Chaka's voice is an instrument...and a fine tuned one at that!

fantasticjoy said:

what about my story?





Yup! I would accept the most female voice of all time if I could just open my mouth and SHE came out of it Oh how the world must suffer when I sing along when listening to my ipod

imo the absolute greatest female vocalist of all time

OK. This is another one of Supa's novel threads.

i'll have to come back to this, i've got some studying to do.

lowkey said:

ALL

TIME



She is the greatest singer that ever lived




Check out this thread:

http://prince.org/msg/8/223116

Alright we've moved the party.

'Rags to Rufus'


"You Got the Love" (Chaka Khan, Ray Parker, Jr.)
"I Got the Right Street (But the Wrong Direction)" (Ron Stockert)
"Walkin' in the Sun" (Jeff Barry)
"Rags to Rufus" (Instrumental) (Dennis Belfield, Al Ciner, André Fischer, Chaka Khan, Kevin Murphy, Ron Stockert)
"Swing Down Chariot" (Dennis Belfield, Al Ciner, André Fischer, Chaka Khan, Kevin Murphy, Ron Stockert)
"Sideways" (Instrumental) (Dennis Belfield, André Fischer, Chaka Khan, Kevin Murphy, Ron Stockert)
"Ain't Nothin' but a Maybe" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson)
"Tell Me Something Good" (Stevie Wonder)
"Look Through My Eyes" (Dennis Belfield)
"In Love We Grow" (Dennis Belfield)
"Smokin' Room" (Dennis Belfield)

I love this album cover and it's my favorite of Rufus/Chaka Khan albums; I've been wearing it out for the last year.
[Edited 1/12/10 17:55pm]

MagnificentPentatonic said:

I did it in 7 posts, that's a novela for me!

damn I gotta take my ass to the wreka stow.

Hey org SS if you haven't sent it yet...a little rufus and chaka will light me up just fine..

Harlepolis and TA gave this the nod



I really gotta go to the wreka stow

She's my all time favorite female vocalist.

the goddess Chaka and her 5 disciples

I first became a Chakaholic in 1976 at the tender age of 4! I've been completely obsessed ever since! I have all of her albums on CD. She's done over 80 guest appearances over the years, I have about 78 of them. I have hours and hours of DVD footage of her, as well as all the youtube stuff. Scrap books, magazines, you name it! Chaka Khan is music to me! ONe thing that I love about her is, because my taste in music has always been so eclectic, she is the only artist, to my knowledge, that has recorded in just about every genre of music. The only thing she hasn't done is Opera. All of her albums, especially the solo ones, are so diverse, no two albums sound the same. She has never been one of those artists to stick to that one formula that works (which, unfortunately, may have worked against her). Lord knows she's gone thru some tough times, both professionally and personally, but she is one of those artists who have perservered. She will be celebrating 37 years in the industry next year. So many before and after her have come and gone. Influencing every major black female vocalist to come along in the past 30 years, she's still recording CDs and winning Grammies! Her iconic status is well deserved!!!

Ok I printed these out.....got them ready to read on my break because I will get interrupted trying to read this @ work.

I'll take me a sip of my bottle of Chakahol and say this..

I first remember seeing Chaka on I Feel For You and was instantly turned on by the beats..they were fierce, rough, and hard..the drums pounded and i instantly knew Stevie Wonder was playing the harmonica even at 5 years old because Fingertips was the first song ever heard with a harmonica.

An-t-way they way she sung always stuck with me...I used to SLEEP with that record in my hand it was so important to me. the second time I rememebr hearing Chaka was my mom playing Destiny loud on the record player and my mom trying her best to reproduce her vocals. But really did not become a Chakaholic until I moved out of my mom's house in 2001 with her records and decided to play that same song by myself.....








I was set FO LIFE

lowkey said:

Hummm.....Rachelle Ferrell would beg 2 differ.

Graycap23 said:

She might but we don't!

nevermind it won't work edit!
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nevermind it won't work edit!
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I can dig it.

Etta James, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan singing Precious Lord.

Chaka is absolutely frightening here

http://www.metacafe.com/w..._and_etta/

OMFG! This is a great thread. I love how you shared 2 us your love of Ms. Yvette as Harlepolis would call her.

Timmy84 said:

I have 2 playlists on my ipod for her.

1 - Chakstress (these are the slower jams)

2 - Yvette! You know which ones these are

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Oh yeah I know. Nice playlists.

This thread, this thread, this thread is on FIYAH!





This has been my avatar for the longest time now and I don't think I'll ever change it again

Some have thought I was being vulgar by placing the mouth there but the reason I put it there is to represent giving birth to voice.

I just love that Supa is on a journey of growth and self-appreciation.


Aint nobody loved you betta than yourself. Through the fire you have grown into who you were meant to be.


I love Chaka's music, her solo work and her work with Rufus. Her voice is healing. Somebody post how she got her name...I can't search right now. I remember hearing something about her being named by some Indian shaman or maybe that was her made up promo line.

In any case, she is lovely and her voice is heavenly. Do you love what you feel? I do when it comes to Mz Khan!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It was really nice of Etta to get a hold of Chaka through out that whole performance(along with Ain't Nobody's business).

Chaka was high as a georgia pine

When she was a teenager, she was named Chaka by an African Priest. Here is her full name:

Chaka=Woman of Fire
Adunne = Loves To Touch
Aduffe=Someone Others Love To Touch
Yemoja=Mother of the Waters
Hodarhi=Woman of Nature
Karifi=Strength

Khan is her last name from her first marriage to some Indian guy.

kitbradley said:

Pakistani actually.

kitbradley said:

FABULOUS!!!!! and what a perfect name!

I love Chaka's own personal defenition of her name; she who takes no shit Classic Chaka mad

Harlepolis said:

OK.....




There was a proper album for Never Miss the Water, Pain and Somethin Deep? W. T. F?!

Can you imagine how many absolute diamonds are missing from the music world with all these unfinished unreleased and shelved projects?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

This was written/produced by Prince btw
[Edited 12/11/09 13:24pm]