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Music CD - En Vogue: Funky Divas
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Music CD: Funky Divas
Artist: En Vogue
List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: East/West Records
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Tracks:
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1. This Is Your Life
2. My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
3. Hip Hop Lover
4. Free Your Mind
5. Desire
6. Giving Him Something He Can Feel
7. It Ain't Over Till The Fat Lady Sings
8. Give It Up, Turn It Loose
9. Yesterday
10. Hooked On Your Love
11. Love Don't Love You
12. What Is Love
13. Thanks/Prayer
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075679212122
Label: East/West Records
Manufacturer: East/West Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: East/West Records
Release Date: 1992-03-24
Studio: East/West Records
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Customer Rating:
Summary: GREAT
Comment: This item came really fast and I appreciated it. It was in good condition. Thank you
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Summary: En Vogue - Funky Divas
Comment: So I was inspired to buy this the other day because lately, I've just been craving some good ol' 90's R&B music, you know? I really wasn't expecting to like it as much as I do. Some songs go on a little too long and there were one or two songs I just didn't care for, like "Hip Hop Lover." But the rest is great and I really enjoyed it. These are some talented women and they can truly harmonize! Unlike another reviewer, I actually enjoyed the spoken word sections and I think they add a lot of personality to the disc. I especially love the little dictionary bit at the end of "What Is Love." I highly recommend this.
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Summary: Another girl group doomed 2 split, but oh how they sang!
Comment: Of all the girl groups to blossom in the 1990s, this one by far and away was the best at singing (yup, TLC and Destiny's Child might've been more popular but neither group could touch En Vogue voice for voice among group members).
That being said, En Vogue really should get credit for, much like Salt-N-Pepa and Mary J. Blige, blending elements of hip hop, girl power and overwhelming sassy-sexy-soulful femininity into urban music where it hadn't been before.
If Mary bridged hip hop to R&B, En Vogue pretty much did the same to that 1950s doo-wop style that was masterfully resurrected and appreciated circa 1991.
"(My Lovin')You're Never Gonna Get It," "Free Your Mind" and the remake of "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" are all classic En Vogue flava.
I guess groups -- and girl groups in particular -- are doomed to split up when they go on tour and have to hear fans critique everything about them (who's the prettiest? who's the best singer? blah, blah, blah).
But unlike so many imitators to come along and try to pimp the En Vogue hip hop/R&B sound, En Vogue really was the real deal.
TLC, Destiny's Child and the Supremes are probably the super groups of the 20th Century, but En Vogue blazed a trail that laid the groundwork for two of the aforementioned to follow.
Recommended LP.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Funky Divas Indeed!
Comment: Back in the early 90's En Vogue was a quartet that consisted Black California Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson, and Terry Ellis, and just like many other early 90's groups they blended Hip Hop & R&B and En Vogue did it with great results. They were one of the most succesful girl groups since Supreemes, but apart from the 60's group En Vogue didn't have 1 leadsinger but 4. The 1990 Debut album was a decent success, and it gave them 2 hits "Hold On" that hit #2 on the Billboard charts and "Lies", but "Funky Divas" from 1992 was clearly the album of their life and the hit singles were only getting more and richer. Funky Divas delivers a great blend of diversity (Soul, Pop, Hip Hop, Dance and Rock), intellegent pop lyrics and hit singles, it also completely filler free. Infact it gave them 5 hits.
Funky Divas starts with a funky number called "This Is Your Love", although it got a long annoying interlude it's a very catchy song that mixes, soul, funk and pop. The lyrics say "This is your life, You Got To Live it Your Own Way", second song is the well known "My Lovin',(You're Never Gonna Get It)" a catchy girl power pop-soul song that I bet most people have heard. "Hip Hop Lover" combines what this early 90's Soul era was famous for, R&B and Hip Hop, it also feautures a guest rap. The rocky "Free Your Kind", is a song about prejudices and differences in the society, it came after the Los Angeles Riots and the lyrics couldn't make more sense "Free Your Mind and the Rest Will Follow, be Colorblind, don't be so Shallow". "Desire" is a fabolous slow paced exotic song that feautures horns, and gives a passionate and laid back feeling. "Give Him Something He Needs" a cover of a Curtis Mayfield song, the girls version is cool and jazzy.
"It Ain't over Till the Fat Lady Sings" another Hip Hop Sounding song, but they sound more like Salt N Pepa then a soul group on this song. "Give It Up, Turn It Loose" is great and resembles "My Lovin" alot. "Yesterday" is a cover of the well known Beatles song, (probably the most covered song in history!), This version is completely diffrent though, it doesn't sound like the same song, they make it their own with this soulish version for sure. "Hooked On Your Love" is incredibly catchy musically with it's horns, the song itself is a laid back sexy soul number also a Mayfield interpretation. "Love Don't Love You" another uptempo soul/pop song and "What Is Love" sounds like a mixure of Soul and Dance, ready for the clubs.
Overall, A fantastic album that I'll give 5 starts for it's catchyness and 5 for it's diversity and mixure of genres. This is truly a unique but a little overlooked album from the early 90's when Soul sounded fresh and full of new ideas. Credits to En Vogue and producers Foster/Mc Elroy cause this album got it all.
Customer Rating:
Summary: a throwback to another time.......their strongest album....
Comment: What set En Vogue apart from the numerous other "girl groups" of the 1990s, was their ability to blend, with their outstanding vocal abilities and songs that sound like they came straight of MoTown circa 1960. This album is a stellar example of their ability to make us feel like we were truly listening to the best of "old school."
The most outstanding songs worth mentioning include:
Track #6 "Giving Him Something He Can Feel"
This is one of the slow, sexy tracks that they sing so well. This is actually an old r&b song that was featured in the cult film, SPARKLE, about an all girls group (similar to Diana Ross and the Supremes).
Track #8 "Give It Up, Turn It Lose"
This is more upbeat, and greatly utilizes their wonderful vocals and expression in a song about getting over a man who is no good.
This is timeless music that stands the test of time, more than ten years later. I don't think they have another album that quite measured up to this one.......
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Editorial Reviews:
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Like the Supremes, En Vogue were the perfect mixture of fabrication and fabulousness. On their blockbuster second CD, the four women set the standards for female black pop. Blessed with killer vocals and a sizzling set of songs that married funk, rock, and slinky soul, Funky Divas remains the career highlight of a "girl group" that transcends the label. --Amy Linden
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