Denise LaSalle, Lick It Before You Stick It | Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥

In the 52^nd edition of Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind “Lick It Before You Stick It” by Denise LaSalle. 

Ah, bring on Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥! Wait – it is not usually hot at midnight! Well, it is steaming hot 🥵 at midnight when it comes to this naughty, innuendo, and sex-laden column featuring songs intended for nighttime. We are talking about that after-dark type $hi†, ya dig? These risqué, unapologetic records often raise eyebrows and temperature alike. In the 52^nd edition of Midnight Heat (2024), we explore the naughty, sexy vibes behind, “Lick It Before You Stick It” by Denise LaSalle.

“You’re making her feel good / But you can make her feel better / If you treat your lady like a stamp on a letter.” A stamp on a letter, eh, Denise LaSalle.  The advice the late R&B, soul, and blues singers gave was “Lick it / Before you stick it”. Oh, boy! Is LaSalle referencing what I think she’s referencing? Yes, she’s talking about cunnilingus (safe, educational, non-pornographic link). The ‘it’ referenced in her bold and unapologetic song, “Lick It Before You Stick It” (This Real Woman) is her vagina. That means what is potentially being ‘stuck’ after the licking is his penis. Wow…

Denise LaSalle keeps it a buck on “Lick It Before You Stick It.” It’s risqué but music has become far more graphic since this eyebrow-raising joint.  But, since we’re on the lyrics, they are a treat:

“And some men think a little tittie kissing

is the answer to every woman’s dream

But let me tell yah how to kiss her

If you really want to hear her scream.”

Ooh-wee! The chorus is the section to beat – where the infectious licking before sticking happens 😈.  It’s not all sexed-up lyrics though.  The musical accompaniment is jubilant with an organ, a robust bass line, an awesome rhythm guitar, and biting horns. LaSalle sounds fantastic – nuanced and dynamic in her vocal performance.  Is LaSalle’s vice sound on “Lick It Before You Stick It”? Perhaps, but more sound, for our intents and purposes, is the raunchy but captivating song itself. 

Denise LaSalle // This Real Woman // ORDENA // 2000

Denise LaSalle, Lick It Before You Stick It: Midnight Heat 🕛 🔥 No. 52 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; ORDENA; Projeto Ser Quem Sou from Pexels; Aristal Branson, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, HANSUAN FABREGAS from Pixabay]