Timmy84 said:

Hell, I figured if she could not sing, at least I would have a picture for my wallet.

shorttrini said:

And what a voice she has.

Her voice is just ok to me

scriptgirl said:

Scriptgirl, who do you like beside the DeBarges?

Aretha
Prince (and all his proteges)
Dinah Washington
Billie Holiday
Donny Hathaway
Chaka Khan
The Time
Amy Winehouse
Ohio Players
Slave
Michael McDonald
Brothers Johnson
some MJ
DAngelo
Lauryn hill
Etta James
Many more

scriptgirl said:

Hot list!

I do have good taste in music

JackieBlue said:

Thanx for sharing...I see she has aged well. I actually like this song. I like her smooth scat style on this. It's good to hear her staying true to herself too. How was her last solo record? Has anyone in here heard it?

Musicslave said:

I've only heard snippets but what I heard was okay. I think this was a single:

JackieBlue said:

Wasn't particularly moved by this one. Thanks JackieBlue. Its amazing what a producer with the right tailored sound can do for an artist. I don't want to pre-judge her latest projet but I still believe if she had the right material she could do well in the Adult Contemporary R&B world.

Musicslave said:

I agree,she needs stronger material.Her latest album was decent,but it's less than brilliant.I'd like for her to find an amazing producer who can take her to new heights.

I don't think Always gonna be Something was ever a single
This was the first single


I also know that the music channel always play Do For You
which may have been the other single. I remember some of us
reviewing the album a couple of years ago and it was kind of
split. To me on a scale of 1 to 10, i'd give the album a 7.
It wasn't quite up to par with earlier albums but not bad either.

phunkdaddy said:

Yeah, you're right. I just remember there were two good songs that started with 'A' words. When the album dropped I was thinking of getting it and never did. Now I want it but don't want to pay for it right now. I'll get it eventually.

I still think her finest moment was with George Duke In fact, I notice that he really showcases the talent of ALL of the female vocalists he worked with.

And Jackie, Wey U was the 1st thing that made me alert and check the dame out

scriptgirl said:

Not as generic as Beyonce.

Like someone stated earlier, Chante is not a big star because she has never been with a label who wanted to cross her over onto the Pop charts so she is not known outside of the black community. And because her image has always been clean and she looks and acts like a lady, that certainly didn't help matters.

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Musicslave said:

I feel that way about most veteran artists who have released a CD over the past 5 years or so.

Harlepolis said:

Wey U is divine.

Harlepolis said:

U r so right about George. He brings something out in his female singers that very few producers do.

JackieBlue said:

I really liked this song, also. Not as good as "Candlelight and you", but still good.

JackieBlue said:

I guess her first husband, actor Kadeem Hardison, made her sing from a different place (world), of course, no pun intended.
oops he was an actor on that tv show LOL (A DIFFERENT WORLD)

scriptgirl said:

She was on the WAITING TO EXHALE SOUNDTRACK also. She cna do that whistle tone like a *****, whew.

I like this re-make she made...


I liked her first album but after a while her music just became mostly love ballads. I don't know why she didn't really blow up like she should have.

Chante can really sing but does not get the recognition she should.

Minnie Riperton

[Edited 3/25/10 16:40pm]

SoulAlive said:

Thanks for posting. I never heard nor saw this one before. And dang! I forgot just how fwione El was(is?). His hair cut and suit looked so nice. Sometimes he wore his hair a little too long and it gave him a slight feminine look. This was just ... He was fine! In this video.

scriptgirl said:

not me. I never could understand what she ever saw in him. By the time they hooked up Different world was cancelled and he did not
have any new projects except that movie the Benjamins. Her albums were charting on not just black contemporary stations but also regular Rb. I had her first 2 cd. I loved them both
when the news of marriage and divorce broke (a la Janet Jackson) I was shocked that she would marry him and keep it secret. For what I recall chante later admitted that keeping the marriage a secret was all Kadeem's idea. She was sort of bitter after her experience with him.

scriptgirl said:

none of his protégée could hold a candle to Chante except maybe Sheila snd that would be Sheila on drums.

JackieBlue said:

Wow I really like her newer stuff to. Time to visit Napster.

kitbradley said:

Probably the same reason why Deborah Cox hasn't had a smash hit
since We Can't Be Friends.

What label is she on now?

prodigalfan said:

It was the second single from El's 'In The Storm' album,released in 1991 A very good album,btw.