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Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still a Rose Audio CD

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Aretha Franklin Band: Aretha Franklin
Title: A Rose Is Still a Rose
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Release Date: 1998-03-24
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Rose Is Still a Rose 2: Never Leave You Again 3: In Case You Forgot 4: Here We Go Again 5: Every Little Bit Hurts 6: In the Morning 7: I'll Dip 8: How Many Times 9: Watch My Back 10: Love Pang 11: Woman

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Shameful and disappointing.
Shame on Arista Records' boss Clive Davis and the producers involved for trying to make Aretha Franklin sound like just another Hip-Hop artist--instead of giving her better material that would do an artist of Aretha's status justice!!! Only "The Woman" and "How Many Times" manage to NOT sound dated. Unfortunately, this CD is among Aretha's all-time worst albums. Not surprisingly, this CD is now out-of-print.


a Set Unworthy of the Queen
No doubt she is in fine voice. This set of super-slick, over-produced, sample-laden, desperately contemporary songs simply are not worthy of the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. And true, this cd SOUNDS good. It ought to, considering the producers du jour involved. But listening to this album today, several years after its initial release ( when it was hyped as "a Comeback" ) is something of a chore, not the pleasure it ought to be. It has that regretable patchwork sound that comes from working with so many different producers. And I get the feeling that many of these songs are leftovers that some other younger, more "current" soul singer, some sexy little Diva-ette, turned down because they didn't have enough hooks. I can understand some artists sampling Aretha Franklin ( which HAS been done, by the way, by the 49'ers, on their club hit "Touch Me", which has vocal samples of Aretha's "Rock A Lott" ) but for Aretha Franklin to sing a song whose main hook is sampled. . . it's just beneath her. This cd is very calculated and formulaic, and ultimately disappointing, because those are things Aretha has never been.


Aretha sounds great on this CD
When I purchased it in 1998, I didn't care for it too much but now I have a new appreciation for Ree's effort on this album. I pulled this CD out of my collection recently and have been listening to it quite a bit over the past 2 weeks. She shows that she can keep up with today's chart topping R&B artists. Her collaborations with some of today's hottest producers are flawless. From the title track (written and produced by Lauryn Hill) to Never Leave You Again with P. Diddy, Ree shows that she can still carry the flame after age 50.

The best cuts on this album are her collaborations with Jermaine Dupri (who's been getting thumbs up for his work with Mariah Carey on her Emancipation of Mimi album). The two tracks he co-wrote and produced for Ree on this album are off da chain! Here You Go Again is a funky, upbeat jam that samples Change's The Glow of Love (before Janet did it in 2001) and the following track is the ballad Every Lil' Bit Hurts.

I guess if there was one track that didn't need to be on the album, it would have to be I'll Dip that was written and produced by Dallas Austin. It's the kind of song that was probably written for Monica or Brandy. Not to mention that Ree sounds very uncomfortable singing it.

Overall, the album is a stellar effort and Aretha remains the Queen of Soul. A much better collection of songs than its follow up, the sadly disappointing So Damn Happy album.


Lets Be Real
afta all ree ree is. yo peoples lets be real. all of dis hype about her singing style now and this n that is jus that. hype. anybody who can survive in this business for multiple decades maintain a voice with the emotional power and strength behind that aretha's has, continue to deliver with priceless soul, and to grow artistically is tha ish in ma book. if she stayed the same peeps would get tired of her. she is tha stuff and this is priceless. this is actually my favorite album. ive heard the older stuff. dont get me wrong i love em and they are truly undying classics. but "in case you all forgot". its a new time and place. my accolades to Lady Soul Ree Ree Retha Miss Thaing. you r doin ur thaing and i have a feeling you wont stop. and if you dont have the album get it .


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