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chakakhan .com. Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), [ 1] better known by her stage name Chaka Khan ( / ˈʃɑːkə ˈkɑːn / SHAH-kə KAHN ), [ 2] is an American singer. [ 3] Known as the "Queen of Funk", [ 4] her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus.
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan was the band's first album to top Billboard's R&B Albums chart and also reached #7 on Pop. The album included the singles "Sweet Thing", their second #1 hit on the R&B Singles chart and also #5 hit on Pop, "Dance Wit Me" (US R&B #5, US Pop #39) and the Bee Gees cover "Jive Talkin'" (US R&B #35). According to Billboard ...
The album was also promoted with the singles "Blood on the Dance Floor" and "HIStory" / "Ghosts" as well as three corresponding music videos. The video for "Blood on the Dance Floor" premiered on Top of the Pops. [18] It centered on Susie seducing Jackson in a courtship dance, before opening a switchblade. The lead single peaked at number one ...
Though she is best known as the Queen of Funk, Khan has never been comfortable with the nickname. “I sort of resented being called that,” she says, noting that funk music is just one of her ...
Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp. (2012) B.M.W. (2012) Mysterious Phonk: Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp is the debut studio album by American hip hop musician SpaceGhostPurrp. [1] It was released by 4AD on June 12, 2012. [1]
The title track, "I Feel for You", was a cover of a 1979 Prince track, featuring Grandmaster Melle Mel on the classic "Ch-ch-ch-chaka-chaka-chaka Khan" rap intro and Stevie Wonder on chromatic harmonica (and also a sample from one of his first hits, "Fingertips"). The song saw Khan embracing high-tech funk, rap and hip hop, and stands as one of ...
Phonk ( / fɒŋk / ⓘ) is a subgenre of hip hop and trap music directly inspired by 1990s Memphis rap. The style is characterized by vocals from old Memphis rap tapes and samples from early 1990s hip hop, especially cowbell samples resembling that of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. The genre draws from the dark, distortive techniques of the ...
Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1 is a compilation album of recordings by American R&B / funk singer Chaka Khan, first released on the Warner Bros. Records label in 1996. Although the compilation, which reached #22 on Billboard ' s R&B chart and #84 on Pop, was given the "Vol. 1" tag, it remains without a sequel to date.