Only one Queen of Soul, and nobody else is even in the conversation:

Shake that thang Aretha!

The epitome of cool, everytime she drives the car!

ahem...

whitesockedfunk said:

ahem...

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I wasn't blown away by her version. I know I may sound blasphemous, and Adele is somewhere grinning proud ear to ear hearing this but I'm left hoping the other covers are better.

Miles said:

RnBAmbassador said:

" and Sinead O’Connor’s “No One Compares 2 U.”

[Edited 9/17/14 19:05pm]

Ah yes, No One Compares 2 U, that classic song written by Sinead O'Connor ...

She is on Letterman tonight!

Mention in Rolling Stone

As all of us here know, Nothing Compares 2 U is indeed one of the all time great Diva Classics by "you know who". I'm downloading this tomorrow

I'm glad ReRe is covering The Empress of Soul's classic...Gladys has never felt "warm feelings" from the Queen..Aretha chosing one of her Classics is PROOF that she's always had Respect for Gladys..We all know ReRe is also The Queen of Shade...Don't take it personal...LOL...

getxxxx said:

According to Billboard, she has already finished songs from Gladys Knight, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, and Tina Turner. Next up on the roster is Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep.”

Just listened to her "Rolling In The Deep" cover. IMHO, not good, but that's just me. Her voice has aged and not well, in my opinion, but others may disagree. I didn't see "Last Dance" on the iTunes track list, so maybe, it didn't get cut. However, track lists do change.

whitesockedfunk said:

ahem...

Yes... I can't wait to hear the rest.....

Was that Cissy Houston looking so excited to be there in the background?

Re's cover of Rolling In The Deep is like a GLEE cover version. Its like she gets bored with the song and decides to change it to Ain't No Mountain High Enough towards the end for absolutely no reason.

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I am equal parts excited and terrified to hear "Nothing Compares To U", I just hope it isn't a duet with Andre 3000 playing Rosie or vice versa. I'd love to hear them smash it to bits and make it something completely different

TheGoldStandard said:

Re's cover of Rolling In The Deep is like a GLEE cover version. Its like she gets bored with the song and decides to change it to Ain't No Mountain High Enough towards the end for absolutely no reason.

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I am equal parts excited and terrified to hear "Nothing Compares To U", I just hope it isn't a duet with Andre 3000 playing Rosie or vice versa. I'd love to hear them smash it to bits and make it something completely different

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According to a recent interview with Ali Shaheed, that's exactly what he did with it. He said it doesn't resemble Prince's original or Sinead's hit.

Musicslave said:

TheGoldStandard said:

Re's cover of Rolling In The Deep is like a GLEE cover version. Its like she gets bored with the song and decides to change it to Ain't No Mountain High Enough towards the end for absolutely no reason.

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I am equal parts excited and terrified to hear "Nothing Compares To U", I just hope it isn't a duet with Andre 3000 playing Rosie or vice versa. I'd love to hear them smash it to bits and make it something completely different

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According to a recent interview with Ali Shaheed, that's exactly what he did with it. He said it doesn't resemble Prince's original or Sinead's hit.

Very cool!! Ali is involved in production?

Musicslave said:

TheGoldStandard said:

Re's cover of Rolling In The Deep is like a GLEE cover version. Its like she gets bored with the song and decides to change it to Ain't No Mountain High Enough towards the end for absolutely no reason.

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I am equal parts excited and terrified to hear "Nothing Compares To U", I just hope it isn't a duet with Andre 3000 playing Rosie or vice versa. I'd love to hear them smash it to bits and make it something completely different

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According to a recent interview with Ali Shaheed, that's exactly what he did with it. He said it doesn't resemble Prince's original or Sinead's hit.

Well, I hope they kept the chord change from Sinead's arrangement.

TheGoldStandard said:

Musicslave said:

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According to a recent interview with Ali Shaheed, that's exactly what he did with it. He said it doesn't resemble Prince's original or Sinead's hit.

Very cool!! Ali is involved in production?

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Nah, I'm sorry. I was referring to 3 Stacks' production. Andre did an interview Ali Shaheed on NPR. Good stuff. Being that Andre and Big Boi were big Tribe fans Dre seemed alot more into the interview and offered up that gem about producing Aretha and putting a completely different spin on it.

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/microphonecheck/

Cinny said:

Musicslave said:

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According to a recent interview with Ali Shaheed, that's exactly what he did with it. He said it doesn't resemble Prince's original or Sinead's hit.

Well, I hope they kept the chord change from Sinead's arrangement.

We'll see. That's the main song I'm interested in really. No matter how Dre produced it, I'm sure Prince is just proud to have one of his songs covered by Ms. Franklin.

Musicslave said:

Cinny said:

Well, I hope they kept the chord change from Sinead's arrangement.

We'll see. That's the main song I'm interested in really. No matter how Dre produced it, I'm sure Prince is just proud to have one of his songs covered by Ms. Franklin.

If they kept it closer to The Family's, he would probably be happiest, but I betcha Aretha listened to the Rosie Gaines (Prince) one more than Sinead's.

That song seems to have 3 versions because when Prince performed "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Mary J Blige, it wasn't like Sinead's or The Family's.. it was like his (and Rosie Gaines).

Cinny said:

Musicslave said:

We'll see. That's the main song I'm interested in really. No matter how Dre produced it, I'm sure Prince is just proud to have one of his songs covered by Ms. Franklin.

If they kept it closer to The Family's, he would probably be happiest, but I betcha Aretha listened to the Rosie Gaines (Prince) one more than Sinead's.

That song seems to have 3 versions because when Prince performed "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Mary J Blige, it wasn't like Sinead's or The Family's.. it was like his (and Rosie Gaines).

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You know...I always thought of Rosie Gaines as his own personal version of Aretha anyway. Rosie's gospel-tinged vocals were from Aretha's lineage.

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Never heard The Family's version.

Musicslave said:

Cinny said:

If they kept it closer to The Family's, he would probably be happiest, but I betcha Aretha listened to the Rosie Gaines (Prince) one more than Sinead's.

That song seems to have 3 versions because when Prince performed "Nothing Compares 2 U" with Mary J Blige, it wasn't like Sinead's or The Family's.. it was like his (and Rosie Gaines).

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You know...I always thought of Rosie Gaines as his own personal version of Aretha anyway. Rosie's gospel-tinged vocals were from Aretha's lineage.

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Never heard The Family's version.

Absolutely! That's why I think Aretha's will tackle something closest to Rosie's arrangement.

Frederick96 said:

her rendition of Rolling in the Deep is awful.

I'm not too fond of it,myself.

I prefer Aretha with old school sounding production, this Adele cover just sounds unnecessary to me. Like it doesn't do anything different and it doesn't sound fresh at all. And I was kind of looking forward to hearing this albums because of the NC2U cover, but I'm also afraid of what Andre will do production wise on it...

kenkamken said:

Why did Aretha's handlers let her go on stage with such an awfully arranged wig??

The Title of The Queen's CD should have been "The Queen Sings a Diva's Medley".....

getxxxx said:

Stereogum has posted I Will Survive on their site

Clive must be deaf allowing this to be released