Hamad said:

November 18th, mark your calendars. I know the Aries energy will take up the entire room this is the one verzuz I’m extremely looking forward too

Im here for it.

Chaka all the way tho.

You know Keith Sweat v Bobby Brown he said "who am I battling? New Edition?"

It might feel like that once Chaka plays the umpteenth Rufus hit against Stephanie's catalogue.

Cinny said:

You know Keith Sweat v Bobby Brown he said "who am I battling? New Edition?"

It might feel like that once Chaka plays the umpteenth Rufus hit against Stephanie's catalogue.

Keith shouldn't have been so snarky.

I remember telling my sister who's a big fan of Bobby, NE and all of em that Bobby should be

able to kick Keith's ass alone with My Perogative and Getaway.

I got Chaka here as she is my favorite female singer of all time behind Gladys Knight but if

it's one singer out there than can give her a run for her money it's Stephanie and Stephanie is

a huge fan of Chaka. She's paid homage to her idol Chaka earlier this year on her FB page.

KHAN all the way!!

Hamad said:

Stephanie voiced her displeasure at verzuz too in the breakfast club, I’m glad both had a change of heart.

Me too! I think if it is seen as a showcase and not a duel, it is quite positive. They don't want to
"battle".

Every Verzuz featured artist's catalog gets a natural boost after these broadcasts. Chaka Khan has said she has been trying to figure out how to make passive income with the sale of Chaka handfans. I think a Verzuz concert broadcast to homes every where is essentially what the business of televised award shows used to do for record sales and artist awareness.

phunkdaddy said:

Cinny said:

You know Keith Sweat v Bobby Brown he said "who am I battling? New Edition?"

It might feel like that once Chaka plays the umpteenth Rufus hit against Stephanie's catalogue.

Keith shouldn't have been so snarky.

I remember telling my sister who's a big fan of Bobby, NE and all of em that Bobby should be

able to kick Keith's ass alone with My Perogative and Getaway.

I agree.

Hamad said:

I thought Keith talked & behaved like a total goon in that verzuz, little did I know, he really WAS a goon in his day (and maybe still is). I’ve never seen Bobby this timid next to someone.

He is real (toxic) as fuck from what I understand

Who's listening/watching!!!!!!??????

Who's attending?

Get in the chat!

Hamad said:

I’m nervous for Chaka, at least Stephanie always comes prepared for a live show, there’s no middle ground for Chaka on the other hand, it’s a either a mess or a kick ass show.

So, mess it was. Yikes.

Hamad said:

Yeah, I hate that my fears were confirmed, I was really hoping I would be wrong. But I’ll say this, kudos to Stephanie, she came prepared, did a soundcheck 3 hours prior and when it was time for her to perform, she sang every note on the scale and give a kick ass show. Another highlight for me, was the sisterhood comradery. Stephanie is truly a class act, I love she helped Chaka at one point. Now Chaka lol her performance and attitude were summed up at the end when she “fuck that shit” at the end. She did NOT wanna be there.

Yup, Chaka is my girl but Stephanie sure saved the night. As cringey as some of it was I was FULLY entertained. It was chaotic and it was rock n roll.

eduJ said:

Hamad said:

kitbradley said:

She didn't look happy singing all those Rufus records consecutively. I certainly thought it would have more to do with the type of shit on her Epiphany best of, for instance. I don't know if she is just sick of all that stuff or what.

Hamad said:

Both from what she explicitly admitted or implied, she’s sick of those songs and she still feels resentful toward those guys. Chaka said in her book she would love to perform stuff like “Caught In The Act” & “Egyptian Song”, but according to her neither the promoters nor the audience wanna hear all that.

No. What I said in the chat during the performances is, I'd rather see those songs performed in any condition live in front of a live audience rather than listen to them online streaming. Nobody would dare boo them the way people online boo. People used used to just "talk about people" on talk shows and in print publications.

But here we are folks. The dream we all dream of. Talking about a show we didn't attend.

I couldn't even enjoy the show sitting at the computer because some people had to go to bed early.

It was a beautiful night, no matter how anybody wants to slice it.

[Edited 11/19/21 10:24am]

I love Stephanie. But real talk, Chaka Khan vs. Patti LeBelle would have ULTIMATE!

TonyVanDam said:

I love Stephanie. But real talk, Chaka Khan vs. Patti LeBelle would have ULTIMATE!

Shut the front door.