the top ❤

  • @lakeeshahollis9522
    @lakeeshahollis9522 Před rokem +3

    The Mary Jane Girls ”All night long” beat was sampled off this song and writing by Rick James too 🎉😮❤😊

  • @niniabruton8778
    @niniabruton8778 Před 13 dny

    I REMEMBER THIS SONG BACK IN THE DAY

  • @joannehines7806
    @joannehines7806 Před 2 lety +3

    Sending love to all the lovers out there on Valentine's Day!! Peace, love & soul, My People, & stay up!

  • @tonys_figs
    @tonys_figs Před 3 lety +6

    Who's here in 2020??

  • @ryan4x4two
    @ryan4x4two Před 4 lety +4

    Paradise is very nice...

  • @darlenelangston6235
    @darlenelangston6235 Před 2 lety +3

    I Just realized this is Keni Burke from the five stairsteps (Ooh Child).

  • @SunPing32
    @SunPing32 Před 7 lety +19

    You know this is poppin`!

  • @daoudjkhaliq4560
    @daoudjkhaliq4560 Před 4 lety +9

    I feel sorry for the youth of today bekawz, they have NO GOOD MUSIC TO LISTEN OR DANCE TO!
    Where are the 2day's R & B Singers, Groups & Bands?
    How is it that what passess for hip hop now had come so far and away from what came B4 it?
    Hip Hop of former times was conscious, fun & also danceable, no hip hop music from these new jack groups like that exist 2day.
    #WENEEDAREALGOODMUSICREVIVAL!

  • @tyronedavis1767
    @tyronedavis1767 Před 8 lety +22

    Great sound!! Love the bass sound great jam

  • @noniway8013
    @noniway8013 Před 5 lety +14

    Sweeeeeeet!

  • @andrealester3565
    @andrealester3565 Před rokem +1

    My life’s motivation 🎯💯🔥

  • @WWEENETWORK
    @WWEENETWORK Před 7 lety +20

    Those who leverage your efforts on their way up will one day look up. Keep Rising to the Top! Give It All You Got!

  • @jetcrews97
    @jetcrews97 Před 28 dny

    Love this Record 🎵🎵🔥🔥🔥💯

  • @Maria-ej5hh
    @Maria-ej5hh Před 2 měsíci

    I just saw him for the first time on Instagram, the bass and his voice were perfect!!!!! Yay old school darling 💕✨😎

  • @eriqeasy9273
    @eriqeasy9273 Před 2 lety +2

    A yo dis dat sh$t from when life was real thanx for this post🙏😎

  • @francishodge5189
    @francishodge5189 Před 2 lety +12

    I have loved this brilliant Soul 80s underrated classic by Keni Burke Rising to the top
    42 yrs on timeless

    • @antoniocognato5023
      @antoniocognato5023 Před rokem +1

      Yup. I was a kid when this came out. I'm gonna be 49.in june . 😔. Where did time go?

    • @worldhealthrn
      @worldhealthrn Před 11 měsíci +1

      Not underrated, those who know know. Those who don't just miss out.

  • @cynthiacrawford9525
    @cynthiacrawford9525 Před 9 dny

    Yesss!! Babyyyyy! I was a YOUNG LADY And 19!!! Ol School !! 2Stepping!! And dancing 💃! /SWINGING!! Play All Nite!!!! GROOVING!!! ❤❤👏🥰👍!!

  • @lxolxo7
    @lxolxo7 Před 4 lety +5

    CLASSIC!

  • @henryc..9265
    @henryc..9265 Před 11 měsíci +1

    A great great song

  • @caseyjames7025
    @caseyjames7025 Před 10 měsíci

    This song always keeps me lifted up he's speaking to our people lets stay up

  • @bunnyboy9408
    @bunnyboy9408 Před 4 lety +4

    Who's with me 2020

  • @07FreshMaker
    @07FreshMaker Před 5 lety +15

    Theme song to my soul 🤙🏼❤️🙏🏼

  • @denisemitchell8477
    @denisemitchell8477 Před 4 lety +5

    Gday luv
    Oh okay
    The Five Stairsteps
    Oh ok Keni Burke
    My jam going through rough times
    Listen every morning