Auntie Re-Re is coming out with a new album and I am super excited because she’s one of the dopest, classic voices of our time.
Arista recording artist Aretha Franklin, the incomparable Queen Of Soul and 17-time Grammy winner, adds another jewel to her crown with the release of a must have collection of show-stopping duets from her new album, JEWELS IN THE CROWN: ALL-STAR DUETS WITH THE QUEEN. Franklin, a Grammy Living Legend, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will release this stellar collection on November 13, 2007.
Franklin duets with a combination of music icons and some of the hottest voices in music today including Whitney Houston (”It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be”), John Legend (”What Y’All Came To Do”), Luther Vandross (”Doctor’s Orders”), Annie Lennox (”Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves”), Keith Richards (”Jumping Jack Flash”), Elton John (”Through The Storm”) Frank Sinatra (”What Now My Love”), George Michael (”I Knew You Were Waiting”), Michael McDonald (”Ever Changing Times”), George Benson (”Love All The Hurt Away”), and good friend Mary J. Blige (”Don’t Waste My Time”). Aretha and Mary J. also join on a second tune, “Never Gonna Break My Faith” (with the Harlem Boys Choir). Rounding out the collection are two thrilling performances, both tributes to Aretha on her classics, “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)” with Bonnie Raitt and Gloria Estefan; and “Chain Of Fools” with Mariah Carey.
“Put You Up On Game” with Fantasia, is the lead single from JEWELS IN THE CROWN: ALL-STAR DUETS WITH THE QUEEN, impacting radio on October 1st.
Now, Auntie Re-Re, you know I loves you, Gawt knows I do. But “Put You Up On Game”? LOL! Come on now, I hope she ain’t trying to be hip again. She tried that a little bit on “A Rose Is Still A Rose”, which with production and songwriting from Lauryn Hill, was not THAT bad. She had some great songs on there. I listen to “Here We Go Again” produced by JD all the time actually.
But I have an issue with old school artists who try to come out being all hip and young. I’m talking to you Charlie Wilson!
And if Auntie Ree comes out rocking a Keyshia Cole wig, or worse, she borrows Mary J.’s dookie braid wig, I will promptly post her as the “Mess of the Moment”. I respect my elders and all that, but I have to draw the line somewhere!
Oh yeah, and I missed out on the Stevie Wonder tour I posted about a while ago. Tickets sold out FAST.
