Whitney: The Sound Track of Our Spirit

 

You know, we meet a lot of people, and we hear a lot of stories. But every so often, a voice comes along that seems to exist outside of time, outside of the trends. A voice that doesn't just perform a song, but seems to channel something… universal. 

 That was Whitney Houston..

Whitney Houston on Champs Elysées 1986

 Whitney Houston Was Truly Singing Live

Whenever Whitney Houston performed, she truly sang live. In 1986, Whitney sang on the Champ Elysees show in 1986. She sounded just like her record. Any time someone sings live and can sound like their record, you know that they can sing. 

Happy New Year 2025 🎉

 Happy New Year 2025. Thinking of Whitney Houston and remembering when she was around New Years.

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Whitney Gangster? Dionne Feared?

 From the very start of her rise to stardom, I always thought of Whitney as someone who showed real elegance. God blessed her with incredible beauty and immense talent. HE didn’t do it for nothing. I don’t think Whitney ever aimed to adopt a tough persona, but I can understand why she felt the need to assert herself so that others wouldn't perceive her as weak.

Suge Knight said that Whitney was ghetto, gangster, and wild. Now that I am learning about all the bad things going on in the music business, I suppose she had to get tough. I do not believe Whitney was really the kind of person Suge Knight said she was deep down. It might have been drugs that changed her. But we also know that not everything was Whitney’s fault, and I do not believe she had bad intentions. 

I wasn't present during Whitney's time, so I'm not familiar with what she experienced. However, now that I'm aware of the negative aspects of the music industry, I can understand how those issues may have impacted Whitney and her career.

Check out the video: Collect Call W/Suge Knight, Episode 12: Salute The Women 

 

Dionne Warrick

Now there’s a video saying that Dionne Warrick was the most feared thug of her time. Why would somebody like Snoop Dog or any other rapper fear Dionne Warrick so much? If she is so feared, why is the music business so bad and so messed up? I wish there was someone like Dionne Warrick to stand up against drugs and pedophiles and sex traffickers in the music business. The things that we need to stand up against, we don’t. Everybody runs away to hide, and it’s very sad.

Check out the video: Why Dionne Warwick Was The Most Feared “THUG” of Her Time

Whitney Told Us Things Through Her Career Life

 Whitney told us about the demons she had to fight. We fight them too all the time. We’ve got to get right with God. We have got to wake up. I’m happy to know that Whitney did realize that. I Don’t know if Whitney knew she was making a difference singing those gospel songs on stage. I believe she did touch lives, but there was something about her own life. Maybe singing the gospel was helping her though she was fighting demons. Celebrities in Hollywood don’t seem to have time for much. Whitney had church.

Whitney told us things through her career life. We need to get our lives together for the LORD. The White House is also speaking. We see things that are not right. Check out the video message below. They ain’t sending out messages for nothing. 

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Whitney Houston’s Family Resemblance

 Some people are saying that actress Teressa Graves is Whitney Houston’s real mom. Some say it’s not true and that the rumor came from someone in the music business. If Teresa Graves is not Whitney’s mom, she might still be kin to Whitney in some way. You just never know who you might be kin to. 

Shucks, Whitney looks a lot like one of my mom’s sisters, and sometimes she favored one of my dad’s sisters lol. So if Whitney is any kin to me, she might be kin on both sides of my family. When my mom use to look at Whitney, she use to shake her head and say: You just never know lol.

Take a look at Whitney’s family resemblance.

Understanding Why Whitney Was Booed

 

It worried my mother a little that Whitney Houston got booed in 1988. She had strong spiritual decernment that something was dreadfully wrong that people were booing Whitney Houston. But Whitney kept moving on in her career. 

I found it mighty strange that Rev. Al Sharpton was calling Whitney Whitey. It just didn’t look like the kind of thing he would do as a leader. Then I was seeing all the praise Mary J. Blige was getting. Whitney wasn’t black enough. I’ll never forget it.

Now I see P Diddy. He was producing Mary J. Blige. Back then,  I found it odd that a rapper like Diddy who couldn’t sing could produce the way he did knowing nothing about how to sing. But Berry Gordy and Quincy Jones weren’t singers either. They all managed to produce and could tell a singer how to do recording them. They knew what could sell and how a singer should sing and perform. 

The world wanted hip hop. The world wanted Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul. It was hard for Whitney to understand. I think someone in the music industry knew how to reach the young crowd that didn’t have the old school knowledge that Whitney had or our parents. Even Whitney wanted to sing other styles of music. I noticed that she could throw down on Michael Jackson’s songs. I heard Whitney try Opera and she was very good. She knew that she could be a mega star just like Michael Jackson. But it seemed to be about what everyone else wanted for her, and they should have let Whitney do a little bit of it all because she could. She was the voice. Why do they not want a person to do it all? I’ve seen some of that very thing in my life where they didn’t want me to do all that I knew how to do. 

 It seemed to me, the music industry didn’t want too many people being mega stars. I don’t think it was because the people couldn’t go any further with their talent. Something in the world is always putting a limit on something. Now they are telling us it’s not about talent. Well, it’s not about something good if that’s the case because God gave us talent. That is from high above. Do you see the dragon? What is it about the most talented people that they have to get sick and die or be killed. Shouldn’t they be investigating the music business itself along with individuals they are finding guilty of crimes? Too many of our stars have died the same way. Fans are not happy.

I understand a little bit more why the world was booing Whitney. I’m wondering if the crowd was being paid to boo. There are some very powerful people over talent. Even shows like Star Search sometimes wouldn’t choose the best. ⁉️❓I understand that things aren’t right.

Thinking of Things I Saw About Whitney

 On the tabloid show Hard Copy, I saw Whitney smoke a cigarette in the 80s. I think smoking was something she always did. Think about it. I saw signs that the music business would be stressful for her sometimes. Those demons she said she had, I don’t believe they were really her.

Crucial Times

 

Imagine, you're the best singer of all time and there are still people who find a way to criticize you ! It's CRAZY 😅pic.twitter.com/qHUcUQ9vCi

— ~ Whitney ~ (@Korentin0711) June 28, 2023

Some people criticized Whitney and didn’t care about her. Some people cared until the end, and some of those were the people that probably couldn’t meet her. Somebody cared. I just wish God would have sent someone. It’s important to be God sent. The world was evil then and the world is more evil now. The spirit of the Lord told me that these are crucial times. He wants us to stick close by him. We ought to be helping one another and praying for one another in times like these.

I Believe Whitney Had Victory

 I believe Whitney Houston was blessed in her career by God. She didn’t sing explicit songs, and I don’t think it was in her heart to lead people wrong. Whitney sang earthly love songs and she sang the gospel. None of the music is perfect here on earth. I think Whitney did the best she could and God saw it if she did. She respected God in her music. Someone will always try to find something to put you down. Whitney had so many problems while she had the victory in music. She was trying to make a living.

I believe Whitney had victory in Jesus too. There is one thing about it. She knew about God. She might not didn’t know everything about him, but she knew something about him. 

When I hear the song Victory by Yolanda Adams, I have Whitney on my mind.

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Leolah Brown - What Happened To Whitney as a Little Girl

 

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Leolah Brown talks about what happened to Whitney Houston as a little girl. It’s a very sad story. I don’t believe everything people say, but because Leolah knew Whitney, I listen. She is an in-law to Whitney. I’m sure that a lot of bad things were done to Whitney because she often looked troubled. I believe Leolah when she said bad things were done to her, and the media always blamed it all on drugs. 

Music Is Whitney

 

….. Once Whitney learned all that she was suppose to do in singing, she became the best singer ever. Music & singing became her career. She had a powerful voice and her words were clear & understood. I always thought: Whitney is music & music is Whitney. If you take the music away you can hear music in her voice. Whitney could sing without & she had the perfect vibrato. …

Whitney Talks About Her “Just Whitney” Album

 

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In a rare interview of 2002, Whitney talks about her Just Whitney album. I love the way Whitney Houston expressed herself. She seemed to be a fun and down the earth person. Whitney was also beautiful.

Whitney Houston Dancing to September

 

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It makes me feel happy when I see video clips of Whitney dancing and having a good time with people. In this video, she dances to Earth, Wind, and Fire’s “September”. 

Whitney Fashion

 

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Do you remember Whitney appearing on the Magic Johnson show? I loved her outfit. I loved what she had on. Whitney knew how to dress up. I loved the black and grey. 

Whitney Had Love

 

Whitney Houston loved herself some church. She would be in the middle of talking about something and break out with it. Those weren’t Whitney Houston’s words in the song, but that’s how she would do. I love what Whitney did. It makes me wonder if she really wanted to be a preacher. I believe she needed to be one because she would act as if she were one on stage. I believe Whitney Houston had more than the gift of singing. .....

Whitney Houston’s Smile

 

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Have you heard the news lately? I guess M.A.C. Stands for Make-Up Art Cosmetics. There is some talk about Whitney Houston with a new make-up line. It is said according to Pat Houston, Whitney’s sister-n-law that Whitney had previously wanted to evolve into the cosmetics industry. It’s amazing how things can happen for people when they are not here. Maybe Whitney Houston said a little prayer for her family and others to be blessed before she left… Hear more ..

 

Whitney Houston - Better Place

 

You know Whitney said a lot of things for us to remember. She said: The world talk about me. I love y’all, but I don’t live for y’all. …. When you’re older, you learn what it’s about to relax and enjoy. You’re not so young; not so eager. Some of the mistakes you made are gone. They’re over!”

 

Whitney TV Detective Look

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TV Detective Look

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Whitney was the host of the Kids Choice Awards on Nickelodeon around 1995. On TV guide, she looked beautiful. Whitney had a TV detective look. Do you remember the TV drama series that aired on CBS in the 80’s called Cagney and Lacey? It sure would have been nice to see Whitney in a detective TV Drama. Whitney had the looks for movies and television.

Something Higher Than Jersey

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Luke 17:21 “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.”

Yes, Whitney Houston was from Jersey and from the black race. However, God did not care about where she was from nor did it matter to him about her race. Whitney had something inside of her. God gave her singing talent and allowed her into the Rock-N-Roll world. She went in to entertain the world, but she didn’t forget to praise God. When she walked into the Rock-N-Roll world, she brought clean and meaningful music. After a while, something of that world did not want it. Whitney woke some people up with her talent. Minds started to open. Whitney was showing those in music what real music was about. Whitney had something from heaven and she was teaching it. She was a threat to something of that world called Rock-N-Roll. It is a world where evil doesn’t have to exist. Whitney Houston help to prove that by simply using what God had given her and carrying him with her wherever she went. 

Something about Whitney Houston didn’t connect with the spirit of some. Whitney was different with her talent and rare. It had nothing to do with being black or white. I do believe it had more to do with God. Whitney wanted the world to accept her, but when you are trying to stand for something good, you have to forget the world and do what is needed to be done. Let the world be the world. Whitney had something special and was not like the rest of the world with it. I wish I could have told her while she was living.

When God gives you something, you don’t need to be like everybody else. Just follow the Lord and do things the way he tells you to because his way is better. Whitney was clean with her music. And God allowed her to have success, fame, and money. But when you want the world to accept you, it makes you go in the direction of the world to fit in with everyone else. The Lord was Whitney’s very best friend. The world around her was doing her wrong.

Being from Jersey and being black was not important. Whitney had something higher than that. God was her maker. He was her family and the Lord of host.