Aretha Franklin discussion

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^ LOL, Aretha knew how to KILL.

RIP to one of the greatest music legends of all-time.

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[SHOOTER]

One of the most subtle yet iconic reads of my lifetime. She will be deeply missed!

[jumpb4uthink]

Aretha is the first woman to be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. A powerhouse of talent. RIP

[Caviar]

Her promo run for her divas album goes down in shade history! She always kept it real.

[Wave.]

SNAPPED

http://instagram.com/p/Bmbu4_ZnV5y

[carrieidol1]

Aug 16, 2018 10:51:23 GMT -5 @pma2015 said:

Cringeworthy, but amazing. Wendy, no.

[George]

Some of my favorite Aretha songs:

I Knew You Were Waiting For Me
Hooked on Your Love
Something He Can Feel
Day Dreaming
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
Ain't No Way
Until You Come Back to Me
Respect
I Say a Little Prayer
Think
A Rose is Still a Rose
Here We Go Again
Freeway of Love
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Chain of Fools
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)

[Choco]

May she rest in peace. She was a true icon who managed to be entertaining not only on the stage but also off the stage. She's got a ton of legendary interviews.

[Hurricane Lee]

Not just the Queen of Soul but the Queen of Music. Started playing some of Amazing Grace (God Will Take Care Of You) as I was waiting to get off the plane and didn't want to cry, so I had to stop. Such a fucking legend. Incomparable. She is home now.

[kidrockthemic]

Rest In Peace to an Incomparable legend an icon!
What a legacy!

[Hurricane Lee]

Aug 16, 2018 10:51:23 GMT -5 @pma2015 said:

WOW. Never seen this! She was so damn funny and quick-witted. I was hoping and expecting it would be her on Wendy's show shading the fuck out of Wendy the whole time, but she seemed like she had a genuinely good time with Wendy.

[Caviar]

No YOU get stupid..i not gonna be stupid anymore

DEATH

[Caviar]

I was reading this thread earlier and I had to relive the fax she sent to the AP about Dionne.

Let's relive this again:

Apr 25, 2017 18:46:35 GMT -5 Live Your Life said:

Aretha blasts Dionne Warwick but she declines to fire back

NEW YORK (AP) — The Queen of Soul is coming out swinging against fellow legend Dionne Warwick, accusing her of making up a story that she was Whitney Houston's godmother, even though the alleged offense happened five years ago at Houston's funeral.

"She blatantly lied on me ... fully well knowing what she was doing," Aretha Franklin said in a phone interview.

Franklin called The Associated Press on Tuesday, after sending a lengthy fax the day before, to address what she claimed was a "libelous" statement against her made five years ago at Houston's funeral. At the time, Warwick told funeral-goers that Franklin was there and introduced her, but then realized she wasn't in attendance.

"'Ree's not here, but she is here," Warwick said, referring to Franklin by a nickname. "She loves Whitney as if she were born to her. She is her godmother."

At the time, Franklin said she was suffering from swollen feet and had to skip the funeral so she could perform later that night at Radio City Music Hall in New York, which she said she was contractually obligated to do.

Though Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston's mother, said in the days afterward that Franklin wasn't Houston's godmother (it was Darlene Love), Franklin felt the comment was damaging to her and planned to address it at a later date.

"There's been so much going on around her (Houston), around the service, around the drugs, around her and Bobby (Brown) supposed to be fighting, I didn't want to add anything to that and I didn't want to be a part of that," she said.

Five years later, Franklin feels that time is now.

While the story that Houston was Franklin's goddaughter has been part of her story for decades, Franklin said she first met Houston when Houston was a child — and she was far too busy to be anyone's godmother.

Franklin saw Warwick last week at the Tribeca Film Festival's premiere of mentor Clive Davis' documentary, "Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives," and she also performed. Franklin said Warwick tried to talk to her backstage.

"She said, 'Give me a hug.' I said, 'Oh hell no. You couldn't be serious,'" Franklin said.

When asked if she wanted an apology from Warwick, she said: "I don't care about her apology, at this point it isn't about an apology, it's about libel."

She added: "We've never been friends and I don't think that Dionne has ever liked me."

Franklin once covered Warwick's hit "Walk on By," and, more famously, "I Say A Little Prayer."

When asked for comment, Warwick's representative Angelo Ellerbee said: "She will not dignify a response to the statement made by Aretha Franklin."

[Wave.]

Aretha probably made the illest face when Dionne asked for a hug djdhdkskdk

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The first music LEGEND to pass this year. RIP Queen of Soul. Your music and spirit lives on.

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Her granddaughter shared this video that she recorded earlier this year.

[Mike]

Aug 16, 2018 21:03:18 GMT -5 @jazzysoul47 said:

Her granddaughter shared this video that she recorded earlier this year.

😭

This is too much for me to handle right now. My grandma passed away 3 weeks ago and she introduced me to Aretha’s music. Nessun Dorma was one of her favorites. RIP

[Caviar]

Heartbroken

[carrieidol1]

What a talent. Damn. Even at the end she was killing it. Such a loving grandma, too. God bless her and her family.

[Hurricane Lee]

Amazing Grace is one of the best albums ever made. Young, Gifted, and Black is also up there. Those vocals. I legit cannot understand. I don't even feel I can mourn because a) I truly believe she is at peace in Heaven and her body doesn't hurt any more and b) she left such a ridiculously amazing legacy and catalog of music tnat will be cherished forever and ever. At least, no one waited for her death to canonize her. She was given her crown pretty much at the onset - proving that she was the true Queen. What a powerful Black woman!

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kids always know talent before they even really know . The little girl is catching the holy ghost from Arethas soul!

[Nick]

Patti's voice was everything here. Look at Aretha's face. Wow.

[Caution]

Aug 17, 2018 18:19:48 GMT -5 Nick said:

Patti's voice was everything here. Look at Aretha's face. Wow.

the best shady moment of all time. I can't
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Actually this one is more epic: poor Diana anyway thank God Patti saved us from that mess

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Aretha Franklin Nets Highest-Charting Album in 46 Years on Billboard 200 as '30 Greatest Hits' Re-Enters at No. 7

Aretha Franklin tallies her highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 in 46 years, as 30 Greatest Hits re-enters at No. 7 following her death on Aug. 16.

The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units. Units are comprised of traditional album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). The new Aug. 25-dated chart -- where 30 Greatest Hits returns at No. 7 -- will be posted in full on Billboard's websites on Tuesday, Aug. 21.

30 Greatest Hits re-enters the chart at No. 7 with 35,000 units earned in the week ending Aug. 16 (with 13,000 of that sum in album sales). The Hits package is up 13,048 percent in units earned, while the album’s sales soared 12,693 percent. The album’s surge comes largely from one day of reaction to Franklin’s passing, as she died on the final day of the tracking week. In turn, we’ll likely see further gains next week following the first full chart tracking frame after her death.

30 Greatest Hits is Franklin’s highest-charting album since 1972, when her landmark gospel release Amazing Grace peaked at No. 7 on the July 22, 1972-dated tally. All told, 30 Greatest Hits is Franklin’s seventh top 10 effort on the Billboard 200, and first since Amazing Grace. Franklin has gone as high as No. 2, twice, with I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967) and Aretha: Lady Soul (1968).

30 Greatest Hits was released in 1985 but didn’t chart until 2012, when it spent two weeks on the list (then-peaking at No. 117).

www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8470933/aretha-franklin-reenters-billboard-200

It's interesting that despite her legendary status and decades worth of hits, she only had a handful of Top 10 albums on the Billboard albums chart.

[Dreams]

Aug 19, 2018 12:08:46 GMT -5 Caution said:

Actually this one is more epic: poor Diana anyway thank God Patti saved us from that mess

Jesus what a hot mess. This is why I'll never fawn over Patti Labelle. This is why I'll forever favor Diana who is dainty, a lady and knows how to act in a group performance; she may not have Labelle's vocal power, but she uses what she has amazingly well and always will be the bigger artist and star (but that's beside the point). Oh well, at least Patti didn't serve a "Isn't It A Shame" mess there!

Anyways, back on topic -



I love how this remains Aretha's last performance in the eyes of the GP (I don't think the average Joe ever caught up on her vocal deterioration). Truly a phenomenal moment that got her a rightful standing ovation.

[stunnedout]

That was performance was in the midle of her vocal decline and I remember thinking it would be a hot ass mess, but it was amazing.

[Caviar]

Greatest performance of all time!!

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Aretha Franklin left no will or trust, attorney says

Detroit, MI — The finances of an intensely private Aretha Franklin soon will become very public in Oakland County Probate Court because she left no will or trust.

Her four sons filed a document Tuesday afternoon listing themselves as interested parties in her estate. One document filed with the court and signed by her son Kecalf Franklin, and her estate attorney, David Bennett, check a box acknowledging the absence of a will.

"The decedent died intestate and after exercising reasonable diligence, I am unaware of any unrevoked testamentary instrument relating to property located in this state as defined" under the law, the form reads.

Franklin's niece Sabrina Owens asked the court to appoint her as personal representative of the estate. The case is assigned to Judge Jennifer Callaghan.

"I was after her for a number of years to do a trust," said Los Angeles attorney Don Wilson, who represented Franklin in entertainment matters for the past 28 years. "It would have expedited things and kept them out of probate, and kept things private."

As Franklin's attorney in copyright matters, song publishing and record deals, Wilson said he would have been consulted about her holdings for any estate planning purposes.

Wilson said that at this point it's impossible to place a dollar figure on the value of her song catalog. He said she did maintain ownership of her original compositions, which include well-known hits such as "Think" and "Rock Steady."

Under Michigan law, the assets of an unmarried person who dies without a will are divided equally among any children.

Franklin's decision to not create a will before she died could prompt a court battle over her assets by creditors or extended family members seeking a portion of her estate. One case Wilson has been involved with is that of musician Ike Turner, whose estate is still being litigated 11 years after his death.

"I just hope (Franklin's estate) doesn't end up getting so hotly contested," Wilson said. "Any time they don't leave a trust or will, there always ends up being a fight."

Wilson said many people, famous and not, fail to prepare a will.

"Nobody likes to give careful thought to their own demise," he said.

Franklin died Thursday at home in Detroit. Her funeral is Aug. 31 at Greater Grace Temple, following public viewings at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Aug. 28-29) and New Bethel Baptist Church (Aug. 30).

www.wkyc.com/article/entertainment/music/aretha-franklin-left-no-will-or-trust-attorney-says/95-586367612

[stunnedout]

I find it hard to believe that she had no will. She's been sick for a long time.