This week’s classic From The Vault clip comes courtesy of En Vogue and their 1992 smash ‘Free Your Mind’. Lifted from the ladies ‘Funky Divas’ LP, the song packs more than a pulsating beat…it packs a powerful message. A message conveyed oh-so-well by Dawn, Terry, Cindy, and Maxine in its accompanying video.
Watching this kinda has me hopeful that some of today’s charting acts will be inspired to fuse powerful and necessary messages into their music – if even only to try. For, as this shows, it is indeed possible to weave-sling, Naomi Campbell walk, and rock out to a song which boasts lyrics other than those centred on the same ol’ topics of love and clubs.
29 COMMENTS
StayMad
July 11, 2010 at 10:58 am
Queen Rihanna
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CONVERSATION CHAMBER
July 11, 2010 at 11:21 am
Probably the lamest, corniest song En Vogue ever recorded. This is the same group that recorded “Hold On,” “You Don’t Have to Worry,” and “Don’t Let Go”…but you spotlight cheesy ass “Free Your Mind.”
Check out:
The Conversation Chamber
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nothing but my opinion
July 11, 2010 at 1:45 pm
this is ma song
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arfa
July 11, 2010 at 2:02 pm
TLC IS THE BEST GIRL GROUP
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royalkev
July 11, 2010 at 2:19 pm
EnVogue were the best ever!
Then Destiny’s Child
Then The Supreme’s
Then TLC
Then SWV
Then 702
Then Jade
Then Xscape
Then Total
Then 3LW
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UGh
July 11, 2010 at 3:28 pm
throw back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SnijanaFleur
July 11, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Thank you for this one Sam. It’s one of my favorite song & video of all time.
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Luanne
July 11, 2010 at 5:37 pm
TLC and En Vogue >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Destiny’s Child
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where u at?
July 11, 2010 at 7:13 pm
This video shits on all hoe videos out there.to all yall sayin this is lame,it’s better than half the stuff out there. en vogue’s new single comes out this fall.with a bomb album. yall hoodrats ready?
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nothing but my opinion
July 11, 2010 at 7:14 pm
@ROYALKEV
you forgot Salt n Pepa!
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Blasian
July 11, 2010 at 7:29 pm
DESTINY’S CHILD THE BEST GIRL GROUP EVER! BROKE MORE RECORDS THAN ANY OF THESE HOES. WON MORE AWARDS THAN ANY OF THESE HOES SOLD MORE RECORDS THAN ANY OF THESE HOES. THE ONLY GIRL GIRP GROUP TO HAVE ALL THE MEMBERS HAVE SOLO SUCCESS
THE GREATEST GIRL GROUP OF ALL TIME DESTINY’S CHILD FACTS ARE FACTS!
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Blasian
July 11, 2010 at 7:32 pm
*GIRL*
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FUTURESTARdelux
July 11, 2010 at 9:39 pm
@BLASIAN Spice Girls sold more then Destiny’s Child and since where has Michelle been hiding her successful solo career? #Siddown
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arfa
July 11, 2010 at 9:47 pm
NAH TLC IS THE BEST! THEY OPEND THE DOOR FOR THESE HOES! AND TLC HAS THE BEST VIDEO BY A GIRL GROUP CHECK WATERFALLS. FACT WATERFALLS SHITS ON EVERYTHING ANY GIRL GROUP HAS DONE.
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Rob
July 11, 2010 at 10:21 pm
En Vogue , Destiny’s Child, TLC, SWV, 702, JADE, XSCAPE, TOTAL, 3LW?
Please, ROYALKEV…how long did most of these groups last? You got one thing right by mentioning the Supremes, but you forgot the Pointer Sisters. EVERY one of those groups listed above owe a debt to the Pointers. And not one of them — Supremes included — could touch the sisters vocally.
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arfa
July 11, 2010 at 11:19 pm
brownstone
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MaZ
July 11, 2010 at 11:30 pm
Y’all know that En Vogue is the Best and opened doors for girl group like Destiny’s Child.
Thank u Sam for this video!
Can’t wait for My super group to be back! EV4EVA Dawn*MAxine*Cindy*Terry
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Wow
July 11, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Now we’re talking! I MISS MY GIRLS EN VOGUE! This group is from the era where you actually had to have talent! You had to know how to sing and have stage presence! The crap of today is sickening! You have delusional artists who are no more then opening acts being led to believe they can sell out large venues and have to lie when they cancel shows due to low ticket sells…..*cough* Rihanna..LOL!
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WHERE U AT?
July 12, 2010 at 12:08 am
@ AFRA
looky here dumb hoodrat bitch, get IN to the timeless tune in which you punched those keys on that 87 Microsoft keyboard to comment on.
EN VOGUE CAME OUT BEFORE ALL THESE GIRLS!The girl group thing was outta style and when En vogue entered the game in 1990,girl groups were IN once more. They have won more VMA awards than any other girl group in history,En Vogue gets thanked the most. You don’t see anyone thankin DYKELC except for DYKEtrik RED.
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NAS ( B Rockah Stan 4eva)
July 12, 2010 at 1:04 am
Come on guys give En Vogue all the credits they deserve. I mean they were like 4 Ms Sasha Fierce put together!!
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arfa
July 12, 2010 at 1:44 am
@ where u at hoe
waterfalls, unpretty, creep and no scrubs shits all over this check billboard hot 100
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royalkev
July 12, 2010 at 1:58 am
@Nothing but my opinion, I can’t forget Salt N Pepa that is soooo true!
@ Rob, same with the Pointer Sisters! EnVogue still walks all over them!
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WHERE U AT?
July 12, 2010 at 2:03 am
@AFFRA
While DYKELC was busy being black hoodrats on EBT,EV was busy on MTV and VH1,shitting on DYKELC all over the pop charts.
EV – 2,800 weeks on Billboard.
chile can’t sing
tballz can’t sing
left eye was the only one that made the group.she was the main attraction.
en vogue had 4 girls,all sung lead,all bomb,all REAL.
*goes and listens to Hold On”
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Susan
July 12, 2010 at 2:11 am
ROB, you’re so right. None of these forgettable girl groups can compare with the Pointer Sisters. Name ONE other female group that sang jazz, scat, bebop, country, soul, dance, pop and rock. Plus the Pointers wrote some of their material. And you can bet they actually wrote it, and didn’t steal it from other songwriters (that means you, Beyonce).
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JoshTT
July 12, 2010 at 2:14 am
Absolutely tru about the Pointer Sisters. En Vogue = another manufactured girl group that couldn’t take it past TWO albums without changes in the lineup. The Pointer Sisters = years of hits and harmony, cause it’s in the blood.
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Blasian
July 12, 2010 at 2:39 am
Destinys Child “Independent Women” is the longest #1 single By a Female Group or Band
The First U.S Girl Group to have #1 single in the UK
Destiny’s Child had an Bigger Impact WORLDWIDE than EV & TLC not taking nothing away from these groups but facts are facts dear
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Blasian
July 12, 2010 at 2:44 am
Destiny’s Child will forever be known as The Greatest Female Group Ever!
What you ppl don’t understand while these ladies having their solo career and on the Charts it just Makes the Group even Greater. They did something that NO other GROUP has done THE END
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Tami
July 12, 2010 at 3:57 am
I LOVE this video En Vogue were all sexy classy, and could sing.
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LAKEE
July 16, 2010 at 10:29 am
EnVOGUE were the SHIT!!! they ALLLL could sing their asses off. And this video is just timeless. And all those groups including the Pointer Sisters are fav’s of mine. Why people always gotta compare, why can’t they just do what they do and contribute what they contribute.
And honestly album sells don’t mean shit to me because their are albums that sold 10 MILLION (britney;s baby one more time, Spice Girls,) that I just could NEVER get down with and there are others just got over looked that play heavy on my iTunes.
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