Robert Brookins - Where Is The Love ft. Stephanie Mills

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  • Опубликовано: 14 янв 2025

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  • @istyleu1970
    @istyleu1970 7 месяцев назад +51

    Who is still listening to this in 2024??
    I know I am( true r&b).. they'll never be this kind again.. So let us hold on to it and remember all things that were good

  • @aliyourbrother1
    @aliyourbrother1 2 года назад +14

    Robert Brookins, from Del Paso Heights ghetto in Sacramento California. Peace and love. RIP

  • @deenapierce2341
    @deenapierce2341 11 месяцев назад +15

    They are so good together with wonderful voices

  • @ThaBrooklynHurricane
    @ThaBrooklynHurricane Год назад +19

    Extraordinary vocals. Still giving me goosebumps ❤🔥

  • @terranceholmes4974
    @terranceholmes4974 Год назад +22

    The version is off the chain ⛓️

    • @JoannHines-g6f
      @JoannHines-g6f 6 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely!! Rest Well, Mr.Brookins!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jewelofaries
    @jewelofaries 6 месяцев назад +13

    When you have two SANGERS who can BLOW like this, you can't miss. They MURDERED this song !!! One of the best R&B remakes of all time.

  • @LadySwag502
    @LadySwag502 11 лет назад +261

    There's something about a Black man's strong and powerful voice. Rest easy Robert. Rest in perfect peace.

    • @carameldiva5131
      @carameldiva5131 6 лет назад +5

      He passed? What caused it?

    • @theladyofsoul5023
      @theladyofsoul5023 5 лет назад +8

      @@carameldiva5131 He had a heart attack in 2009

    • @nikiasimmons7429
      @nikiasimmons7429 5 лет назад +14

      I had no idea he passed.... But maybe I forgot.... Rest In Paradise Mr Brookins.... Singing In The "Heavenly Choir"🙏🏾🙏🏾❤🎤🎼

    • @kimimyles4745
      @kimimyles4745 5 лет назад +8

      He passed? No Idea... Rip

    • @yoimredeemed1022
      @yoimredeemed1022 4 года назад +2

      This is Mervins brother. ✊👍💯

  • @Jesamazin04
    @Jesamazin04 4 года назад +93

    This version is addictive. Sometimes it brings me to tears

    • @ednasilva6332
      @ednasilva6332 Год назад +2

      Me too 🇧🇷

    • @HappyfromCourage
      @HappyfromCourage Год назад +2

      Me three! ❤

    • @alvinmcmillian642
      @alvinmcmillian642 Год назад

      ​@@ednasilva6332❤

    • @mariaclaudiasantos290
      @mariaclaudiasantos290 10 месяцев назад +2

      Omg! Is it a version?

    • @Tonya1016tator
      @Tonya1016tator 7 месяцев назад +4

      ​@mariaclaudiasantos290 Yes. There's another version on the soundtrack to the movie "Dead Presidents" by Jesse and Trina. It sounds good too, just a faster tempo. Oh, and don't forget about Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. They all sound great.

  • @deenapierce2341
    @deenapierce2341 11 месяцев назад +7

    They are wonderful together

  • @SeventhWardMusic
    @SeventhWardMusic 2 года назад +12

    All due respect...Mr. Donny Hathaway (RIP) and Ms. Robert Flack...but this version blows the original out of the water. B1👊🏿

  • @ASU19992006
    @ASU19992006 12 лет назад +148

    Stephanie and Robet sang the hell out of this song! REAL SOUL AND PASSION!

    • @jeffreymorris484
      @jeffreymorris484 3 года назад +10

      Sho did!

    • @anyright8683
      @anyright8683 3 года назад +3

      I never knew anything about this brother he is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @Charlesbjtown
      @Charlesbjtown 2 года назад +8

      She was DEFINITELY feeling him. Please understand it wasn't just for the camera either. That look @ 4:11.....LAWWD!!

    • @Charlesbjtown
      @Charlesbjtown 2 года назад +7

      @@anyright8683 Dude is cold.

  • @solara3443
    @solara3443 Месяц назад +5

    🥲Gosh! 💘I haven’t heard their version of this song in 34 years! Stephanie and Robert’s passionate vocals and energy are amazing together. Another reason why I loved growing up in the 1️⃣9️⃣8️⃣0️⃣s!

  • @joncan1942
    @joncan1942 5 месяцев назад +5

    Our Children need Midnight Love...they are missing some good music.

    • @carlburch4450
      @carlburch4450 28 дней назад

      We sho enjoyed it, I speak for myself 😅😅😅

  • @jerbojones
    @jerbojones 6 лет назад +35

    Man one of those Quiet Storm classics. Man I miss the quiet storm days.

    • @brentduanefoster
      @brentduanefoster Год назад +3

      That's what this generation is missing out on. Those slow jams that promote love, dealt with real issues, and definitely put you in the mood.
      It's still needed.

    • @carlburch4450
      @carlburch4450 Месяц назад

      I missed the quiet storm, going back to 80s and 90s

  • @C.WendyHenderson
    @C.WendyHenderson Год назад +10

    There is so much power in Stephanie Mills voice. I've loved her since I was a kid.

  • @natashagreen1898
    @natashagreen1898 5 лет назад +53

    Stephanie and Robert tore this song up 🎤! And they hit those notes like it was nothing🎶...........Effortless talents with a capital T😉.....Perfection👌!

    • @TheGrump69
      @TheGrump69 5 лет назад +1

      Agreed!

    • @vincente4570
      @vincente4570 Год назад +1

      I’m surprised she didn’t have ex singing wit er on this song. His name is Michael Jackson ✌🏿

    • @mariaclaudiasantos290
      @mariaclaudiasantos290 10 месяцев назад

      ❤❤❤❤

  • @beaszze
    @beaszze 4 года назад +31

    Midnight Love on BET
    They would play this video every night.
    Miss the 80s...

    • @Charlesbjtown
      @Charlesbjtown 3 года назад +4

      I got choked up at this comment. Midnight love/video soul...... just a different time back then.

    • @beaszze
      @beaszze 2 года назад +2

      @@Charlesbjtown exactly I miss those days

  • @CJHarrison87
    @CJHarrison87 Месяц назад +6

    Classic from 1988! ❤️‍🔥

  • @kathywilliams5250
    @kathywilliams5250 10 лет назад +66

    MY GOD THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT LOVE SONGS IN THE 80s

    • @argerinejordan4703
      @argerinejordan4703 7 лет назад +2

      Kathy Williams. Oh yea!!😁

    • @surewd
      @surewd 5 лет назад +4

      Kathy Williams I know right... back then we were respectful that's for sure!

  • @jermecaajj
    @jermecaajj Год назад +10

    Woke up and song in my spirit. Humanity has lost and forgot about true love. I know this song is about two lovers, yet the love between the creator and human is far greater than anything 😌

  • @ohheybih
    @ohheybih Год назад +5

    Vocals and production A+.

  • @keithjohnson2407
    @keithjohnson2407 11 лет назад +47

    Stephanie is a true vocalist in every since of the word. I love the remake of this song, her and Robert really did a good job they sound so very good together.

  • @Sweetswagga93
    @Sweetswagga93 9 лет назад +84

    Stephanie has always been so fly!

  • @roysnabilie8345
    @roysnabilie8345 8 лет назад +58

    PLEASE NEVER DELETE THIS SONG!! thanx

  • @finderlostsongs16MarcoCarioca
    @finderlostsongs16MarcoCarioca 11 лет назад +41

    One of best duo performance!! STEPHANIE is so Beautiful!! Robert Brookins RIP.

  • @ohheybih
    @ohheybih Год назад +6

    Her hair 🔥

  • @geraldmosley2195
    @geraldmosley2195 9 месяцев назад +6

    A multi talented brother from Sacramento CA!!!! Area Worked with so many great artists, EWF and others will be missed

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 Год назад +11

    REMEMBERING ROBERT BROOKINS
    (OCTOBER 7, 1962 - APRIL 15, 2009)
    [10/07/2023]

  • @lorettariley7420
    @lorettariley7420 7 лет назад +27

    THIS DUET IS UNFORGETTABLE. 💜 STEPHANIE MILL'S VOICE CAN NOT BE IMITATED NOR DUPLICATED BY ANYONE. 💜💜💜👏👏👏👏👏😊

  • @cherylbarnes-hudson3709
    @cherylbarnes-hudson3709 2 года назад +3

    King 👑 ❤️
    Queen 👑💜
    GrownDamnFolks 🔥 💜 ✌️

  • @brentduanefoster
    @brentduanefoster 15 лет назад +23

    Stephanie and Robert put it down with this one!!!

  • @d.j.foxxxyd.j.foxxxy1063
    @d.j.foxxxyd.j.foxxxy1063 9 лет назад +53

    I WAS 14 YEARS OLD LOVING THE HECK OUT OF THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!! STANDING IN THE MIRROR SINGING IT!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOO ROBERT, TELL WHERE!!!!!!!!!!!

    •  7 лет назад +1

      I was 7 dancing my self off while watched this on BET Video Soul

  • @AIKAN1974
    @AIKAN1974 8 лет назад +62

    Everytime Steph throw up her hands and 'THAT'S ALL I CAN DO' gets me everytime. some serious song stylin sangin, chemistry and soul all on this track and in this video.

  • @chelcierhodes3536
    @chelcierhodes3536 Год назад +10

    I still luv this song after all these years!! I swear they don't make slow jams like this anymore!! I'm 48 & I luv listening to my 70's, 80's & 90's slow jams

  • @tamcocar3507
    @tamcocar3507 11 месяцев назад +2

    So so beautiful!

  • @Holdino_
    @Holdino_ Год назад +22

    There's definitely something when white singers will work hard to sound like a black singer but as a black man or woman you simply sound like who you are. It's powerful.

    • @TDS927
      @TDS927 9 месяцев назад +3

      Exactly! Ain't nothing like the real thing. 💯👊🏽💥

    • @AnyRight-jm4rd
      @AnyRight-jm4rd 9 месяцев назад

      🔥💓🔥🔥

  • @Freddied1970
    @Freddied1970 10 месяцев назад +2

    Don’t be rolling your eyes Stephanie!

  • @sycztee6311
    @sycztee6311 4 года назад +25

    Still WOW after all these years...the rendition that rivals the original with its sass and swag...RIP RB...Stephanie, you will always be my sweet sensation..

  • @poleprincess5621
    @poleprincess5621 3 года назад +4

    Verzuz brought me here!!!!!!2021...💕💕

  • @westcoasttv4847
    @westcoasttv4847 4 года назад +11

    Sacramento is still listening to ur music in 2020. R.I.P brother. One of our hometown heroes

  • @AldenRDavis
    @AldenRDavis 3 года назад +8

    Still loving this in 2021.. anyone else?

  • @GloriaStanberry-r9g
    @GloriaStanberry-r9g 10 месяцев назад +1

    ❤❤❤❤ i Love this song!!

  • @valeriejones3519
    @valeriejones3519 Год назад +4

    I cannot go a week without hearing this version!

  • @tinastardust7793
    @tinastardust7793 2 года назад +3

    I miss these days of life and music. ❤️

  • @anyright8683
    @anyright8683 Год назад +2

    On second glance that whole ending was musical love making at it's highest 🔥🔥🔥🔥💕💕

  • @Karamel2233
    @Karamel2233 14 лет назад +18

    Stephanie is gorgeous and Robert is handsome! This video overflows with "Fabulosity" !

  • @AStickySituation77
    @AStickySituation77 7 лет назад +75

    God I just love this darn song ever since I was young. I remember watching the video on Midnight Love on BET and singing it like I was going thru a similar relationship at 11 years old lol. Stephanie Mills is one of my musical idols!

  • @russellrandall6943
    @russellrandall6943 3 месяца назад +3

    Stephanie singing “oooooh Robert” at the end always got me. I used to wait for hours for this video to come on video soul on BET. Such an incredible cover. ❤

  • @rickames
    @rickames 11 лет назад +38

    Teddy Pendergrass, Robert Brookins, she could make good duets.

  • @KishBish
    @KishBish 9 лет назад +38

    something told me he was no longer with us, and here I find it to be true after looking for this video.. this song is even more bittersweet for me now..

  • @padussia
    @padussia 12 лет назад +19

    Shit! Where has this kind of music gone?

  • @SIGMAMAN69
    @SIGMAMAN69 14 лет назад +16

    Great video with two great singers. That kiss is hot but tasteful. May Robert Brookins rest in peace.

  • @greggy757
    @greggy757 14 лет назад +18

    As Oprah would say, "Love, love, love this song"!!!!!!

  • @eunicespencer5658
    @eunicespencer5658 3 года назад +16

    They both sang they heart out!this is beautiful music!! Memphis,Tn.

  • @jeromelockhart5454
    @jeromelockhart5454 6 лет назад +32

    It's 2019, and the song still flows like silk in the wind.

    • @maryalison1321
      @maryalison1321 3 года назад +1

      Hi Jerome 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

  • @ellenoir1
    @ellenoir1 2 года назад +5

    He said, “I really wanna give it to you”. And he looked straight in her face. I believe you Robert. 😆 Rest in love and music!

  • @joannehines7806
    @joannehines7806 Год назад +2

    Great Remake!!! 💘 💃 RIP Robert!!

  • @htkm1179
    @htkm1179 3 года назад +14

    There's singing and then there's SAAAAAAAAANGINNNN! Two musical greats knocking this classic safely out of the park!

  • @latonyalewis924
    @latonyalewis924 4 года назад +10

    Anything stephanie sings she kills it nobody can do it betta she's most definitely the queen of r&b. No doubt about

  • @Tonia682
    @Tonia682 14 лет назад +21

    I was in college going through the same issues in this song and it hit the nail on the head. I really loved the vocals of Robert and Stephanie. I am sorry to hear that he passed. He was an underated singer

  • @Yankees4Life83
    @Yankees4Life83 4 года назад +17

    Powerful voices, powerful song! RIP Robert Brookins.

  • @daradiant1
    @daradiant1 11 лет назад +18

    God knows Robert was a good lookin man! R.I.P. Robert Brookins

  • @mahnitmac7070
    @mahnitmac7070 3 года назад +13

    Wowwwwwww!!! Speechless performance👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @clarissab5882
    @clarissab5882 2 года назад +7

    I remember watching this on Video Soul back in the day. Great video and vocals. Stephanie did some great duets. Nice tribute to Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack.

  • @MUSICPHILLINC1
    @MUSICPHILLINC1 3 года назад +2

    Robert sang this song , I felt it, makes me cry

  • @daradiant1
    @daradiant1 13 лет назад +19

    Robert looks damn good in this video! RIP ROBERT!

  • @shellytherealest5402
    @shellytherealest5402 Год назад +1

    2023 & this song still brings back high school memories.

  • @jesseygatlin
    @jesseygatlin 11 лет назад +20

    Love this song. I heard this version first and loved it.
    R.I.P Robert

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 6 лет назад +8

    REMEMBERING ROBERT BROOKINS (OCTOBER 7, 1962 - APRIL 15, 2009){10/07/2018]

  • @tanyahorton2625
    @tanyahorton2625 4 года назад +5

    He said its right here! Yasss.. stephanie had the best hair. With her beautiful self

  • @Tigerfied67
    @Tigerfied67 3 года назад +4

    this remake right here; they truly made it their OWN. knocks the original out the ballpark

    • @gapman565
      @gapman565 5 месяцев назад

      Is the vamping that makes it

  • @Bigk3695
    @Bigk3695 11 лет назад +34

    RIP Robert Brookins

  • @honeydiva9171
    @honeydiva9171 8 лет назад +37

    I've been looking for this song for over 20 years, lol. Great memories of my college days & my 1st adult relationship, thx for posting! I know her personally, my mother & her family went to chuch together back in the day. I still remember meeting her in her dressing room & the cast of The Wiz! Still have the pictures to prove it, lml! 😄

    • @carameldiva5131
      @carameldiva5131 6 лет назад +3

      Omg you are so lucky! !! I adore her! And her voice....
      Chile PLEASE! !!

  • @JusSimplyBri
    @JusSimplyBri 12 лет назад +21

    They sound so good together

  • @ApostleBrendettaCampbell
    @ApostleBrendettaCampbell 8 лет назад +24

    this is my friend we where so close I found out you were no more that break my heart to hear that news . I remember all the late nights in the studio waiting to work out afterward and we end up going to eat at one of his favorite spot HOT Wings on Melrose you will forever be missed i was thinking of you and so pull this song up my dear Friend Robert Brookins

    • @dda8373
      @dda8373 4 года назад +1

      Then you must know his close cousin Larry COOPER...?

  • @peterlewis6324
    @peterlewis6324 3 месяца назад +1

    Georgeous, the song and singers.

  • @EarthWindandFirepower0990
    @EarthWindandFirepower0990 5 лет назад +12

    RIP MY MAN,REST IN PEACE

  • @GodsProperT
    @GodsProperT Год назад +3

    I was 14 in 1988 singing this song like I knew what they were talking about. Now at 48 I definitely know what they’re singing about and I love this song even more

  • @Phan-Xu
    @Phan-Xu 9 месяцев назад +1

    I never knew there was a video for this song!

  • @kadebrittingham511
    @kadebrittingham511 3 года назад +3

    I always get a lil chill when she says, "oooohhh robert" lol

  • @kelvinmays2639
    @kelvinmays2639 8 лет назад +27

    beautiful song I could listen to this song all day long rest well in heaven Robert brooks we miss you.

    • @maryalison1321
      @maryalison1321 3 года назад

      Hi kelvin 👋 I hope my comment didn't sound as a form of privacy invasion your comment tells of a wonderful woman with a beautiful heart which led me to comment I don't normally write in the comment section but I think you deserve this complement. If you don’t mind can we be friends? Thanks God bless you….

    • @kelvinmays2639
      @kelvinmays2639 3 года назад

      @@maryalison1321 good morning yes we can be friends very nice to meet you 🤗

    • @maryalison1321
      @maryalison1321 3 года назад

      @@kelvinmays2639 You’re welcome. You can text me with my address on my profile picture 🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @richardmartin8136
    @richardmartin8136 2 года назад +3

    Stephanie Mills Duets are flawless, R.I.P-R.B

  • @tamelahollis
    @tamelahollis 3 года назад +6

    THIS IS THE SONG THAT MADE ME LOVE MY 💘 MAN... THIS SONG TAKES ME BACK TO OUR MEETING EACH OTHER AND WE ARE STILL GOING STRONG 💪💗💓❤💖💛

  • @Prayzur01
    @Prayzur01 13 лет назад +13

    CLASSIC - No dis to Donnie and Roberta, but I always thought this was the best version. Plus they really looked like they were gettin it in.

    • @keej1536
      @keej1536 3 года назад

      Great chemistry

    • @lql1094
      @lql1094 3 года назад

      Yeah. Stephanie and Robert look and sound like they've let us in on their relationship, while Roberta sounded too flowery (to me) for the subject matter.

  • @USSOBRIEN
    @USSOBRIEN Год назад +1

    Classic!! Whoa!! They actually kissed for this video didn't they. Lil slob and errthang 🤣 That's okay! Do what you like! 👏 Yall legends.👑

  • @sharonroseman5918
    @sharonroseman5918 Год назад +4

    His husky voice is a mix of Teddy Pendergrass & David Ruffin..... sing sir

  • @missajneal
    @missajneal 8 лет назад +20

    omg they slayed this song...dancing in my socks again

  • @anyright8683
    @anyright8683 2 года назад +1

    That black and white suit is 💯💯💯 dude clean as hell

  • @MikeMason-wk9gh
    @MikeMason-wk9gh 8 месяцев назад +1

    RB repping DPH ( Sacramento, CA)

  • @troyarrington5485
    @troyarrington5485 2 года назад +2

    This version gave this song,new life in the 80s.😁

  • @tookes9
    @tookes9 Год назад +1

    My teenage years with this in rotation on the radio

  • @charnettabeckom5788
    @charnettabeckom5788 9 лет назад +20

    I have this cd and I play it like if it just came out , so soothing to listen to . . They dont make music like this anymore . . I b so saddened due to I want to hear more and more

  • @germancruz1748
    @germancruz1748 3 месяца назад +1

    Por dios k voces elegantes y hermosas. 😢k nos paso...❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Pam_Livinlife
    @Pam_Livinlife 10 месяцев назад +1

    Love this...

  • @SuperMusicology101
    @SuperMusicology101 9 лет назад +17

    Great song great duet Stephanie and Robert RIP Mr. Brookins saw him in concert 1986 with the Stanley Clarke Band he sang great voice played keys and also bass

    • @travelingman9763
      @travelingman9763 8 лет назад +3

      Saw him and the same band in Germany that year! He gave Stanley a run for his money on bass! The keys/singing were great too!

  • @michaelmason8772
    @michaelmason8772 2 года назад +1

    Rest in peace to Robert Brookings a product of North Sacramento , DPH .

  • @jivonleejackson1673
    @jivonleejackson1673 Год назад +1

    I have heard this song all my life in a variety of versions. Today is the first time I heard this recording. The song feels so fresh & so clean, clean. I was 9 in 1988 & missed this but thankful to find it.

  • @msd4743
    @msd4743 8 лет назад +15

    Were they ever a couple? Good chemistry. Fine Man. Stephanie kills it as usual. 8- )

    • @djv-anthoni5891
      @djv-anthoni5891 6 лет назад +6

      Stephanie has a history of having good chemistry with the male vocalists she collaborate with but no they didn't date but almost every guy she sings with, she makes it look like its something more

    • @thepromiseman7745
      @thepromiseman7745 5 лет назад +5

      Stephanie Mills dated Jeffery Daniel of shalamar for a while

    • @kymberlimoor5274
      @kymberlimoor5274 5 лет назад +3

      @@djv-anthoni5891 I have never seen a more true perspective. I dont know what's her better gift. Singing or the amazing chemistry she has with every duet

    • @craigatcm65
      @craigatcm65 4 года назад +1

      @@thepromiseman7745, not only did Stephanie Mills date Jeffrey Daniels, Stephanie Mills was once married to Jeffrey Daniels...... March 16, 2020.

    • @SIGMAMAN69
      @SIGMAMAN69 4 года назад +1

      the promise man They were married for a minute. That’s exactly how long it lasted, a minute

  • @Tha90sKid
    @Tha90sKid 3 года назад +3

    He needs an Unsung episode.

  • @GloriaStanberry-r9g
    @GloriaStanberry-r9g 10 месяцев назад +1

    I love Stephanie Mills she got a beautiful voice that's my girl but this guy she singing with I don't I'm not familiar with him but I know they collaborate nice and beautiful together❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤