Countess said that back then she was a kid with the voice of a grown woman and her label really didn't know what to do with her. And it messed up her confidence.
Her record label execs were idiots!!!! She was outstanding!!!!! She was on-par with the other young female singers of the time, like Shanice and Tracie Spencer!!!!
They should've marketed her like they did Jojo when she came out. They said about Jojo back in the day stuff like can you believe she's only 12 years old and singing like that wow
@@vanesaterry1632I honestly think she would have done better late 90s than early. Her voice would have been perfect for the music late 90s early 2000s
Why have I been bumping this all week as if it’s not 2024 of February 😂😂😂. I just love the flow and energy I feel from it. She had a beautiful strong voice
@@diamondhill7622facts these jam riding for real she bodied those vocals alongside the male background singer who bodied the background vocals and ad-libs love the beat and flow of the song 90’s era my era my favorite era my generation
I wish ppl would stop tearing her down. Pray for her that she pulls through on her musical journey. Support the woman instead of tearing her down. Love you Countess. 💖💖💖💖
Best reply I have seen. I just posted this on FB last week in support of her. We should not ever tear each other down...but unfortunately...some will not learn until it happens to them. God bless you.
You got to understand back then Black music was at it's best back then and you had to be super good back then to get on and stay on unlike today where anybody can get on and not be that talented. Black people making hits back then was the norm. I mean imagine almost every song on Black radio stations and on BET was a hit! They had so many hit records out back then that were probably way better than this one that drowned this song out. But yeah it's a hit song but back then you had to be super good to stand out because the competition was fierce!
People keep clowning on Countess like at one time she didn't sound WAY better than all of their faves at one point, especially if your fave is from the 2000+ period. Industry politics is why she didn't recieve the backing from her label.Which in turn made her flop. She was boxed into her acting career. Till this day, I still believe her biggest mistake was doing 227 and not concentrating on music. Countess's calling was music and she took the wrong turn. Thyroid's has all but stripped her vocals completely today and it's so sad. Imagine the one thing you always knew you could fall back on,not being there when you really needed it to be. It has to be devastating.
Countess said that once she had her children she didn’t want to do music because it would take her away from home too much. And even with the thyroid issue, her singing voice was not affected nearly as much as her speaking voice. She said that in an interview also.
She only did a few episodes on 227 and she was like ten years old so I don't understand how that could've affected her music career. And she was like 13 or 14 when she recorded her first album, so I'm not sure how her music career was actually ruined. She showed her singing ability and talent on Moesha and The Parkers. And she went on to record a couple of albums from what I understand. However, I could be wrong.
@@slimtee2 She only recorded one album, her first one and this song was the lead single from it. But 227 most definitely was a mistake (for her music career) because nobody was taking her seriously as a singer. As said before, she really did get boxed into acting and doing comedy shows (227, Hanging w Mr. Cooper, Moesha, The Parkers, etc.) and she started becoming typecasted. This means that you become casted by TV shows and movies playing the same kinda character because that's what you're already known for. And this is both a good and bad thing because while Countess still had a great career and is making residual money off those shows to this day, it kinda stifled any other venture she would've wanted to do.
You must have never seen Moesha or the Parkers CPQ and Freestyle Unity use to be litty and she Sang the theme song for The Parkers she had them Pipes back then even more so than Brandy but back then the industry didnt promote thick women over skinny women Countess had the voice but to them not the look, even though she was beautiful as hell.
@@DeAndreFlyboi Idk Countess has a better lower register than Mariah. Countess gives me something entirely different than Mariah. I was never a huge fan of Mariah's music. It doesn't stick with me.
Her voice didn't fit the 90s image they were going for let alone her not being their ideal "look". There were singers like Kelly price who could have done even more back then also but there's that image thing again smh. It's sad and it didn't change over the years either
Never heard this song until now, this is a hit. If she would have focused on her music career and her voice, she could have gone places. I love her voice it has soul.
I come back to this song every so often, and Record labels didn't know what to do with this talented teen. Singing about marriage is so strange but she sounds amazing
Countess getting a lot of love on social media lately and I would love her first album to be uploaded on a couple of streaming sites. I'm a sucker for the old school/old soul/rare/obscure music from the past. And I know I'll get tomatoes thrown at me, but she was _before_ Brandy.
The fact that this video has way less views than the video of when she sounds bad says a lot about society she sounds really good here but nobody talks about that only how bad she sounds now smh she has health problems it’s not her fault
@@tiandrhyajackson5866 Bubblegum Pop? - I Wanna Be Down, Baby, Brokenhearted, Best Friend, Sunny Day - I could go on, her debut album was nothing but RnB gems.
I've never heard this song or saw this video but I'm glad I did! Great song and vocals, I can definitely imagine this playing in a movie scene during this time. So disappointed that her music career wasn't on a massive scale. Here I am in 2020 getting the full view of how times have changed and the good has been overlooked
back in that era music execs were wild. This girl was probably like 14 years ago singing about this extra mature mess but yes Countess sounded incredible. Had it not been for her condition, she would've blown up on the music scene. Even her singing on Freestyle Unity was legit on The Parkers.
The thing is that with Do you love him song is that it was horribly mixed. You can tell she still got some of her voice, but overall bad mixing and production and musical direction as well for that song. THis song however is amazing. Truly.
I totally agree! It's as if they just had her come in the studio, sing, throw a track in the background and put it out, smh. Very terribly mixed. All the magic that they do for these non-singing artist, they couldn't do any for her? Smh. Shame on them.
i hate when people don't educate themselves. she clearly stated she has thyroid problems now && that is why her voice is like it is now . but whatever 😎✌🏽
Omg! I forhot allll about this song!! The industry really let a good singer slip through cracks as far as her singing goes. I wish someone now would sign her and pair her up with a good team of producers and writers, i bet her career would soar!! We need to get back to the basics of music and the storytelling/messages. Music just isn't the same, everything is how good, big, rich, and shiny something is... Where's the storytelling like when Bedtime Story from Slick Rick? Ijs, as teens our generation rocked the mic, now all this generation wants to do is shack it, drop it, and throw dollar bills at it, smh
She honestly had such an amazing talent I think the standards in the 90s might've been so shallow she didn't make it as big as Brandy because of her size
She's so cute! I don't think she really wanted a singing career though because this came out in a Era when Looks or body type didn't matter. It was all about the talent which she definitely had. I think she wanting to be a actress instead of a Singer.
freak freakfreak freak I agree with this. I remember this song but had no idea who sang it back then (it's great by the way). It was like it came on the radio and the DJ never named the artist. So yes, I think they didn't know how to market her. Don't remember this video either. Should have been played heavily on BET, even during their morning and afternoon music video programming, if not on Video Soul.
+MIKEY MELANIN MADE she had thyroid issues which affected her ability to sing for long periods of time...they didn't know what to do with her beautiful voice
She was 14 tho it's awkward having her sing to somebody to wait for sex. And even tho jackson 5 sung inappropriate stuff and Britney spears it had a teeny bopper sound her voice was to grown for the teeny bopper stuff lol she had soul to early. So they could've put her out there and just lied about her age but I'm sure someone would've exposed her.I also noticed she has other songs that she made when she was younger than 14 that they put her grown picture on the cover of because her voice did change when she got older and you can tell the difference but she still sounded grown asf.
Here after "do you love him"
same
Me too.
same
Same
Also me...as well...too...[coughs]
Countess said that back then she was a kid with the voice of a grown woman and her label really didn't know what to do with her. And it messed up her confidence.
Her record label execs were idiots!!!! She was outstanding!!!!!
She was on-par with the other young female singers of the time, like Shanice and Tracie Spencer!!!!
They should've marketed her like they did Jojo when she came out. They said about Jojo back in the day stuff like can you believe she's only 12 years old and singing like that wow
Prnc84 I say countess could've been with the right music and marketing
It's sad because she could sing her ass off
They knew what to do with Monica
Virgin records suck for not promoting her for real. This is hit list worthy. Movies should’ve ate this up. Praying for a breakthrough for Countess♥️
Should have been on every 90s movies and showz
@@vanesaterry1632Definitely
@@vanesaterry1632I honestly think she would have done better late 90s than early. Her voice would have been perfect for the music late 90s early 2000s
Why have I been bumping this all week as if it’s not 2024 of February 😂😂😂. I just love the flow and energy I feel from it. She had a beautiful strong voice
Doing this in April of 2024
Girl I’m bumping it in April of 2024 this a true throwback fr 🔥
@@diamondhill7622facts these jam riding for real she bodied those vocals alongside the male background singer who bodied the background vocals and ad-libs love the beat and flow of the song 90’s era my era my favorite era my generation
This is so depressing.. she had so much range.
I’m sure you. Can show her how’s it suppose you be done
Her voice really isn't anything amazing here to me. She can sing but you tell she had not had much vocal training at this point.
@@RnBReworked your everywhere hating
@@zygarner7924 lol - I'm really not
@@zygarner7924lMFAOOOOO
Had to come back here after listening to her new song "do you love him?" and remember the good timed
Omg I thought I was the only one!😂😭just to remind myself she's still got vocals but that other song was NOT it!!
+Vance Mars Nope, I had to do the same thing. 😨
nope im here to remember too lol
I knew I wasn't the only one I hope that was joke lol
A Laly me too
I wish ppl would stop tearing her down. Pray for her that she pulls through on her musical journey. Support the woman instead of tearing her down. Love you Countess. 💖💖💖💖
Best reply I have seen. I just posted this on FB last week in support of her. We should not ever tear each other down...but unfortunately...some will not learn until it happens to them. God bless you.
GlitteredStorytime right!!!! I still love her! The only few talented people still here!
Why should someone support something they don't like?
GlitteredStorytime ❤️
GlitteredStorytime Preach and half of them that's knocking her down can't even carry a tune smh.
How was this not a hit back in the day??? Got that New Jack swing flava too!
Probably cause of the message sadly. Cause it’s definitely hittin
Yeah back then ppl was singing about sneakly links and having sex . She's talking about abstinence not very popular
Ikr🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
You got to understand back then Black music was at it's best back then and you had to be super good back then to get on and stay on unlike today where anybody can get on and not be that talented. Black people making hits back then was the norm. I mean imagine almost every song on Black radio stations and on BET was a hit! They had so many hit records out back then that were probably way better than this one that drowned this song out. But yeah it's a hit song but back then you had to be super good to stand out because the competition was fierce!
her thyroid condition really messed up her voice 🥺 she was a incredible singer
she was
yeah but that was like 20 years later
@@ninja51ifyshe has a voice back
People keep clowning on Countess like at one time she didn't sound WAY better than all of their faves at one point, especially if your fave is from the 2000+ period. Industry politics is why she didn't recieve the backing from her label.Which in turn made her flop. She was boxed into her acting career. Till this day, I still believe her biggest mistake was doing 227 and not concentrating on music. Countess's calling was music and she took the wrong turn. Thyroid's has all but stripped her vocals completely today and it's so sad. Imagine the one thing you always knew you could fall back on,not being there when you really needed it to be. It has to be devastating.
PREACH!
Countess said that once she had her children she didn’t want to do music because it would take her away from home too much. And even with the thyroid issue, her singing voice was not affected nearly as much as her speaking voice. She said that in an interview also.
She only did a few episodes on 227 and she was like ten years old so I don't understand how that could've affected her music career. And she was like 13 or 14 when she recorded her first album, so I'm not sure how her music career was actually ruined. She showed her singing ability and talent on Moesha and The Parkers. And she went on to record a couple of albums from what I understand. However, I could be wrong.
This made me fear this for myself
@@slimtee2 She only recorded one album, her first one and this song was the lead single from it. But 227 most definitely was a mistake (for her music career) because nobody was taking her seriously as a singer. As said before, she really did get boxed into acting and doing comedy shows (227, Hanging w Mr. Cooper, Moesha, The Parkers, etc.) and she started becoming typecasted. This means that you become casted by TV shows and movies playing the same kinda character because that's what you're already known for. And this is both a good and bad thing because while Countess still had a great career and is making residual money off those shows to this day, it kinda stifled any other venture she would've wanted to do.
I hate how underrated her voice was, like mama could blowwwww
This is giving me chills , i didn’t know she could sing like this 🥺
Listen to The Parkers theme song, she sung that and it screamed that she could. 😭 she even sung in the show sometimes I think.
So you never watched Moesha or The Parkers? Freestyle Unity stayed with hits
People kinda put you in a nice safe lil box & wanna keep you there...
Oh girl have you not watch Moesha and the Parkers
You must have never seen Moesha or the Parkers CPQ and Freestyle Unity use to be litty and she Sang the theme song for The Parkers she had them Pipes back then even more so than Brandy but back then the industry didnt promote thick women over skinny women Countess had the voice but to them not the look, even though she was beautiful as hell.
DAMN I miss the 90s y'all if any of my 90s babies wanna go back hmu, we will find a way
Let me know...
LOL IM DOWN."when we leaving?
+Jordan Williams trying to leave asap y'all but my time machine won't warrant me 😂 sol
don't leave without me,this era sucks
+Raheem Cosby I won't ;) I got you! 😎
This should have been a hit. I feel like she should have been bigger in the music industry than she was.
exactly
Ditto
This is a banger for real countess Vaughn bodied this song alongside the male background singer who bodied the vocals with the ad libs flawless 👏🏿💯
I WONDER WHY THEY NEVER PLAYED HER MUSIC. SHE CAN REALLY SING.WOW
Mariah was knocking singers out left and right in 1992
she was and still is doing her thang.lol
DeAndre' Flyboi Whitney Houston was timed enough for her
@@DeAndreFlyboi Idk Countess has a better lower register than Mariah. Countess gives me something entirely different than Mariah. I was never a huge fan of Mariah's music. It doesn't stick with me.
diamond jewels why you yelling
why was she not as big as brandy? her voice was so crazy!!!
Cause brandy had the right ppl behind her and sometimes that’s all it takes
Her voice didn't fit the 90s image they were going for let alone her not being their ideal "look". There were singers like Kelly price who could have done even more back then also but there's that image thing again smh. It's sad and it didn't change over the years either
The New Jack Swing genre of music is simply amazing !
I love this music genre
Never heard this song until now, this is a hit. If she would have focused on her music career and her voice, she could have gone places. I love her voice it has soul.
Um….. she got sick. Her health got in the way. She had no control over that.
she could blow brandy away for real
I miss the 90s. This was my joint! ❤
I never seen this…..EVER. But she sounds PHENOMENAL!!!!!
never heard this song until now
I remember this song when I was 24 yrs old....GREAT SONG and I love Countess....no matter what she is going through now.
Exactly
I like it. ❤️
She should've been riding high on the charts with Shanice and Tracie Spencer during this time.
Contess can really sing. God bless her and take away her thyroid disease 🙏🏼
Countess was such a cutie & her voice was phenomenal! I still love her🥰
I come back to this song every so often, and Record labels didn't know what to do with this talented teen. Singing about marriage is so strange but she sounds amazing
She wasn’t even a teenager here more like 11 or 12
@@keelyamourdesigns2012 she was 14. She was born in 1978. You can't compare her character's age to her actual age.
This song is about waiting until marriage to give it up lol ! boy have times changed in music
Countess getting a lot of love on social media lately and I would love her first album to be uploaded on a couple of streaming sites. I'm a sucker for the old school/old soul/rare/obscure music from the past. And I know I'll get tomatoes thrown at me, but she was _before_ Brandy.
What other songs did you like
This is the most 90s video I’ve ever seen😭😭😭
love it!
This should have been a hit back in the days.....I love this shit in 2015....I would have loved this at 12 in 1992
....
I agree with you. It's so many underrated performers that should be in the spot light foreal.
True but back then they were promoting Brandy
Thought brandy came out in 94 or so?
Sooo TRU! I STILL Love that sound!✊🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
She is soooo underated, unappreciated, and over looked way too often smh soo talented in singing and acting
she was amazing
The fact that this video has way less views than the video of when she sounds bad says a lot about society she sounds really good here but nobody talks about that only how bad she sounds now smh she has health problems it’s not her fault
In fairness nobody really knows she put out music back in the day... I'll be honest I only discovered this song a few years ago on accident.
She could have been right along with Monica brandy and Aaliyah
Fr man
Aaliyah was good but Monica and Jim put a lot of soul in their music and brandy was bubblegum pop
@@tiandrhyajackson5866 Jim?
@@tiandrhyajackson5866 Bubblegum Pop? - I Wanna Be Down, Baby, Brokenhearted, Best Friend, Sunny Day - I could go on, her debut album was nothing but RnB gems.
Not if this song is anything to go by...
I've always loved her! She's the realest person on the Hollywood Divas! Beautiful!
My fav too
I had no idea that she ever had an album/CD. Looking at this video makes me miss those days.
+Angela Grant not only that, i knew she was a singer but didn't know she was out before brandy
They shelved the album though
90s we need this now.
Man she had a beautiful voice *shakes head and walks away...
NoviceLocs14 “dooooont walk away from me” in her new voice 😂😂😂😂😂
@@cl3883 you laughing but she has thyroid problems thats why her voice dosent sound the same
@@trapvibereactions615 exactly
She’s been through so much never knock a person when they are down
@@keemstubbs4638 RIGHT!
14 years old damn!!!!!!
Definitely has that 90's sound to it! But she sound great! I wish we could have got more from her!
She looks like Tasha from Xscape.
atlsong byrd sole do I said the same thing
I thought the same thing. She looks EXACTLY like her in this video.
She reminds me of latocha and tamika Scott mixed together in this video
Funnily enough they actually made a joke about that in Moesha LOL
Cuter
Still one of my favs all these years later. Countess and her voice was always so underrated!!
Did you like any others by her
She was 14 she was pretty
She still is pretty
Just DISCOVERED this song today.
WOW... didn't know Countess did music videos BEFORE Brandy.
Am I the only one that noticed countess was ONLY 14 when this came out . A 14 year old talkin bout being someone's wife lol
she’s talking about him waiting for her until she older tho..
Hey Aaliyah did it 😄
Why she said wait for me meaning wait until we have sex
Vouse Crystal that’s not what it means but
@@kianaw.8096In the lyrics it say wait for me
Countless sounded soooo gooooood !!!!!
she did
Im addicted omg😩😩❗️❗️
The Black Ranger was making moves in the ‘90s
This actually a good message
Such a positive song, I love it
I was looking for jokes but this is dope
So sad she lost her voice but hey she still sings better than me so “do you love him”!? Go girl
Queen of freestyle unity
This song came out when she was literally like 13 or 14! That's the real gag!
a beautiful voice too
The song has a great message. I never heard it before.
This is fire 🔥 countess back in the day was unstable 😍
I've never heard this song or saw this video but I'm glad I did! Great song and vocals, I can definitely imagine this playing in a movie scene during this time. So disappointed that her music career wasn't on a massive scale. Here I am in 2020 getting the full view of how times have changed and the good has been overlooked
just realized thats the black ranger dancin 😂
Okay I thought I was tripping lol. It’s Zack 🤣🤣🤣.
Am I the only one who never seen this video. I can't believe how different she sounds here
TaRon Thomas She was also a teenager here
Nope. And I grew up in that era. I never saw this on BET
Thyroid disease
I like it ❤️
She was only 14 at this time....looking grown lol
WHFan1990 woa really? she look 19
theanimatedgirl@@#$%# yep she does lol she was born in 1978...and this was 1992.
WHFan1990 dang
And she not necessarily "trying" to look grown 😂
13. Had just turned.
back in that era music execs were wild. This girl was probably like 14 years ago singing about this extra mature mess but yes Countess sounded incredible. Had it not been for her condition, she would've blown up on the music scene. Even her singing on Freestyle Unity was legit on The Parkers.
The thing is that with Do you love him song is that it was horribly mixed. You can tell she still got some of her voice, but overall bad mixing and production and musical direction as well for that song.
THis song however is amazing. Truly.
I totally agree! It's as if they just had her come in the studio, sing, throw a track in the background and put it out, smh. Very terribly mixed. All the magic that they do for these non-singing artist, they couldn't do any for her? Smh. Shame on them.
@@ThisIsErvinNow 100% agree with you! She deserves it
I need this on Apple Music
i hate when people don't educate themselves. she clearly stated she has thyroid problems now && that is why her voice is like it is now . but whatever 😎✌🏽
She's so beautiful now and then
I can’t believe she was 14 in this music video
Music like this make my ears happy... lol... I don't know how to explain it... but my ears do perk up!!!!
Vocal Beast!! Amazing!!!
I can’t stop playing!!
Shame on Virgin Records for not promoting this as a single. This is simply a HIT!!!!
Watching the Parkers brought me to “do you love him” and now I’m here in Oct 2020 😂😂😂
I'm even more in love now.
2020 watchers?
Omg! I forhot allll about this song!! The industry really let a good singer slip through cracks as far as her singing goes. I wish someone now would sign her and pair her up with a good team of producers and writers, i bet her career would soar!! We need to get back to the basics of music and the storytelling/messages. Music just isn't the same, everything is how good, big, rich, and shiny something is... Where's the storytelling like when Bedtime Story from Slick Rick? Ijs, as teens our generation rocked the mic, now all this generation wants to do is shack it, drop it, and throw dollar bills at it, smh
True lol
I so agree
She is so pretty!
I wish that Countess was able to go further with her singing career...I've always loved her voice, she's underrated 💕
Her voice is powerful
never knew she had real songs i only heard her on moesha i always said i wish she did a real album now im here
New jack swing at its finest
fr!
Countess has always been my bestie in my head 🥰. Sis vocals in the 90s had us like 👀👀👀
Love this song still can't understand why a song this good wasn't published.
Nostalgia at its absolute BEST 🔥
The 90's were the best years of great R&B music. I pray it comes back!
THIS video was better than that crap she and Lisa Wu made.
she really snapped on dis
She INDEED did!!! I'm in love with it. It's the sass and class...
This is still a bop! I wish she would've pursed music more, when she was younger. Countess had the voice!
Damn, this video and song is 🔥🔥🔥 Now, I gotta find the album after 30 years lol
Still jamming in 2018!!!!
She honestly had such an amazing talent I think the standards in the 90s might've been so shallow she didn't make it as big as Brandy because of her size
"not until we're married". thats what i'm talkin' 'bout. folks THESE days are just rushin too much.
they did not deserve countess its so sad how they did her she deserved sooo much better
This song could of became a number one hit! Smh.. wow
A whole bop😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩
She's so cute! I don't think she really wanted a singing career though because this came out in a Era when Looks or body type didn't matter. It was all about the talent which she definitely had. I think she wanting to be a actress instead of a Singer.
They didn't know how to market her. She was young with voice of a grown woman
freak freakfreak freak I agree with this. I remember this song but had no idea who sang it back then (it's great by the way). It was like it came on the radio and the DJ never named the artist. So yes, I think they didn't know how to market her. Don't remember this video either. Should have been played heavily on BET, even during their morning and afternoon music video programming, if not on Video Soul.
+MIKEY MELANIN MADE she had thyroid issues which affected her ability to sing for long periods of time...they didn't know what to do with her beautiful voice
freak me they knew how to market Monica and Brandy
She was 14 tho it's awkward having her sing to somebody to wait for sex. And even tho jackson 5 sung inappropriate stuff and Britney spears it had a teeny bopper sound her voice was to grown for the teeny bopper stuff lol she had soul to early. So they could've put her out there and just lied about her age but I'm sure someone would've exposed her.I also noticed she has other songs that she made when she was younger than 14 that they put her grown picture on the cover of because her voice did change when she got older and you can tell the difference but she still sounded grown asf.
Amazing vocals and personality! A jam! I wish her nothing but the best! 💕💕
l love Countess Vaughn she inspired me to sing l love her she is a role model for all the African American Girls who wants to sing.
OMG ZACK FROM POWER RANGERS!!!! THE ORIGINAL BLACK POWER RANGER
I miss music like this, that used to make you feel real good. There will never be a time period I enjoyed more, than the 90's.
Wowwwwwwww this is amazing, what happened 😢
She has thyroid issues. She will never have her original singing voice again.
omg!!! are you serious?????
This song is a 90s monster 💗💕🔥the beat is lit 🔥 up she snapped with this one 2020 90s energy pandemic time September 12😅😅💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
the best!
I need countess to make a comeback. She’s so talented!!!
PREACH
Good message on this song. Now girls are 14 with two kids and the dudes are no where to be found (with the next)
She was amazing bruhh her
fr!