Chaka was just inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.Let's discuss this amazingly talented lady and her many accomplishments.

70s soul flashback: "Fool's Paradise" by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1975)

Fool's Paradise - YouTube

a few months ago,I purchased this awesome T-shirt from Chaka's official site

1981's What Cha' Gonna Do For Me is my favorite Chaka album

SoulAlive said:

RJOrion said:

THANK YOU! ALL my life, Chaka Khan has been my #1 celebrity crush...to me, she has always been the epitome of female beauty and sex appeal.....and in my opinion, Chaka Khan and Minnie Riperton are equally the greatest female singers of all time...ive put so very many miles on my Chaka Khan playlist i made in TIDAL when the streaming service first appeared. 1. Twisted 2. We Got Each Other 3. I Know You, I Live You 4. So Not To Worry 5. Any Old Sunday 6. What Cha Gonna Do For Me 7. Clouds 8. Im Every Woman 9. Do You Love What You Feel 10. I Feel For You 11. Tearin It Up 12. Get Ready, Get Set 13. So Naughty 14. Papillon (Hot Butterfly) 15. Heed The Warning 16. Through The Fire 17. Father He Said 18. Sticky Wicked 19. Love Has Fallen On Me 20. Sleep On It 21. Some Love 22. Will You Love Me? 23. Castles Made Of Sand 24. Too Much Love 25. And The Melody Still Lingers On 26. Hail To The Wrong 27. Stay (w/Rufus) 28. You Got The Love (w/Rufus) 29. Everlasting Love (w/Rufus) 30. Hollywood (w/Rufus) 31. Sweet Thing (w/Rufus) 32. Once You Get Started (w/Rufus) 33. Fools Paradise (w/Rufus)

thanks for this

ill confess, i love sweet thing, hollywood, stay, and some of the solo stuff like through the fire but i dont know that much else. i feel like shes someone with a great voice, but you have to sift through her albums for the gems, so im gonna check more of her stuff out.

Produced with Prince,1998's Come 2 My House is a solid album...one of Chaka's best.I really like the title track and the last song "The Drama"

That RRHoF Performance was MESSY I love CK but goddam that was crazy with Sia's big ass head almost hitting CK in the face with the mic, the vibe was wild and chaotic. I enjoyed Common doing the I Feel For You rap but the other guests.... eh. Her acceptance/induction was cute af too "

I was raised on Chaka & Rufus, she's probably my all time favorite female vocalist! I could listen to her sing "Hollywood" everday for the rest of my life.

BalladofPeterParker said:

I've been listening to Chaka since the '70s. What a voice! She ranks at the top among my favorite female vocalists. I was thrilled when I finally heard her live in 2012.

BalladofPeterParker said:

I was raised on Chaka & Rufus, she's probably my all time favorite female vocalist! I could listen to her sing "Hollywood" everday for the rest of my life.

"Hollywood" is one of my absolute favorites.

I cannot decide between "I feel for you" or "CK". But Prince , Miles Davis and Stevie Wonder are a strong argument for the later.

SoulAlive said:

BalladofPeterParker said:

I was raised on Chaka & Rufus, she's probably my all time favorite female vocalist! I could listen to her sing "Hollywood" everday for the rest of my life.

"Hollywood" is one of my absolute favorites.

Yeah...it's a helluva song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6kviVYgDA

Chaka & Bruce Hornsby doing "Love Me Still" is absolutely magical. Her delivery of these poignant lyrics are an absolute masterclass in how to pull on the heart strings. I love this song.

BalladofPeterParker said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR6kviVYgDA

Chaka & Bruce Hornsby doing "Love Me Still" is absolutely magical. Her delivery of these poignant lyrics are an absolute masterclass in how to pull on the heart strings. I love this song.

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Love Me Still is such a beautiful song, I actually put it on after I watched RRHoF and had a little emotional moment. Those harmonies.

SoulAlive said:

1981's What Cha' Gonna Do For Me is my favorite Chaka album

I forget who here turned me onto this album or made me go and listen to it, but it's a fucking gem of a record. Front to back. Possibly one of her more perfect albums.

TrivialPursuit said:

kitbradley said:

SoulAlive said:

kitbradley said:

SoulAlive said:

speaking of new collabs…I wonder whatever happened to the new album ‘A Woman Like Me’.We did get a single (the title track) but then I never heard anything else about the planned album.

Chaka has a lot of albums in the can going back to the 90s. I would be more interested in hearing all of the vault material she has rather than anything new. Hello Happiness was a huge disappointment for me. I have heard some unreleased material from her 80s albums that the world needs to hear. Not sure why she is sitting on those treasures.

I would also like for her to gather up the songs from the Dare You To Love Me sessions and finally release it as a complete album.There are some really strong songs on that project.Warners were crazy to reject it!

Playing my favorite Chaka album tonight...