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Funk This | 
| Artist: Chaka Khan
Label: Universal
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1906
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 4.9 x 0.3
EAN: 5032796020325
ASIN: B001AEH6N4
Release Date: July 7, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Back In The Day | | • | Foolish Fool | | • | One For All Time | | • | Angel | | • | Will You Love Me? | | • | Castles Made Of Sand | | • | Disrespectful (feat. Mary J. Blige) | | • | Sign 'O' The Times | | • | Pack'd My Bags/You Got The Love (feat. Tony Maiden) | | • | Ladies Man | | • | You Belong To Me (feat. Michael McDonald) | | • | Hail To The Wrong | | • | Super Life |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Nothing Wrong With An Old Hat August 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Anyone who knows me well would be certain to tell you about my fondness for hats.
I am a Wolf who owns and wears many hats. More than fifty in The Cave at the last count.
A veritable Imelda Marcos of hats.
My favorite hat is a very old hat. It once belonged to a woodcutter.
How I came to own it must, to some degree, be left to your imaginations.
Suffice to say that its' acquisition involved a totally justified act of revenge
on my part for the death of my great-great grandfather, following a complex
and regrettable chain of events which has become remembered over time in
woodland lore as 'The Red Bonnet Incident'.
It is a brown and somewhat battered brown felt fedora with two holes
cut in the top to accomodate my ears.
Which brings me in a roundabout sort of way to Ms Khan's new album 'Funk This'.
Nothing wrong with an old hat then. This I think we have comfortably established.
The question for us here then must be - Does Ms Khan still give good hat ?
I saw her for the first time in 1972, singing in a small but not insignificant
musical venue in deepest, darkest Essex.
The stage was low and I was hunkered down at the front witnessing one of
the most electrifying performances of my young and hairy life at that time.
The sweat flew all around from her wildly flailing mane drenching everyone
standing in the first two rows. I did not wash for a fortnight.
The eleven tracks which make up this new album are a gift.
The voice is still remarkably intact all the way through its extensive
and extraordinary register. Soulful; technically brilliant and retaining
the capacity to strip paint off ceilings.
This lady can still throw down a five-part harmony in the studio
like there's no tomorrow !
Highlights must include funky opening track 'Back In The Day' - Vintage Khan.
'One For All Time' - a gorgeously soulful ballad.
This track, together with 'Angel' are two of the very best
vocal performances of her 35+ year career.
'Disrespectful' is a storming and worthy duet with Ms Blige
which could knock the spots off a leopard.
Ms Khan's take on the small purple one's 'Sign Of The Times'
gives the original a real run for its' money.
'Ladies Man' - soft, sexy and full of sweet soul honey.
'Hail To The Wrong' - another vintage funktastic classic.
The band is splendid. The production is cool, slick and accomplished.
Trust me - old or not we all need a hat like this in our lives.
The real deal - A true Diva indeed.
Highly Recommended.
The Diva is Back! June 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In my honest opinion this is Chaka's finest work in quite a few years. Soulful, funky, raw....No "over production" on this set, which allows Chaka to lead the way with her unique vocal talents.
 Funk This, "House" was MUCH funkier.... February 19, 2008
I adore Chaka Khan. She is one independant woman with guts. Just look at her track record.
She left Warner Bros and started her own record label in 1998, and recorded (with the help of Prince) "Come to My House", which was hailed by the critics and justly so. It was criminally buried because there was no promotional backing (being her own small record label).
Forward 9 or so years, CK signs to Sony. Funk This is a brilliant CD dont get me wrong, but I'm strangely suspicious that it has won two grammy's when "House" was a far superior record.
All hail Chaka anyway, because for me, she has finally gotten the grammy's she should've had 10 years ago........
A fine return by one soul music's greatest singers. December 3, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Known for the ladies anthem "I'm Every Woman", the memorable cover of the Prince song "I Feel For You" and being the lead vocalist for 70s funk band Rufus, Yvette Marie Stevens (aka Chaka Khan) releases her new album titled Funk This.
The unique attribute of Ms Khan is her voice, within the world of music it's distinctive & this new CD reiterates this forcefully, an album that at times takes you back to those exciting days when she was with Rufus yet at the same time its production is a very modern sound.
Chaka continues her association with Prince by doing a haunting version of "Sign O The Times" in a way only she can, teams up with modern R&B singer Mary J.Blige on the percussive sounding "Disrespectful". But what carries this set are the remaining tracks such as "Back In The Day", "One For All For Time", "Pack My Bags/You Got The Love", "Hail To The Wrong", "Super Life", the excellent ballad "Angel" and "You Belong To Me" featuring the unique vocal of Michael McDonald.
It's almost ten years since Chaka Khan released any new material, if this album is anything to go by here's hoping we don't have to wait another ten years, a quality album from an outstanding singer.
Really Really Good - Doing What She Does Best! October 10, 2007
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a great return to what I think Chaka does best. It demonstrates the full range of her vocal abilities. The songs are all listenable. I guess I would question the merits of re-recording classic hits as I'm not sure where the added value is. I think the duet with Michael McDonald is great and it's obvious from stuff like Back In The Day and Disrespectful why she is revered the world over by public and peers for her contribution to RnB. My favourite Chaka album since CK was released in the late 80's! Check it out.
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